The Wright Family - AA4 Anthology Translation

Hey all, so earlier on @box-dwelling's post about Phoenix being kind to Apollo, I talked about a story in the official manga. Well, here is that story. I don't think that this story has ever been scanned and translated anywhere, whereas most of the others are floating around.

I didn't want to ruin my book, so rather than scan each page properly, I have taken pictures with my phone. Sorry for the less-than-stellar quality. Also, I translated this using Google Lens, so the translation may not be perfectly accurate but I think it's pretty good.

Naruhodo Family Members (or, The Wright Family) by Yuki Owari (Read right to left.)

p1 Trucy: Daddy, are you going to just leave the hospital without permission? Phoenix: I'm sorry, Trucy, it's because I don't have much free time. Hotti: Well, I'm glad you're feeling better. sfx: heh heh Phoenix: Yeah, but I still have stiff shoulders. It's awful. Apollo: That doesn't have anything to do with anything!! Apollo: If you're going to be discharged from the hospital, at least pack up your stuff properly.

p2 Phoenix: I'm sorry, it's because I had free time. sfx: ha ha ha Apollo: If you have free time, you can also clean it up, right?! Phoenix: Ahahaha. You've grown up, Apollo. Apollo: Even if I'm praised in that way, I'm not happy. Trucy: Oh, yeah! Apollo was amazing today! Phoenix: It seems so. Apollo: But after the trial, you went somewhere, didn't you, Mr. Wright? Phoenix: Because I had free time. Apollo: Enough!

p3 (Eldoon is harmonica… ing) Trucy: Well then! Trucy: To celebrate Papa's discharge from the hospital and as a thank-you for finding my panties, it's the Mr. Hat special! Phoenix: Ah, yes, pants, Trucy's pants. Apollo: Please don't say that. Apollo: Oh… Trucy: Speaking of pants, don't forget these, too. (holds up Little Plum's bloomers) Apollo: That's enough!!

p4 Trucy: When Papa was in the hospital, it seems there was a strange phenomenon at Hickfield Clinic. Apollo: Strange phenomenon? Trucy: Midnight, as the inpatients are sleeping, it seems that mysterious noises are being heard. Apollo: What… what noise… Phoenix: Huh, I didn't know that. Trucy: A nurse on a tour… as they were making their rounds, from a hospital room…

p5 Trucy: The sound of the piano echoes slowly… Phoenix: Ah, me? Apollo: Please, be quiet when you stay in the hospital! Phoenix: It's because I had free time. Apollo: Isn't that all there is to it?? Trucy: Apparently, it has now become one of the Seven Wonders! Papa is a big success! Phoenix: It's an honor, ahahaha. Apollo: This kid is totally… Trucy: I was so moved today, by the Red Fox (Kitaki) family…

p6 Apollo: Me too… Trucy? Phoenix: You must be tired from all sorts of things. Phoenix: Because it seems like ever since you arrived, she's been moving around happily. Apollo: I'm tired, too. Phoenix: Thank you for your help. I was able to recuperate at a slower pace in the hospital. Phoenix: So even if I'm away again, you and Trucy will be fine. Apollo: (smiling) Such irresponsible…

p7 Apollo: By the way… it was Detective Skye… Phoenix: Hm? Apollo: Ema called me Wright's kid today. Even I was lumped together. Phoenix: (millisecond of internal crisis, come on Phoenix, tell him the truth!) Phoenix: You're also my kid, huh? Apollo: Ah… that's right.

p8 Phoenix: Thank you for your hard work. Phoenix: It's nice to be a father surrounded by his children.

<3

I have done it. I have scanned the entirety of the Apollo Justice anthology. If an actual scanlation group wants to use the raws, please just tell me when you’re done and link back to either here or the archive page! They’re not the best as I don’t have access to a book scanner, but all text is visible.

The raws can be found here: https://archive.org/details/apollo-justice-anthology-full-raws

(warning, the file is 500MB as I scanned in a high resolution, so don’t download on limited data!)

BRB GOING TO GO CRY

Japanese AA merch haul, and some candy called BIG APOLLO bc I thought it was funny

Oh yeah, new pfp (and its 3 alts) I didn't know when to post. Probably my favorite panel from the AA4 manga anthology.

(These can be used if you want. No need to credit me if you do but it'd be nice)

Hi! I wanted to ask you something about Klapollo. What topic/argument do you think could possibly cause them to break up or take a break from the relationship? I live for the drama and was thinking about maybe writing a fic but like I dont want to make either of them assholes, like Apollo bringing Kristoph up to hurt Klavier, for example. I don't think he would do that but I struggle to come up with something else.

Oh boy, I hope you’re not upset about this, but I wrote you an essay. I’m sorry.

Overall, I really like the klapollo relationship timeline because, compared to, say, narumi/su they have a much more normal, organic story. They meet, flirt, share a mutual trauma, get together! Totally normal! But I also think that they would have a much harder time than narumi/su finding the balance you need in a serious relationship and I can see them calling it quits for perfectly practical reasons that aren’t really anything to do with one being a jerk, you know? Here are my top things that I think they would have to navigate and maybe struggle with before a real happily ever after:

1. Money. You’ve probably seen my post where I talk about Apollo feeling uncomfortable with displays of affluence. I don’t think that this is an easy one to get past. AA6 Spoilers, but Dhurke and Datz literally raised them in hiding on the run in the mountainous jungles of Khura’in. They sent Apollo to the states as a nine year old. We don’t know what he did when he got here, but my money’s always been on the foster system. That doesn’t typically breed a sense of stability, financial or otherwise. 

From my experience (so take it with a grain of salt), children who grow up with very little tend to behave in one of two ways when they reach financial stability and/or achieve wealth: first option, they’re really bad with it. They spend it nearly as fast as they make it on things they didn’t get to have or experience when they were growing up. Second option, they never spend it. They know what it’s like to be without, so they save as much of it as they can so they have the security of knowing, if something happens, they won’t have to go back to the way it was before. I will always put Apollo in the latter category. He works hard for what he has and what he gets and, I think, things that signify extravagance make him uncomfortable. On the other hand, I think that the Gavin’s have always had some sort of wealth. Klavier and Kristoph have very different aesthetics to their spaces that we get to experience (Klavier’s office and Kristoph’s cell) but they’re both pretty lavish. Now, we can assume they each made their money individually in their respective careers but, honestly, Kristoph’s cell is so gaudy. To me, it screams “this is what I’m used to and I refuse to accept any less” which is an attitude that I feel comes more from a lifetime of that treatment. 

So if we accept everything that I’ve said above as true, trying to put a person who saves every penny they get and feels bad treating themselves with a person who spends money freely because it’s been a constant throughout their life? It can go poorly. Casually dating, maybe it’s not such an issue once Apollo says “please no more presents and can we just get takeout for once?” but if you’re talking about something more serious, where you have to live in the same space and pay joint bills and be confronted with the other person’s spending habits constantly, it’s a whole other thing. Please take it from me as a person in a long term relationship who loves their partner tremendously—everyone fights about money. Everyone. It would be very difficult for Apollo to feel comfortable, even if he knew that finances were in good shape and there was savings, etc. Things happen, people leave. Nothing gold can stay. Changing that line of thinking takes work. It would also be easier said than done for Klavier to just do an about face on his own habits for Apollo’s comfort. Being a celebrity makes money, but it costs money, too. There is a certain amount of lushness that people expect. That can’t just go away. These are things that become bigger problems overtime, no matter how much you love each other. 

Anyway, I would be really surprised if—even if you’re writing them as really happily married—Apollo doesn’t have a ‘emergency fund’ that even Klavier doesn’t know about. It’s a ‘just in case’. Just in case Klavier leaves him. Just in case he needs to get away fast. Just in case the world ends. It’s not a logical thing, something that he sat down and rationalized doing, it’s just there because it feels better to have it than to not. But that can be kind of hurtful if the other person finds out about it, so. There you go, a whole minefield of money related drama.

2. Apollo’s Abandonment Issues. He’s got them! What do you call and orphan twice over who also lost his very best friend? I don’t know, but if capcom doesn’t stop picking on my boy I’m going to kick them in the teeth. I will still never get over AA6 for telling us that Dhurke took Apollo in when he was orphaned as a baby, then abandoned him in the USA, then came back for him and got his hopes up, and then was actually dead the whole time! Hahahaha! What a trip! 

Anyway, you don’t come back from that super easy. People who suffer this kind of trauma usually have a really hard time trusting others, which is understandable. They also can have unrealistic needs from their partners, become codependent, or even just self-sabotage their relationships, pulling away first to try and avoid the pain because they think the other person will leave them. I think that last one is most likely for Apollo, especially given the disparity in circumstances I mentioned above. If Apollo can’t trust that Klavier actually loves him, can’t trust that he won’t leave him like EVERYONE ELSE HAS, then they can’t have a healthy relationship. Drama.

3. Klavier’s Emotional Trauma. Kristoph is a pretty big jerk to Klavier in the last case of AA4. He criticizes and undermines Klavier, threatens and admits to manipulating him. In the anthology, Klavier shares an “lol so funny!” story about Kristoph accidentally breaking a window while he and Klavier are playing ball. In it, he convinces Klavier that it was his fault and that he should take the blame and apologize for breaking the window! And Klavier does! That’s gaslighting, baby, and since the Anthology is supposed to be canon, we can take that to mean it’s been happening since Klavier was a kid. Think about that. An entire life of gaslighting and manipulative behavior! You don’t come back from that easily, either. 

People who experience emotional abuse can, among other things, suffer from depression and low-self esteem. They need affirmation from their partners and can have a hard time with letting people in or being honest (though not from a malicious mindset—more a “I’m going to say what I think you want to hear because if you’re happy, bad things won’t happen!”). They can also always be waiting for the other shoe to drop, so to speak. Sure things are good, but when will that end and the bad time start? It’s a self fulfilling prophecy: if all you can do is worry about things going wrong, then you aren’t actually enjoying when things are going right and you will cause the issues you’re so worried about. Drama.

4. Fame. Klavier has been in the spotlight since he was a literal child. If the Gavinners were already hits when Klavier was 17, they likely formed and starred their rise some time before then. A year, maybe two? Klavier spent his formative years in the spotlight. He quite literally doesn’t know any other way. Apollo, on the other hand, has never experienced the kind of scrutiny he’d be subject to when dating someone like Klavier. It can be really stressful and hurtful and just overall not a good time. And I’m not saying that Klavier wouldn’t be sympathetic, but I don’t think he would really understand how difficult it could be to have been thrust into that position out of nowhere, because he’s had years of dealing with it and was in a completely different place in life when it began for him. It’s not unreasonable to think that Apollo might not be able to take it. You can love someone and want to be with them but if you can’t adapt to their lifestyle, it’s not going to work. They could walk away rather than risk what might happen to Apollo if they kept it up. Drama.

5. Careers. They both have very demanding jobs. While sharing a similar profession can mean there’s a mutual understanding, it can also cause issues if you... never get to see each other? Schedules can be out of alignment (which could easily happen; their cases can’t always line up and they seem to require a lot of time investment outside of just normal hours). If Klavier goes back into music, that’s an additional time constraint. Why be in a relationship when you can only see the other person for moments here and there? What about the stress that comes with those jobs? That can cause drama.

6. Klavier looks like Kristoph. They are very different people, yes, but similar enough in some ways that it could cause tension. Maybe Klavier is tired and stressed and snaps at Apollo, and suddenly, all Apollo can see is Kristoph and all he can feel is the uncomfortable churning in his stomach that goes along with the memories of him. Someone he trusted, someone who let him down. That’s a difficult subject to broach, and it can fester like an infected wound if left intended. 

But Apollo sounds like Kristoph sometimes. We saw it in AA5, which is, of course, an extreme circumstance. But it can come out from time to time in other ways. A phrase that slips out, the way he intones certain words, the way he signs off in his emails—little things that are harmless, but can still act as triggers. 

Sometimes you need to get away from things that can remind you of your past in order to work on getting over them. If you are in love with someone who shares a similar trauma, who brings those issues from the past to light frequently just by being themselves, it might not be a healthy situation. I don’t think they would need to throw it in each other’s faces for it to become an issue. Drama.

There are more, but I probably took this more seriously than you intended. Whoops! Anyway, I hope that helps??? Maybe???? I hope you get them back together in the end because they deserve to be happy though!!!!!!!

Since you’ve given your opinion on naru/mayo, I’ve really been wanting to hear your opinion on ships like naru/odo as well. Do you think there’s maybe a difference between those two ships? I mean, for me personally, I don’t mind naru/odo, but others seem to have quite a strong opinion on it.

well, if i say age gap is the problem i’d be a hypocrite since i pair GumMaggey and they have a big leap of an age gap. though what makes it okay to me is that both of them are above 20 and Maggey is already an independent working woman currently looking for new jobs, not to mention Gumshoe canonly have a crush on her--

anyway, i think the main issue with n*ruodo here is how Trucy tie into this and how Phoenix sees Apollo.

Trucy is adopted by Phoenix. Phoenix is her dad. its later revealed that apparently both Apollo and Trucy are half-siblings and thats already eyebrows-furrowing, not to mention Phoenix already knew that they’re related from their blood-mother, Thalassa/Lamiroir.

imagine your half brother is with a relationship with your dad lmao, what would that make him? your father-brother? this is some.. Alabama type stuff. 

i have to admit, the strong opinions are justified and heck even natural here.. and no i won’t take “but Apollo doesn’t know he’s Trucy’s brother yet, he doesn’t see Phoenix as a dad” or even “but they’re not related thoooo” as an excuse because Phoenix not only see him as his apprentice but also his own kid.

Apollo : ema called me “one of mr. wright’s kids” today 

Phoenix : you are one of my kids, right? 

Apollo : ah.. yeah 

Phoenix : it’s nice to be a father surrounded by his children  

-  AA4's official anthology.

you can view someone as part of your family, as your sister, as your own children, even if they’re not related to you. it shouldn’t matter, family is family and i think thats a beautiful message.

As many of you surely know, Phoenix Wright wasn't originally supposed to be in Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney. The original idea was to basically reboot the franchise with a new cast now that Phoenix's story was done. The idea to put Phoenix Wright in as any role at all was something that came later in development.

This is why HoboNick has like... five pieces of concept art, while pretty much every other character has pages and pages of it. He was added in at a later stage of planning - after most of the designs were probably finalized. And the thing that I keep thinking about is... how late?

The One-Case-Characters have... well... most of them don’t have more than one page of Concept Art, but they tend to have more individual doodles and more different-looking intial concepts than Phoenix’s Very Finalized Four Bits of Concept Art. And this is including characters who are very heavily linked with Phoenix' disbarrment story. I wonder how much of the plot was done before they had to rewrite it to work Phoenix into it.  Phoenix is not someone you can easily plonk out of the AA4 plotline without causing some major issues. I wonder how all of this was originally supposed to go? Who raised Trucy? Did Zak judt straight-up not abandon her in this timeline? What was Kristoph Big Bad Crime? Who played the sorta-Mia role?

I suppose the boring theory is 'Phoenix replaces an earlier Original Character who got totally scrapped and doesn't even get to appear in the artbooks”. But I like the idea that... like... Kristoph is still the mentor even after Apollo got him into Actual Jail. Like, whenever Apollo and Trucy got stuck on a case, they go to Actual Jail and try and weasel out some advice outta Kristoph even though he hates their guts. (It took like two minutes of him being in court to accidently incriminate himself it wouldn’t be that hard).

Sometimes I wonder how things would have been like for the AA franchise if Capcom never demanded Phoenix in AA4. I wouldn't necessarily trade HoboDad Nick and all of the DD+ timeline that resulted from it for that hypothetical alternative, but it is intersting to to think about it. Like, the idea of Ace Attorney as a semi-anthology series where every three games we do a new story about a new attorney with a whole new cast? That's not actually a bad idea either.

the anthology comics are over officialbarokvanzieks(.)tumblr(.)com/post/155105683451/aj-anthology-brothers-standoff-1-translation and /post/155106701766/aj-anthology-brothers-standoff-2-translation if u missed them! obvs they're on grey canon standing by being in the strange world that is the manga, but personally ii find it fits together. fun fact: while searching for the post i found one i mentioned before abt denying the abuse, using apollo's lack of noticing as evidence 1/2

2/2 of kristoph's innocence. which is silly bc boy can't even work out when junie's crushing on him big time. apollo's awareness of other's motivations is p lackluster lbr. and don't get me wrong no way kristoph's evil thru and thru, but i realised i could identify with him scary well when i was still p young so those habits are probs ones that form early in life that he just didn't toss.

Thanks!  I’ll check them out when I have time and stuff!  I do agree that their canon status can easily be called into question - some people might take them as canon and others might not because they only want to go off the games themselves rather than supplementary materials. 

I’ve seen some things about Kristoph actually not wanting Apollo to have ever gotten involved before; that he was genuine with Apollo in ways he wasn’t with others.  I can personally buy this because Apollo is a living lie detector, though I also can see your point about Apollo just being super clueless about some interpersonal relationship type stuff!  To me, you can have a villainous person be an absolute shithead to some characters and actually be genuine to others!  It doesn’t erase their villainy, of course, but it adds a grey layer to them.  It is easy to think of villains who care about nothing and no one except maybe themselves, so I like it when villains actually do care about some others as well.   

And again, I’m not saying that Kristoph wasn’t terrible when he was young...it is more me saying that there are differing interpretations and they all have their merits.  I hope that makes sense!  I like the idea that Kris wasn’t terrible back then also because it adds to more angst fuel for Klavier - who I, unlike many others, interpret as still truly loving Kristoph and wanting to help him post-AA4 despite all the bad he has done  - and I love writing Klavier angst because I’m a terrible terrible person. 

I just enjoy interpretations of the Gavins’ backstory that go beyond “Kristoph was just an abusive big brother always,” and get more into some other dynamics.  But again, that is me!  Other people have other interests and stuff, so my interpretation isn’t “correct.”  There are no “correct” interpretations since it is beyond the realms of canon.

lookerdewitt replied to your post: Like idk I’ve seen a fuckton of ppl argue that...

cant wait til we get the aa4 sequel where they straight up SAY that krisoph was terrible to him in the forbbiden gavin backstory and this shit is put to rest

same tbh like they show him straight up gaslighting klav in the aj anthology but i guess that’s just not canon enough for some ppl so I can’t wait for theforbidden gavin backstory to finally be released after all these years so I can sit back relax and sip on my “kristoph was never a good brother” juice

do you by chance have the aa4 apollo justice official manga anthology? i would love to see that fully translated. there are some scans online but i think there are some stories missing. anyways, thanks for your work and have a great day!

I do! I bought it because I knew it was only partially translated. All of my stuff is either from official sources or taken from my own personal items.

Update

I got some new AA merch! My activity is sporadic because I am in college, but here’s a list of the items and some notes-

-Art of Gyakuten Saiban, both books+outer cover: The “AA4 artbook” actually had a second, larger book that had art for the trilogy! Sadly, there’s not a lot of concept art or generally not previously seen content in the books, but as with all AA artbooks, the print quality is great.

-Gyakuten Saiban 5 official visual book: Similar to the Spirit of Justice artbook, it’s super in depth, with so much content and concept art for loads of things from the characters to composition of the key visuals.

-Gyakuten Saiban 4 Anthology Comic/Apollo Justice Anthology: I’ve known for a while that this was only partially translated, and since the already translated comics were great, I took it upon myself to get a physical copy and plan to translate what hasn’t been already, or if something is beyond my ability, upload raws.

-Gyakuten Saiban 6 Promo Display: I found this randomly and decided to pick it up due to how fascinating it was to see. I’m going to try and make it some sort of wall display, even if it’s not accurate to how it would be in a store.

-Nyan Zieks and Nyasked Disciple plushes: From what I’ve seen, they were part of a limited edition DGS thing years ago. As a result, they’re pretty expensive, even when I got a good deal on them. They’re cute little things though!

-New Capcom Cafe Standees: I wasn’t able to get Phoenix and Ryunosuke, but I got everyone else, and as with the other AA standees, they’re super cute. They all have unique bottom plates as well, which I tried to photograph.