Tomorrow, we got three in a row and we start off with the island that might be tied to the little Crite. "The Place You Came To!" #FairyTail

Next week, section 9 takes a well deserve breather and any trips to the hospital needed...except the rest of the goon squad don't. " Corporate Graft – SCANDAL" #GhostInTheShell #StandAloneComplex

So what have we learned tonight kiddies? DO NOT FUCK WITH MAJOR MOTOKO KUSANAGI #GhostInTheShell #StandAloneComplex #Episode21 #AnimeRetroRewatch @digiranma.bsky.social

Kusanagi Motoko's Intense Gaze in Ghost In The Shell

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(Sees the Major about to get crushed by a giant mech) #GhostInTheShell #StandAloneComplex #Episode21 #AnimeRetroRewatch @digiranma.bsky.social

Woman Screaming Horrified

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We get another Tachikoma Days short as we see the tanks watch the team from wherever they are. #GhostInTheShell #StandAloneComplex

#NowWatching Tales from the Crypt (season 6) #horror #horrortv #horrorseries #horrortvshow #horrorsky #filmsky #tvsky

This...is the closest this season comes to with having the big climatix scene from the movie. Not bad for something on a TV budget and reminds us both how bad ass the major is...and why you don't fuck with the family. #GhostInTheShell #StandAloneComplex

It looks like the asshole will make it...until he spots the ACTUAL Laughing Man...and the rest of the goons... *BANG*BANG* ...spots the asshole. Oh, and thanks to Laughing Man's hacking, Batou can't see him one bit...but sees the file just fine. #GhostInTheShell #StandAloneComplex

The suit manages to wreck the Major's body...just as Saito shows up with a BFG. That's when the Major wakes up, demands the gun... *BOOOOOOOOM* *BOOOOOOOOOOOM* *BOOOOOOOOOOM* ...and let's out some stress. #GhostInTheShell #StandAloneComplex

The Major shows up just in time to help Batou get the asshole out... *BANG*BANG*BANG* And put the goons full of speed holes. One problem...the government boss gave the ok to give 'em a giant armor suit. #GhostInTheShell #StandAloneComplex

So, that number Imakaruse called? Yeah, the American Empire. Turns out he's ready to leave the country (For obvious reasons)...but the goons are getting closer and so's Bataou. #GhostInTheShell #StandAloneComplex

The asshole realizes what the Laughing Man said is true, and thus he...calls the government for help... I hope this was on purpose and knowing Section 9 was tracking him...or I have to ask if there was a brain to get hard... #GhostInTheShell #StandAloneComplex

"Let's say we ask the American Empire..." Whoa. Rewind. WHAT?! (If this is alluding to what I think it is then GiTs has something VERY in common with The Simpsons) #GhostInTheShell #StandAloneComplex #Episode21 #AnimeRetroRewatch @digiranma.bsky.social

The Laughing Man points it out: If those things are no longer placebos, why are you NOT taking the machines? Well, we skipped to the OTHER reason he vetoed the vaccine...turns out he got pissed that somebody made something that worked...but wait, he has Veto power! #GhostInTheShell

Oh, and the kicker to the kicker? Yeah, the Micro Machines work...NOW! See, the people that got 'em years ago were test subjects...for what amounted to as a placebo. If it did work? That day, you get TWO lottery tickets and wait for the lightning to hit ya three times. #GhostInTheShell

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We find out via the asshole that, yep, the Laughing Man hacked him and the two are talking about what happened and why: Namely, the asshole rejected the vaccine...because damn it, if they got the vaccine first, then NOBODY will approve the mone---I mean Micro Machines! #GhostInTheShell

We find out via the asshole that, yep, the Laughing Man hacked him and the two are talking about what happened and why: Namely, the asshole rejected the vaccine...because damn it, if they got the vaccine first, then NOBODY will approve the mone---I mean Micro Machines! #GhostInTheShell

Man, if Crispin Freeman carried the last episode Richard Epcar's Batou is REALLY doing a great job so far in this episode. I can hear the sheer RAGE in his voice! #GhostInTheShell #StandAloneComplex #Episode21 #AnimeRetroRewatch @digiranma.bsky.social

Aramaki leakes that Togusa was in the raid, hoping to spook 'em into doing something stupid... Which is kinda easy, given it's the government. ...so it's time for the government to take on Section 9. See? Stupid. #GhostInTheShell #StandAloneComplex

Batou is ready to crack some skulls while Aramaki tells him to calm down as, well, the government's already gonna erase a few things, so it's time to pay the asshole that started all of this, Imakaruse. And Aramaki is gonna see the Government boss that started last night's attack. #GhostInTheShell

We open with Togusa about to go under the knife and Section 9 demanding, for obvious reasons, his memories from the last 16 hours. With no choice, as this also includes his reactions influencing there's, they go for a reading of everything. #GhostInTheShell #StandAloneComplex

Up next, Togusa survives and now Section 9 wants both answers...and payback. "Left-Behind Trace – ERASER" #GhostInTheShell #StandAloneComplex

We get the Tachikoma Days as one of 'em sees another bottle of natural oil. #GhostInTheShell #StandAloneComplex

Whenever you give Crispen Freeman the spotlight, he runs with it! We hear it all from him, Togusa's exhaustion at the case, excitement at his eureka moments, the sense of right and wrong from his tone of voice alone, it really is what makes this ep one of the best. #GhostInTheShell

Also Crispin Freeman is CARRYING this episode looking at his resume and realizing HOW legacy he is having been in classic anime, Pokemon, Digimon, Steven Universe, X-men, Rumic World, Gundam, Star Wars...etc... #GhostInTheShell #StandAloneComplex #Episode20 #AnimeRetroRewatch @digiranma.bsky.social

Togusa tries to get the guy with the file out of there...only he winds up stopped by some of the goon squad...and Togusa gets wounded by the rest...but the good news is the item is a COPY, so the original is in the hands of the asshole that started all of this. #GhostInTheShell #StandAloneComplex

"I'm with public security!" That's an understatement, also Togusa seems to find himself in these kind of situations. #GhostInTheShell #StandAloneComplex #Episode20 #AnimeRetroRewatch @digiranma.bsky.social

Turns out the guy is claiming guilt and is ready to tell the judge what he did...and that's when the "Clean up crew" storms the Sunflower Society with guns blazing. #GhostInTheShell #StandAloneComplex

Oh, and you wanna know the best part of all this? The asshole that rejected the vaccine so the Micro Machine groups can give him more money? Yeah, well, guess what he's been taking to stop the brain hardening. Hint: It ain't from the people that pay him. #GhostInTheShell #StandAloneComplex

Turns out the Sunflower Society HAS the file that...yeah, confirms that those that got the vaccines are those with deep pockets, famous, or work for the government....just as the government themselves confirm the Sunflower Society has the file and are sending people to "Clean up." #GhostInTheShell

Togusa's research REEKS of the complexities of insurance companies, big pharma and the rich secretly hoarding cures to terminal diseases. (Like say recent events involving an immortal turtle...if you know, YOU KNOW) #GhostInTheShell #StandAloneComplex #Episode20 @digiranma.bsky.social