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* NoPeriodsPeriod: {{Averted|Trope}} after the first few pages. The period produces "noise" in Major Kusanagi's brain.
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* NoPeriodsPeriod: {{Averted|Trope}} after the first few pages. The period produces "noise" in Major Kusanagi's brain. [[RuleOfFunny Given that she's a full-body cyborg...]]
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* {{Bowdlerization}}: Later reprintings of English localization of volume one replaces the virtual orgy shot with one of Motoko and friends frolicking on a yacht (though it keeps Masamune's author notes about the original page),
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The original Dark Horse print of the manga kept it uncensored.
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* {{Bowdlerization}}: The English localization of volume one replaces the virtual orgy shot with one of Motoko and friends frolicking on a yacht (though it keeps Masamune's author notes about the original page).
* BrownNote: Batou's reaction to intruding on Motoko's cyberbrain while she's having a virtual orgy with some female friends. Having a male body, he's hit with sensory input which he has no nerve endings for, and it makes him feel very ill. In other words, he experienced a female orgasm in a male body.
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* {{Squick}}: [[invoked]] Batou's reaction to the SexByProxy instance above. Having a male body, he's hit with sensory input which he has no nerve endings for, and it makes him feel very ill. In other words, he experienced a female orgasm in a male body.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: Considering that this is written by Creator/ShirowMasamune, fans often forget that Maj. Motoko Kusanagi constantly wears sensible, concealing clothes. Motoko Aramaki, on the other hand...
** Lampshaded by one operative who warns his men not to be [[DistractedByTheSexy distracted by her microskirt]], as it's just "[[ShowSomeLeg eyepull]]"
* {{Stripperiffic}}: Considering that this is written by Creator/ShirowMasamune, fans often forget that Maj. Motoko Kusanagi constantly wears sensible, concealing clothes. Motoko Aramaki, on the other hand...
** Lampshaded by one operative who warns his men not to be [[DistractedByTheSexy distracted by her microskirt]], as it's just "[[ShowSomeLeg eyepull]]"
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* {{Squick}}: [[invoked]] Batou's reaction to StopHittingYourself: The denouement of chapter two has the SexByProxy instance above. Having Home Affairs Minister insinuate over video conference that he'll make trouble for Section 9 unless Motoko toes a male body, he's hit political line (this after their preceding mission caused a political mess). Motoko asks to link with sensory input which he has no nerve endings for, him directly and it makes him feel very ill. In other words, he experienced a female orgasm punch himself in a male body.
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-->'''Motoko:''' [[WorthIt Guess that's the end of my military career...]]
*{{Stripperiffic}}: Considering that this is written by {{Stripperiffic}}:
** Unusually for Creator/ShirowMasamune,fans often forget that Maj. Motoko Kusanagi constantly wears sensible, concealing clothes. averts this most of the time in the original manga, usually wearing sensible clothing (typically a military uniform). This may come as a surprise to [[AdaptationDisplacement those more familiar with the franchise through the adaptations]] (she spends much of [[Anime/GhostInTheShell the film based on this volume]] nude in an unsexualized manner, and ''Stand Alone Complex'' has MaleGaze shots).
** Motoko Aramaki, on the otherhand...
**hand... Lampshaded by one operative who warns his men not to be [[DistractedByTheSexy distracted by her microskirt]], as it's just "[[ShowSomeLeg eyepull]]"eyepull]]".
-->'''Motoko:''' [[WorthIt Guess that's the end of my military career...]]
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* ArtificialLimbs: One of the chapters has Motoko's roommate Ran explaining in good detail the benefits of having a full-prosthetic body compared to just having part of your body replaced with prosthetics. Using Batou as a visual aid for comedic effect, they show him having his left arm replaced with a machine, and explain that the mechanical arm can only pick up as much weight as the organic body can handle. If you were to try and pick up too much weight, the arm would rip out right from the connection with the organic tissues.
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ZCE, plus this mainly applies to organics who get mechanical limbs whereas most of the cast has artificial bodies...doesn't really apply
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** In the original manga Motoko fakes her death [[spoiler: to escape her CourtMartial]] by allowing her remotely controlled body to get shot in the head.
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** In the original manga Motoko fakes her death [[spoiler: to [[spoiler:to escape her CourtMartial]] by allowing her remotely controlled body to get shot in the head.
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** In the original manga Motoko fakes her death by allowing her remotely controlled body to get shot in the head.
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* CourtMartialed: In the original manga Major Kusanagi is at one point charged with manslaughter in the line of duty after Section 9's antics (specifically her reflexively killing the person they were trying to ''capture'' when he snuck up behind her) are caught on film. [[spoiler:She skips court before the verdict is read to ferret out what's really going on.]]
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* CourtMartialed: In the original manga Major Kusanagi is at one point charged with manslaughter in the line of duty after Section 9's antics (specifically her reflexively killing the person they were trying to ''capture'' when he snuck up behind her) are caught on film. [[spoiler:She skips court before the verdict is read to ferret out what's really going on.]]
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* NoPeriodsPeriod: {{Averted|Trope}} after the first few pages. The period produces "noise" in Major Kusanagi's brain and is also referenced in the [[Anime/GhostInTheShell Animé movie version]] ([[CutAndPasteTranslation but only in the original, Japanese audio track]]).
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* NoPeriodsPeriod: {{Averted|Trope}} after the first few pages. The period produces "noise" in Major Kusanagi's brain and is also referenced in the [[Anime/GhostInTheShell Animé movie version]] ([[CutAndPasteTranslation but only in the original, Japanese audio track]]).brain.
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* SexByProxy: Batou gets hit with this in-story. Aramaki orders him to contact Motoko and pull her off leave, so he proceeds to dive into her mind...while she's in the threesome. As noted elsewhere, it's not a pleasant experience for him. The scene got heavily censored in the original US release, but was included in the reprint (the page picture). Kodansha's latest version removes it entirely, but dialogue makes it clear what's going on.
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''Ghost in the Shell'' (攻殻機動隊 ''Kōkaku Kidōtai'', literally "Mobile Armored Riot Police") is a manga series written and illustrated by Creator/ShirowMasamune. The manga, first serialized in 1989, told the story of the counter-cyberterrorist organization Public Security Section 9, a cyborg SWAT team led by protagonist Major Motoko Kusanagi, in PostCyberpunk Japan. It would go on to become a [[Franchise/GhostInTheShell franchise]], being followed by two more manga series, ''[=GitS=]: Human Error Processor'' and ''[=GITS=]: [=Man/Machine=] Interface'', and later being adapted into two [[Anime/GhostInTheShell animated films]], an [[Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex anime]] and an OVA series. The films, ''Stand Alone Complex'' and ''Arise'' are in different continuities.
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''Ghost in the Shell'' (攻殻機動隊 ''Kōkaku Kidōtai'', literally "Mobile Armored Riot Police") is a manga series written and illustrated by Creator/ShirowMasamune.Creator/MasamuneShirow. The manga, first serialized in 1989, told the story of the counter-cyberterrorist organization Public Security Section 9, a cyborg SWAT team led by protagonist Major Motoko Kusanagi, in PostCyberpunk Japan. It would go on to become a [[Franchise/GhostInTheShell franchise]], being followed by two more manga series, ''[=GitS=]: Human Error Processor'' and ''[=GITS=]: [=Man/Machine=] Interface'', and later being adapted into two [[Anime/GhostInTheShell animated films]], an [[Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex anime]] and an OVA series. The films, ''Stand Alone Complex'' and ''Arise'' are in different continuities.
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''Ghost in the Shell'' (攻殻機動隊 ''Kōkaku Kidōtai'', literally "Mobile Armored Riot Police") is a manga series written and illustrated by Creator/ShirowMasamune. The manga, first serialized in 1989, told the story of the fictional counter-cyberterrorist organization Public Security Section 9, a cyborg SWAT team led by protagonist Major Motoko Kusanagi, in PostCyberpunk Japan. It would go on to become a [[Franchise/GhostInTheShell franchise]], being followed by two more manga series, ''[=GitS=]: Human Error Processor'' and ''[=GITS=]: [=Man/Machine=] Interface'', and later being adapted into two [[Anime/GhostInTheShell animated films]], an [[Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex anime]] and an OVA series. The films, ''Stand Alone Complex'' and ''Arise'' are in different continuities.
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''Ghost in the Shell'' (攻殻機動隊 ''Kōkaku Kidōtai'', literally "Mobile Armored Riot Police") is a manga series written and illustrated by Creator/ShirowMasamune. The manga, first serialized in 1989, told the story of the fictional counter-cyberterrorist organization Public Security Section 9, a cyborg SWAT team led by protagonist Major Motoko Kusanagi, in PostCyberpunk Japan. It would go on to become a [[Franchise/GhostInTheShell franchise]], being followed by two more manga series, ''[=GitS=]: Human Error Processor'' and ''[=GITS=]: [=Man/Machine=] Interface'', and later being adapted into two [[Anime/GhostInTheShell animated films]], an [[Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex anime]] and an OVA series. The films, ''Stand Alone Complex'' and ''Arise'' are in different continuities.
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Creator/ShirowMasamune's classic manga about a cyborg SWAT team and its CO in PostCyberpunk Japan. It would go on to become a [[Franchise/GhostInTheShell franchise]], being followed by two more manga series, ''[=GitS=]: Human Error Processor'' and ''[=GITS=]: [=Man/Machine=] Interface'', and later being adapted into two [[Anime/GhostInTheShell animated films]], an [[Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex anime]] and an OVA series. The films, ''Stand Alone Complex'' and ''Arise'' are in different continuities. A live-action film, which used to be in DevelopmentHell, is at works which will be produced by DreamWorks. Creator/ScarlettJohansson will take the lead role and it will be directed by Rupert Sanders (''Film/SnowWhiteAndTheHuntsman'').
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A live-action film, which used to be in DevelopmentHell, is at works which will be produced by DreamWorks. Creator/ScarlettJohansson will take the lead role and it will be directed by Rupert Sanders (''Film/SnowWhiteAndTheHuntsman'').
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That isn\'t Early Installment Weirdness, that\'s Character Development and Alternate Character Interpretation being applied to her various incarnations throughout the franchise. However, I do like how Motoko acts like a complete bitch in the best of ways in the manga.
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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Motoko's not nearly as stoic here as in the anime adaptations. As the volumes shift from dark comedy to a more serious plot though, the Major's characterization loses the upbeat nature and becomes colder and pensive, much like later adaptations characterizes her.
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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Motoko's not nearly as stoic here as in the anime adaptations. She starts off as a total bitch who doesn't care about saving your ass unless it's specifically her job to do so. She's greedy, bitchy, catty, selfish, angry, sometimes even mischievous and playful. As the volumes shift from dark comedy to a more serious plot though, the Major's characterization loses the upbeat nature and becomes colder and pensive, much like later adaptations characterizes her.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Motoko acts a lot more human, for lack of a better term, in the manga, especially the first volume, than in the various adaptations, behaving friendlier and less detached from ordinary people.
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* TechnicalPacifist: Aramaki is too old to do any fighting. He's always been the political leader of Section 9 who takes care of the paperwork, and doesn't have a violent bone in his body. However, when he learns that Section 1 was trying to hunt down and kill Motoko as part of a {{gambit}} they got caught up in, he pulls out a gun and cocks it right in the face of Section 1's leader without a second thought, ordering him to call off his men.
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* TechnicalPacifist: Aramaki is too old to do any fighting. He's always been the political leader of Section 9 who takes care of the paperwork, and doesn't have a violent bone in his body. However, when he learns that Section 1 was trying to hunt down and kill Motoko as part of a {{gambit}} gambit they got caught up in, he pulls out a gun and cocks it right in the face of Section 1's leader without a second thought, ordering him to call off his men.
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* ShoutOut: The Puppet Master plans to merge his mind with Motoko's and become the progenitor of a new species who would have godlike powers over cyberspace. This is reminiscent of Wintermute's plan to merge with ''{{Neuromancer}}''.
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* ShoutOut: The Puppet Master plans to merge his mind with Motoko's and become the progenitor of a new species who would have godlike powers over cyberspace. This is reminiscent of Wintermute's plan to merge with ''{{Neuromancer}}''.''Literature/{{Neuromancer}}''.
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* AndThenWhat: Asked by one of the Fuchikomas when another suggest [[AIIsACrapshoot revolt]], followed by it realizing that all the things it wanted, like getting its oil changed by humans was already happening.
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* AndThenWhat: Asked by one of the Fuchikomas when another suggest suggests [[AIIsACrapshoot that they revolt]], followed by it realizing that all the things it wanted, like getting its oil changed by humans humans, was already happening.
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* AndThenWhat: Asked by one of the Fuchikomas when another suggest [[AIIsACrapshoot revolt]], followed by it realizing that all the things it wanted, like getting its oil changed by humans was already happening.
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* MythologyGag: [[DominionTankPolice Anna and Uni Puma]] show up as a couple of merchants in the streets of Etorofu. They get about 2 pages worth of dialogue. A Fuchikoma tries to barter with them for a piece of merchandise, but ends up accidentally stealing it when it ran off. Anna was pissed and grabs a machine gun, but Uni figures it was probably stolen merchandise in the first place anyway and says to just let it go.
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* MythologyGag: [[DominionTankPolice [[Anime/DominionTankPolice Anna and Uni Puma]] show up as a couple of merchants in the streets of Etorofu. They get about 2 pages worth of dialogue. A Fuchikoma tries to barter with them for a piece of merchandise, but ends up accidentally stealing it when it ran off. Anna was pissed and grabs a machine gun, but Uni figures it was probably stolen merchandise in the first place anyway and says to just let it go.
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* BiTheWay: Motoko enjoys creating illegal pornographic software with her roommates, but also has a boyfriend named Sugi, in who works in Section 1.
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* BiTheWay: Motoko enjoys creating illegal pornographic software with her roommates, but also has a boyfriend named Sugi, in who works in Section 1.
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Creator/ShirowMasamune's classic manga about a cyborg SWAT team and its CO in PostCyberpunk Japan. It would go on to become a [[Franchise/GhostInTheShell franchise]], being followed by two more manga series, ''[=GitS=]: Human Error Processor'' and ''[=GITS=]: [=Man/Machine=] Interface'', and later being adapted into two [[Anime/GhostInTheShell animated films]], an [[Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex anime]] and an OVA series. The films, ''Stand Alone Complex'' and ''Arise'' are in different continuities. A live-action film, which used to be in DevelopmentHell, is at works which will be produced by DreamWorks. ScarlettJohansson will take the lead role and it will be directed by Rupert Sanders (''SnowWhiteAndTheHuntsman'').
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Creator/ShirowMasamune's classic manga about a cyborg SWAT team and its CO in PostCyberpunk Japan. It would go on to become a [[Franchise/GhostInTheShell franchise]], being followed by two more manga series, ''[=GitS=]: Human Error Processor'' and ''[=GITS=]: [=Man/Machine=] Interface'', and later being adapted into two [[Anime/GhostInTheShell animated films]], an [[Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex anime]] and an OVA series. The films, ''Stand Alone Complex'' and ''Arise'' are in different continuities. A live-action film, which used to be in DevelopmentHell, is at works which will be produced by DreamWorks. ScarlettJohansson Creator/ScarlettJohansson will take the lead role and it will be directed by Rupert Sanders (''SnowWhiteAndTheHuntsman'').
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Creator/ShirowMasamune's classic manga about a cyborg SWAT team and its CO in PostCyberpunk Japan. It would go on to become a [[Franchise/GhostInTheShell franchise]], being followed by two more manga series, ''[=GitS=]: Human Error Processor'' and ''[=GITS=]: [=Man/Machine=] Interface'', and later being adapted into two [[Anime/GhostInTheShell animated films]], an [[Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex anime]] and an OVA series. The films, ''Stand Alone Complex'' and ''Arise'' are in different continuities. A live-action film, which used to be in DevelopmentHell, is at works which will be produced by DreamWorks. ScalettJohansson ScarlettJohansson will take the lead role and it will be directed by Rupert Sanders (''SnowWhiteAndTheHuntsman'').
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* Gainaxing: Kusanagi, who else?!
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: While most of it has aged surprisingly well there are a few bits besides the Soviet Union still existing that remind you this was made in the late 80s/early 90s. The Etorufu storyline features records of illegal real estate deals being stored on half a dozen big ol' CD ROM disks; non-wireless connections are made using thick, industrial-looking cables and a lot of the computer equipment is big, boxy and covered in dials, switches and oscillographic displays.
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* HollywoodEncryption: Done with the HandWave that the Major and the more techie members of Section 9 are just that good. However, sometimes they run across security that actually ''counterattacks'' their hacking, which might be something of an aversion (encryption that can [[MindRape scramble your brain]]? AWESOME).
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* SubmarinePirates: Motoko caught a bunch of pirates in a stolen Imperial American submarine sneaking under her clients' [[CityOnTheWater floating city]]. Fortunately she had a better sub.
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* CloningBodyParts: A company in ''Man/Machine Interface'' grows cloned organs in pigs. ''Stand Alone Complex'' borrowed this for one of its episodes.
