Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human-Error Processor #2
In "Fat Cat Part 2," Section 9 faces a chilling mystery: dead businessman Hayasaka keeps reappearing, alive and active, raising urgent questions about digital resurrection and remote control. With the enigmatic Takoaka and the Institute of Technology looming, the agents race to uncover who’s manipulating Hayasaka—and whether they’re behind the hunt for Pandora, a digital vault holding secrets too dangerous to exist. Written by Shirow Masamune and Frederik L. Schodt, with art and inks by Masamune, and lettering by Tom Orzechowski, this 2006 issue delivers a sleek, suspenseful dive into identity and control. The cover, also by Masamune, captures the story’s eerie, high-tech tension.
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How do you keep a dead man from being murdered? Business bigwig Hayasaka might be dead, but he keeps turning up walking and talking, and Section 9 agents need to find out whether he's being remotely "puppeted" and whether those pulling the strings-like the mysterious Takoaka of the Institute of Technology-are the same people trying to control access to Pandora, a vast digital treasure trove of information of the most sensitive-and dangerous-nature.
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