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idk if I want manga accurate Major. She's been stoic on screen for nearly half a century, this new Kusanagi is easily the most talkative and I am not a fan. I think she's more interesting when her words have weight.
I think we’ve had a lot of straight Motoko and it’s nice to see her given more dimensions and a fuller personality.
Of course, her using a ghost infiltration key to make someone punch themselves in the face works hilariously both with a smirk, and completely deadpan!
It’s nice to see some of her feelings, that were always well written, expressed more visually for the audience. I think it could let new fans connect with her a bit more.
It doesn’t take away from any of her marvellous previous depictions, but god is it a breath of fresh air after the deadness of the Netflix show.
I think the manga starts off really goofy and then gets more serious when it finds its feet. She becomes lots more serious after merging with the Puppet Master, which isn't so significant in other adaptions, since she's so serious before as well.
The 1995 anime reorders the plot of the manga a little so that it's one big story, which to me is an improvement over the "disconnected vignette" style of the original. I wouldn't want an adaption of that...