5/13/2023 0 Comments Ghost in the shell 1.5 mangaWhile you don’t have to read them to appreciate the broader narrative arcs in the first and second manga collections, they work very well on their own merits as short stories within that same setting. While this collection lacks the Major in her traditional form, there are definitely still stories here that would have likely worked better for a movie adaptation rather than the mess we got.Īnyway, this is a great collection of standalone cyberpunk stories set within the world of Ghost in the Shell. Admittedly, it retains the right to left reading format and hasn’t been flipped, which is welcomed, but the absence of this extra artwork is unfortunate.īar that omission though, this is a good collection and one worth catching up on after the painfully shallow live-action movie.Īs I said in my breakdown of the live-action movie, it would have made much more sense to pick one of the standalone stories from the manga and run with that for a single movie. Specifically, this release lacks much of the concept art for things like the Major and Fuchikomas. The interstitial and episodic 'Ghost in the Shell' manga, 'Human Error Processor'.
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