Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex takes place in the year 2030, in
the fictional Japanese city of New Port. The story follows the 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.
THE BEST OFFENSE IS A STRONG DEFENSE?
An advanced tech tank is on the loose and appears hell bent on heading
into the city. To make matters worse, it has impenetrable defenses and
all conventional efforts to stop its progress have failed. Now it's up
to Major Kusanagi and Section 9 to find a way to stop the tank's
inexorable march toward an unknown fate in the city!