Stand Alone Complex takes place in the year 2030, in the fictional Japanese city of New Port. The story follows the members 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, along with an ongoing, more serious investigation into the serial killer and hacker known only as “The Laughing Man.” " Translation by Andria Cheng/ Stephen Paul, Lettering by Adapter Michael Braff/ Paige Pumphrey, Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC

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