It's your basic storytelling device of an A plot and a B plot that is used in a lot of TV. Except they kind of deconstruct that plot structure. Putting the A and B plot back to back.
First you follow a Tachikoma on it's excursion with a little girl it meets.
Then we see the crew of Section 9 do a deep dive on an object the AI robot finds.
At first blush this seems to be a filler story. It doesn't advance the season long story arc. Though it does flesh out a few characters.
However it does do the two things that all good GITS stories do. It has an emotional resonance at a level most people can identify with. Its also thought provoking and intellectually stimulating. Exploring ideas like what constitutes art in the cyber world?
What is consent when your perceptions can be manipulated like phosphors on a computer screen?
The artwork is great as always. The story starts out light then gets darker as more is revealed. Not one of my favorite episodes if I am honest. But I never skip it. Always worth watching. This is why I rate it only 8. I have to leave room for other episodes like "Testation" to be rated higher!
First you follow a Tachikoma on it's excursion with a little girl it meets.
Then we see the crew of Section 9 do a deep dive on an object the AI robot finds.
At first blush this seems to be a filler story. It doesn't advance the season long story arc. Though it does flesh out a few characters.
However it does do the two things that all good GITS stories do. It has an emotional resonance at a level most people can identify with. Its also thought provoking and intellectually stimulating. Exploring ideas like what constitutes art in the cyber world?
What is consent when your perceptions can be manipulated like phosphors on a computer screen?
The artwork is great as always. The story starts out light then gets darker as more is revealed. Not one of my favorite episodes if I am honest. But I never skip it. Always worth watching. This is why I rate it only 8. I have to leave room for other episodes like "Testation" to be rated higher!
