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In SAC episode 18, we see Kusanagi stop Yu from physically attacking the
Chinese foreign minister, but after her short exchange with Batou (who is
standing nearby), Yu turns to smile and creates an explosion via some sort of
detonation device in the bouquet he's carrying. From a bird's eye shot, we
then see a somewhat large explosion.

Yet after that, we learn that the Chinese minister returned safely to China,
and it looks like Kusanagi, Yu, and Batou are still alive.

What's with this explosion then, and why is no one (or at least the major,
non-background characters) hurt? Somehow, the fact that Kusanagi is a cyborg
doesn't quite seem to explain things, since this still doesn't deal with the
other characters.


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What's with the explosion in episode 18?


In the very next scene, major Kusanagi explains:

> The risks, of course, are considerable, but we couldn't find a better
> solution than to further edit Yu's memories with a successful assassination
> attempt.

So what we see after the moment major attached a cyberbrain-disabling device
to the back of his neck, is only a fake memory.


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