The Best Episodes Written By Kenji Kamiyama

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.6/10(44 votes)

   #1 - The Ninth Jedi

   S1:E59/22/2021

   The daughter of a lightsaber-smith is pursued by dark forces while on a dangerous mission.

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   #2 - IN: Return to Patriotism; ENDLESS∞GIG

   S2:E261/8/2005

   The tables seem to be turning in favor of Section 9, but the nuclear missile is still being prepared for launch.

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   #3 - IN: Kusanagi's Labyrinth; affection

   S2:E116/5/2004

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

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

   S2:E251/8/2005

   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.

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

   S2:E189/4/2004

   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.

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

   S2:E2412/4/2004

   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.

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   #7 - IN: Escape in Defeat; EMBARRASSMENT

   S2:E2111/6/2004

   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.

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

   S2:E147/3/2004

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

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   7.0/10(9 votes)

   #9 - PIE IN THE SKY - First Bank Robbery

   S1:E74/23/2020

   Back in Japan after six years, Batou decides to take a break while waiting for his delayed team. Then some amateur bank robbers interrupt his fun.

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    6.9/10(18 votes)

    #10 - SA: Public Security Section 9; SECTION-9

    S1:E110/1/2002

    Public Security Section 9 is an elite special ops unit that works directly under the control of the Prime Minister. They've been called in to rescue a high-ranking government official from a hostage situation. But something doesn't seem right to Major Motoko Kusanagi.

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    6.9/10(14 votes)

    #11 - SA: Automated Capitalism; ¥€$

    S1:E144/1/2003

    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.

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

    S2:E2312/4/2004

    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.

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    #13 - NOSTALGIA - All Will Become N

    S1:E124/23/2020

    Togusa has a strange episode while analyzing the data confiscated from Shimamura. When he wakes up, he and Batou head out to investigate.

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    6.9/10(10 votes)

    #14 - PATRICK HUGE - Gift from God

    S1:E54/23/2020

    Aramaki sets off after Kusanagi in a race against time. GHOST begin their assignment, but Huge's cybernetic security forces them to alter their plans.

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    6.8/10(12 votes)

    #15 - DU: Natural Enemy; NATURAL ENEMY

    S2:E42/7/2004

    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.

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

    S2:E74/3/2004

    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.

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    6.7/10(18 votes)

    #17 - DI: Reactivation; REEMBODY

    S2:E11/1/2004

    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.

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    6.6/10(11 votes)

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

    S2:E126/5/2004

    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.

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

    S2:E158/7/2004

    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.

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    #20 - IN: Chain of Symmetry; CHAIN REACTION

    S2:E1910/2/2004

    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.

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    #21 - NET PEOPLE - Reasons Leading to Flameout

    S1:E104/23/2020

    Section 9 investigates a possible post-human hacker who uses the web to incite physical attacks on people. The trail leads to a high school student.

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    #22 - ASSEMBLE - What Came About as a Result of Togusa’s Death

    S1:E84/23/2020

    The Major and Smith clash over Section 9's new mission hunting post-humans. She orders Togusa to investigate a suspected spy near the Prime Minister.

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    6.5/10(12 votes)

    #23 - DI: Latent Heat Source; EXCAVATION

    S2:E63/6/2004

    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.

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    #24 - DI: Vegetarian Feast; FAKE FOOD

    S2:E84/3/2004

    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.

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    #25 - DI: Face; MAKE UP

    S2:E137/3/2004

    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.

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