Anime feature from the 'Ghost in the Shell' franchise. The year is 2030. Six months have passed since the 'Laughing Man' incident was solved. About three million refugees are living in Japan, invited to fill the labour shortage. However, the emergent presence of the invited-refugees has intensified their conflict with the 'Individualists', who called for national isolation, which then led to increased incidences of terrorist attacks. Under these circumstances, a terrorist group called the 'Individual Eleven' carries out a suicide attack. But there appears to have been a greater scheme behind their action. When Section 9 learns this, it attempts to bring down the mastermind of the incident. Meanwhile, Kuze, a surviving member of the Individual Eleven, becomes a charismatic leader of the invited-refugees and heightens the confrontation against the government. Motoko starts feeling a strange sense of fate connecting her with Kuze...