#in case you don’t know chihiro is mia

[gumdefense]

Going to fucking explode

[ao3feed-narumitsu]

Turnabout Retrial

read it on the AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/48400786

by Sonicthepeehog

Phoenix gets declared guilty of the murder of Mia Fey. After the trial, Maya finds key evidence that proves his innocence, but Maya isn't a lawyer. How will she be able to defend Phoenix? (I love this Au but if you held a gun to my head and told me to write a good story, I would be dead.)

Words: 358, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: 逆転裁判 | Gyakuten Saiban | Ace Attorney

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Gen, M/M

Characters: Mitsurugi Reiji | Miles Edgeworth, Ayasato Mayoi | Maya Fey, Naruhodou Ryuuichi | Phoenix Wright, Ayasato Chihiro | Mia Fey, Karuma Mei | Franziska von Karma, Itonokogiri Keisuke | Dick Gumshoe, Konaka Masaru | Redd White, Hoshikage Soranosuke | Marvin Grossberg

Relationships: Mitsurugi Reiji | Miles Edgeworth/Naruhodou Ryuuichi | Phoenix Wright, Mitsurugi Reiji | Miles Edgeworth & Naruhodou Ryuuichi | Phoenix Wright, Ayasato Mayoi | Maya Fey/Karuma Mei | Franziska von Karma

Additional Tags: Post-Case 1-2: Turnabout Sisters, Case 1-2: Turnabout Sisters, I Don't Even Know, How Do I Tag

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[turnaboutlawyers]

Turnabout Sisters Comparison (1/?)

First up, we have the first mention of Maya’s love of burgers, during her phone call with Mia at the start of the case (please excuse the reflections of my phone in these photos, it was impossible to avoid):

In Japanese, her favorite food is miso ramen. This is a change that comes up often.

Next, Redd White and April May. White’s Japanese name is 小中大, read Konaka Masaru. The kanji mean small, middle, and large. April May is 松竹梅世, read Shochiku Umeyo. The first three kanji are pine, bamboo, and plum, but together they’re used to mean high/mid/low rank or tier, or top/middle/bottom. This is read shochikubai.

Bluecorp is Konakarucha, a combination of Konaka and culture. Konakulture, for a clearer English spelling. Why is this? Well, in Japanese, instead of using big confusing words, Konaka uses random English phrases. He’ll usually say the English and then repeat it in Japanese, like so:

“Haha. (In English) Don’t you know? Don’t you know?”

He also calls Mia “Miss Chihiro” using the English Miss.

The Gatewater Hotel, by the way, is called Bandou Hotel (坂東ホテル). The Kanto region of Japan was apparently formerly known as the Bandou region, with the same kanji as the hotel name, so that may be the origin.

Next part: Evidence and Gumshoe’s name

[titanictomato-blog]

I wrote some discoveries about the names of the Fey clan members on Reddit and I’m gonna also post it here. OP has some interesting theories about the localized names and I put the link below in case you wanna read. I’ll mainly talk about the connections between the Japanese names here.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AceAttorney/comments/c3jai7/fey_clan_names/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app

The localized names and the corresponding Japanese names of the Fey Clan members are:

Ami - Kyouko (供子)

Main Family:

• ⁠Misty - Maiko (舞子)

⁠• ⁠Mia - Chihiro (千尋)

⁠• ⁠Maya - Mayoi (真宵)

Branch Family:

• ⁠Morgan - Kimiko (キミ子)

⁠• ⁠Dahlia - Chinami (ちなみ)

⁠• ⁠Iris - Ayame (あやめ)

⁠• ⁠Pearl - Harumi (春美)

• ⁠Actually Bikini is also a member of the Fey branch family, and her Japanese name is... well, also Bikini.

As you can see, the Japanese names of Ami, Misty and Morgan share the same 'ko (子)' part.

Coming to the current main and branch family, it's worth noticing that the names of the main family are all written in kanji, whereas those of the branch family - except Pearl - are written in katakana (Morgan) or hiragana (Dahlia and Iris). (But honestly I don’t know if this was intended or not).

For those who are not familiar with Japanese writing system, simply speaking, the writings used in the names of branch family members except Pearl are called kana, which are phonetic: each letter-like thing represents a syllable (e.g. キ = ki, ミ = mi) and doesn’t have actual meanings.

The ones used in the names of the main family members are called kanji, which are ideographic and each character represents a concept or an object. For example, the first character of Mia's name means 'thousand' and the second means 'pursue' (So Mia's Japanese name simply means to pursue thousands of times - quite suitable, isn't it?). Each kanji has one or more syllables that be represented using kana. In fact the names of the branch family members could also be written in those ideographic characters if they wanted but they didn't do that except for Pearl.

Pearl and Dahlia inherited the ‘mi’ part from Morgan's name. As for the main family, they all have 'o' in their names, but again I'm not sure whether it is intentional.

Also there are also lots of "M"s in the Japanese names. This might be the reason why tons of "M" names exist in the localized version.

Mia and Dahlia - rivalry continued even beyond the grave - both have 'ia' in the localized names and 'Chi' in their Japanese names. This is also the reason why in 3-1 Pheenie calling Dahlia's pet name ('Chi-chan' in Japanese) annoyed the hell out of Mia in the original version.

The reason why Pearl is the only one in the branch family whose name is written in kanji might be the fact that Takumi intentionally used symmetric/almost symmetric kanji to create the names of our female sidekicks: Maya (真宵), Pearl (春美), Franziska (冥), Ema(茜).

[recentanimenews]

Bridge to the Turnabout is the Pinnacle of the Ace Attorney Series

When you’re the final case in a well-regarded trilogy, living up to the previous entities hype can be a very tall order. With Ace Attorney season two having wrapped up its adaptation of the third game, Trials and Tribulations, we’ve been able to see how certain stories and characters reached an intense culmination spanning back to the first season or first two games. As an adaptation, the anime has faithfully recreated what makes this final case so well by not only giving it the time it deserves to feel important, but also giving you the same feelings as when you play the game. There are also little nods to the game such as utilizing key pieces of music and sound effects in critical sections that allow you to feel as if you are playing the game again. Bridge to the Turnabout is the perfect way to end the first trilogy and caps off Phoenix Wright’s (Naruhodo Ryuichi) final part as the sole protagonist of the series.

    To get at what makes this case good, we have to go back to two cases before it in the anime—before the events of the entire series had taken place. Here, the anime actually divulges from the game by placing Turnabout Memories before the final case instead of as the beginning case. Normally, this case is your tutorial case, but the second season begins with the second game, Justice For All’s beginning case since the first season skipped it. It’s a bizarre change for those that have played the game, but once you look at it within the context of the anime, it actually works to put it closer to the end to keep the story fresh and in your mind.

  That look into the past at Mia Fey (Ayasato Chihiro) getting her start as a defense attorney is crucial to what happens all throughout Bridge to the Turnabout as it ties all of the connections between her and Phoenix, Dahlia Hawthorne (Miyanagi Chinami), and Godot. These relationships become intrinsically tied together with the events that occur at the Hazakura Temple. With just those, this would be a good way to wrap up the final story of the first trilogy, but it doesn’t stop there. There are crucial stories that had yet to wrap up in the first two games or first season that had been left unsolved...until now.

    The infamous DL-6 case from midway through the anime and the last case of the first game was where we were introduced to an unsolved mystery: what happened to Mia and Maya (Ayasato Mayoi)’s mother after DL-6? We learned why she suddenly disappeared, but never where she went and that continued through the rest of the first season and up until this case. However, she shows up under a pseudonym, which doesn’t allow Maya to have her reunion with her mother. Instead, it’s not revealed until the murder case is underway that she’s actually Misty Fey (Ayasato Maiko) which throws everything into chaos since there once again comes a possibility that Maya was the alleged culprit. The Fey family mysteries don’t stop there either.

  One of the antagonists from the second game and the latter half of season one, Morgan Fey (Ayasato Kimiko) returns with another plot to make Pearl (Ayasato Harumi) become the Master of the Kurain Village. We get more connections as Pearl wasn’t her only daughter, as she was also the mother of Dahlia and her twin sister Iris (Ayame), who both become involved in the case since Iris is the accused and Dahlia returns to life thanks to the help of spirit channeling. If that were all the connections that go back to what happened earlier in the series, it’d make for a wild finale, but there’s still more since Miles Edgeworth (Mitsurugi Reiji) and Franziska von Karma (Karuma Mei) also show up to help out in a time of need.

    The return of Miles and Franziska show how far they’ve come from their initial debuts. Miles is seen more as a friend after the battles Phoenix has against him and the wall between the two collapses following the DL-6 case. Franziska is still a little rough around the edges to everyone, but she’s gained respect for Phoenix after all of their battles. To have the two of them come back to help Phoenix when he gets hospitalized shows what they think of him to get this case extended so he can finish it himself.

  It’s fun to see Miles put on the defense attorney’s badge and fulfill his dream from when he was a kid and help out Phoenix, especially since there isn’t a lot of time throughout the original trilogy that they are able to work together like this. Similarly, it’s interesting to see Miles and Franziska go head-to-head after growing up together and putting their skills against each other to see who the better lawyer is.

    Outside of all the fun though, there’s still a court case that has plenty of twists and turns that has become the Ace Attorney standard for final trials. From the question of there being two identical versions of Iris, to Misty’s true identity, Dahlia returning to life, the implications that Maya killed her own mom, and what Godot had to do with everything, Bridge to the Turnabout takes you on a rollercoaster of emotions that don’t let up until the very end. Everything gets tied together, stories that have lasted through the series to this point are finally completed, and it’s a grandiose and epic way to finish. Season 2 of Ace Attorney does a great job of capturing all the feelings you get when playing this case and conveying them to viewers.

  With the first trilogy of games from the Ace Attorney series now completely as an anime, it’s going to be curious to see if the anime continues and adapts the next trilogy of games: Apollo Justice, Dual Destinies, and Spirit of Justice. With how season two went, those games should get their time to shine as anime. For now, we can celebrate knowing one of the best cases, from one of the best video games, was able to be adapted wonderfully and prove why it is one of the absolute best parts of the entire series.

    What's your favorite part of the Ace Attorney anime and which parts would you like to see adapted if it continues? Let us know in the comments below!

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[stacks-reviews]

New Releases 7/18/17

Happy New Release Day! There’s a lot going on in books, a few things in movies, and a certain beta I’ve been waiting on.

In Books –The Betrayal Knows My Name volume 7 by Hotaru Odagiri Yuki is an orphan with a strange ability to feel others emotions when he touches them. One day a beautiful stranger named Zess appears and saves Yuki before he can be hit by a car. Yuki feels like he knows this stranger from somewhere 

I have been waiting for this for FOUR YEARS. I checked yesterday and volume 6 came out in September of 2013. After volume 6 I would check every now and then like I do for the series I follow monthly but I never heard a word about it. After about a year I just finally came to terms that it had been canceled. Then they announced its return earlier this year. It has been on hiatus for Hotaru Odagiri’s health. I’m just glad it’s finally back. I really enjoyed it the series when it first came out except for the fact that I had trouble telling some of the characters apart. I will soon be rereading the whole series because I can’t remember what happened at the end of volume 6. There should be at least one more volume to go. Not long after they announced it’s return, they also announced that it would be ending soon. There is also a twenty-four episode anime based off the series that was released in sub titles only by Funimation earlier this year.

–Blood Mirror (The Lightbringer #4) by Brent Weeks (in paperback) This will contain spoilers if you have not read book 3 The Broken Eye of the Lightbringer series.  At the end of The Broken Eye Gavin Guile is powerless and is locked in the prison he made for his brother. Kip has fled the Chromeria with the help of his grandfather to try and slow the advance of the White Kings army. Karris is taking over as her duties of The White and will try to keep the empire from falling apart. Teia will go deeper into the spy organization she is infiltrating while also reporting on their actions to Karris. Ironfist has shown his true colors and has also left the Chromeria to continue his work for his true master.

I love this series. I had so many theories destroyed in this book but it also created a lot of new ones. I’m still numb from the realization in The Broken Eye that Andross might actually be the good guy here instead of the villain I’ve always seen him as. And where could I even start about Gavin. Then there’s Kip and what happened in this book. 

It’s a really great series. I love the ocular powers in this series. Just how it is set up, how each color has it’s own properties, and the consequences of using it too much. There are so many twists and turns. I really recommend this series if you haven’t read it yet.

–Dept. H volume 2 by Matt Kindt, water colorist Sharlene Kindt, and letterer Marie Enger Mia is a special investigator sent to research the murder of her father in a deep-sea research station. Everyone in the station is a suspect, including her own brother. 

Mind MGMT was my first experience with Matt Kindt’s work and I was blown away. The story is fantastic (I’m about to start volume 3 out of 6). The illustrations are amazing water colors. I had to read more of his work. And Dept. H did not disappoint. 

After waiting months for another copy of volume 1 to arrive at my work, I finally got to read it last week. It also has a great story with wonderful water colors. There was a moment where my jaw dropped open because chaos happened and it came out of nowhere. Not everything has been revealed yet. For example Mia has talked about her mother a few times and how she died from some kind of infection of which there is no cure. Although not expressly stated, it would appear that those in the station are trying to find a cure but even the fish they are examining might also be infected. Volume 1 was amazing and I can’t wait to read volume 2. 

–Kakegurui Compulsive Gambler volume 1 by Homura Kawamoto Hyakkaou Private Academy is an institution for the sons and daughters of the wealthy. here it’s learning how to read your opponent, the art of the deal that keeps you ahead. To hone those skills Hyakkaou Private Academy has a rigorous curriculum of gambling. Here the winners live like kings and the losers are put through the wringer.

I’m interested in this series because it reminds me of Liar Game by Shinobu Kaitani but with less murder. Maybe. There might be murder. I would like to give it a try because I love mind game series. Watching as L and Light played mind games with each other is a big part of the reason I enjoyed Death Note as much as I did. 

–Liselotte and Witch’s Forest volume 5 by Natsuki Takaya “They say that in a place far, far away; in the east, of the east, of the east…there is a forest where witches dwell. They are said to bestow blessings or inflict curses, brew potions in steaming cauldrons, practice their magic…and fly their brooms into the night sky. This is where Liselotte has decided to live after she was banished from her home by her brother.

The final volume of this cute series by the creator of Fruits Basket. It is still on hiatus while Natsuki Takaya looks after her health.

It is a cute series that follows Liselotte as she and two attendants live in the forest. One day she is saved by a stranger who looks a lot like a boy she was in love with who had died. Volume 4 never came to a bookseller near me and I haven’t had time to order it yet. 

–Monstress volume 2 (B&N exclusive edition) by Marjorie M. Liu, artist Sana Takeda, and letterer/designer Rus Wooton “Set in an alternate matriarchal 1900′s Asia, in a richly imagined world of art deco-inflected steam punk, Monstress tells the story of a teenage girl who is struggling to survive the trauma of war, and who shares a mysterious psychic link with a monster of tremendous power, a connection that will transform them both and make them the target of both human and otherworldly powers.”

The Cumea are a race of sorcerers who experiment and kill a race called Arcanics, magical creatures with human characteristics. Maika; who is suffering from some memory loss, is an Arcanic who’s mother was killed by a Cumea. Desiring answers Maika infiltrates  a sorcerers home and chaos ensues because of the ancient god who is living inside of Maika. 

It’s been a while since I read the first volume and a friend is currently borrowing it so I don’t have much to fall back on for more details. I enjoyed the first volume. It was dark, violent, beautifully illustrated, and has a very rich world building. The series; at least from what I’ve heard cause I haven’t seen many cats (talking cats, what’s not to love about that) in the graphic novels I’ve read lately, has some of the best cats in graphic novels right now. 

I actually saw where the B&N exclusive edition arrived last week to my local B&N but I also wanted to mention it on it’s official street date in case other B&N go it late for some reason.

–Princess Jellyfish volume 5 by Akiko Higashimura In the bustling city of Tokyo there resides a place called Amamizukan, a safe haven for girl geeks (otakus of trains, jellyfish, Japanese dolls, and more) who are terrified of ‘stylish’ people. One such girl is Tsukimi who loves jellyfish. One night she meets a stylish lady who helps her save the life of a jellyfish at a pet shop. This chance encounter will result in an odd friendship (at first anyway) between the two and the rest of the residents at Amamizukan. But this stylish girl is actually a boy.

It’s super cute shojo series that was made into an anime a while back. As well as a live-action film that according to one of my friends is very well done. 

–Twinkle Star volume 3 by Natsuki Takaya Sakuya lives with her cousin Kanade. In times of pain, she looks up at the stars. On her birthday a strange boy shows up at her house with a present and then leaves. At school she finds out his name is Chihiro and he just transferred there. He treats her coldly until an incident at the club information session. Will it bring them closer or will they forever remain in the dark?

Another cute series by Natsuki Takaya. I have the first volume but haven’t finished it yet. It is a completed series. There should be two more volumes after this one.

–Waiting for Spring volume 1 by Anashin Mizuki is a shy girl who is about to enter high school. She vowed to open herself up to new friendships but the four stars of the boys basketball team is not who she had in mind. Soon she’s targeted by jealous girls and forced into the spotlight. 

This just sounds like a really cute shojo series. 

In Video Games –Destiny 2 Beta The beta of Destiny 2 opens to all preordered PS4 versions of the game today. I’m really excited for it. 

In DVD/BLU-RAY –Adventure Time complete season 7 Finn, Jake, and the whole gang return. This season contains the miniseries Stakes starring Marceline and that creepy but good episode where we find out BMO’s imaginary friend Football is real and lives inside that mirror.

–K: Return of Kings The second season of the series K that takes place after the movies K: Missing Kings. It has been a while since I watched K and although I own the movie, I haven’t had time to watch it yet. K was really good and the animation was fantastic. It was gorgeous to watch. Return of Kings follows the events after Missing Kings.

–Record of Lodoss War (DVD/BLU-RAY combo pack) “In a land torn by war, young Parn and a ragtag team of adventurers set out to restore peace to the island of Lodoss. While an evil sorcerer seeks the destructive power of an ancient goddess, the Grey Witch presides over all with a  cold-hearted bent for neutrality. The ensuing battles cost many lives before a brave new generation of heroes rises to face the sinister enemies once and for all.”

This combo pack contains episodes 1-13 of the OVA series Record of Lodoss War and episodes 1-27 of Chronicles of a Heroic Knight. I’ve never seen the series before but I’ve heard of it several different times. I have one friend who loved the series when he first saw it years ago and was excited to hear that it was getting this release by Funimation. I really want to give it a try sometime. I looked up the trailer and it looks pretty good. The dub to it doesn’t sound that great because some of the characters in the trailer didn’t sound like they tried very hard. I’m hoping that it will improve in later episodes. As a general rule if an anime I purchase has a dub, I have to watch the dub first. Unless the dub is really bad then I may switch to subbed. Second watches I watch it subbed.