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vewn

Panic sell everything now

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two-wizards-in-a-trench-coat

having fun with some older pearl n maya

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chekhovsturnabout

thought about this image again

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haejoon

Some recent ace attorney stuff :")

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pia-duo

Driving lessons

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livixbobbiex

Translating the Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney Fanbook! Article 9

Masterpost

Some Miles Edgeworth lore! We learn about his second trial! Also... Winston Payne lore?

Fledglings and Rookies

With spring here, many of you are probably starting a new chapter of your lives. Just then, while Phoenix and Maya were relaxing at the café, someone appeared before Prosecutor Edgeworth - and it was anyone but a rookie?!

Edgeworth: ….This table appears to be free.

Maya: So this is the courthouse cafeteria? It’s the first time I've been here.

Phoenix: I have some bad memories here. So I tend to avoid it.

Maya: Do you ever have any good memories, Nick?

Phoenix: It’s April, huh…? Guess it’s that time of year where new recruits turn up in court.

Maya: The courthouse really does get crowded around this time.

Edgeworth: Certainly… It’s not uncommon for prosecutors to not even know each other’s names.

Phoenix: Still. I don’t really want to think about my rookie days.

Maya: Huh, how come? Not another one of your bad memories?

Phoenix: I had a pretty lousy debut after all.

Edgeworth: Ah… Yes, your first client was Larry Butz.

Phoenix: I actually read the casefile for your first trial too recently… That death row inmate.

Maya: Larry, and a death row inmate…

Edgeworth: Back then, I was only ever assigned bad cases.

Maya: Woah… really?

Edgeworth: Verily, the second case I was ever assigned was also somewhat terrible.

Maya: So even a prosecutor like you gets cases where you struggle, huh?

Edgeworth: The case itself was simple. The culprit turned themself in.

Maya: Huh?! Then, what was the matter?

Edgeworth: It was a cold case. Fifteen years after the fact.

Phoenix: F-fifteen years… That’s right up to the statute of limitations.

Edgeworth: In any case, I had to endure reading over the old case file… it was near intolerable.

Maya: Ah.

Edgeworth: The investigation was all over the place, and the charges were based on a misunderstanding. Add to that evidentiary mix-ups and a completely off-base closing argument… And yet somehow, I ended up taking all the flack.

Maya: Mixing up evidence is a pretty big no-go, right?

Payne: Well, such is life, Edgeworth.

Edgeworth: …Oh, who's that?

Payne: Rookies are bound to have some tough experiences… Can I sit here, Wright?

Phoenix: Ah… T-take a seat.

Payne: Well, no need to be so stiff, you two. Just relax.

Phoenix: S-sure…

Payne: How many years have you been here now…?

Phoenix: Three, for me.

Edgeworth: …..six years.

Payne: As for me… yes. This year will be my 20th time.

Phoenix: 20th time… Do you have some kind of “milestone”?

Payne: Yes… For me, it is. Spring in particular is a season I’ll never forget.

Maya: Somehow… I feel like you’re about to tell a story.

Payne: It was April the year I turned 33. As a rookie, I ended up handling a murder case for my very first trial.

Maya: Just like Nick did.

Payne: I swore to the victim’s family, “I’ll definitely get the culprit convicted”.

Maya: Woah, how cool! What then…?

Payne: I was naive. I fought with all my might but… I lost, and it turned into a cold case.

Maya: Oh, really?

Payne: Well, as for me, after the trial I went to apologise to the victim’s family.

Maya: Did they forgive you?

Payne: They poured a bucket of ice water over my head.

Phoenix: The fact that it’s not just “water” is what really adds insult to injury, huh?

Payne: I went to visit that family the following April… and once again, they poured the ice water.

Maya: Y-you don’t mean to say… every year?

Payne: Up until now, it’s been an annual tradition for that family. The sharp edge of that ice hit my forehead so hard I almost fainted once.

Maya: If you did it in February, you’d only get some small blisters

Payne: Even as a veteran, you must never forget your naivety… You’d do well to remember that.

Maya: Yeah. That’s a nice saying.

Phoenix: Everyone says that though.

Payne: Well. It’s time for me to go again this year, to welcome my 20th “spring”.

Maya: ….He’s gone.

Phoenix: Anyway, Edgeworth. The thing we were talking about before.

Edgeworth: What do you mean?

Phoenix: The name of the high prosecutor who made that blunder 15 years ago… What was it again?

Edgeworth: Verily… “Payne”, I believe. I don’t know what he looks like, though.

Phoenix: “Payne”...

Maya: You know him?

Phoenix: Nah. Never heard of him.

Edgeworth: Or perhaps it was “Mundayne”?

Maya: Could even be “Layme”, huh?

Phoenix: Prosecutor Layme… I don’t know him.

Edgeworth: Well, I don’t suspect that prosecutor will last long. I’ll probably never run into him again.

Maya: This really is a dog eat dog world, huh?

Notes:

As you may know, Payne is "Auchi" in Japanese. So the wrong names here were originally 'Kauchi' and 'Pauchi'. I didn't think the meaning was super important for the joke, so I had a bit of fun making them a little 'mean'

The text suggests that Winston Payne only became a prosecutor when he was 33, which is ancient by Ace Attorney standards. It implies he may have failed the bar exam a few times, maybe.

#ace attorney #phoenix wright #miles edgeworth #maya fey #winston payne

roborain

Do you guys understand me with this

#ace attorney #franmaya #franziska von karma #maya fey

bllmak

assistants

#ace attorney #phoenix wright #maya fey #miles edgeworth #dick gumshoe

j-siexoxo

yaoi

#ace attorney #narumitsu #miles edgeworth #phoenix wright #larry butz

ribellenm

I’m seriously considering keeping a pair of parrots after I got home… But my mom is afraid of all kinds of animals, so… *Sigh*

#ace attorney #phoenix wright #miles edgeworth #narumitsu

blushunder

I think the world in general needs more sleepy morning cuddles that ambiguously suggest sexual activity under the covers.

(If it looks a little blurry to you it’s just because I added some filters)

Sleepy Narumitsu morning cuddles turned heated requested by @stickfigurefairytales

Please don’t repost any of my artwork!

#ace attorney #narumitsu #phoenix wright #miles edgeworth #suggestive

everyonelovesedgeworth

The difference between Edgeworth and Mitsurugi in DD

Although I think Edgeworth and Mitsurugi are two different person, their lives have been pretty much same throughout the series. In Dual Destinies, however, it became obvious that Edgeworth’s career is different from his Japanese twin. Actually it was my biggest disappointment in DD localization.

In Localized version of DD, Edgeworth is a Chief Prosecutor of Los Angeles.(Capcom intentionally avoided the term “District Attorney” to show that Ace Attorney Land is different from the real world. Same thing happened in Japanese version too. They used different kanji.) Lana Skye was in that position before Rise From The Ashes, so Edgeworth is called “Lana’s successor” or “Second youngest Chief Prosecutor of LA” by fandom sometimes. Now that is what different from Mitsurugi, because Mitsurugi’s position is NOT SAME with Lana’s in Japanese version. It’s MUCH HIGHER.

When we see Lana in Japanese version, she is Shuseki Kenji(主席検事). Her position is called Jouseki Kenji(上席検事) in the real Japan -Capcom used different name as I said- which is the head of District Prosecutor’s Office. The game never showed which part of Japan this story happens, so we don’t know which district this is. In Localized version, the place is Los Angeles so Lana Skye was localized into Chief Prosecutor of Los Angeles; which is correct.

Mitsurugi is different. Lana was Shuseki Kenji, but he is Kenji Kyokuchou(検事局長). It is called Kenji Souchou(検事総長) in the real world, which can be simply translated into “Chief Prosecutor of Japan.” See the difference now? Lana was the leader of prosecutors only in her district, but Mitsurugi is the one in the WHOLE COUNTRY. It’s like a difference between prefecture governor and Prime Minister. For information: Japan has very strict hierarchy among prosecutors, like a pyramid, and Kenji Souchou reigns over that chain of command. All the prosecutors in Japan are under his dominion.

As an avid fan of Mitsurugi, I was thrilled at this news. “I can’t believe this. Mitsurugi is Kenji Kyokuchou? In this incredibly young age of thirty-four? I knew he was already called the best prosecutor of Japan in GS3, but this is… wow, what a catch, Naruhodou! <3 Does this mean Miles Edgeworth will be the Chief Prosecutor of America? Or of California, at least? I wonder what would they call Edgeworth’s position in Localized Version…“ And Heaven knows how much I was disappointed when Miles Edgeworth was localized into the SAME POSITION WITH LANA. This is a serious demotion.

But aside from personal disappointment, I had to remember that it’s not the first time this happened. In Turnabout Sisters, when Redd White called the "Chief Prosecutor”, the person he called was Kenji Kyokuchou, not Shuseki Kenji. In other word, he DIDN’T called Lana skye. He called someone much superior than her.(Ichiyanagi Bansai later appeared to be “Former Kenji Kyokuchou” in GK2, so it would be him or his successor.) But Capcom just translated these two positions into same “Chief Prosecutor”, so in Localized Version the person who received this call became Lana Skye.

So I guess Capcom decided to limit the background into Los Angeles when they localized the very first game. Even though Mitsurugi is on top of his country, Edgeworth had to be only on top of his district because that was the highest position Capcom could give to the character in the series.

In my headcanon, I still didn’t give up my delusion of Miles Edgeworth, Chief Prosecutor of America. I think he can be one when he gets old, like 50. Hey, maybe Phoenix can be the President of ABA or something when he becomes 50. After Trucy leaves with new Gramarye Troop, Apollo and Athena gets their own firms, then Phoenix and Edgeworth can move together to D.C. where earthquake doesn’t happen. They will finally abolish the cursed 3-day Initial Trial and reform the Criminal Procedure into, you know, the normal one.

#ace attorney #miles edgeworth