From Kodansha:Stand Alone Complex takes place in the year 2030, in the fictional Japanese city of New Port. The story follows the of Public Security Section 9, a special operations task force made up of former military officers and police detectives. The manga presents individual cases that Section 9 investigates. When a high-ranking government official is kidnapped, the Prime Minister must call in his top crime-fighting force known as Section 9. Led by the beautiful (and deadly) Major Kusanagi, the cybernetically enhanced squad must use all their skill to take down the kidnappers and rescue the hostages. But that’s only half of the mission; can Kusanagi and company find out who’s behind the kidnapping, and, more importantly, just what they’re after? 22n48

Official English: Azuki, INKR