fabbioscarito 's review for:

The Ghost in the Shell (Deluxe Edition) by Shirow Masamune

4.0

adventurous dark funny hopeful informative mysterious sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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What it lacks in the cohesion and focus (present in Oshii's animated adaptation), it makes up for in the charm of characters and density of its world. Some of these panels are absolutely gorgeous, loaded with detail, matched by the footnotes about geopolitics or physics terms. This feels more like a primer for a cyberpunk world than an A-B narrative and that works, but Oshii managed the balance in the 1995 film