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The Ghost in the Shell Episode 3 Reaction (Patreon)

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2026-07-21 20:36:13
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2026-07-21 21:48:12
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Prime Video was really pissing me off the whole time lol. Will be watching from somewhere else from now on

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Amaedo

fuck amazon prime dude, ngl thats so much lore/flavor text we're missing out on this absolutely sucks

Brendan Horn

I left this on the YouTube version too. But thought I should add it here to be thorough. OK. I went through my copy of the manga and used my phone camera to scan the annotions into a note app. I have no idea if all of these annotions were used in the episode, so I copied everything that more or less lined up with what was shown in this episode. I went through and fixed any weird spelling mistakes or missing words I could find, but I probably missed some. THE ROBOTS COLLECTIVELY CALLED "FUCHIKOMA" ARE A SINGLE "AI" (ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE). STARTING IN THE MORNING, OR UPON COMMENCING A JOB, DIFFERENT FUCHIKOMA UNITS HAVE DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES, RESULTING IN INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES AMONG UNITS. AT NIGHT, OR AFTER A JOB IS COMPLETED HOWEVER, ALL UNITS HAVE THEIR MEMORIES (RECORDS OF EXTERNAL STIMULI, INDIVIDUAL UNIT CONDITIONS, ACTIONS, THOUGHTS, ETC.) NETWORKED AND DATA-LINKED, SO THAT BY THE NEXT MORNING (OR WHENEVER THE NEXT JOB IS PERFORMED), THEIR MEMORIES ARE ALL UNIFIED. IN TERMS OF EQUIPMENT, THE FUCHIKOMA UNITS DO POSSESS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF INDIVIDUALITY, BUT THIS INDIVIDUALITY IS UNRELATED TO THE UNIFORMITY OF THEIR AI (THANK YOU). BATOU IS UNIQUE AMONG THE TEAM MEMBERS IN THAT HE LIKES TO USE A PARTICULAR FUCHIKOMA UNIT AS HIS OWN. THIS QUIRK OF HIS HAS NO PARTICULAR SIGNIFICANCE, HOWEVER... A ROBOT IS A SYSTEM- THIS INCLUDES COMPUTERS -WHEREIN A SPECIFIC INPUT, OR INSTRUCTION, RESULTS IN A SPECIFIC OUTPUT, OR PERFORMANCE. SOME ROBOTS BY THEMSELVES CAN DISCRIMINATE AND PERFORM MULTIPLE TASKS TO A CERTAIN EXTENT. BUT ROBOTS ARE FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT FROM ANDROIDS. "ANDROID" IS A WORD THAT REFERS TO THE MECHA THAT RESULTS WHEN HUMANS TRY TO SEE IF THEY CAN CREATE HUMANS USING MECHATRONICS. CONVERSELY, IT'S A TYPE OF MECHA THAT ALLOWS HUMANS TO MOUTH STATEMENTS LIKE. "HUMANS ARE COMPLEX, BUT THEY ARE A SYSTEM, SO THEY CAN BE REPLICATED IF ONLY THESE COMPONENTS ARE PUT TOGETHER IN SUCH AND SUCH WAY." IN OTHER WORDS, MECHANICAL PEOPLE AS DESIRED BY THOSE WHO DENY THE CONCEPT OF THE "GHOST." Als WITH PROSTHETIC BODIES PROBABLY NEVER EXPERIENCE HUNGER, SEXUAL DESIRE. THE DESIRE TO SLEEP OR EVEN THE DESIRE FOR GLORY AND HONOR, UNLESS PROGRAMMED TO DO SO. IF THEY HAVE ANY DESIRE, IT'S PROBABLY TO EXPAND THEIR NETWORKS OR CREATE SOMETHING OR CONTROL SOMETHING: IN OTHER WORDS, TO GROW AS AN INFORMATION SYSTEM. THIS IS SOMETHING WE MAY KNOW IN THE NEAR FUTURE, BUT HAVE NO WAY OF DETERMINING NOW. I DON'T THINK THERES AN AI SUPERIOR TO A HUMAN EXISTENNCE YET, BUT HOW SHOULD I KNOW? I'M ONLY A CARTOONIST. THE DEFINITION OF A HUMAN IS ALREADY VAGUE, SO WHEN AN AI SUPERIOR TO A HUMAN (HOW IS THIS DEFINED?) IS DEVELOPED, THE QUESTION IS: WILL HUMANS BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE IT? IN LOOKING AT A BOOK ON BRAIN DEATH, IT APPEARS THAT WHETHER A GHOST ATTACHES ITSELF TO A BODY OR NOT IS DETERMINED PARTLY BY THE ACTIVITIES OF THE CEREBRUM AND THE LOWER PART OF THE THALAMUS. GENERALLY SPEAKING, WHAT WE REFER TO AS THE "SPIRIT" OR "SOUL" IS A VERY VAGUE CONCEPT, INCLUDING THINGS PROGRAMMED INTO, OR CLOSELY RELATED TO, THE PHYSICAL BODY, SUCH AS MEMORY, THE RESULTS OF CHEMICAL REACTIONS, AND EMOTIONS, ETC. A "CYBORG" REFERS TO A HUMAN WHOSE BODY HAS BEEN PARTIALLY OR ALMOST COMPLETELY ALTERED BY THE USE OF SUBSTITUTE ARTIFICIAL ORGANS AND PARTS. THE FEMALE CYBORG SUSPENDED FROM THE CEILING IN THE ILLUSTRATION TO THE RIGHT IS OVER 90 PERCENT MACHINE. THE ONLY PARTS OF HER ORIGINAL FLESH-AND-BLOOD BODY THAT REMAIN ARE HER BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD, WHICH ARE, AS THE ILLUSTRATION SHOWS, INSIDE A SPECIAL SHELL. AS SHE DEMONSTRATES, AT FIRST GLANCE, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A CYBORG AND A ROBOT. IT IS ALSO DIFFICULT TO IMAGINE HOW ARTIFICIAL VERSIONS OF SOME PARTS OF THE BODY, SUCH AS THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM, THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM, THE SPLEEN, THE LIVER, AND THE MARROW CAN EVER BE MANUFACTURED, SO IT IS EXTREMELY DOUBTFUL THAT WE WILL EVER SEE A CYBORG AS MECHANIZED AS THE ONE HERE, BUT THERE ARE INDEED MANY OTHER MANMADE BODY PARTS THAT ARE ALREADY AVAILABLE (AND IT'S A GROWING FIELD), FOR THOSE WHO READ JAPANESE AND ARE INTERESTED IN KNOWING MORE, ALLOW ME TO SUGGEST THE NOW SLIGHTLY DATED BOOK, BIOMATERIALS-AN APPROACH TO ARTIFICIAL ORGANS, PUBLISHED BY NIKKAN KOGYO SHIMBUN. THE AUTHOR IS DR. YOSHITO IKADA. MANY READERS MAY THINK, "WHAT?!" AT THE IDEA OF USING FIBER-OPTIC FILM TO DETECT PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE IN CYBORGS. BUT WHAT MAKES THIS CONCEPT INTERESTING IS THAT IT'S ALREADY POSSIBLE TODAY, LIGHT DOESN'T JUST RUN FROM ONE END OF A FIBER TO THE OTHER. IT COLLIDES WITH PARTICLES INSIDE THE FIBER, AND IS THEREBY REFLECTED, SO A CERTAIN AMOUNT ACTUALLY RETURNS TO THE POINT OF ENTRY. IF, IN PART OF THE OPTICAL FIBER, HEAT IS APPLIED TO ALTER THE STATUS OF THE PARTICLES, THERE WILL ALSO BE A CHANGE DETECTABLE IN THE LIGHT THAT RETURNS TO THE POINT OF ENTRY. THIS CHANGE MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO DETECT THE DISTANCE FROM THE POINT OF ENTRY, AND ALSO THE DEGREE OF CHANGE. THIS EFFECT CAN BE USED WITH A TYPE OF CLOTH WOVEN OF FIBER OPTICS (WHICH IS REFERRED TO AS A. "FILM": RESEARCH IS APPARENTLY BEING DONE TO MAKE CLOTHES THAT GLOW, OR SAFETY CLOTHES). HERE. I'M USING THE SAME PRINCIPLE FOR A TYPE OF SKIN. FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF MICROMACHINING, THEY'RE IT'S FAIRLY INEXPENSIVE, AND THEREFORE ESSENTIAL TO USING A RATHER ROUGH APPROACH IN THE STORY, BUT REDUCE THE MANUFACTURING COST OF CYBORGS. IM SURE THERE'S REALLY NO NEED TO NOTE THIS, BUT THE NUMBER OF MICROMACHINES IN THE SOLUTION, THE AMOUNT OF CURRENT APPLIED, AND LENGTH OF TIME ETC. ARE ALL ALLOWING FOR SOME ERROR-DETERMINED BY THE CLASS OF MICROMACHINES. THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF MICROMACHINES -THOSE THAT REACT TO PRESSURE, CHANGES IN TEMPERATURE, PAIN-WHICH IS DIFFICULT-AND THEY ARE MIXED INTO THE SOLUTION AT A FIXED RATE. CHANGING THE RATIO OF MICROMACHINES MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO MAKE A PARTICULAR E SENSE MORE SENSITIVE. FURTHERMORE, FOR CYBORGS EMPLOYED IN SPECIAL TYPES OF LABOR, IT'S ALSO POSSIBLE TO CREATE SPECIAL SKIN SENSES SUCH AS THE ABILITY TO DETECT GASES OR MAGNETISM-THAT HUMANS DO NOT POSSESS. MAJOR KUSANAGI IS DELIBERATELY DESIGNED TO LOOK LIKE A MASS-PRODUCTION MODEL SO SHE WON'T BE TOO CONSPICUOUS. IN REALITY, HER ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SYSTEMS ARE MADE OF ULTRA-SOPHISTICATED MATERIALS UNOBTAINABLE ON THE CIVILIAN MARKET. IF SHE APPEARED TOO EXPENSIVE, SHE MIGHT BE SUDDENLY WAYLAID IN A DARK ALLEY SOME NIGHT, HACKED UP AND HAULED OFF TO BE SOLD. "CUSTOM MODEL" HERE IMPLIES MODELS WITH A PROSTHETIC DESIGN CREATED BY A PROFESSIONAL ARTIST. FOR SUCH CYBORGS, AN ARTIST DESIGNS EVERYTHING FROM THE SHAPE OF THE MECHANICAL COMPONENTS TO THE EXTERNAL APPEARANCE. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR DESIGNER-CYBORGS TO BE OVER-STRESSED, OR TO HAVE A VARIETY OF DESIGN IMBALANCES. SOMETIMES WITH GROTESQUE RESULTS. 16^2 INDICATES THAT THE MICROMACHINES USED FOR SKIN SENSATION ARE EXTREMELY TINY. MAJOR KUSANAGI HAS SNUCK OFF WITH THIS TOP SECRET MATERIAL (AN ACT OF TREASON!) SO YOU WON'T FIND IT ON THE OPEN MARKET. IT IS CLEAR THAT THESE WOMEN ARE MANUFACTURING PRODUCTS OF EXTREMELY HIGH PRECISION, BUT IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE IF THE PRECISION IS THE RESULT OF THE 16^2. THEREFORE, THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY THAT SOMEONE WILL FIND OUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING. (IT SEEMS DEDUCIBLE, HOWEVER, THAT THEY ARE USING MICROMACHINES EVEN MORE ADVANCED THAN THOSE ON THE OPEN MARKET.) WHAT DO TOTAL CYBORGS EAT? I IMAGINE THAT INITIALLY, CYBORGS CONSUMED SMALL QUANTITIES DF PASTE-LIKE SUBSTANCE OR PILLS. BUT -PARTLY FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL REASONS - BY THE TIME OF THIS STORY THEY ARE SHOWN EATING SYNTHETIC FOOD SUCH AS SHOWN HERE, WITH A "NORMAL APPEARANCE AND ORAL SENSATION," INCLUDING TASTE OF COURSE. THEY CAN ALSO UNDERGO A SIMULATED EATING EXPERIENCE WITHIN THEIR CYBERBRAIN NETSPACE, BUT AN ACTUAL PHYSICAL MEAL IS CONSIDERED BEST FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAINTAINING A DAILY RHYTHM. FUCHIKOMAS, ON THE OTHER HAND, CAN LAST FOR TWO MONTHS BY MERELY REPLENISHING THEIR TANKS WITH A FLUID MIXED SPECIALLY FOR NEUROCHIPS. (OR LET'S ASSUME SO.) FUCHIKOMAS AREN'T PURE BIO-ROBOTS, HOWEVER.