Yu Kinutani Book order

Yu Kinutani's adaptation of the hit anime series Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (in turn inspired by the landmark manga by Masamune Shirow) continues to be as gripping as ever. Set in the year 2030 in the fictional Japanese city of New Port, the story follows members of Public Security Section 9, a special-operations task-force made up of former military officers and police detectives. The manga presents individual cases that Section 9 investigates, along with an ongoing, more serious investigation into the serial killer and hacker known only as The Laughing Man.

"Marcelo Jarti, the hero of a democratic revolution, and South American drug dealer, has been coming to Japan periodically and no one knows why. The Major and Section 9 track his movements after he makes his latest appearance in the country. They are determined to figure out the meaning of his visits, but following Jarti leads to more than they could have possibly expected ..."--Page 4 of cover

This is vol. 2 of the Stand Alone Complex manga, featuring seven chapters of great stories involving Major Kusanagi, and the Tachikoma robots.

Section 9, a cybernetically enhanced squad that is the Prime Minister's top crime fighting force, investigate a variety of cases, including the kidnapping of a high-ranking government official.