#phoenix kin btw

[floorpillow]

Came across this post on Instagram today and could only think about Feenie and Dahlia (sue me!!!!!!) And needed you guys to know.

[the-shape-shifting-system]

New kintype time! Well, new. It really isn't, we're just kind of confused. So yeah, we figured a while ago that we are a phoenix (phoenixes? Since we're plural, I really don't know). Yay :3

[pain-is-too-tired]

Apollo Justice Character Analysis!

Rambling about Apollo again because I love him

Honestly his character growth is so good even if lot of it is just be me overthinking it 😅

But anyway love that even if they hadn't planned out his story in full in AA4 we still see it shown in others games(especially AA6)

In aa4 we see him loose trust in his mentor why also having conflicted feelings with Phoenix. He had no one to really turn to though so he kinda just went with it why still keeping Phoenix at arms length.

However, he immediately bonds with Trucy to the point after only know her a day is generally upset when he thinks she's been taken. Their bond is what carries him throughout the cases. 

We also see that he is generally worried for her reaction about her father have been killed. It means a lot more after AA6 because he knows what that's like. They mirror eachother so well. Trucy loosing her mother to unknown whereabouts,then her father disappearing only to be immediately taken in by a falsely disgraced lawyer who had a faint connection to what happened to her father.

Compared to Apollo who lost his father and mother's whereabouts unknown. Only taken in by a falsely disgraced lawyer loosely connected to what happened to his father. 

The difference between them however is Trucy was never truly abandoned by Phoenix. Their father's in their life are reversed in personality. Dhurke is like a more sympathetic Zak. He cared more for his family but he still made choices without thinking about the effects it have on his kin.

(Even some spite animation are similar)

Jove I think it's more comparable to Phoenix as a father. Greatly loving his son but still having to bring him around work because both work hard to make ends meet for him. Even with his neck on the line his first and final thought is to protect his son. Comparable to Phoenix trying to make sure he didn't leave Trucy alone again when in trial for murder. Yet it still was enough to get him to make sure the past could finally be buried. 

I love Apollo and Trucy so much btw, I love for sibling dynamics.

Apollo also being heavily reminded of his old mentor when first seeing Klavier yet see past that is Also so good, him seeing Klavier as his own person probably something Klavier rarely felt in court. He saw him as he was and that becomes something that defines his character I think. 

AA5, why a bit iffy, had some good moments though it could've been much greater. 

I think having Apollo having connection to the case was a lot, and I think it would been much more interesting if maybe he was struggling because of his power was being too much. 

They kinda had it with him not wanting to use it so he covered an eye. But think it could've been more interesting if he was having he own form of sensory overload that caused him to struggle trusting Athena in the last case

Maybe Clay still had died recently but it was due to an illness not murder, that being the reason his power became overwhelming due to high emotions.

Despite that I loved the scene where he's on the stand. His uncertainty, begging for Phoenix to just prove his doubts wrong, how some of his sprites imitate Kristoph's in aa4.

He's grown closer to Phoenix since AA4,but his past makes it hard to get closer and he's scared. Yet it was Phoenix who helped him see Kristoph for who he was so maybe he could do it again. 

"Evidence is everything in court" line hits because he is both shooting back at Athena but also repeating Kristoph as well. And perhaps reason he's struggling so hard is because he doesn't want to deal with another Kristoph, but everything else is pointing to it. It's such an important part to his growth that he pushes past his history of hurt and learn to trust again. And that's what this game does for Apollo.

Helps him trust again. 

Also Trucy should've been in it more but that one scene of her watching Apollo leave the office 100% believe she was using her abilities as well too try read him I just- she was so worried about him 😭 hc she and Klavier kept watch on him when he ended up on the hospital those times. 

AA6. Going into talking about this game brings me back to one line from Apollo in AA4.

"But Someday I'll know what law is. And I'll fight to change it if I have to. "

And that's exactly what he does here, even if it's in another country. He works to make sure it's all an even play field.

This game brings a lot to Apollo's character in Backstory. But it tells us one the big things about Apollo is that he never really was allowed to settle down with family. 

From Jove's death, to Dhurke sending him off, to Kristoph's reveal, to Clay's death, Dhurke's return to death and finally staying to help fix Khura'in's system.

He never got to for once just stay in one place for longer then a few years.

Apollo is at his core someone who never got to keep a constant in his life. He's not use to it and I think it's what also contribute to his problems trusting others. The world tells him time and time again that nothing will stay. That he'll always be moving. Yet he has found that WAA is one constant that might not go away. He swears he'll return and he most likely will. For once when he does he'll have something he can't loose. Even why he works overseas they're there for him. He has a family In both Japailfornia and Khura'in. He has a photo of his father, some recollection of who he is and who he wants to be. 

And he really only has one part of himself unanswered. Yet how many more questions will it open up?

AA7+, we don't really know if and when AA7 might come out. But based off ending of AA6 Apollo and Trucy are likely gonna find out the truth about their mother.

And I really hope we see that moment or at least the aftermath. Because that will be the true test to how far Apollo has come as a person and character. How he handles finding out his mother is alive and well but also that Trucy is his kin will test how far he has come in the last 3 games.

Especially if they learned that Phoenix knew the whole time.

I do hope we get more Athena focus in AA7, but having that set in the background certainly could be interesting especially if we see it all through Athena's eyes. I think she looks up to Apollo as a big brother in a way. He's older and first one she worked with on her first official case. They also both have natural abilities that Phoenix could only emphasize with so much given he gets his through an item not natural ability.

I'd love to see that shared trait be showed to give them more of a bond. Her learning to grow on her own as well and Apollo being there when she does.

Anyway thank you for reading my rambles about wierd lawyer man gdgd

[vonlipvig]

Top 5 video game characters

ooh, good one! i'll try to keep it to one character per franchise (otherwise it's all gonna be ace attorney characters lmao)

phoenix wright (ace attorney) - i mean, he's really the Guy of All Time, and certainly the most iconic video game character to me. i was assigned phoenix-kin when my friends and i did mock aa trials back when we were like 14, btw. yeah.

megan wolfe (not for broadcast) - have to go with her for NFB, my love for her knows no bounds. a great character that people need to give more credit to.

derek stiles (trauma center) - if i ever find the time and energy to replay trauma center, y'all better hold on to your seats cause THAT'S MY GUYYYY. love this guy sooo much.

lucian galade (suzerain) - i love so many of the characters here but i have to go with this cunty bitch lmao. my guy will sell me to satan for a cornchip but i don't care i LOVE HIM.

ethan winters (RE7-8) - he's such a fun guy! ha. ha! ha ha! anyway i love him and his horror survival game protagonist swag.

[sunnytherian]

•°•°Presentation (yes, I should have made it before)

•you can call me Sunny or Dylan

•my theriotype(s) : peregrine falcon (main), siberian husky, cat, african lion and striped dolphin

•My kintype(s) : Phoenix bird, dragon (questioning)

•i'm spanish, so the English isn't my native language and I speak it a little bad QwQ

•i'm trans ftm and pansexual (taken)

•my pronouns are he/him

•neurodivergent

•i'm a minor, so DNI if your blog is +18 or if you're a p3d0ph1l3, z00, or anti-kin

• current hyperfixations: spiderman, brawl stars, dragons, warrior cats, mental health videos, scout camps/ anything related to scouting (I'm a scout btw), hazbin hotel and dogday from poppy playtime

That's all by now, bye!!!

🐾🪶❄️🍁🐱🌿🐺🐶🪽🦅

[mikeywheeler-kincare]

anon said:: hi, I was wondering if I could request a wrightworth moodboard, with themes of comfort and dogs?? thank you, I love your blog!! - a phoenix kinnie

ooh, this was so much fun, phoenix!! and also, i’m totally convinced that you and prosecutor edgeworth would get a pomeranian, or two, or twelve--

i really hope you like this!!

- mod kaito (richie shift)

[a-dream-below]

There is rather crack theory I have for a while. I think I have an idea of what creature Doctor is based on. This theory took inspiration in fan on and reaching but I can't help but wonder how everything snaps together.

Beginning with easy. What we know about? Not Ancient due to difference between how Sarcophagus deals with mephisto and docta. Unique blood, that counters overexposure to Arts. Can be blue. Which already interesting, you remember who actually have blue liquid inside of them? Abyssal gang. Skalter token mentioned "a quill formed of cartilage. A light blue liquid drops from point".

Skalter's lines also quite intriguing. Legit no one else calls Doctor kin. Skadi don't do it. Her kin are Abyssal Hunters. They are bound by blood. Skalter however don't even have blood inside. After Ling's event we can say that Skalter is Skadi plus an abyssal god fragment. GF can and will possess people. That's a main story arc. Do maaaybe both of them cares? We can't know did Doctor ever met abyssal god before. But we know that skeleton in RI the ship is of whale.

Remember the theory after DM that Doctor was possessed by whoever's this skeleton was? I do. And isn't that weird that Ship keel is a mechanical spine of all things? And we got new rooms after we "grew" spine? Ines told that Tallulah have two shadows inside. That's later was explained as Кощей and Tallulah shadows. But Doctor had one, big, uncaring and uncanny. Like a whale?

Things will get even weirder later when we began to analyse all of this together. Big and scary whale, huh? People on Reddit got to conclusion that skeleton belongs to either sperm whale, proto-whale, or mosasaurus. Sperm whale are big and scary whales, a single species that can eat Crown slayer, Golem or whatever Reunion look got slipped through blue box.

But you know how the fuck a proto sperm whale is named? It's a goddamn leviathan.

And that makes ashitton of sense. HG was noticed to love between others this to things. Moby Dick (not only in Under Tides) and intergrating an obscure mythological creature in Terras world. That version of Кощей they used is significantly less known than an egg-hunting quest. I myself knew this version due to an audio tape with this tale being a large part of my childhood. So, going for this isn't ooc for HG. First of all it gives us a reason to chill with Sarkaz. Also reading the mightiest source of knowledge, Wikipedia ofc, I found a theory that Leviathan might be another rep of Babylon just like Rider! Nero from Fate. That would be crossover of century. Monsters of Babylon, and here me with loli Nero.

Also speaking of Fate, Tiamom is parallel to Leviathan as primordial snake god from same region. Description in Bible btw is pretty similar to Ines' description. A very important detail that while Leviathan is always the Leviathan, gender is debatable. If my theory's true, my respect to HG. That is the commitment. Plus there's a lot of clues of Doctor being a really old being. Being a leftover from different world probably counts as primordial for denizens of new one.

Being a old cultural symbol led to other readingsof it. To the Moby Dick, which led to naming ancient cachalots Melville's Leviathan, to Gnosticism's Hellmouth, and the least expected part of all of this, Ouroboros!

I would write even more, but I got tired of writing my crackpot theory. It's just make sense, and where, my dear Hypergryph, is my Ouroboros and Leviathan in Arknights. How the hell we still didn't get one. You at least teased Phoenix.

[wireless-kinternet]

Possession AU! Maxie Aesthetic!

-Phoenix

[vinniedirkota]

@fleschiie okay first of all, dillweed, its been in this blogs' about for AGES:

very funny that u ask that first

SECONDLY, SCRUB, CONTEXT CLUES >:| U ASSUME TOO QUICK

does joaquin phoenix look that normal in his doc sportello outfit huh?

u factkin huh????

why are you calling me factkin ill eat you alive

[penny-nichols]

I just had an idea gimme a sec I need to write it down before I forget

OKAY SO

The case begins with a murder, like normal. Victim is a jeweler. Phoenix immediately goes to investigate because he hears the jewelers last name: Hawthorne

Defendant is Iris, her proposed motive being revenge for leaving her at Hazakura Temple when her sister got everything. (This would be like. Post SoJ btw. But I'm imagining it with pixel graphics still because fuck 3d models). Also in the motive is the fact that Iris is his next of kin. Morgan is dead, Dahlia is dead, Valerie is dead, let's just say that his 2nd wife (Valerie's mom) is dead too.

I... Don't really know how the case would proceed but I think Klavier should prosecute. Pearl Co Counsel.

I don't need to write a case fic but also yes I do

[rainecloud020604]

ALSO I don't know shit about Ace Attorney but ik you like it and i wanna know what you like about it!

aaaaaaa okayokayokay SO

Ace Attorney is a game, anime and apparently a manga as well! (I havent read the manga nor played the games I wanna :( but I watched the first two seasons they have for the first game!) 

There are a LOOOOT of gamesss, I wish to play at least one of them at some point tho ;; The game play is pretty interesting and I love the pixel style a lot

Character wise we have Phoenix Wright as out main character at first who is a defence attorney and in the first game you play as him, you get to pretty much defend people who hire you and try to prove their innocence by blaming someone else so the trial is extended so you can find out who did it this is the first game btw 

You get to mean people like Miles Edgeworth, Mia Fey, and Maya Fey with a looot of others, I dont wanna go on for too long and like spoil anything ;;; tho the villain designs and names honestly are amazinggg

I also really just,,, enjoy the concept a lot qwq and I relate a lot to Phoenix hence why I have kinned him

[silverheartsystem]

📌 ✨ 💔 for Dangandronpa? (Cannot even try to spell it sorry </3)

It is All Good and to be fair you did a real good job spelling it! Just drop that d and you nailed it <:0 But to the questions!

How did you find it?- So I, like many internet users, heard about Danganronpa. However it was never really in a positive light <x3 More like an ominous whisper spreading across the internet. We’ve all seen Fingers In His Ass Sunday, featuring Nagito Komaeda. But what made me want to play it was honestly this random animatic. It was just so...good. And to be honest I had some intrigue for a while! I love murder mystery games, I adored Phoenix Wright. So once I saw this animatic it sold me. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVgswEkFcm0 here’s the link btw if ya wanna see)

What draws you to it?- Mentioned this a little before but. I love mysteries. I love solving them! Getting evidence and debating it. I think more than anything I love the debate. It’s not just proving my claim, it’s having to defend it with facts and logic I love it. The Non-Stop Debates are definitely my favorite part, both aesthetically and because well it does everything I need it to <:3  I also just,,,really love the characters. I don’t need to go in depth here y’all have seen my blog but once I started kinning Makoto and crushing on Kyoko it sealed my fate forever.

Least favorite charcter?- Look,,,Danganronpa has some troubled writing. So I’m not gonna judge the poorly written so harshly. However, I do hate 1 (one) punk ass entitled rich boy. Like okay I like how he is written and actually I really like his dynamic and character in the context of the story and his interactions. But FUCK BYAKUYA TOGAMI like he is my confront character. I can and will throw hands with this basard. He might have helped towards the end of our Killing School Life but that doesn’t mean I have to like him! And well I kinda like him but in like the way a hero likes a supervillain I will beat his ass but like I enjoyed the rivalry. But yeah Byakuya is my confront character and I hate him <3

Thank you for sending these in bro!!! I love talking about this game and I will never waste an opportunity to tell the people how much I hate Byakuya 💗💗💗

[mntcoronet]

I kin assign you uhhhh I don't know anything about phoenix wright. But the guy with the weird light up visor and coffee. You're welcome. I have no reason for this he's just cool cause I don't know him lmao

abskfhsjf,,, thank u for the good intentions anon! said character is not as cool as he looks btw, he says a bunch of cryptic stuff and is kinda mean sometimes. did a crime once too. but as for vibes without knowing any of that, tis understandable, the light up mask is pretty cool

[kincalling]

Hello. I'm Miles Edgeworth kin. Looking for any fellow Ace Attorney kin, though a Phoenix would be nice. (I'm 19 btw) Like/reblog and I'll message you!

😼

[gyakutengagotoku]

GSvsAA - Spirit of Justice - Character Profiles

Following the AJ and DD ones, here’s the last of the second trilogy. From here, I’ll be jumping back to AAI and I’ll see how I’ll tackle it later. Perhaps it’ll be easier if I go in order of the files and work out the in-game sequence afterward. We’ll see.

Master post. I’ll update it later when I have time.

Since there’s already a thread for these names on Court-Records, I’ll be brief with the entries this time, unless I find some extra trivia to add. And while it’s atypical of me, I’ll share my speculation on the origin of some less obvious puns for the English names too.

Spoilers ahead.

Main cast

Rayfa Padma Khura’in (レイファ・パドマ・クライン) rei is “spirit”; while the reibana (霊花) is an alternate name for the higanbana (彼岸花), aka the Lycoris Radiata, an ominous red flower that grows in Buddhist Hell and is said to guide spirits into the next reincarnation. It’s frequently seen in funerals. Fyi, the higan refers to the "other side” of the Sanzu River, which is similar to the River Styx. padma means “lotus” in Sanskrit. Khura’in was taken from the Kurain we know, which in turn has been taken from the Klein Bottle. Trivia: Her Song of Ceremony is sung completely in Japanese. By that logic, we could have expected an English dub, but I guess Capcom US wasn’t interested, since they only gave us subtitles instead. A few internal game files have given her name as “Honfa”. I can only guess it’s referring to how she’s the central (hon) character to this game. Also, she’s the kind of girl who would be pretty “serious” (honki) about her roles.

Edit: Added a link to the official source of “Kurain”.

Nahyuta Sahdmadhi (ナユタ・サードマディ) Previously, we thought nayuta was the Sanskrit word, meaning “myriad” (or in some East Asian languages, “10^26 or 27), but as it turned out, it’s just the name of someone Yamazaki knew from his university. It was originally a placeholder name, but Eshiro liked it so much it came to be. His last name is based on the phrase hotoke no kao mo sando made, “Even the Buddha will get angry if you brush his face thrice,” or in other words, “Even the Buddha has limits.” It also may come from the Sanskrit word samadhi, a state of meditative consciousness. Trivia: Throughout the game are scattered references to the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West, and he gives us three. Three times he gets to bind a defense attorney, referring to the three disciples of Monk Tang, the novel’s protagonist. Apollo is bound on the head; Sun Wukong is restrained by a magical crown that shrinks when a certain sutra is chanted. Athena's arms are bound; Zhu Bajie has been bound several times throughout the story due to his lewd and disrespectful tendencies. Phoenix’s favorite arm is bound. While there aren’t any particular instances of Sha Wujing’s arm being bound (that I can recall), he’s always been the most responsible of the disciples and is somewhat gullible compared to the other two. :3

Ahlbi Ur’gaid - Bokuto Tsuani (ボクト・ツアーニ) His name comes to “boku to tsua- ni”, or “on a tour with me��.

Shah’do - Mitamaru (ミタマル) mitama is “soul”; maru is a common ending to a boy’s name. He’s a “soul[ja] boy”! I’m sorry, I won’t do that again. His English name, literally “shadow”, may refer to how he’s always tagging along by Ahlbi’s side. Trivia: Shah’do is in fact the only non-human character in the entire series to play the part of the main cast in a game. He even got his own character entry, complete with quote, on the official site! Sadly, I have no idea what he actually says.

Episode 1

Pees’lubn Andistan’dhin - Potdino Nikawas (ポットディーノ・ニカワス) pottode means “coming out of nowhere” and niwaka means “suddenly”, likely referring to how he appeared in the intro out of the blue to join this country’s religious practitioners. din in Arabic means “religion” or “way of life”. Also, DEEN, pronounced with a long e-sound, is the name of a well-known Japanese rock band. Trivia: According to a tweet from Eshiro, this guy’s name is officially “Nikawas”, but for the longest time he and some others mistook it as “Niwakas”, which made it into the final release.

Paht Rohl - Miima Waruhito (ミーマ・ワルヒト) mimawaru is “to patrol”, so his name becomes “patrolling person”. Aslo, waru can mean “bad”, so he’s also not such a good person as he seemed.

Episode 2

Bonny de Famme - Nanano Mimi (菜々野 美々) If you flip the kanji in her last name, they make yasai (野菜), meaning “vegetable”. mimi is “ears”. de Famme probably comes from “defame”, given her and her sisters’ machinations behind the scenes. 

Betty de Famme - Nanano Kiki (菜々野 輝々) Kiki is named like her sister, though kikimimi means “ears poised for listening”. Also, the sound a bat makes is often romanized in Japanese as a ki sound.

Roger Retinz - Shinoyama Kanenari (志乃山 金成) It’s custom in Japanese TV production slang to switch syllables of a name or saying around, so we switch his name around. Shinoyama becomes yamashino, and Kanenari becomes narikin (金 can be pronounced kin). Thus, yamashi no narikin means “a swindling nouveau riche”.

Mr. Reus - Mr. Menyo (Mr. メンヨー) menyou (面妖) is “strange” or “suspicious”. I’ve heard speculation from other fans that Reus can be switched around to make “ruse”, as he is a masterful magician. His real name, Manov Mistree, is originally Fushigi Naohito (伏木 直人). fushigi na hito means “a mysterious person”.

Episode 3

Tahrust Inmee - Marmer Ahtam (マルメル・アータム) marumeru is “to make bald” and atama is “head”.

Beh’leeb Inmee - Sahra Ahtam (サーラ・アータム) sarasara is onom. for “silky” or “flowing”, in this case referring to her hair.

(Between these two, I can’t quite make out why they would choose these names, since they seem like very generic puns for witnesses in a case. Perhaps that’s the point?)

Puhray Zeh’lot - Ogam Mainiche (オガム・マイニーチェ) ogamu is “to worship”, and mainichi is “every day”, so it’s “pray every day”. His real name is Reehl Neh’mu, and its Japanese counterpart is Fon Myo, from honmyou, “real name”.

A’nohn Ihmus - Nanashiino Gonbe (Tent.) (ナナシーノ・ゴンビェ（仮）) Yes, the “tentative” is part of his name. nanashi no gonbee (名無しの権兵衛) is an anonymous or unidentified name, like “John Doe”.

Datz Are’bal - Datz Dinigel (ダッツ・ディニゲル) His complete name comes from datto de nigeru (脱兎で逃げる), or “fleeing as fast as I can”. Interestingly, his English name gets to keep the same first name, thus making “that’s a rebel” or “that’s horrible” (the latter probably regarding how he first looks on his wanted poster, but I’m not as sure about this one).

Lady Kee’ra - Torihime-sama (鳥姫様) It literally means “Bird Princess”, but it’s not an actual name. I was surprised to learn that she got a name in the English version. Her real name is Ihmsan, which is the same in the JP version. I’m not sure about the whole pun here, but imu is a verb meaning “to avoid, shun”, like a taboo. It’s supposedly taboo to say her name.

Edit: Okay, so it’s actually based on imu, 仏, in this case meaning, “a dead body” and the honorary suffix san. It’s referring to her killing spree. (The same kanji when pronounced hotoke is referring to the Buddha or someone with such imagery, though it applies less to her.)

Plumed Punisher - Torisaman (トリサマン) It’s an offshoot of Tonosaman, aka The Steel Samurai, but with tori for “bird”. Btw, Tonosaman comes from tono-sama, “lord”, and the word “man”.

Episode 4

Bucky Whet - Uchidate Susuru (内舘 すする) uchitate is “freshly kneaded”, while susuru is “to slurp”. His English name is from “buckwheat”, the kind of dough commonly used to make soba noodles. Interestingly, the embroidery on his lapel reads 上戸, ueto, but pronounced as jougo, it means “hard drinker”.

Taifu Toneido - Senpuutei Bakufuu (旋風亭 獏風) senpuu is “hurricane”; bakufuu is “blast”, like of wind or from an explosion. The tei (亭) is an honorary suffix that’s added to the pseudonym of a rakugo performer.

Geiru Toneido - Senpuutei Puuko (旋風亭 風子) I think Puuko was just chosen for its cuteness. The first kanji in her name is the one for “wind”, and ko is a common ending for a girl’s name.

Uendo Toneido - Senpuutei Bifuu (旋風亭 美風) bifuu, written as 微風, is “breeze”. His other personalities are named after rakugo characters. Kisegawa is the same in both versions. Her name is from the story Omitate (”The Choice”). Patches is Ippachi, and Owen is Sadakichi. Both appear in various rakugo plays and are well known stock characters; Ippachi as taikomochi (a male geisha) and Sadakichi as an apprentice. Trivia: Patches and Kisegawa speak in nonstandard dialects. I’m not quite sure which, though, so if someone could lend a hand, I’ll be happy.

Jugemu (ジュゲム) He’s named after the titular character of the rakugo play, Jegemu.

Episode 5

Dhurke Sahdmadhi (ドゥルク・サードマディ) It’s probably from Druk, the Bhutanese thunder dragon and their national symbol. There was even lightning behind him when we saw his silhouette in the anime prologue. Not to mention, Druk is also the “king” and “protector” of Bhutan; kinda like how this guy was nominal king of his country too.

Paul Atison - Kiyoki Masaharu (清木 政治) kiyoki means “proper” or “clean”; the kanji in his given name, when read as seiji, mean “politics”. It’s also this alternate pronunciation that makes it into his email. For comparison, in English, his full name is “Paul Atison Wimperson”, thus making his initials in his email “PAW”. (Coincidentally, he is kind of a “dog”, and not the kind I love. >:3c )

Archie Buff - Sanagi Fumiaki (佐奈樹 文明) sanagi is “pupa”; and the kanji in his first name, read as bunmei, mean “civilization”.

Sergeant Buff - Sergeant Sanagi (佐奈樹 軍曹) aka Armie Buff - Sanagi Philnelia (佐奈樹 ヒルネリア) Her name is probably from hirune, for “afternoon nap”. She’s a shut-in and is seen wearing her pajamas even well into the afternoon. (The colors are actually based on the Japanese air self-defense force uniform, but they look like pajamas.)

Ga’ran Sigatar Khura’in (ガラン・シガタール・クライン) garan is a Buddhist temple; namely, the “seven halls” that make up temple grounds. Her middle name may come from shi, kataru (死、語る), meaning “death speaks”.

Inga Karkhuul Khura’in (インガ・カルクール・クライン) inga means “karma” or “cause and effect”; karakuru is “to manipulate”. The rest of his name falls into the joke with Jugemu (wiki page linked above in Jugemu’s entry). (If someone could also help me break down his incredibly long full name in Japanese, that’d be great. I’m hoping it has a little more substance than “How could this name be any longer and more pompous than it already is”.)

Nayna - Baaya (バアヤ) Her name isn’t so much a name as it’s Rayfa calling her “granny”.

Amara Sigatar Khura’in (アマラ・シガタール・クライン) amala (阿摩羅) is a number, 10^23, and also a Buddhist term: Amalavijñāna, the highest level of “consciousness”. amara also means “immortal” in Sanskrit, having survived two assassination attempts. In her case, her middle name also refers to shi wo kataru (死を騙る), “faking a death”.

Jove Justice - Odoroki Sousuke (王泥喜 奏介) It’s almost the same as Apollo’s name, but the hou replaced by sou (奏), for “play music”. So, “Surprise! Here’s a music boy!” I mean, I couldn’t exactly use “play boy” since that sounds wrong...

DLC Episode

Ellen Wyatt - Outsubu Shizuku (大津部 雫) outsubu means “a large amount”, particularly of something small; shizuku is “a drop”. So, yeah, lots of tears.

Sorin Sprocket - Haguruma Raito (八久留間 来人) haguruma is a “gear”. Raito sounds like “light” as well as “Wright”, as in the Wright Brothers. (It has nothing to do with Nick or Trucy. Nick is forever earth-bound anyway.)

Pierce Nichody - Juumonji Kazuharu (十文字 一治) The kanji in his surname make up “character for ten”, which is 十, a cross. It’s likely referring to health organizations like the Red Cross. The kanji of his first name are “one” and “heal”, respectively; referring to his hard choice while he was still a surgeon.

Dumas Gloomsbury - Yonekura Seiji (米倉 静次) nekura is “gloomy”, “dark”. Perhaps his first name is from seijou (清浄), meaning “clean”; as in, he was innocent of the crash incident.

Edit: Okay, so Ash has told me that I made a wrong guess. The only other idea I can surmise is seji (世事), “ways of the world”, so that it works as nekura na seji to make “a gloomy world”.

Edit 2: And another wrong guess. Okay, I’m out of ideas. As I mentioned above, seiji as 政治 is “politics”, but the only connection I can make with him is how the Sprockets are indirectly tied into it and how he’s been made a scapegoat.

Selena Sprocket - Haguruma Hikari (八久留間 ひかり) hikari is “light”, to match her brother’s name.

Extra: Locations

Tehm’pul Temple - Ji-in Temple (ジーイン寺院) ji’in is “temple”, so the name is a repeat of the same word. Hence the English name.

Penrose Theater - Trompe Theater (トロンプ劇場) It’s from the French “trompe-l'œil​“, the art technique that creates 3D optical illusions from realistic 2D images. Penrose is likely from the impossible triangle, popularized by mathematician Roger Penrose.

Take-2 TV - Nidomi TV (ニドミテレビ) nidomi (二度見) is to “look twice” or “double take”, as in surprise. How convenient that in English, “take” has another appropriate definition.

Kurukurutei (来来亭) It means “Come Come Place” (the tei actually means “pavilion” in other contexts). Incidentally, that tei is also a suffix to denote a place as a restaurant. Trivia: Ash@C-R has noted that there’s a ramen restaurant chain in Japan with the same name but different pronunciation, but it’s probably a coincidence.

Alright, with that, I clean my hands for tackling AAI in the coming several days, but I expect delays over this weekend. I’ll be heading out of town for a day.

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Someone asked about ace attorney kins, I kinfirmed Sebastian Debeste like 2 months ago or smth? So ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Oh yeah btw Kay, Dad (Miles), Dad 2 (Phoenix), and Trucy: I love you guys, you were the family I'd always wanted to have but thought was impossible. Love you and hope you're out there safe