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idk i got pretty bored

Damn

I'm year 13 and nowhere near as good as you >:(

- man is it good to see spirit chanelling - which has been part of the world since the first game - finally get its day in court in a way that isn’t either “lets channel mia to save us from our own stupidity help” or “uhhh maybe i killed someone while channeling”. if u are in a murder mystery plot and u can speak to ghosts then you should be speaking to ghosts pls and thank u

- i do know pretty much everything that happens in this game already but it is fun to see how early they cover some of the rebel stuff. i wasn’t expecting most of it until the last case

- absolutely hilarious how phoenix finds out his employee (apprentice? junior? unwillingly adopted child?) was raised by an infamous rebel organisation in a small autocratic nation and never mentioned that and is just like... u know what, i’m too busy to actually process this right now, lets get back to the case. phoenix 0 braincell moments.

- i’m just saying that if i was investigating someone and found out that they were my friend’s dad u bet i would be on the phone

- there’s also the super interesting thing of how datz and nahyuta were once something akin to family, and here is datz at trial with amnesia and in disguise and at what point did each of them work out each others identity? genuinely would not put it past nahyuta to realise super early and just try and keep it quiet for various reasons --->> it’s more convenient to the trial if datz’s identity is hidden + the fact that nahyuta is still secretly on the rebels side but just can’t be publicly seen acting that way. it seems like a nahyuta sort of move. of course, this fails as soon as datz’s true identity is revealed and he immediately turns around to talk directly to nahyuta, at which point he then has to make a show of being anti-rebel. interesting stuff.

- ahlbi continues to buck the trend of kids in these games by being genuinely likeable to me. he’s adorable, and I’m going to be very sad when we inevitably never see him in canon again

- *adds another head injury to the “phoenix’s skull is made of concrete” tally.* also the absolute conceit of this man to be like “u can’t testify with amnesia”, sir u tried a case with amnesia. what the fuck.

- some interesting world building that i will note down on the big alternative history file that i never do anything with.

< Quick personal thoughts under the cut. >