TGAA2 SPOILERS but okay jesus imagine you’re me. in 2015 the english fansub of the first two tgaa cases drop. you are left mourning kazuma asougi. you think he was this angel. total badass. a pillar of cool mentor figure. ryuu’s idol. now imagine it is 2021 and the official localization comes out and you play tgaa2 for the first time. after SIX YEARS of having this image of kazuma in your head. you find out he’s fucking batshit. apeshit, even. balls to the walls nuts. mans is a fucking whirlwind of trauma bad decisions and impulsiveness. now THAT is immersion. i truly felt ryuu’s ongoing feeling of “what the fuck? what the fuck? WHO WAS THE ASOUGI I KNEW THIS WHOLE TIME???”
i had thought i’d KNOWN this man since MIDDLE SCHOOL!! i remember telling my friends at the lunch table that bro died just because he didnt like chicken and mourning “oh poor innocent sweet thing” and then i was in my SECOND YEAR OF COLLEGE when i find out BROS FUCKING BAT SHITTE!! TOOK A KATANA TO INSPECTOR GREGSON!! in the name of revenge! holy fuck! imagine experiencing the games themes in Real Time!!! now Thats immersion....imagine..
im still not over that tweet where someone was like “when are we gonna get an ace attorney prosecutor who just like pulls out a gun and shoots the defense attorney when they’re loosing” because like…
Phoenix Wright's best traps are the ones he knows the effectiveness of firsthand.
He knows that a bright-eyed young defense attorney with a burning desire to exonerate their client will take key evidence from a disarmingly innocuous-seeming girl in a cape. Kristoph Gavin taught him that, and Apollo Justice takes the bait.
He knows that, if you want to get evidence from someone or retrieve certain objects, the most effective way to do so is to get close. To be friends. To take meals together. Perhaps even to get them to fall for you. To make them think you're nothing but a helpless pretty face. Dahlia Hawthorne taught him that, and Kristoph Gavin takes the bait.
He knows that, if you don't have the evidence needed to convict someone obviously guilty, you're not out of options. Their crimes speak for themselves, and if they're made known in court, it's the court of public opinion who will deem them guilty, and the gavel has no choice but to follow. Mia Fey taught him that, and Kristoph Gavin takes the bait.
He knows that, when trusted family commits unspeakable crimes, only the light of the court can exorcise that darkness. Miles Edgeworth taught him that, and Klavier Gavin takes the bait.
its so funny to me that athena and apollo have like. similar names and roles in the WAA but the circumstances of them joining it are SO different. someones like "who are your two proteges mr wright" and phoenix is like "well this is athena, i was seeking out a new lawyer for the firm and recruited her in europe for her unique hearing, analytical psychology training, and precociously young law degree. and this is apollo, i got him in the divorce"
practicing my purely abysmal hand-written japanese, forgive the kanji being twice the size of the kana
what it’s supposed to say:
asougi: 。。。成歩堂 (... naruhodou.)
naruhodou: ん?(hm?)
asougi: めちゃくちゃ焼き過ぎる (it’s way overcooked.)
naruhodou: え?本当か (huh? really?)
asougi: 中は赤のいつで、食べるべきだよ (you’re supposed to eat it once it’s red/pink in the center.)
naruhodou: でもこのように好きだ。。。(but i like it like this...)