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the anime flashback eps are full of gems but one of my favourites is gregory edgeworth revealing the only television his weirdo nine year old watches is the news

#he sounds so amused too fhlghkl #probably a relief any of the rare times miles acts like a kid #i <3 my loser son #ace attorney #miles edgeworth #gregory edgeworth #ace attorney anime #oodly watches AA

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also i watched season 1 of the anime. what the hell was this. can't you just hug or shake hands or something. you guys are so weird.

#edgeworth dramatically grasping the air like nick blew him a kiss fhklghgkl #then they just ...stand there... #mia and franziska are right there. unsurprisingly franziska is immediately like alright I'm out #the anime imo is not great but occasionally it does something bonkers like this that makes it worth it lol #ace attorney #narumitsu #necessary feelings #oodly watches AA

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i didn't love the anime's adaptation of bridge to the turnabout but one thing about watching the ep knowing the case (vs playing the first time) was it gave me an appreciation for how funny this general scenario is

dahlia just spinning dials pointlessly for hours wasting time... stuck in a freezing cave pretending to solve a puzzle she set herself while running out the clock. hilarious

it's also dawning on me she spent at least a while in there alone with franziska which lmfao. what was THAT like. adding it to my ever-expanding fic list

#idk how to gif but in the scene you can see her just spinning wheels on the locks lmao #working hard or hardly working sis #ace attorney #aa3 spoilers #dahlia hawthorne #bridge to the turnabout #oodly watches AA

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I haven't bothered with posts about the anime episodes because for the most part they've been like... fine to moderately amusing and there's not really anything to say beyond that. 2x06 Sound the Turnabout Melody (what a title) was uh not like that lmao so

started off strong with that terrible Wright & Co commercial. god bless you Maya.

ever since they introduced the concept of the friendship keychains I've been wondering if Larry still has his or if Larry is a normal person and the keychains are a consequence of Phoenix and Edgeworth specifically being Like That.

I thought s1 really tried to be like "a no homo trio of besties!!!" so I assumed it was likely Larry did. instead not even 3 years later Larry is like "lmao you still have that?" and Phoenix is both embarrassed and defensive which is much better and funnier than I expected from this show lmfao god bless

Larry discovering girls while Phoenix is STILL thinking about Miles and then deciding to dedicate songs on the radio to him fahfkdhlhkhglh .... incredible. showstopping

the dedication just kept going and going, too. i thought it would end with like, 'to signal red from signal blue' but it went on and on. i know she read page one of his ten page letter. didn't even mention the illustrated annexes of red and blue holding hands 😔

edgeworth thanking phoenix aloud and meanwhile phoenix sensing a disturbance in the force and turning around to look ... lmaoooooooo?!?!?... I mean even by the high bar set by their game canon I was pretty stunned

the flipside of all the crazy but believably IC baby narumitsu stuff was I found the Von Karma stuff all kind of weird and not particularly believable/IC

I appreciate the anime making it unambiguous that Edgeworth was raised by MVK, I feel like in the games there's a bit of vagueness for no real reason despite it being the most logical explanation for everything. so that was nice. but:

as hilariously cruel as it is to imagine MVK raising this kid for three years before turfing him to an orphanage, even applying 5d chess psychological torment logic I can't really make sense of that. why would he wait that long lol. why would he have taken miles in to begin with if not part of a long-term scheme.

baby franziska was cute as hell but i think she was too nice. i totally believe she'd be obsessed with her new little brother and want his attention/approval/etc. i ...don't really believe she's emotionally equipped to go about it so sweetly, lol.

miles' prosecutor vs defense ambition arc was convoluted to me, and an example where i feel like the games already gave us reason enough for the switch (the idea that greg's murderer got away + mvk's influence) without the anime now presenting something that makes less sense. (i'm still playing AAI but i sense i'll have similar criticisms of it, as in, "you're offering me a new explanation that makes less sense than the original". a common issue for prequel media.)

the cravat-giving scene felt like it was presented very earnestly despite being objectively kind of creepy given, you know, everything.

dog person miles edgeworth REAL

why'd they name that puppy napalm 😭😭😭😭

oh most importantly THE EPISODE TAG?? LMAO? edgeworth giving them the only like on their commercial why can't i find a clip or gifset of it the people need to know NEVERMIND @camalyng has bravely answered the call with a gifset

#ace attorney #oodly watches AA #i didn't expect i'd need so many variations on those tags but here we are. the sprawling AA media empire #narumitsu

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little baby fivehead was so cute in the beach episode 🤧

#ace attorney #pearl fey #ace attorney anime #oodly watches AA

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remarkable dialogue from the ace attorney anime

#ace attorney #miles edgeworth #oodly watches AA

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another notable thing about s2 of the anime is edgeworth's midlife crisis dye job. they even gave tween edgey brown hair. please. that baby popped out of the womb/stork delivery bag with gray hair, don't lie to me.

#ace attorney #miles edgeworth #oodly watches AA #mvk's first act of business in between taking 3 years to fill out orphanage application forms: dyeing his hair #lest he look like part of the family

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making my way through the anime and the credits for the 2nd half of s2 had some cute art I hadn't seen before, here's my faves

#ace attorney #ace attorney anime #idk how people tag the anime lol #oodly watches AA #i had nothing to say about the first season and a lot to say about the middle of s2 so far #i'd say s2 is worth watching if you adjust your expectations accordingly

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i always felt like midway through 1-4 maya adopted edgeworth as her brother-in-law (affectionate) so it's nice to see by aa3 franziska has adopted phoenix as her brother-in-law (derogatory)

#i want to watch every combination of these four characters hang out all the time #each possible grouping has something to offer me lol #narumitsu #ace attorney #oodly plays aa