puppeteer, puppet master
もう“人形使い”というプログラムも“少女”という女も存在しないわ
There’s no longer any program called the “Puppet Master” or any woman called a “girl.”
— GHOST IN THE SHELL (1995)
“人形使い”の追跡は捕獲する為でなく――“回収する為だったとしたら?”
What if the pursuit of the “puppeteer” wasn’t to capture them—but to retrieve them?
— GHOST IN THE SHELL (1995)
You wrote in the report that things had been strange ever since the Puppet Master incident, didn’t you?
— GHOST IN THE SHELL (1995)