#aoi sakuraba

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Annon-Guy:

Smash or Pass

Lucy Heartfilia (Fairy Tail)

Chiaki Enno (Demon God Child Zenki)

Ochako Uraraka (My Hero Academia)

Aoi Sakuraba (Ai Yori Aoshi)

Lucy Heartfilia (Fairy Tail) - Smash

She might not be my favorite Fairy Tail girl, but I won't lie and say I don't find her super sexy most of the time!

Chiaki Enno (Demon God Child Zenki) - Pass

Never watched this anime and don't know anything about her, but from her picture she isn't my type.

Ochako Uraraka (My Hero Academia) - Pass

Not exactly my type. She is also like a child in my eyes for most of the series so yeah, pass.

Aoi Sakuraba (Ai Yori Aoshi) - Pass

Don't know much about her as I have never seen the show, but from what I saw online she's apparently very devoted to her husband and I won't get between that.

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Character Thoughts: Aoi Sakuraba

Feel free to explain why in the comments/reblog and remember to acknowledge the original Manga Potrayal of the character along with the Anime Counterpart.

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Aoi Sakuraba

Anime : Ai Yori Aoshi

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[animefeminist]

Ai Yori Aoshi at 20: The harem anime that almost broke the mold

Content Warning: abuse, classism, biphobia, gender essentialism

Spoilers for Ai Yori Aoshi

Audiences return to certain genres because they’re drawn to something familiar and consistent. When audiences pick up a harem manga, whether it’s a realistic rom-com or an isekai epic, they expect something that fits the mold: one protagonist, usually male, surrounded by several possible love interests. Usually, it’s well-telegraphed who the “winner” will be early on, but each character brings their own quirks to the table.

When Love Hina reigned as the most popular harem manga around, the anime adaptation of Ai Yori Aoshi debuted. The series, for many, was a breath of fresh air. There was only ever one core romance in the series. The “harem” is less a collection of potential romantic leads, and more of a found family who stumble into hijinks and melodrama.

Ai Yori Aoshi in many ways feels distinct from the tropes established in titles like Love Hina, despite being a contemporary of it. When revisiting it twenty years later, is this some diamond in the rough, or a relic of an era long past?

Read it at Anime Feminist!

[ladies-of-fiction]

Aoi Sakuraba

[idontthinkimokaymentally]

Hello there Aoi Sakuraba fans.

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Art made wiht colored pencils, Markers & Eraser DO NOT RE-POST MY ART WITHOUT MY PERMITION!!! Ai Yori Aoshi © by Kou Fumizuki/J.C.Staff/Hakusensha.

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Next up is Aikatsu Stars! From left to right, Mahiru Kasumi, Koharu Nanakura, Yume Nijino, Laura Sakuraba, and Ako Saotome.

Ichigo, Aoi, and Ran

Akari, Sumire, and Hinaki

[imasallstars]

The cover art for THE IDOLM@STER SideM GROWING SIGN@L SOLO COLLECTION 03 album has been released.

This album will feature solo versions of the next batch of GROWING SIGN@L songs and only available in purchase in the THE IDOLM@STER SideM 8th STAGE ～ALL H@NDS TOGETHER～ on the 28th and 29th of October 2023

Tracklist:

Tr.01　Multiple Entertainment Show! ~Michio Hazama Solo Ver.~ Tr.02　Multiple Entertainment Show! ~Rui Maita Solo Ver.~ Tr.03　Multiple Entertainment Show! ~Jiro Yamashita Solo Ver.~ Tr.04　Change to Chance ~Teru Tendo Solo Ver.~ Tr.05　Change to Chance ~Kaoru Sakuraba Solo Ver.~ Tr.06　Change to Chance ~Tsubasa Kashiwagi Solo Ver.~ Tr.07　VIVA!! Family Rhytmn ~Yusuke Aoi Solo Ver.~ Tr.08　VIVA!! Family Rhytmn ~Kyosuke Aoi Solo Ver.~ Tr.09　Platinum MASK ~Kyoji Takajo Solo Ver.~ Tr.10　Platinum MASK ~Pierre Solo Ver.~ Tr.11　Platinum MASK ~Minori Watanabe Solo Ver.~ Tr.12　JOYFUL HEART MAKER ~Hayato Akiyama Solo Ver.~ Tr.13　JOYFUL HEART MAKER ~Jun Fuyumi Solo Ver.~ Tr.14　JOYFUL HEART MAKER ~Natsuki Sakaki Solo Ver.~ Tr.15　JOYFUL HEART MAKER ~Haruna Wakazato Solo Ver.~ Tr.16　JOYFUL HEART MAKER ~Shiki Iseya Solo Ver.~

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Live Audience Ranking

Note: this only includes the LIVE audience of the performances in ep3+4, plus the additional 3,000 bonus votes. Whoever won out of the two groups that performed the song got 3,000 bonus votes.

Second note: These are essentially useless rankings as they weren't actual fan votes submitted online/through mobile.

Third note: Tumblr hates ties in lists. Use the vote count to determine a tie. Most everything from rank 36 onward is a tie.

Ebihara Tsuzumi (3172)

Takami Ayane (3151)

Kitazume Sakura (3139)

Ishii Ran (3123)

Kasahara Momona (3093)

Nakano Konona (3084) - tie

Sasaki Tsukushi (3084) - tie

Takahashi Hina (3082)

Takabatake Momoka (3073)

Aoki Yuka (3071)

Nakayama Honoka (3068)

Mizukami Rimika (3064)

Tanaka Yuuki (3064)

Kato Kokoro (3064)

Murakami Rinon (3061)

Uchiyama Rin (3061)

Kamio Ayano (3056)

Yamamoto Suzu (3055)

Akiyama Ema (3054)

Hatta Mena (3050)

Kanno Miyu (3046)

Kitazato Rio (3044)

Sakaguchi Rino (3043)

Ando Yui (3041)

Tanabe Karin (3038)

Abe Nagomi (3037)

Otsubo Karen (3035)

Aramaki Joa (3031)

Tanaka Koto (3031)

Kamada Moe (3029)

Matsushita Miyu (3028)

Sakurai Miu (3028)

Kenmotsu Nano (3026)

Kawabata Ranka (3023)

Shimizu Keiko (3021)

Kino Riko (3012)

Hidaka Hazuki (3011)

Nakamori Kotone (3011)

Yoshida Ayano (3011)

Kikukawa Aki (3010)

Kobayashi Sae (3010)

Nakamori Mikoto (3010)

Sato Ameli (3010)

Nakamura Aoi (3008)

Okabe Nonoka (3007)

Sano Jueri (3006)

Shiromaru Maho (3004)

Bando Fuka (3003) - whatever the opposite of MVP is (lowest votes) of winning groups

Yoshida Hana (81) - MVP (highest votes) of non-winning groups

Moro Anon (56)

Ando Chiharu (55)

Kato Kagura (55)

Yamazuki Mitsuki (46) - potential elimination cutoff

Fujimoto Ayaka (45)

Oyanagi Emi (45)

Hosoi Ayaka (37)

Kato Airi (37)

Kawagishi Runa (35)

Oda Aruha (35)

Sakata Kotone (30)

Sudo Sakura (28)

Mogi Shion (27)

Sutani Yurara (26)

Sekiguchi Rikako (25)

Shibuya Mei (24)

Watanabe Miyu (22)

Koyama Mana (20)

Kurokawa Honoka (18)

Sakuraba Haruka (18)

Tanaka Hana (18)

Iida Shizuku (16)

Hamasaki Aiko (13)

Saito Serina (13)

Oikawa Rio (12)

Sasaki Kokona (11)

Aita Rin (8)

Wakimoto Mihaya (8)

Okamura Nana (7)

Tani Seia (7)

Furuhashi Sayaka (6)

Kato Konomi (6)

Sugai Natsuho (5)

Tabata Nana (5)

Ueki Mimi (5)

Iyota Hana (5)

Nakamura Riro (4)

Yamaguchi Misaki (4)

Shibagaki Arisa (3)

Shinzawa Mika (3)

Tabuchi Miu (3)

Kataoka Rio (2)

Suzuki Rena (2)

Kurihara Kano (1)

Motohashi Meika (1)

Ota Sara (1)

Takagi Mayu (1)

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Umineko no naku koro ni Shared VAs - Stakes

Others:

Main Three

Cousins

Adult Siblings

Spouses

Servants

'98 Squad

Heavenly Court

Golden Land

Lucifer - Yuka Saitou

Chizuru Akaba (Seitokai no Ichizon)

Ena Seishuuin (Campione)

Cotton (One piece)

Tae Takemi (Persona)

Subaru Nagayoshi (Idolmaster)

Tamamo Sakuraba (Daitoshokan no Hitsujikai)

Lian Lu (Gin no Guardian)

Misalie (Gate)

Satan - Yoko Hikasa

Diana Cavendish (Little Witch Academia)

Rias Gremory (Highschool DxD)

Shino Amakusa (Seitokai Yakuindomo)

Hina Tachibana (Domestic Girlfriend)

Qiang Lei (Kingdom)

You Asakura (Shaman King)

Mio Akiyama (K-on)

Kyouko Kirigiri (Danganronpa)

Leviathan - Madoka Yonezawa

Ui Hirasawa (K-on)

Tsugumi Shirasaki (Daitoshokan no Hitsujikai)

Rika Ichinose (Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm)

Lashara Aasu XXVIII (Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari)

Setsuna Ogiso (White Album)

Olga-Marie Arsimilat Animusphere (Fate)

Yaya Tushan (Huyao Xiao)

Izumi Akazawa (Another)

Belphegor - Seiko Yoshida

Zest (Shinmai Maou no Testament)

Misaki (Toki wa meguru: Tokyo Station)

Demon King (Level E)

Kyousuke Kamijou (Madoka Magica)

Rika (Amnesia)

Sanae Mizuno (Another)

Kayo (Manyuu Hikenchou)

Ruka (Naruto)

Beelzebub - Yuri Yamaoka

Ai Shindou (Kyoukai no Kanata)

Erika Yano (Shirobako)

Fumi Hoshiya (Ore no yubi de Midarero)

Chocolat (Yumeiro Pattissiere)

Choi Mochimazzi (Tamako Market)

Kanon Otosaki (Tribe Cool Crew)

Yuuko Yoshikawa (Hibike Euphonium)

Admiral Hipper (Azur Lane)

Asmodeus - Aki Toyosaki

Kofuku (Noragami)

Medaka Kurokami (Medaka Box)

Yunyun (Konosuba)

Momo Belia Deviluke (To love ru)

Altair (Re creators)

Yui Hirasawa (K-on)

Isuzu Souma (Fruits Basket)

Aoi Kunieda (Beelzebub)

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10 Years of Aikatsu!

The first Aikatsu TV series aired on TV Tokyo on the 8th of October 2012. 2022 marks 10 years of the Aikatsu franchise and what a journey has been for the franchise. From Ichigo Hoshimiya's goal to become Starlight Academy's top idol to Hana's road to becoming Aikatsu Planet's top idol, five installments showcased the ups and downs of our favorite school idols.

Time to hop into the "lucky train", kids, because it's time for a quick history lesson on the Aikatsu franchise! Let's begin!

Aikatsu! (2012) - The saga began on the 8th of October, 2012, when Bandai launched the Aikatsu! franchise. which are made to appeal the little girls in the form of the TV series aired on TV Tokyo and the DATA CARDDASS arcade game where players can play as their favorite characters from the series or create their own character and take on a series of challenges to win Aikatsu cards to personalize their idols. The TV series centers on the life and times of Ichigo Hoshimiya, a middle-school student who wants to become an idol, just like the renowned Mizuki Kanzaki. That's why she, and Aoi Kiriya, are enrolling at the prestigious Starlight Academy to begin their journey.

Throughout the series, they've met various characters in the academy such as Ran Shibuki, Otome Arisugawa, Yurika Todo, Sakura Kitaoji, Kaede Ichinose, and others, all have in common in the academy; to become the best idols in the class.

What's unique about the Aikatsu franchise is that the singing voices of the characters are different from the seiyuus who did the dialogue for them. As a matter of fact, STAR☆ANIS, the singing group was responsible for the songs from the show. They even held concerts where they performed most of the songs from the TV show as well.

In the second season, the girls from Starlight Academy are facing the students from the rival idol school known as Dream Academy. Seira Otoshiro, Sora Kazesawa, Kii Saegusa, and Maria Himesato came from Dream Academy for some matters with the Starlight girls. Later on, with differences settled, Ichigo and Seira teamed up to form 2wings to take on WM, which comprises the school alum Mizuki and rising star Mikuru Natsuki. Apart from them, this season introduces the young Akari Ozora, who idolizes Ichigo and became the girl we know in the third season.

The third and final season of Aikatsu, labeled the Akari Generation arc of the series, centers on Akari Ozora as the main character of the series, and with Akari replacing Ichigo as the main character of the final season, Akari's accompanied by her new friends Sumire Hikami and Hinaki Shinjo on their journey to become the academy's top idols, no matter what lays ahead of them. She's a changed girl since we first met her in an earlier season.

The final season introduces us to another Aikatsu-related singing group named AIKATSU☆STARS, which, like STAR☆ANIS, is responsible for the songs from the final series.

Throughout the tenure of the original Aikatsu series, they have spawned two films such as Aikatsu the Movie and Aikatsu Music Awards, featuring storylines never seen in the TV series, giving fans a more enjoyable experience in the franchise.

Aikatsu Stars! (2016) - As the original Aikatsu series ended in the end of March 2016, its successor story, Aikatsu Stars!, was launched. , Aikatsu Stars centers on a brand new story of friends Yume Nijino and Rola Sakuraba as they are going to fulfill their quest to become the school's finest idols in the same way the four elite students, called the S4, did with their pride and prestige. Using their Aikatsu Cards, the stage is theirs to amaze the spectators.

The second season sees Yume Nijino's role as one of the members of S4 has been tested when the Venus Ark pays a visit, giving her a brand new challenge to take on. Traveling around the world on the Venus Ark, they've collected the best and brightest students from across the globe to nurture them into elite students unleashing the full capabilities of their talents. For Yume and the others, this is a challenge because they've been to the belly of the beast during the long summer months while reuniting with Koharu. This season introduces the Star Premium Rare dress, a powerful kind of dress representing the planets of the solar system and once all nine SPRs have been unleashed, the legendary Sun dress will be unleashed, and whoever possesses it promises the ultimate power.

It was first aired on TV Tokyo in the spring of 2016 to 2018 for 100 episodes and aside from the TV series, there was a movie version of Aikatsu Stars shown in the summer of 2016. The similarly named AIKATSU☆STARS from the final Aikatsu season has returned to perform songs from this series as well.

Aikatsu Friends! (2018) - After Aikatsu Stars ended in the spring of 2018, its successor, Aikatsu Friends!, took over and the third installment breaks away from the tradition because, for the first time, the seiyuu behind the characters are responsible for the songs on the series. Anyway, this series highlights the life and times of Aine Yuki and Mio Minato, two friends who are destined to be the best friends among the rest. This is about the rise and fall and reborn of the duo they formed as Pure Palette and how their road to the Diamond Friends Cup was tested by numerous rivals among the way.

The second season of Aikatsu Friends!, titled Aikatsu Friends! Kagayaki no Jewel, introduces fans to the brand new Jeweling Dress feature where the chosen ones will unleash their brilliance onstage. At the beginning of the second season, the Pure Palette girls accepted Hibiki Tensho’s mission to reunite with her old friend Alicia Charlotte, the crown princess of the Principality of Solvette. The second season features the new Jeweling Dress system and these new Premium Rare dresses add power to their live performances.

The show lasted for about 76 episodes.

Aikatsu On Parade! (2019) - Aikatsu on Parade! is the most ambitious crossover of the Aikatsu franchise, highlighting seven years of Bandai's hit children's franchise that wooed kidults all over Japan. The biggest Aikatsu crossover stars Raki Kiseki and the Pure Palette in their cross-dimensional adventure across the entire franchise, meeting iconic characters, performing iconic songs, and in due course, finding out what's going on with the cross-dimensional crisis that saw every single Aikatsu character popping up to a different world without reason. The show lasted for 26 episodes on TV, followed by a web anime highlighting Noeru Otoshiro, the sister of Seira, as she's representing Dream Academy in the ultimate battle of the schools.

Aikatsu Planet! (2021) - Aired on TV Tokyo from January to June 2021, Aikatsu Planet is the fourth installment of Bandai Namco's Aikatsu franchise that breaks apart from the franchise traditions. The newest installment is a mix of live-action J-drama (tokusatsu, if you like to refer) and anime sequences and instead of cards, Aikatsu Planet uses the swing system where avatars use swings to tame mysterious creatures known as Dressias, possessing wonderful outfits to use on stage battles. This series is about Mao Otoha, also known as Hana in Aikatsu Planet, and her goal is to become Aikatsu Planet's top idol. A year after the series finale, the movie version of the Aikatsu Planet arrived on July 15, 2022, picking up moments after the series finale.

And there you have it. 10 years of the Aikatsu franchise from the original to Aikatsu Planet, from Ichigo Hoshimiya to Hana. What a wonderful journey this series has been but now that we no longer see them on television and the Aikatsu Planet arcade game ending its service very soon, we don't really know what's next for the Aikatsu franchise.

Anyway, happy 10th anniversary to the Aikatsu franchise!

[regallibellbright]

Eve bets: For every mistake Aoi makes today, Eve gets a burger. For every mistake Eve makes today, Aoi gets a kiss. As Aoi gets fired up, Eve gives a shit-eating grin and thinks “She really is easy!”

And so we come to the end of Season One. I’m going to miss this ending sequence.

The preview, of course, gives no indication that anything’s changing, because this might be a split-cour show but seriously you can TELL it is 24 episodes and that is its plan.

It’s been fun. See you all in Season Two SOON! And if you need me, I’ll be frantically cheering on Neku Sakuraba for Most Bisexual Protagonist.

After I watch the ending one more time.

[curewhimsy]

Margot x Edgeworth fic plans

TW: Murder by poison, Suicidal ideation

Tragedy fic

Takes place in Ace Attorney universe but crosses over OCs and some other fandoms

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Fandoms-

OCs

Vocaloid

UTAU

Idolmaster

Ace Attorney

Dangan Ronpa

Margot Nocturne (OC) is a quiet, unsuspecting librarian who has always been jealous of local broadway performer Taya Soune (UTAU) for his charisma, success, and musical talent, to the point of spite and resentment. Margot kills Taya with poison in his drink. She pins this crime on Ritsu Namine (UTAU) by making sure Ritsu gave this poisoned beverage to Taya.

Margot feels a lot of sadness and regret after this murder, enough for her tears and shock to look convincing, as if she didn’t do the murder.

Ritsu’s attorney in this case is Teru Tendo. (Idolmaster SideM)

Miles Edgeworth is the prosecutor and is going to try to find Ritsu guilty.

During the window of time where Edgeworth is convinced Margot is innocent, a romance blossoms… a true romance too. Margot is a broken woman who has never had a companion, and the kindness Edgeworth gives her changes her world. But the truth still lurks behind both of them, and it’s ugly and tragic. Margot is a killer. If she were to be brought to justice, she would get the death penalty.

Who is testifying-

Ritsu Namine (UTAU)

Rui Maita (Idolmaster SideM)

Touko and Syo Fukawa (Danganronpa)

Maya Fey (Ace Attorney)

Aoi Asahina (Danganronpa)

Larry Butz (Ace Attorney)

Margot Nocturne (OC) (as an “innocent witness”)

Kaoru Sakuraba (Idolmaster SideM) does the autopsy on Taya’s body. He and Tsubasa Kashiwagi (Idolmaster SideM) are helping Teru with the case. Teru even gets an updated autopsy report that Edgeworth doesn’t have at one point! 

It just seems like Edgeworth isn’t doing so well in the trial this time.

The setting is a library that also has karaoke. The concept of the place is “a library where you don’t have to be quiet.” Taya Soune is feeling gloomy that day and decides he wants to sing alone in his own concealed cozy booth. He takes his first sip of a drink that his friend Ritsu Namine served to him moments before, not realizing it will lead to his death.

Ritsu recently got a part time job serving drinks at the karaoke club. Margot works at this place too, as a librarian who organizes and helps people check out books. Margot is good at concealing her sour and vengeful attitude. She has been known to cry and be shy, but nobody suspected she had been wanting to lash out.

It is a relatively quiet day at the karaoke library.

Margot bought a small bottle of poison with her that day. The poison was purchased from the black market, and all evidence of the purchase had been destroyed. Margot was contemplating locking herself in a karaoke booth and ending her life.

Margot then sees Taya Soune come into the building. Margot holds a grudge against Taya because he has a positive attitude, has tons of friends, and is accomplished, everything Margot isn’t.

Ritsu is called up to sing a song, and leaves Taya’s drink on a table unattended. Margot is overtaken by the urge to slip the poison in Taya’s drink and murder him instead.

Nobody is even there to witness Margot slip the poison in the drink.

Ritsu comes back from the karaoke room and serves this drink to Taya.

Minutes after sipping the drink, Taya begins coughing blood, and is too weak to move or call for help. He is bleeding from the inside and dies within a couple of minutes.

Since Margot works at the library, she has controls of the temperature in all the karaoke rooms. She hastily attempts to create an alibi by making Taya’s room cold for three hours, allowing rigor mortis to set in at a later time, making it so the time of his death will be estimated at a later time. She has the room go back to the normal temperature after three hours so nobody suspects the change. She also wore gloves when changing the temperature.

(Margot has read her fair share of mystery novels. But she overlooked that she was still present when Ritsu was pouring the drink, making all her work useless.)

Margot flees the library.

Three people discover Taya’s body five hours later, noticing they can’t find him.

The three who discovered the body were Taya’s best friend Ritsu Namine, Taya’s English and drama teacher Rui Maita, and Maya Fey, who just happened to be there.

Ritsu’s fingerprints are found on the cup with the poison, and evidence points to him being the one giving it to Taya.

Checks on Ritsu’s background are done. They find that he in fact has distant ties to the yakuza.

The autopsy report says Taya died at 3:00 PM, which is after Margot was gone from the library.

Taya actually died at 1:30 PM.

After Margot is gone from the library, she goes to the park and disposes of the poison bottle (crucial evidence) by disguising it as a necklace charm and giving it to a “handsome guy” as a love present. And the handsome guy… just happens to be Miles Edgeworth. Margot doesn’t know that Edgeworth is going to be the prosecutor in the case she caused. Also Edgeworth rejects her advances. But… he accepts the gift! This marks the start of a very complicated relationship.

Edgeworth eventually sees that Margot is broken and one day invites her to his house for tea. He is the type who cannot ignore something abandoned or hopeless.

Phoenix Wright isn’t the attorney here, because he’s in the hospital... (Also the world doesn’t revolve around him!)

Touko Fukawa is a shy romance author and cannot stand subjects about blood and murder. Her headspace alter, Syo, writes murder mystery novels. In fact, she wrote the very novel that inspired Margot to lower the temperature in Taya’s karaoke booth! She knows those tricks. Syo is there for most of the trial as Touko cannot handle it, and gives good leads on who the murderer could be… She absolutely thinks it’s Maya Fey, who was at the karaoke library at the time! And she gives a convincing testimony.

Now everyone is convinced Maya Fey could have done it, so Ritsu is set free and Maya goes to the detention center. Again. But there’s stilll evidence missing…

Despite it being humorous as ever, the testimony that exposes the most truth ends up being… Larry Butz’s?

Eventually when the truth is close to coming out, since Margot didn’t seem to have much of a motive, there is trouble establishing one.

But then Margot cannot stand the pressure and accidentally slips.

She ends up saying, “I understand that the justice system cannot always expose the real truth. But I wanted to die anyway… it’s why I had the poison in the first place.”

Margot’s clumsy statement exposed her as the one who possessed the poison and put it in Taya’s drink.

She breaks down and confesses everything, her motive, and her actions.

Margot is brought to justice in the end, and will get the death penalty. At this point, Edgeworth had grown to trust and love Margot… She changed his life as well. Edgeworth is shocked and saddened so much that he becomes a crying wreck in the courtroom…

Margot is last seen smiling with tears flowing down her cheeks.

“Goodbye, Mr. Edgeworth… Thank you for making my final days worth remembering.”

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