Now, Section 9 has grown and Togusa is currently acting field commander. Solid State Society starts off with an unusual string of apparent suicides. All victims have the same tattoos implying that they belong to the same underworld organization, but they also keep leaving a message, "Puppeteer." Could this new player be somehow behind the deaths of these criminals?
On top of all that, Section 9 begins to uncover a plot to release a micromachine virus into the public by infecting children. When these children are rounded up, it turns out their memories have been altered and the only link between the two crimes seems to be this mysterious Puppeteer and a medical assistance network.
As far as this DVD's special features, the most interesting one has to be Uchikomatic Days. This is a short comedic show similar to the Tachikoma Days shows found at the end of each episode of Stand Alone Complex, the difference being that this short follows the group of eight Uchikomatic think tanks, the replacement for the blue think tanks in the series, the Tachikoma. This short starts off with a Tachikoma having several little Tachikoma babies and one green Uchikomatic baby. At first, the similar siblings make fun of the different one and then go off to service, but soon the little green guy goes off to work with Batou in Section 9 and along with the other 7 Uchikomatic, form a band and sing a song about replacing the Tachikoma. If you aren't familiar with the shorts in the series, then this extra might seem odd ... and quite frankly, even if you are familiar with them, it's odd anyway, you just know what to expect.
Solid State Society is a great film for fans of the series. Though the film doesn't necessarily do a good job of standing alone (no pun intended), it is still a good film for people who are only casually interested in the show and haven't had the time to invest in the entire series.
