Tall!

Yes

There’s nothing to get.

Only smol Ina, and takodachis.

Better hearing

I don’t think anyone should hold that opinion.

It is not possible to be certain of something like that on a global scale. There is no such thing as a universal human truth that will always be, no matter what society provides the context.

I approve of ACAB in the way it argues that a problem that has become systemic, cannot be fixed by the system itself.

That doesn’t mean good systems do not or cannot exist.

Your final sentence suggests that you’re the type of person who thinks benevolent force does not exist, when in fact examples of it are plentyful.

saved

Internationally?

Now I don’t actually know about Germany, but there isn’t much I would change about the police here in Finland.

done

Waves at her with both hands.

She waves back with both hands. 😱

One of the underboobs girls of all time.

Or… Or! Hear me out!

She could date the magical girl!

I REALLY like this

🥵

Starts walking further away from the router.

It looks and sounds great.

But it turns Motoko, who is just a common full conversion cyborg, if a hypercompetent military grade one, into just another generic chosen one. Yet another “first” and “only” one. GitS is about what happens when posthuman science has gone so far that the kinds of things it enables are “normal”.

The movie completely misses that and is left with literally nothing narratively worthwile. It mashes together a bunch GitS moments with no respect for the original message, while simultanously butchering Motokos characterization and also glorifying her into literally the most important person in the history of cyberization.

FFS some of the originals they make a point of Togusa being the “special” one because he’s the only actual “human” on the team!

The franchise is everything that exists with GitS written on it. There’s an actual definition. That’s not debatable.

You’re coming up with one, because you feel this new piece of it doesn’t fit the parts you like. Nevermind that there are already parts that are like this. You’re just disregarding them.

And no-one is claiming it’s all the same. In fact, GitS is one of the most non-homogeneous franchises there are, even excluding the manga. (Movies, SaC, Arise, MANY games). Multiple versions that are in no way sequentially related. Few other franchises do something like that.

And that’s all fine. Like the parts you like. But you’re really leaving no room for tastes to differ.

Confirming you’re incapable of comprehending the other position really doesn’t reinforce yours.

So, from my point of view, this is definitely offensive to the franchise. It’s like turning John Wick into a pastel colored show about a petting zoo and saying that it’s still the same because the theme of him liking dogs is still intact.

About a petting zoo?

Did you miss the part where the Major assassinates a foreign national because he’s a problem?

Or the child brainwashing factory?

Your example would be accurate if the dog still dies and John still goes on a killing spree. But the style is cuter.

The hollywood “adaptation” shits all over GitS, because it misapplies and mixes the themes of the franchise in ways that defeats the purpose of exploring them.

Despite how cool it looks and sounds, it’s a far greater insult.

Changing the tone, colors, or sounds, doesn’t have to stop a series from being about the things GitS is supposed to be about.

The point of GitS was never the style. It was the themes about posthumanism, information infrastructure, and augmented society. That’s clearly still here.

It’s not for you. But its hardly offensive to the franchise.

Based on the gun, small woman on even smaller couch.

I’m not sure yet, but this might actually land next to Dungeon Meshi for me.

It’s just so full of charm.

I am in love.

It’s delivering on everything the PVs made me hope for.

They added kawaii to my kakkoii and it is better, not worse.