Same story over and over
It's either the puppetmaster, the illegal ghost-copying business or a mix of these two chapters of the comic.
It's starting to feel like a bad dream because even though I love gits the ending of every tv-series or movie will have Kusanagi ambushed by a tank, her body in pieces and Batou saving the day while Motoko gets existential. Oh, and the always present mop-up-scenes with corrupt politicians being lead away in handcuffs. Over. And over. And over. And over.
Groundhog day and not in a good way.