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The Best Episodes of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 2

Every episode of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 2!

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In the future when technological enhancements and robotics are a way of life, Major Motoko Kusanagi and Section 9 take care of the jobs that are too difficult for the police. Section 9 employs hackers,

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 2 Episode 1 - DI: Reactivation; REEMBODY
    7.5/10(267 votes)

    #1 - DI: Reactivation; REEMBODY

    S2:E1

    A group of terrorists identifying themselves as the "Individual Eleven" barricade themselves within the Chinese Embassy. Section 9 is called in to eliminate the terrorists without any civilian casualties, all before the scheduled police raid.

    Director:Masaki Tachibana
    Writers:Kenji Kamiyama, Taiki Sakurai

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  2. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 2 Episode 2 - DI: Well-Fed Me; NIGHT CRUISE
    7.4/10(267 votes)

    #2 - DI: Well-Fed Me; NIGHT CRUISE

    S2:E2

    A refugee living in Japan has plans to "reset the world" and change things. But are his plans merely violent daydreams, or something more sinister?

    Director:Kenichi Takeshita
    Writers:Kenji Kamiyama, Shoutarou Suga

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  3. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 2 Episode 3 - DI: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning; CASH EYE
    7.4/10(250 votes)

    #3 - DI: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning; CASH EYE

    S2:E3

    =A hacker and thief by the name of Cash Eye plans on infiltrating a vault during a party, and Section 9 is called in to prevent it. But there are a number of strange elements in this case that don't all add up.

    Director:Kazunobu Fuseki
    Writer:Dai Sato

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  4. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 2 Episode 4 - DU: Natural Enemy; NATURAL ENEMY
    7.7/10(228 votes)

    #4 - DU: Natural Enemy; NATURAL ENEMY

    S2:E4

    A routine live-fire exercise goes wrong, leaving a fleet of AI controlled helicopters flying above a refugee area, firing on anyone who comes near. And a mysterious and creepy man known as Gohda arrives to tell Section 9 how to handle it.

    Director:Masayuki Yoshihara
    Writers:Junichi Fujisaku, Kenji Kamiyama

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  5. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 2 Episode 5 - IN: Those Who Have the Motive; INDUCTANCE
    7.5/10(216 votes)

    #5 - IN: Those Who Have the Motive; INDUCTANCE

    S2:E5

    An assassination threat has been made against Prime Minister Kayabuki; Section 9 is called to serve as bodyguards Meanwhile, investigation on the Individual Eleven turns up some interesting history.

    Director:Kenichi Takeshita
    Writers:Dai Sato, Kenji Kamiyama

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  6. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 2 Episode 6 - DI: Latent Heat Source; EXCAVATION
    7.4/10(216 votes)

    #6 - DI: Latent Heat Source; EXCAVATION

    S2:E6

    A seemingly run-of-the mill hit-and-run turns into anything but when Togusa investigates. While in Tokyo, he discovers a secret from the past the GSDF is trying to keep hidden deep underground.

    Director:Toshiyuki Kono
    Writers:Junichi Fujisaku, Kenji Kamiyama

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  7. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 2 Episode 7 - DU: Rhapsody - The Melody of a Bygone Nation; Pu239/94
    7.5/10(215 votes)

    #7 - DU: Rhapsody - The Melody of a Bygone Nation; Pu239/94

    S2:E7

    Plans have been leaked to terrorists that the plutonium recovered from the underground nuclear facility in Tokyo is to be moved. Section 9 is called in to ensure the plutonium reaches its destination, and Gohda is there again.

    Director:Itsuro Kawasaki
    Writers:Junichi Fujisaku, Kenji Kamiyama

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  8. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 2 Episode 8 - DI: Vegetarian Feast; FAKE FOOD
    7.3/10(210 votes)

    #8 - DI: Vegetarian Feast; FAKE FOOD

    S2:E8

    While on a stakeout of a Taiwanese vegetarian restaurant, Section 9 finds out that someone is pulling strings and feeding misinformation to the Public Safety Sections.

    Director:Kazunobu Fuseki
    Writers:Dai Sato, Kenji Kamiyama

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  9. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 2 Episode 9 - DU: The Hope Named Despair; AMBIVALENCE
    7.6/10(212 votes)

    #9 - DU: The Hope Named Despair; AMBIVALENCE

    S2:E9

    The Tachikomas and the Major continue to investigate Gohda and his motives, while the rest of Section 9 are out to stop a string of suicide bombings.

    Director:Kenichi Takeshita
    Writers:Dai Sato, Kenji Kamiyama, Yuichiro Matsuka

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  10. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 2 Episode 10 - DI: One Angry Man; TRIAL
    7.5/10(224 votes)

    #10 - DI: One Angry Man; TRIAL

    S2:E10

    Togusa is brought up on charges after he becomes involved with a murder while off duty. But during the course of the trial, it becomes clear who the attorney is really after.

    Director:Toshiyuki Kono
    Writer:Taiki Sakurai

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  11. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 2 Episode 11 - IN: Kusanagi's Labyrinth; affection
    8.4/10(248 votes)

    #11 - IN: Kusanagi's Labyrinth; affection

    S2:E11

    While field testing new recruits, the Major finds herself hacked, and an old woman tells her a story from her past.

    Director:Jun Matsumoto
    Writers:Kenji Kamiyama, Yutaka Omatsu

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  12. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 2 Episode 12 - IN: To Those Without Even a Name...; SELECON
    7.9/10(211 votes)

    #12 - IN: To Those Without Even a Name...; SELECON

    S2:E12

    The Tachikomas, Ishikawa, and Borma locate a suspicious file believed to be the Individual Eleven virus, The Major, Batou, Saito go after Kuze, and the Individual Eleven prepare to put their plan into action.

    Director:Masaki Tachibana
    Writers:Kenji Kamiyama, Yutaka Omatsu

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  13. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 2 Episode 13 - DI: Face; MAKE UP
    7.3/10(212 votes)

    #13 - DI: Face; MAKE UP

    S2:E13

    With the latest Individual 11 incident still fresh in the public's mind, Section 9 discovers that only a skilled face sculptor could have created Kuze's prosthetic face. Since only two artists fit that description, they quickly locate the craftsmen and go to question them.

    Director:Itsuro Kawasaki
    Writers:Kenji Kamiyama, Yutaka Omatsu

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  14. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 2 Episode 14 - DI: Beware the Left Eye; POKER FACE
    8.1/10(230 votes)

    #14 - DI: Beware the Left Eye; POKER FACE

    S2:E14

    Saito recounts his first run-in with the Major, and how he became part of the group that would eventually become Section 9.

    Director:Masayuki Yoshihara
    Writers:Kenji Kamiyama, Taiki Sakurai

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  15. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 2 Episode 15 - DI: Afternoon of the Machines; PAT.
    7.5/10(209 votes)

    #15 - DI: Afternoon of the Machines; PAT.

    S2:E15

    During a scheduled maintenance, the Tachikomas begin to chat away about the Individual Eleven. While talking in their new "forum", Batou and Togusa appear and take one of the Tachikomas - who just happens to be Batou's pet - with them to Spring-8 to look at the scientific evidence gathered on the Individual Eleven.

    Director:Kenichi Takeshita
    Writers:Kenji Kamiyama, Taiki Sakurai

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  16. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 2 Episode 16 - IN: The Fact of Being There; ANOTHER CHANCE
    7.3/10(205 votes)

    #16 - IN: The Fact of Being There; ANOTHER CHANCE

    S2:E16

    The Prime Minister is alerted to the existence of "hub cyberbrains," while Ishikawa returns from the peninsula to report on what he found out about Kuze's past.

    Director:Masaki Tachibana
    Writer:Kenji Kamiyama

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  17. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 2 Episode 17 - DI: Mother-Child Relationship; RED DATA
    7.5/10(210 votes)

    #17 - DI: Mother-Child Relationship; RED DATA

    S2:E17

    Following a tip, the Major conducts an undercover investigation of Kuze in Taiwan. While there, she saves a boy running from the Mafia.

    Director:Itsuro Kawasaki
    Writer:Shoutarou Suga

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  18. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 2 Episode 18 - DI: Angel's Poem; TRANS PARENT
    8.0/10(218 votes)

    #18 - DI: Angel's Poem; TRANS PARENT

    S2:E18

    The Major and Batou are flown to Berlin in an effort to track down a terrorist called "Angel's Feathers". While there, Batou attracts the attention of a young girl in a wheelchair.

    Director:Toshiyuki Kono
    Writer:Kenji Kamiyama

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  19. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 2 Episode 19 - IN: Chain of Symmetry; CHAIN REACTION
    7.6/10(207 votes)

    #19 - IN: Chain of Symmetry; CHAIN REACTION

    S2:E19

    Despite close scrutiny by the authorities, the Dejima refugees declare their independence. Kuze is suspected to be the mastermind behind this new resistance and Section 9 is sent to detain him.

    Director:Kazunobu Fuseki
    Writer:Kenji Kamiyama

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  20. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 2 Episode 20 - IN: Confusion at the North End; FABRICATE FOG
    7.8/10(206 votes)

    #20 - IN: Confusion at the North End; FABRICATE FOG

    S2:E20

    Section 9 heads to Etorofu in search of Kuze. During their investigations, the Major finds an interesting floppy disk on the body of a dead addict.

    Director:Kenichi Takeshita
    Writer:Kenji Kamiyama

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  21. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 2 Episode 21 - IN: Escape in Defeat; EMBARRASSMENT
    8.0/10(205 votes)

    #21 - IN: Escape in Defeat; EMBARRASSMENT

    S2:E21

    Much to the chagrin of Batou, Motoko, and the rest of the team, Kuze and the refugees manage to escape in one of the camouflaged boats. They are further hampered when an explosion causes heavy losses, leaving them unable to follow the fleeing boat.

    Director:Masayuki Yoshihara
    Writer:Kenji Kamiyama

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  22. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 2 Episode 22 - DU: Abandoned City; REVERSAL PROCESS
    7.6/10(203 votes)

    #22 - DU: Abandoned City; REVERSAL PROCESS

    S2:E22

    The city of Fukuoka is evacuated when a live nuclear bomb is found. With the Dejima Refugees targeted as the prime suspects, the government sends the Self-Defense Forces into the city.

    Director:Itsuro Kawasaki
    Writers:Dai Sato, Kenji Kamiyama

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  23. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 2 Episode 23 - IN: The Day the Bridge Falls; MARTIAL LAW
    7.9/10(217 votes)

    #23 - IN: The Day the Bridge Falls; MARTIAL LAW

    S2:E23

    The government declares martial Law in Dejima, believing that the refugees have a nuclear device and plan to use it to gain independence. When the refugees' connection to Kuze is cut off, one shot begins a bloody war.

    Director:Toshiyuki Kono
    Writer:Kenji Kamiyama

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  24. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 2 Episode 24 - IN: Aerial Bombing of Dejima; NUCLEAR POWER
    8.3/10(219 votes)

    #24 - IN: Aerial Bombing of Dejima; NUCLEAR POWER

    S2:E24

    The Prime Minister is taken into custody, and the military begins its strike on Dejima. The Major and part of Section 9 head to Dejima to try to hand over the nuclear device to the military there, in order to defuse the situation, while Ishikawa heads to SPring-8 to deliver the rest of the plutonium.

    Director:Masaki Tachibana
    Writer:Kenji Kamiyama

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  25. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 2 Episode 25 - IN: To the Other Side of Paradise; THIS SIDE OF JUSTICE
    8.3/10(214 votes)

    #25 - IN: To the Other Side of Paradise; THIS SIDE OF JUSTICE

    S2:E25

    Kuze manages to take down the jamming plane, but becomes trapped in rubble with the Major. The Tachikomas begin discussing what to do about the nuclear submarine they have spotted, and Batou manages to convince the special forces that have been sent to kill them to listen to him.

    Director:Jun Matsumoto
    Writer:Kenji Kamiyama

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"DI: Reactivation; REEMBODY" is the best rated episode of "Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex" season 2. It scored 7.5/10 based on 267 votes. Directed by Masaki Tachibana and written by Kenji Kamiyama, Taiki Sakurai, it aired on 1/1/2004. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "DI: Well-Fed Me; NIGHT CRUISE".