Forgettable Corner

Original kanji can be found here.

Here’s the romaji.

Original kanji can be found here.

Here’s the romaji.

Original kanji and translation can be found here.

Here’s the romaji.

In the first game, Edgeworth is under great inner turmoil, so Wright takes it upon himself to help absolve his feelings of guilt. In the second game, Wright is under great inner turmoil, so Edgeworth takes it upon himself to guide him towards the truth he found that allows for Wright to rediscover his values.

(a general guide, dedicated to anon)

For the purposes of this description I’m going to use the word Words to indicate whatever the character is saying and the word Attribution to refer to the dialogue tag (the bit where you write ‘she said’). Further details and actual examples behind the cut.

1. dialogue followed by speaker

“Words,” attribution.

1a. quotation that is a question or an exclamation followed by speaker

“Words?” attribution.

“Words!” attribution.

The only difference from the above is changing the comma to a question mark or exclamation point. 

2. speaker followed by dialogue

Attribution, “Words.” 

Attribution, “Words?” 

Attribution, “Words!”

3. dialogue with the speaker in the middle of the quote

“Words,” attribution, “words.”

“Words,” attribution, “words?”

“Words,” attribution, “words!”

4. dialogue without attribution (the speaker is obvious and doesn’t need to be named)

“Words.”

“Words?”

“Words!”

Additional note:

For 3 and 5, these rules are accurate if the dialogue is a continuing sentence:

“I known it’s dangerous,” they fidgeted, “if all of us go.”

If the second piece of dialogue is a new sentence, then you use a period:

“I don’t what you think you’re doing,” she snorted. “You’ve been an idiot from Day One.”

“I don’t what you think you’re doing,” she snorted, “you’ve been an idiot from Day One.”

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Beware of comma splices (mashing two sentences together with a comma)! The best way to tell is to put the two phrases together and put periods after both. If it still makes sense, it’s probably a comma splice:

I don’t what you think you’re doing. You’ve been an idiot from Day One. ✔️

I know it’s dangerous. If all of us go. ✖️

I know it’s dangerous if all of us go. ✔️

source: official Capcom Japan

artist: 菊野郎さん

translation: me