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Capcom's Official AA Fanclub Surveys - DGS Edition

Many Western fans may be familiar with the Turnabout 4koma comics that get posted on the official AA fanclub site that Capcom runs, thanks to some lovely fans on tumblr and elsewhere who have shared their translations. What fewer people seem to know about is the character surveys.

Back in the old days, they used to hold a survey on Capcom's official AA fansite every few months where they'd write about the seasonal activities of a handful of characters and ask fans to vote for the funniest/most pleasant/strangest/etc answer.

They stopped doing them in like... 2016? 2017? The original text is lost for good as far as I can tell. Even the wayback machine couldn't help because the content was password locked and you can't get past the password wall while remaining in the archived version.

Fortunately, I saved some of my translations of them so I thought I’d share them.

Cut for length...

"February has begun, and the DGS cast is nearing the end of their journey aboard the RFS Alacrei. Which of them acted the most strangely?"

Ryuunosuke ~ Exhausted from his intensive study session, he decided to try some katana swinging practice as a change of pace and to combat his recent lack of exercise. But because he wasn't used to handling the katana, he swung it too hard and it went flying out of his hands and got stuck in the wall right next to Sherlock, who had just entered the room. Sherlock asked him, "aren't you supposed to be studying right now, Mr. Naruhodo?" and handcuffed him to his desk.

Susato- worked on developing a curriculum for Ryuunosuke. 'If we keep going at this pace, he won't be able to learn it all in time... It'll be hard on Naruhodo-sama, but we'll have to work hard through a couple of nights together.' With that thought, she created a harsh study schedule, and almost seemed to be looking forward to it for some reason.

Sherlock- Driven by excitement over the thought of returning to England after a long absence, he went up on deck to stare at the ocean. Being February, it was very cold out there and he ended up being chilled all the way to the tips of his fingers. He returned to the ship cabins and amused himself by putting his frozen hands on Ryuunosuke, who was stuck in his room studying.

Van Zieks- Upon hearing from Vortex that there was a Japanese exchange student coming to England to study law, he smashed a Lord's Bottle. He apparently also didn't care for the fact that that Japanese student wouldn't be alone, because he proceeded to shatter his chalice, too.

Hosonaga- in order to provide a respite from studying, he provided some hot chocolate. They enjoyed a pleasant tea time, marveling over how sweet and delicious the drink was until Sherlock piped up with some unnecessary trivia: 'Actually folks, chocolate has long been used in Europe as an aphrodisiac!' Everyone promptly spat it out."

"The long winter is nearly over and spring is on it's way, putting the DGS cast members in a celebratory mood. Who found the best way of enjoying spring?"

Ryuunosuke: the Yuumei University faculty members were holding a flower viewing event, and he joined the assistance committee. He exhausted himself keeping the blankets clean so the intense shower of flower petals wouldn't pile up too high on them, delivering sake and snacks, and mediating whatever pointless fights arose. To top it all off, for some reason his compensation was only a single piece of leftover candy. Talk about a sad result!

Susato- her father and the others living in his dormitory were holding the flower viewing event, so she got up early to prepare the bentos. But her father carelessly forgot to tell her that they wanted tea cakes, so she had to go around the house and neighborhood collecting sweets. For some reason, she ended up being able to gather caramels, biscuits, candy sticks, basically everything but tea cakes, for the tea ceremony.

Sherlock- he disguised himself as a beat officer and infiltrated Scotland Yard to have some fun. There was a real beat officer napping on his feet in the spring sunshine, and while observing him, Sherlock ended up falling asleep too. Detective Gregson gave them a good scolding when he found them, but then Sherlock revealed his true identity with a "hey, it's me, folks!" "What the blazes do you think you're doing?!" Gregson shouted, his rage growing even more, and Sherlock ended up making a run for it.

Van Zieks- went to the vineyard to oversee the production of the contents of his Lord's Bottle. As he viewed the still unopened grape blossom buds, he thought about how they would someday grow up to fill his Lord's Bottle, and ended up going around to look at each one. But the farm hands couldn't stop wondering whether the bottle itself or its owner's heel might come flying at them and were quite uneasy.

Asougi: exhausted himself running around since early morning helping with the professors' flower viewing event. When it was over, he took a break, sharing his reward candy stick [the name of the candy literally translates to 1,000 year candy] with Ryuunosuke, who had also been helping out.

"I wonder if the candy's effect is halved if you share it with someone."

"That still gives us 500 years."

They laughed and enjoyed looking at the flowers until dark. Then they parted ways with a handshake and a "see you later, best friend."

(This one was something about celebrating New Years. For some reason I didn't save the original question)

"Ryuunosuke ~ To celebrate New Years, he planned to pound mochi with everyone at the office. He somehow managed to get his hands on some mochi rice and he and Sherlock started pounding. Iris was having such fun watching them that she steamed a whole bunch more mochi rice so they could have some to share, and he and Sherlock spent the whole evening pounding mochi like crazy.

Asougi~ Because it's New Years, he went around to a bunch of shrines. When he drew his new year's fortune, he got a "horrible luck" result. "I'm not worried about it," he claimed, and headed up to the mountains early on New Years morning and work hard on a full training course of purification by water, meditation under a waterfall and wooden sword practice. It seems that he was working really hard to clear his mind of all earthly thoughts

Sherlock- Agreed to help Ryuunosuke pound mochi. As Ryuunosuke was flipping the mochi over, he carelessly dropped his badge into the bowl and Sherlock mixed it in without noticing, so they had to crack open both the hard and soft mochi to look for it. Fortunately they found it in the 4th one they checked, but apparently Sherlock got his hands and face covered in sticky white mochi in the process.

Susato- Wore a furisode and went with her father to do the first shrine visit of the year. The shrine was incredibly crowded and they had to wait in line for a long time, but she brought the Encyclopaedia of British Law and a copy of the Strand Magazine in her sleeves to secretly read as they waited so she actually ended up enjoying the wait.

Van Zieks- Ryuunosuke cheerfully gave him some mochi as a New Year’s (which at that time was celebrated at the same time as the Chinese New Year) gift, which he accepted confusedly, wondering “...Can the Japanese not even keep track of when the New Year is?” Because Ryuunosuke referred to it as a rice cake, he tried to eat it like a regular cake without softening it with heat first. It was so hard that he couldn’t imagine how it could possibly be food, and ended up misunderstanding the Japanese even more!

"Autumn has arrived, and the weather is starting to cool off, which means that everyone is becoming more active. Which character chose the most pleasant autumn activity to keep busy with?"

Iris was making bread but her hands are small and it’s difficult for her to knead the dough, so she asked for Ryuunosuke’s help. She wanted to make enough to hand out to Gina and all the other homeless children in the East End, so she made a massive amount and Ryuunosuke was stuck kneading this massive mountain of bread dough all day. Apparently he became such a expert at kneading that he could be a baker now.

Asougi was practicing with his sword, slicing autumn-colored ginko leaves as they fell from the tree. He cut so many leaves, though, that he ended up making a big mess on the ground, the number of fallen leaves now having increased, and it took him a long time to clean it all up.

Sherlock: Ryuunosuke told him that he was making anpan (bread filled with sweet red bean paste, the bane of my Asian-dwelling existance) and asked Sherlock to help by being in charge of getting the poppy seeds they’d need to sprinkle on top, so Sherlock went out and gathered a ton of poppy seeds. In fact, he got so many of them that no one knew what to do with them all cuz they had a huge amount of leftovers. Sherlock said, “Well, they’re only the size of poppy seeds! Surely you two can deal with them somehow! Ahahaha!” and Iris scolded him.

(I couldn’t capture it in English, but Sherlock’s line contained a pun, and a pretty stupid one at that, so that’s part of why he got scolded)

It’s grape harvesting season, so Van Zieks commutes to the winery regularly to direct the production of the contents for his “Lord’s Bottle.” He demands perfection in everything from the selection of the grapes to the way they’re squeezed, and the winery staff is terrified by the “grim reaper’s” gaze and heel swinging (i.e. the leg thing he does in court) so they grumble as they work.

"Hearing that there’s a holiday in the West called Halloween, the people involved with the court in Japan decided to try it out themselves. Naturally Halloween is a big deal in England as well. So, which member of the DGS cast had the best celebration?"

Team Ryuunosuke and Asougi- Asougi got Naruhodo up on his shoulders and they draped a white sheet over themselves to make a ghost costume. They went out like that, but Naruhodo had such exaggerated reactions to the fear of the people who saw them and to bumping his head on tree branches that they ended up losing their balance and falling on top of each other?!

Sherlock Holmes- went wearing a horse’s head mask. Iris used her skills to make it a fancy horse covered in stars, but the eye holes weren’t well made and he had to wander around blindly. Because of that he tripped hard over a pile of coal! He ended up getting so dirty that the stars on his costume were covered up!

Van Zieks- took inspiration from his nickname and dressed up as the grim reaper. He covered himself up with a skeleton mask and hood figuring no one would know it was him. Unfortunately he got angry when he saw Megundal (McGilded) pass by and started throwing bottles and glasses and ended up giving himself away.

"November has arrived, and autumn is nearing its end. However, the DGS cast is still keeping busy, even on their days off. Which character chose the most interesting way to spend their late autumn day?"

Ryuunosuke- Thinking that he’d better learn more about British culture if he was going to be a defense attorney in Britain, he went down to the East End with Gina for a little observation. However, because an Asian like him stood out so much, he got mobbed by the other children. On top of it all, his arm band got stolen from him and he had to send a replacement request to Yumei University on the other side of the ocean.

Asougi- He went for a meal at La Quantas. The customer at a nearby table got a persimmon for dessert and scarfed it down, saying “Mm! This is it! This sweetness makes it worthy of being called a treasure among foods!” Asougi tried to comment on this by saying, “The customer at that table sure is enjoying his pershim--gak!” but he may or may not have accidentally bitten his tongue in the process and been unable to finish his sentence.

Iris- She accepted Ryuunosuke’s request to learn more about British culture and prepared a bagpipe and kilt costume for him. “This outfit sure is breezy,” Ryuunosuke said shyly upon trying it on. With Ryuunosuke now dressed, he, Iris, and the others from their office headed over to Gregson’s place to get him to treat them to some fish and chips.

Sherlock- He accepted Ryuunosuke’s request to learn more about British culture and cooked up some European style curry for dinner. Thanks to the fact that his secret ingredient was a large amount of Chinese herbal medicine style spice, it caused some strange side effects and Ryuunosuke, who’d eaten it, ended up passing out and falling over.

“Another taxing trial for Ryuunosuke has finished and now it’s December. As the year draws to a close, which character acts the strangest?”

Ryuunosuke- he was recruited to help with snow removal around Yumei University and the courthouse and he enthusiastically began his task with the help of a large shovel. He got a little carried away, though, and ended up accidentally burying his umbrella, which he’d left propped up against the side of the building, in the snow he’d just finished shoveling. He had no choice but to share Asougi’s umbrella on the way home.

Asougi- On the way home, he nods silently to Ryuunosuke’s question of whether he’d finished his travel preparations and changes the subject: “...Come to think of it, it seems that tomorrow is celebrated in the West as God’s birthday.” “I’ve heard that they eat chicken as part of the traditional celebration. Wanna try it?” Ryuunosuke asks invitingly. Asougi is strongly opposed to that particular menu item, however, and they end up going out for their usual beef stew that night instead.

Susato- in addition to her year-end travel preparations, she also was busy with straightening up the book room in her home. She managed to get the law books in order when she suddenly stumbled upon some old issues of Strand Magazine! She hurried through the rest of her cleaning, then began flipping through the magazines she’d found, trying to decide which to take with her on her trip. She accidentally lost herself in her reading and didn’t realize it until it was already the middle of the night.

Sherlock- he was in the middle of a long ship voyage when Christmas night came. His mind on his partner in a far-off country, he made a toast alone on deck, when suddenly the crew began shooting off fireworks with a cry of “Merry Christmas!” Sherlock had to dart back and forth across the deck to prevent the fireworks from hitting him and setting off the explosive chemicals he carries with him.

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#dai gyakuten saiban #tgaa #naruhodo ryuunosuke #asougi kazuma #mikotoba susato #dgs sherlock holmes #hosonaga satoru #barok van zieks #iris watson #gina lestrade #translations #official content #my translation #mikotoba yuujin #ryunosuke naruhodo #kazuma asogi #susato mikotoba #iris wilson

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elyvorg · 2 years

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elyvorg’s Great Ace Attorney Liveblog - Case 2-5 Part 3

This is a transcript of a liveblog that I originally did on Discord, having played a fan translation of the first game years ago and knowing a spoiler for the second game. I do not recommend following along with this on your first playthrough!

[[Please also bear in mind that I’ve long since finished the game by now, so if past-me wildly misinterprets something here (and I often did), no need to correct me, I already know!]]

Interim thoughts: I AM HAVING EMOTIONS

elyvorg

you know usually I post some kind of analytical speculation to give an idea of where my thoughts are at in between play sessions, but this time my thoughts have just been an incoherent emotional jumble of please let Kazuma be happy, please let his and Ryunosuke's friendship be okay in the end, this is breaking my heart.

Like, yes, we're going to figure out the truth of what happened to Kazuma's dad, of course, and I know that's what's most important to him - but Kazuma has made it clear that he doesn't give a fuck what happens to himself after today so long as he achieves that, even if it means betraying his friends, even if it means going to prison or whatever for nominally agreeing to an assassination he never intended to actually carry out, and it's heartwrenching. You're worth so much more than that, Kazuma! It's not fair that he had to sacrifice practically everything just to be able to get here and do this, and he shouldn't be okay with that!

And it's doubly heartwrenching that Ryunosuke still seems shaken enough by the assassin reveal that he's not even mentally protesting any of this at all. They had that bit at the end of the last investigation section with Ryunosuke thinking about his new found family and how lucky he is to have them all, all these people except Kazuma, and all the while Kazuma must have been so fucking lonely this whole time and he deserves just as much to be part of the found family too because he's supposed to be Ryunosuke's best friend and gaaaaaaah.

I just. I just have A Lot Of Feelings about Kazuma right now. Just getting a snapshot of that out there before I start playing again.

Live reactions: 2-5 final trial segment – the Professor case

elyvorg

the judge just started cackling evilly, nothing sus about that at all, perfectly normal above-board court proceedings going on here

Genshin actually confessed to all five murders? Huh.

love that Maria's helping us, she is Good ^o^

aaaa Kazuma's disgusted reaction at hearing that his father saved van Zieks's life

GENSHIN HAD THE RING IN THAT FLASHBACK

AFTER KLINT WAS DEAD

ghhhhh Kazuma is so desperate to keep hating van Zieks, my heart

so was this whole prison break a thing of, get him to confess by promising they'll help him escape, but then actually they're planning to shoot him dead and make it look like he was properly executed and totally guilty after all? Sounds like it might be.

...though Vigil makes a good point that like, why bother with the escape in that case

sudden wild theory: what if Genshin, like, hid the real papers in the sheath of Karuma somehow? Then we'd still have them after all this time.

something's up with that scarlet ink, Klint had that on his hand too, hmmm

also that sure was a reaction from Stronghart, huh

it was Klint's last will?

so wait if Klint wanted to die for some reason, did Genshin actually do it for him? oh man

i have absolutely no idea what wild truth Ryunosuke has just figured out

okay so it was Klint apparently but now I don't understand why the secret confession and assisted suicide

also, if Sholmes reacted so strongly upon seeing the dog's collar in 2-2, did he always know?

oh look someone else who became the kind of monster he hated!

GENSHIN JUST WANTED TO SEE HIS SON AGAIN, MY HEART ;o;

yeah see it doesn't make sense that Genshin would go and force a confession from Klint before killing him if it actually was Klint! So was it really Stronghart after all?

excuse me bro, you just said three pages, good job giving yourself away!!!

FUCK I misclicked and now I'm gonna look like an idiot saying van Zieks said something contradictory

MY ARMBAND is the contradiction, anyway can I get a redo on that pls

though props to the writers for taking us down this entire path of entertaining the idea van Zieks could have said something fishy and making you prove it, just in case anybody who hadn't spotted it tried to trial-and-error which of the two it was.

DID GENSHIN ACTUALLY SEND THAT LETTER TO KAZUMA?

...no, never mind, doesn't look like it

he DID hide the papers inside Karuma!!!!!

Bench

What is the last piece of evidence you have received?

elyvorg

Klint's will, which was inside Karuma's hilt.

Bench

Twist thy head and watch them fall

elyvorg

guhhhh Kazuma's dad didn't even have to die, just the random chance that Drebber was there made them do it

yeeeeeeeeah look at Kazuma standing up for van Zieks finally! \o/

Bench

\o/

elyvorg

it's the GANT CLAP

i was gonna SAY he reminded me of Gant!

Bench

>:3

elyvorg

oh come off it he instigated like a bajillion murders how is he not gonna go down for this

Bench

Fun fact: I believe one of the main writers for this game really liked Rise from the Ashes

elyvorg

yeah getting that impression too, heh

Bench

How much do you hate probably Gant's ancestor Stronghart so far?

elyvorg

a lot

seatherny

whaaaat, stronghart is an upstanding lord chief justice and would never ever do anything immoral

elyvorg

BUNNY TIME APPARENTLY

i'm sorry is that a fucking HOLOGRAM IN 1900

seatherny

looooooooool

Bench

>:3

elyvorg

oh no he's so guilty he broke the scales

Bench

My favorite breakdown in the series.

elyvorg

are we not gonna give Kazuma some of the credit for this too

gonna take a break before doing the ending bits, I'm mentally exhausted after all that

(in a good way!)

Live reactions: Ending

elyvorg

Kazuma and van Zieks are making up! ...sort of.

...Iris is KLINT'S daughter

welp, Barok, guess you're an uncle now!

Bench

>:3

elyvorg

the "Lord Chief Injustice" fucking DRAG HIM, Sholmes

ghhh Kazuma why are you just LEAVING why can you not just HAVE A NORMAL CONVERSATION WITH YOUR BEST FRIEND

and now Ryunosuke's gonna go back to Japan soon isn't he, ghhhhhhh

SHOLMES IS HER REAL MEANINGFUL DAD, awwww

still sad that Kazuma's not being assimilated into this found family and we're acting like this is okay

Ryunosuke you were never a fucking replacement for Kazuma, can't you at least talk to Kazuma about this and hear him explain why he really brought you along because it can't have been that, surely

pleeeeaaaase have a proper fucking conversation with Kazuma before you leave at least

"...anyone who thinks of you as a substitute or locum should be ashamed of themselves!"

and that includes you, Ryunosuke!

WHY ISN'T KAZUMA HERE AT DOVER TO SEE HIM OFF

WAIT NEVER MIND

:3!!!

Kazuma you BETTER LET THE SHOLMES FAMILY ADOPT YOU, okay

seatherny

my first thought when finding out iris's real father: uncle barok better learn to take iris up on her tea party offers

elyvorg

this too

Credits highlights:

- Hosonaga and Rei and Soseki and KITTIES

- Harebrayne! He's come back to England now it's safe and he's gonna hang out with his broooo

- oh god Vigil why have you palled up with those guys

- THAT'S WHY KAZUMA BROUGHT RYUNOSUKE ALONG

HE WANTED RYUNOSUKE TO DEFEND HIM IF THE ASSASSIN THING WENT SOUTH

AAAAAA THAT'S ADORABLE

(and also tantalising as hell, why would you consider that option but not make it happen, writers)

- RYUNOSUKE DOTTED THE DARUMA'S EYE

- THE PHOTO

FRIEEEEENDS

that was an absolutely lovely ending! :3

I'd been terrified they were just gonna brush Kazuma aside and forget that his friendship with Ryunosuke mattered at all but they DIDN'T and they're FRIENDS and it's GOOD

and very >:3 at Kazuma being afraid that he almost became one of those monsters himself and awww at him giving Karuma to Ryunosuke for the time being until he can sort himself out, love Kazuma having Issues, love that he actually momentarily wanted to kill Gregson, yessss

seatherny

poor Kazuma. he has so. many. Issues

elyvorg

love that the character who was already my favourite as of case 1 (was still alive and) turned out to be the one with The Most Issues

elyvorg

i want more stories in this continuity where Ryunosuke and Kazuma can have more courtroom battles again as FRIENDS with fewer issues getting in the way

seatherny

yessss PLEASE

Bench

YES

I really hope more games in this timeframe happen.

Ending hype chats!

Bench

Congratulations on finishing!

seatherny

and congrats indeed!!

elyvorg

Thank you both for keeping me company on this Wild Ride!

(also hope you enjoyed my several AUs I accidentally came up with due to speculating things that didn't ever actually happen, lol)

Bench

I did!

elyvorg

how about that faking-amnesia AU though

or the DEFENDING KAZUMA one, still frustrated that didn't happen, I'd have loved it

Bench

At least there's always fanfics!

[[fun fact: this comment of Bench’s basically made my brain go “…so I guess I’ve got to write fic of that myself, huh”, and that’s currently something I’m working on...

[[...which I’ve now finished! Here is Kazuma faking amnesia, and Kazuma becoming the final defendant. And also a bonus unrelated fic, featuring the friends and whump.]]

elyvorg

also fic where Kazuma is adopted at the Sholmes family, please

(and Uncle Barok too of course, except I guess he needs to not mention that he's literally her uncle)

Bench

What do you think of GAA2 overall, if I may ask?

elyvorg

Loved it! It's up there with AAI2 as my favourite Ace Attorney game! (or, well, both parts of GAA combined, really, they go together)

Bench

Woohoo!

elyvorg

You know how I feel about things I wish had happened that I'd have loved even more if they had, but overall, still a very very good Ace Attorney game that I loved a lot.

Oh yeah, @ Bench , you mentioned way back that there were some other Parts you were really excited for me to get to, can I ask what they were?

Bench

- Kazuma forcing out Vigil's repressed memories

- The final dance of deduction

- Gregson's body having been in the suitcase at the start of the chapter during the group photo

- The true meaning of the List

- EVERYTHING after the final cross examination

- The final scene at the port

elyvorg

lots of good Parts

Bench

What do you think of Susato and Barok van Zieks, now that everything's come to a close?

elyvorg

They are Good! There wasn't as much Susato in the later parts of this game but she is still very good, oh my god Susato how can you say you're terribly incompetent, you're like the most hypercompetent judicial assistant ever.

Van Zieks is good and Friend, was hoping to see him do an Ace Attorney Smile(TM) at the end but I guess the revelation that his brother was a serial killer kinda dampened any chance of that happening for the time being, whoops. Love the parallels between him and Kazuma and how they're really quite similar but the situation and cover-ups surrounding their brother/father resulted in them tragically hating each other instead. Hopefully they can start to be friends now!

Bench

Top 3 cases from the duology?

elyvorg

2-4/5 are the same case, so, that one. Then probably 2-3, and then a toss-up between 1-2 or 1-1? I gotta play the earlier ones again now with the knowledge of where everything ends up.

...whoops I literally just listed every case with Kazuma in it, didn't I

seatherny

would love to see van zieks and kazuma's work with each other as prosecutors in another game too

elyvorg

yesssss

Kazuma having the epic dodges of van Zieks's chalice throws

seatherny

i'm glad there are more fans who place TGAA in their top faves

your reactions may or may not have inspired me to started over at 1-1 already to experience the game while knowing Everything :D

Bench

seatherny

and i didn't even finish that long ago lmao

elyvorg

That's obviously the Correct thing to do, I gotta do that too sometime.

Bench

Same.

After I finish the rest of my Ace Attorney marathon.

elyvorg

I also really need to replay 2-4/5 while actually, like, knowing exactly what's going on in Kazuma's head and not having my assumption of it flip-flop wildly literally every segment, so that I can properly solidify my perception of why he acted the way he did throughout all this.

Bench

Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts on these games!

elyvorg

Thank you for giving me an audience so that I felt like it would be worthwhile to share them!

I don't usually formulate such detailed thoughts about stories I'm currently experiencing because I don't have a reason to articulate them, so for better or worse I think you being here partly contributed to the number of absolutely Wild Ideas I had that, uh, didn't actually happen in the story but are fun to think about anyway.

[[which is also why I decided I liked these Thoughts enough to repost them on tumblr to a wider audience. I hope everyone reading this liveblog from here had fun on this Wild Ride too!]]

Bench

Glad I could help!

seatherny

yeah, i'd like to digest kazuma's insanely guarded behaviors and thought processes a bit more on this 2nd playthrough too

wish i'd found this thread a bit earlier, rip :D

elyvorg

Hey, it's not going anywhere, you can read the backlog any time you like!

also love to hear that you are a kindred spirit of figuring out what the hell is going on in the heads of Characters With Issues, that kind of thing is my jam

seatherny

my fave always ends up being that exact kind of char and i hyperfixate on them like crazy lmao

van Zieks ended up being that char for me at the end of TGAA actually??? i think I’m in the minority there but that’s okay

elyvorg

van Zieks didn't quite latch onto my hyperfixation buttons like Kazuma did for whatever reason but he's certainly very interesting and I can definitely understand the appeal, would love to hear any of your Van Zieks Thoughts you ever wanted to share

seatherny

i like the image of characters fighting in the background over literal buttons to push :V "no, they get to obsess about ME more"

elyvorg

to be fair, Kazuma pretty much had me from 1-1. His Massive Issues were a delightful unexpected bonus, but I inevitably go for the supportive best friend character every single time <3

seatherny

but yeah, idk, i enjoy well written Tsundere characters with Tragic pasts that lead to Loneliness (self-induced or not) and lots of Trust issues, and van Zieks fits all those bills lmao?? really wish we'd gotten that AA smile you mentioned out of him for maximum Tsundere moment but damn budget constraints (probably)

i also really loved the whole reaper of the bailey ordeal, with van Zieks not even having to try hard to be a terrifying public figure prone to a million assassination attempts but still being more than willing to let it happen for the sake of other people, even if he trusts none of them and sees corruption everywhere - surely he knew he'd run into someone trustworthy eventually to make it all worth it?

i enjoyed the pressure he put on Ryunosuke in court to actually think in ways that would lead to the truth and not like cases are just another "i want to one up you" game.

i also enjoyed that he actually doesn't slip into self-pity much, i cannot articulate why but his almost-unwavering confidence and suffer-no-bullshit attitude was great in any scene

I have replayed the scene where van Zieks refers to Ryunosuke by name for the first time and says he needs to believe in his integrity as a lawyer, finally, a Lot of times

let's not forget the endearing quirks like the chalice throwing, keeping motherfucking BATS in his office and he's the ONLY one allowed to rearrange his wine barrels (on a weekly basis, guy, where do you find TIME for that?) and also i think a lot about that evidence dialogue where he wonders what color haired league he's supposed to join if the only choices are red or black lmao

and ugh I have a 4:00 meeting now to switch my mind to WHY

elyvorg

haha, whoops, awkward time to Ramble, but love your thoughts! :3 I too really loved the scene where van Zieks finally decides to trust Ryunosuke with his defence and will enjoy replaying that one a lot.

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