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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 Worst Episode
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    Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 2 Episode 5 - IN: Those Who Have the Motive; INDUCTANCE
    6.3/10(12 votes)

    #1 - 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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  2. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 2 Episode 2 - DI: Well-Fed Me; NIGHT CRUISE
    6.4/10(12 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 9 - DU: The Hope Named Despair; AMBIVALENCE
    6.4/10(12 votes)

    #3 - 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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  4. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 2 Episode 6 - DI: Latent Heat Source; EXCAVATION
    6.5/10(12 votes)

    #4 - 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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  5. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 2 Episode 8 - DI: Vegetarian Feast; FAKE FOOD
    6.5/10(12 votes)

    #5 - 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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  6. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 2 Episode 13 - DI: Face; MAKE UP
    6.5/10(11 votes)

    #6 - 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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  7. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 2 Episode 16 - IN: The Fact of Being There; ANOTHER CHANCE
    6.5/10(11 votes)

    #7 - 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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  8. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 2 Episode 20 - IN: Confusion at the North End; FABRICATE FOG
    6.5/10(11 votes)

    #8 - 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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  9. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 2 Episode 22 - DU: Abandoned City; REVERSAL PROCESS
    6.5/10(10 votes)

    #9 - 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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  10. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 2 Episode 12 - IN: To Those Without Even a Name...; SELECON
    6.6/10(11 votes)

    #10 - 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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  11. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 2 Episode 15 - DI: Afternoon of the Machines; PAT.
    6.6/10(11 votes)

    #11 - 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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  12. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 2 Episode 19 - IN: Chain of Symmetry; CHAIN REACTION
    6.6/10(11 votes)

    #12 - 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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  13. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 1 Episode 3 - SA: A Modest Rebellion; ANDROID AND I
    6.7/10(15 votes)

    #13 - SA: A Modest Rebellion; ANDROID AND I

    S1:E3

    A certain type of android, the GA07_JL, nicknamed Jeri by its users, has been affected by a virus. Recently, all Jeri model androids have been committing "suicide". Section 9 is called in as it may be related to a virus detected in an android at the National Assembly Building.

    Director:Masayuki Yoshihara
    Writer:Taiki Sakurai

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  14. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 1 Episode 19 - SA: Embraced by a Disguised Net; CAPTIVATED
    6.7/10(13 votes)

    #14 - SA: Embraced by a Disguised Net; CAPTIVATED

    S1:E19

    Section 9's next case is a rash of mass-kidnappings. Rumor has it that a crime syndicate is harvesting organs and selling them on the black market. As they research the case, they realize that time is running out.

    Director:Minoru Ohara
    Writer:Shoutarou Suga

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  15. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 2 Episode 1 - DI: Reactivation; REEMBODY
    6.7/10(18 votes)

    #15 - 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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  16. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 1 Episode 7 - SA: Idolatry; IDOLATOR
    6.8/10(15 votes)

    #16 - SA: Idolatry; IDOLATOR

    S1:E7

    Section 9 is on the trail of Marcelo Jarti, a South American revolutionary hero who has arrived in Japan. However, Jarti is a hard man to catch because he employs look-alikes to deceive people. Nevertheless, Section 9 is convinced that the one they're tracking is the real thing, and after a rather out-of-control gunbattle in an upscale hotel, they track him to an old warehouse.

    Director:Atsushi Wakabayashi
    Writer:Junichi Fujisaku

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  17. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 1 Episode 13 - SA: Unequal Terrorist; NOT EQUAL
    6.8/10(14 votes)

    #17 - SA: Unequal Terrorist; NOT EQUAL

    S1:E13

    In a briefing, Aramaki shows a photo of a girl who looks like Eka Tokura, the daughter of Tokura Electronics, who was kidnapped 16 years ago. But there's one problem–the photo was taken two days ago!

    Director:Kazunobu Fuseki
    Writer:Shoutarou Suga

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  18. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 1 Episode 18 - SA: Assassination Duet; LOST HERITAGE
    6.8/10(13 votes)

    #18 - SA: Assassination Duet; LOST HERITAGE

    S1:E18

    Aramaki attends the funeral of an old war buddy, and is greeted by his departed friend's daughter. Later, Section 9 is assigned the task of protecting the Chinese Foreign Minister from being assassinated.

    Director:Masayuki Yoshihara
    Writer:Junichi Fujisaku

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  19. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 1 Episode 22 - C: Corporate Graft; SCANDAL
    6.8/10(13 votes)

    #19 - C: Corporate Graft; SCANDAL

    S1:E22

    Motoko is about to be fitted for her new prosthetic body. But when the doctor arrives and begins the procedure, it's clear that she has no intent of letting Motoko out alive. Meanwhile, Aramaki receives a disturbing message that his brother has been kidnapped.

    Director:Masaki Tachibana
    Writer:Junichi Fujisaku

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  20. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 2 Episode 3 - DI: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning; CASH EYE
    6.8/10(12 votes)

    #20 - 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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  21. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 2 Episode 4 - DU: Natural Enemy; NATURAL ENEMY
    6.8/10(12 votes)

    #21 - 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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  22. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 2 Episode 7 - DU: Rhapsody - The Melody of a Bygone Nation; Pu239/94
    6.8/10(12 votes)

    #22 - 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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  23. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 1 Episode 4 - C: The Visual Device will Laugh; INTERCEPTER
    6.9/10(14 votes)

    #23 - C: The Visual Device will Laugh; INTERCEPTER

    S1:E4

    While working late, Togusa gets a call from one of his colleagues from his days on the police force. It seems that he's uncovered something strange happening with the investigators in the Laughing Man Unit, a special task force formed to catch the infamous cyber criminal known only as the Laughing Man. But before he can meet with Togusa, he's killed in a car accident.

    Director:Hideyo Yamamoto
    Writer:Shoutarou Suga

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  24. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 1 Episode 14 - SA: Automated Capitalism; ¥€$
    6.9/10(14 votes)

    #24 - SA: Automated Capitalism; ¥€$

    S1:E14

    The Chinese government contacts Section 9 to let them know that an assassin may have entered Japan to kill a famous reclusive millionaire. Despite their considerable efforts, however, Section 9 is unable to contact him to warn him, so they go directly to his residence.

    Director:Hideyo Yamamoto
    Writer:Kenji Kamiyama

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  25. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 1 Episode 17 - SA: The True Reason for the Unfinished Love Affair; ANGELS' SHARE
    6.9/10(14 votes)

    #25 - SA: The True Reason for the Unfinished Love Affair; ANGELS' SHARE

    S1:E17

    While at an international police conference in London, Aramaki drops by to visit an old flame who's now in the wine brokering business. She asks him to help her put a stop to the corruption in her company, but he tells her that it's out of his jurisdiction. Just then, however, two thieves break into the building and take them hostage.

    Director:Yasuhiro Geshi
    Writer:Taiki Sakurai

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Worst Episodes Summary

"IN: Those Who Have the Motive; INDUCTANCE" is the worst rated episode of "Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex". It scored 6.3/10 based on 12 votes. Directed by Kenichi Takeshita and written by Dai Sato, Kenji Kamiyama, it aired on 3/6/2004. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "DI: Well-Fed Me; NIGHT CRUISE".