Reviews

Ghost in the Shell by Masamune Shirow

storyphile's review against another edition

Found it confusing and just wasn’t interested in the story. 

wojevan's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

siegejay's review against another edition

3.0

I wonder if I had read this before watching the film, would I have liked it better? 

gl_mrtnl's review against another edition

3.0

The hypersexualisation will always get to me and dampen the mood (my mood, that is).

sboard's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

eressea0806's review against another edition

5.0

第一集大學時就看過了
這次再重看還是老樣子，後三分之一很難懂
新譯本把注釋的原文都留下來，另外找地方放翻譯
對這種作法十分不解
既然是譯本為何還要留原文呢?
這樣作讓字本來就很小的注變更小
實在難以閱讀啊

jonathan_lee_b's review against another edition

Ghost in the Shell is a cookbook of pictures.

sizrobe's review against another edition

4.0

Ghost in the Shell is a genre-defining work of cyberpunk manga. I'd seen the anime, but the plot of the manga has nothing to do with it. The main protagonist of the book is a female cyborg who works for a futuristic cyberterrorism agency.

It was pretty good, but I did, however, have to deduct a star for some murky translation when it gets philosophical and some pandering fanservice. Still definitely worth reading.

rackncheese's review against another edition

2.0

Honestly, I was pretty underwhelmed by this. I don't think the story has aged that well, and tonally it just felt all over the place. Not a bad book, but probably not one I'll revisit.

dreadpirateshawn's review against another edition

2.0

This one is tricky. I absolutely love the various anime that has arisen from this work -- the concept, the storylines, the action scenes, the cyberpunk attitude. But where the anime accentuates the subtle and introspective, the manga sticks with the crass and slapstick. Where the anime is well-polished, the manga is hard to follow. I wouldn't love the anime if it more closely resembled the manga, but I definitely wouldn't *have* the anime if not for the impressive raw material created in the manga.

So -- two stars. I did like it, but mostly because I was already determined to like it.