Ghost In The Shell - Motoko Kusanagi

攻殻機動隊 GHOST IN THE SHELL: Stand Alone Complex & Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG
Motoko Kusanagi 草薙 素子

The intro song is an unofficial song sung by Yoko Kanno.
Music by Yoko Kanno 「菅野 よう子」
Vocals by HIDE & Maaya Sakamoto 「坂本 真綾」
Lyrics by HIDE
Cream


Kyou no shuuen shiomichite eien to tsuzuku tatakai no noka
Hitotoki no kyuusoku mukaeru atari no hikari wo keshite

*So what's you want
Nani mo hoshiku wa nai koko ni ite yasuragi ga areba
So what's you need
Hitsuyou na mono koko ni itekure kokoro ga areba

*Kumo no kireme kara hoshi hitotsu futatsu mittsu yottsu harewatarai
Ichinichi no owari wo tsugeteru ansoku no chi AM
Mata ashita ni nareba kawarazu itsutsu muttsu nanatsu monogoto ga
Iron na houkou mukatte korogatte yuku rollin'

Kurikaesu mainichi ni oboreru hi ga deru you ni oitaterare
Haritsumeta sono tsumetai kokoro wo ima wa koko de slow down

*repeat

Subete no mono ga hitotsu futatsu mittsu awasari ookiku mashiteku
Koko dewa kokoro yuruseru nukumori ga afure michiafure
Sen to ten wo tsunagiawasu you ni hibi wo seikatsu suru
Kyou no shuuen shiomichite eien to tsuzuku

*repeat


English Translation

The end of today, the tide continues to rise eternally in battle
I welcome a small rest as the light is extinguished
*So what's you want
I don't want anything, I'm content as long as you're here
*So what you need?
The essential thing... stay with me, if you have the heart
In the gaps in the clouds, 1-2-3-4 stars appear
announcing the end of another day, a land of rest. AM
And when tomorrow comes again 5-6-7 things
roll out from all directions

I drown in repeating days
As if driven away like a flame
Your frozen heart has to slow down hee and now

*repeat

All things 1-2-3 unite and grow larger
Here, your heart sways and is filled to overflowing with warmth
Like joining points on a line, your life connects the days
The end of today
The tide continues to rise eternally

*repeat



The Laughing Man & Individual Eleven
The series takes place in the year 2030 and 2032, where many people have become cyborgs with prosthetic bodies. Primarily set in the fictional Japanese city of Niihama, Niihama Prefecture (新浜県新浜市 Niihama-ken Niihama-shi/New Port City), the series follows the members of Public Security Section 9, a special-operations task-force made up of former military officers and police detectives, while the group investigates various crimes, both seasons feature ongoing investigations into two incidents that embroil the group in corruption within other branches of the Japanese government.

In 2024, the terrorist incident known as "The Laughing Man Incident" occurred in which Ernest Serano, president of the groundbreaking micromachine company, Sereno Genomics, was kidnapped and ransomed. One day, the case having remained unsolved for six years, Detective Yamaguchi, who has been investigating "The Laughing Man Incident," sends word that he wants to meet with Togusa from Public Safety Section 9. However, soon after sending this message, Yamaguchi, crucial to the success of the case, dies in an accident. Many days pass and in the midst of a police interview relay concerning suspicions behind interceptors, a forewarning is received from "The Laughing Man" of his next crime. The incorporeal hacker begins to move once again...

Two years have passed since the Laughing Man Incident was solved. About 3 million refugees are living in Japan, invited to fill the labor shortage. However, the emergent presence of the invited-refugees intensified their confrontation with the "Individualists", who called for national isolation, which then led to the increased incidences of terrorist attacks. Under these circumstances, a terrorist group called the Individual Eleven carries out a suicide attack. But there was a greater scheme behind their action. When Section 9 learns this, they attempt to nail down the mastermind of the incident.
Meanwhile, Kuze, a surviving member of the Individual Eleven, becomes a charismatic leader of the invited-refugees and intensifies the confrontation against the government. And Motoko starts feeling a strange sense of fate connecting her with Kuze...