Ghost in the Shell SAC_2045 (TV Series) N-POWER/How to Build an Independent Nation (2022) User Reviews

Getting back in the groove

[peterfmodel · 7/10 · 1 June 2022]

This episode is certainly better than the previous, because the previous episode provided sufficient backstory to allow me to be engaged in this episode. It was sufficiently good to keep me interested from start to finish, however I am getting the impression that the story arc is being stretched out. The original SAC episodes, or even the Movie, were paced very well, with an engaging story progression throughout. This episode and the previous could have easily been packed into a single episode. The issue is not laziness, which is common in live action stories. With animation or even 3D each minute takes a lot of effort to create so this stretching is not being done for that reason. My gut feel is the story was stretched to fit the required 12 episodes, at least this episode and the last one. Perhaps a better strategy would be to insert a stand alone episode in the series, rather than stretch the story-arc.