Phoenix and Maya were still hanging out in that 7-year interim, though.
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Why does no one in Ace Attorney get married
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Phoenix and Maya were still hanging out in that 7-year interim, though.
Well, there are a few living parents. But they're terrible people.
Neoleo2143
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Maya and Phoenix were always strong platonic friends, their relationship was always clearly platonic to me. Plus, she's y'know his dead mentor's sister.
You should play Trials and Tribulations for that last question.
OniBarubary
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It's anime, literally no one has sex in Ace Attorney's universe.
Children come about through magic or storks or bamboo or something.
Children come about through magic or storks or bamboo or something.
Aaron Strife
Banned
She'll marry Will Powers
Were they though? I thought at most it was confirmed they sent letters, and he seemed surprised to see how she'd changed in AA6, with her even commenting how she's older and all and it's been a long time and all that.
XxSlasherMcGirkxX
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I like where this topic is going. I foresee a topic on the same scale of the resident evil sexual tension thread. Phoenix x Maya fo life.
Phoenix is probably afraid of being killed off if he ever get married since it looks like it's impossible for a child to have two parents alive in this series. Maya probably swore celibacy after seeing how all couple in Kurain ended. Edgeworth just don't give a fuck. And Larry is forever alone.
As for the other, Gumshoe and Maggey are totally a thing, that why they don't appear anymore, they will just get killed off.
As for the other, Gumshoe and Maggey are totally a thing, that why they don't appear anymore, they will just get killed off.
And Franziska is married to Adrian obviously
Yeah, but I'm thinking characters above 'appearing in a single case' tier
Neoleo2143
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This question is mostly addressed to the recurring cast. I really like Ron and Desiree for how interesting that relationship was. But it was essentially a One-off.
Yeah, this was basically confirmed. If not for mentions of as much in AA6, there are references in AA4 (
she's the one who brought Phoenix the Steel Samurai DVD stacks when he was in the hospital
The only time she was away from immediate contact with Phoenix was during her 2-year Khura'in training.
I assumed those were mailed.
For AA4:
What's the timeline on AAI related to AA3 and his 'disbarment'? It might be true but it might just be a light cameo.
That's because of the 2 years of training, not the 7 years before that.
That might be possible, but I'd have to go back and make a collection of screencaps to see. I definitely don't think the implication has been that he hasn't seen her for 7 years, however. Why would that even make sense when she's been right there in Kurain the whole time?
I'm not sure on the timeline of the latter. AAI takes place after AA3, I believe, but likely before Phoenix's downfall.
Japanese writers for boys/teenagers, young-adult oriented series in general don't seem to be that good at actually tackling relationships. You see it a lot with most shonens having a couple shipteases here and there but nothing actually happens until the time skip at the last chapter of the series (or at the middle-point with Dragon Ball I guess). Even stuff supposedly focused on romance for male audiences consist of 99% shipteasing, harems, fanservice, comedy and some semblance of things happening at the very end, and even then it's rare that you get to actually see said characters as a couple for more than a few minutes. They don't seem nearly as keen into including these sorts of elements in their stories as the west is, which is sometimes a good thing, sometimes not. There may be some selective bias because of the sample of anime I watched and games I've played, and there are obviously exceptions to the rule, but most recent stuff seems to play out like I've described.
Considering how many men in Japan nowadays have never even dated I think it's become sort of a cultural thing?
Considering how many men in Japan nowadays have never even dated I think it's become sort of a cultural thing?
MissileTrick
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If certain events didn't happen I could see *AA3* spoilers
Mia & Diego eventually getting married. Fuck that bitch Dahlia I blame her for everything. Sure Mia could have still been killed, but fuck it would have been less likely with Diego around
Linkstrikesback
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Ace attorney investigations takes place long before the disbarment. Investigations 2 goes up to a couple weeks before Phoenix gets disbarred.
I think this was definitely heavily implied, though
I feel like Mia is a special case in general, considering she's uniquely the only major protagonist to be murdered.
FinaruDensetsu
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I dunno this post of all these collected quotes and sections from the many games make it seem more than platonic to me. I'd definitely be grossed out if a brother/sister relationship was like this.
http://askaceattorney.tumblr.com/post/36922493349/dear-followers-there-has-been-a-lot-of-demand
Plus what's wrong with dating your mentor's sister? The mentor isn't remotely related to him. It'd be like dating your boss's sister or daughter, which might get you fired if you do them wrong, but I don't see how it's gross or anything.
The fact that someone put together a 7,000-word piece to explore Phoenix and Maya's relationship says it all, really.
Holy shit. Nick slapped someone.
Ah man, the days when he actually had a backbone
EDIT: Then again, slapping a woman is definitely going too far, lol.
JonnyDBrit
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See, in Phoenix's case I could see them easily working in a small joke on how being a 35 year old man with a 17 year old daughter has made relationship building more than a little difficult for him. As for the rest, its honestly not that hard to figure out reasons for most of them, most of which in turn would be being too career minded to really think about it.
Dark_3nergy
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Agreed. I do absolutely love seeing these characters grow old. It's probably the only series I have played where I experienced where VIP characters have grown older. Every time I boot up a new Ace Attorney game, the first thing going through my mind is, "Well, what type of non-sense are we going to run into this time Wright?" I cannot say that for any franchise out there.
Well... maybe outside of my Pokemon team I've had since Sinnoh.
But.... what does that make Judgie then? H-he has never aged....is he immortal?
Both Udgey and Oldbag are immortal, yes.
Neoleo2143
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It's a bit different when death is added into the equation. Such a circumstance can make a relationship appear like one side is taking advantage of the other. That's why it's weird and why I don't lean towards the romantic interest so much as a very, very tight platonic relationship that is essentially familial. Though, if the romance were pursued, Maya is still capable of channeling if I'm not mistaken so it's less odd because it means Mia is still a presence in spite of being dead.
So, that's why I don't really place them romantically, even if they could develop romantically in the future. (I probably would not mind if they got married sometime in AA4 and onward)
Septimus Prime
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Dahlia x Engarde?
That guy must have been frothing at the mouth for all their subtle banter in AA6.
AwakenedCloud
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Uhh, perhaps the entirety of AA3?!
DrunkShogun
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Japan loves sexual tension way more than actual pairings being formed. Ace attorney isn't as bad as resident evil though.
Preach.
Phoenix didn't see Maya for 8 years.
Who did he actually talk to and see in that period?
Edgeworth.
I arrest my case.
……forgetit
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Because it's Japan
This is it.
There are many reasons already listed, but I firmly believe one of the main ones is to not piss off shippers lol, I imagine AA makes a lot of money out of yaoi bait or whatever you want to call it. Which makes Edgeworth's random remarks in AA6's DLC kinda ironic.
But yeah most of the main characters are pretty busy with their lives already too, though it'd be cool if they brought Iris back or something at some point. I'd say leaving their romantic lives largely unexplored is fair weirder than them not getting married.
And this is a bit off topic but I saw people saying we're finally free from the stupid young female assistant trope and I... Don't think so? Athena is playable sure, but she's largely an assistant character too and she's yet another young prodigy for seemingly no reason... Remember she's 18 in AA5. And there's Rayfa too who's 15 and "helps" you in a couple of investigations in AA6, sigh.
But yeah most of the main characters are pretty busy with their lives already too, though it'd be cool if they brought Iris back or something at some point. I'd say leaving their romantic lives largely unexplored is fair weirder than them not getting married.
And this is a bit off topic but I saw people saying we're finally free from the stupid young female assistant trope and I... Don't think so? Athena is playable sure, but she's largely an assistant character too and she's yet another young prodigy for seemingly no reason... Remember she's 18 in AA5. And there's Rayfa too who's 15 and "helps" you in a couple of investigations in AA6, sigh.
I don't think they care about pandering to shippers. Otherwise they would have thrown more overt ship bait lines without committing to it, but there's really none of that in AA6. Pretty much all of the interactions between the characters are really platonic.
And this thread is an Athena bully-free zone. Do not bully.
I mean most people who are into that consider even rivalries between males "bait", I meant that they don't want to piss them off while also not committing to them if that makes sense.
And I love Athena! I just wish she was in her 20's because the series' need to have overly young female characters is getting creepy and it serves no purpose.
And I love Athena! I just wish she was in her 20's because the series' need to have overly young female characters is getting creepy and it serves no purpose.
PlatypusDude
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I would assume the reason for this is because it sure worked out well for them during the DL-6 incident.
Well you're in luck, Spirits of justice's dlc is about one.
