"I had to hack your eyes pal!"
This should not turn me on...but it did.
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Well, just before the mech suit guy can do the deed...

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...allowing the Tachikomas to rescue Batou...as they get mowed down one...by...one... #GhostInTheShell #StandAloneComplex

"They were lucky enough to experience death..."
Um...it is amazing how that Tachikoma episode REALLY came into play with this finale!
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Just as it looks like Batou got what he needed...turns out there was another mech suit waiting in the woods...and it got one clean shot in... #GhostInTheShell #StandAloneComplex

"I knew the Major would have a stash around here!" (Sees where the stash is) ...guys, half of this is still Masamune Shirow. #GhostInTheShell #StandAloneComplex

Over at the safe house, Batou goes in to see if either the Major's there or if he can get anything of use...and that's when the goons strike...not realizing the Major Home Aloned the place. #GhostInTheShell #StandAloneComplex

As for the rest that went to the lab...

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"The illusion of social justice" line REALLY sends me because considering the position the US is in now it's funny how anime called a lot of shit out DECADES beforehand!
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The Tachikoma goes to the remains of the base and not only finds Batou left natural oil for 'em just in case...but two other Tachikomas, as all three of them have one thought: HELP BATOU! #GhostInTheShell #StandAloneComplex

Ishikawa spreads his info the only way he can in a pachinko parlor when the military group storms the place, but he gets out the best disguise he ever has...

A NEW YORK YANKEES HAT! NOBODY IN JAPAN WOULD BE
CAUGHT DEAD IN A YANKEES HAT!

Except he got spotted within 5 minutes. #GhostInTheShell

Back with the Tachikoma taking care of the old people and it's worried about section 9...but one of the old guys, who was a soldier, talks with it...and gives it a certain tool for the job... #GhostInTheShell #StandAloneComplex

Aramaki is fine with the whole "Wait until the election" plan...under one condition: The team he supposedly threw under the bus? That's section 9, it's them or nothing. #GhostInTheShell #StandAloneComplex

But...gosh darn it, we gotta wait for those pesky elections! Tell ya what we're gonna do, we're gonna work with the guy until the votes come in, then we'll reveal his dirty deeds and make the public THINK they were heard, how about that? #GhostInTheShell #StandAloneComplex

We open with Batou looking over at a safe house and waiting for The Major (Again, be as loyal as a Batou) as we see Aramaki is out and about walking and the Ministry of Justice ubering him for a ride and trying to get Section 9 back together. #GhostInTheShell #StandAloneComplex

Up next, team's been thrown under the bus, most of 'em captured, and the HQ blowned up.

Good thing they got friends in various places... "Smoke of Gunpowder, Hail of Bullets – BARRAGE" #GhostInTheShell #StandAloneComplex

Of course, we get the Tachikoma short and we get another life cycle of the tanks. #GhostInTheShell #StandAloneComplex

I've seen this show several times, so I know what's coming...but at the same time, a fan of the franchise, I know these characters already so I already know there's more than what I just saw. Maybe a newcomer would go "WHAT!?" but most wouldn't. #GhostInTheShell #StandAloneComplex

"Hell, this is my own life. HOw I decide to waste it is my own damn business!" In life, when you gotta be loyal to anything and anybody, be loyal as Batou. #GhostInTheShell #StandAloneComplex

The fact that Richard Epcar was in 2 of the animes I watched tonight is EPIC!
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One by one, everybody gets captured...but it turns out one of 'em was able to get out the information under the government's nose. VICTORY! #GhostInTheShell #StandAloneComplex