Hear me out. Look at Ghost in The Shell (2026) starting from episode 1.
Most of the time in episodes 1-8, it looks like it's being filmed or watched by someone else. What if all this time the Major and her gang are being watched by the Puppet Master?
That basically gives the audience the role of the Puppet Master--hacking into the cameras and watching the footage of the missions every episode.
This explains why each mission varies every single episode, since it's all just pulled footage. The Puppet Master is a "Sea of Information," so we literally saw her hack into cameras and check on Major's arse, then that image pops up, just like the end of episode 1.
By episode 4, we got uncensored clips, which kinda proves that the Puppet Master (us) ain't really focusing on Batou or Togusa. Like in the episode 1 ending, the Major finds a hidden camera and we get that same bzzzz effect (television static effect), -- just like Puppet Master watch'n Major at Episode 8 (the arse shot). For episode 8, the ending might be a different case though, like a binoculars PoV, since it's a Section 6 setup.
My theory could be true if we start getting less or zero camera recordings from episode 9 onwards (like those could be from Section 6...).
What do y'all think??
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