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beneaththebloodylake · 20 days ago

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actually i hate when people take ace attorney out of the context it was made in. like im just as clueless about the details as anyone else, and its true its heavily fictionalised and mostly not a really serious representation of anything, but at least akcnowledge that that context exists when you talk about it. cause otherwise its just stupid, like everything youre saying is just random words and nothing actually to do with the series

#i mostly mean when people actually discuss stuff in it for a proper answer not just jokes and fanfics but ill admit that annoys me as well #stupid and petty as that is #i do think its legit though when youre actually trying to analyse it i mean come on #like why bother if youre just going to completely misinterpret everything like how do so many people not even know what country it is #cause guess what #funnily enough everything about america is completely and absolutely irrelevant #and yes obviously its clear what my meaning is and im not talking about the irrelevent exceptions #as interesting as i personally find the american influences on japanese society considering not just the american global hegemony #but also the post ww2 occupation and political system that was established then not that i know anything about it really #but i am a bit curious how much influence america has actually had on a country that everyone always sees as totally seperate to the west #and obviously in the modern world everywheres influenced by outside cultures and western countries (dont know what people in japan think)#way of seeing japan as particularly different to everywhere elseis definitely at least partly total rubbish #it actually seems like a very 'normal' country even if youve never been out of europe otherwise #perhaps to me the reason american influence stands out is cause im not used to main english language ans western cultural influence #being america it definitrly makes it stand out as odd like how much of this is america and how much is japan when you dont know either #anyway japan doesnt have more american influence (culturally) it just stands out more obviously #what have i got to going on about #anyway this was actually about ace attorney #well i can say they got the gavel from america anyway apparently thats a pop culture thing no other real life coursts have it #japan didnt get its legal system from america anyway or at least not partly #its civil law system which is something most aa fans dont seem to understand #funnily enough cause civil vs common law systems is literally school level stuff #i mean there literally seems to be a decent amount of aa fans that dont even realise that yes the law stuff is based off japans system #i mean ??? like yeah its not realistic but do people not realise that not every legal system is identical #and it being based off a different country is just as much of a reason for differences as video game seriously #this is coming from someone who doesnt care about law in the slightest btw its still utterly aggravating #like obviously most people realise it was a lot influenced by stuff about actual japanese law even though its not serious or realistic #its still relevent when youre talking about it but its still annoying how many people try to analyse it ignoring this

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