Overview: Members of Section 9 seek out a man named Philip Kukushkin, a Russian national who seems to know a lot about the creation of posthumans.
Overview: US special operations forces join the Section 9 team in their fight against a relentless posthuman named Suzuka Mizukane.
Overview: While extracting information from Kukushkin, the Section 9 team uncovers some shocking information about an AI program developed by the US government.
Overview: Worried Purin might be a spy for the Americans, the Major sends out a crew of Tachikoma to look into her hidden past.
Overview: Togusa finally realizes that he's been trapped in his own memories — and suddenly finds himself in a devastated Tokyo in the year 2045.
Overview: After hearing from Togusa, Batou and the others head to Tokyo. Back in Fukuoka, the Major learns that a posthuman has hijacked a nuclear submarine.
Overview: Resurrected as a full-body prosthetic cyborg, Purin tries to hitchhike her way to Tokyo. US special operations forces face Mizukane's wrath.
Overview: Batou and the group get an update on the posthuman situation from Standard. The Major and Purin join the rest of the crew in Tokyo.
Overview: To take back control of the hijacked nuclear submarine, the Section 9 team targets Mizukane and Takashi Shimamura.
Overview: Shimamura wakes up and makes a desperate move, putting Kusanagi and her crew in an impossible position.
Overview: Kusanagi and her team do everything they can to stop the US from implementing their draconian plan to end the nuclear standoff with "N."
Overview: The Section 9 crew start living their regular lives as if nothing ever happened — and the only one who finds it strange is Kusanagi.