https://www.tumblr.com/cat-mermaid/824776808140570624/this-this-this-all-of-this?source=share I think that this post (and all the other reblogs) basically sums up the main problem you have with GITS (especially 2026/the manga)

yeah I think the issue is that me and 1980s shirow masamune have very different ideas of what is cool and fun to see a protagonist doing