This chapter is a gaiden. In other words, a side story, that really has no bearing on the actual story, it's slid in there to add some character to Phoenix Wright. This chapter was placed in so people who don't know about him can understand what drives him. It's parts like these in the games that shows off the characters' 3D personality, which makes me enjoy the series even more. Anyway, if you already know everything there is to know about the first adventure of Phoenix Wright, you really don't have to read this part of the story.
Also! I remembered something that I forgot last chapter. This paragraph refers to Chinami's nickname for Phoenix. Originally in Gyakuten Saiban, Phoenix's name was Naruhodo Ryuuichi. Therefore, Chinami called him Ryu-chan. Because Chinami has not officially appeared in any English game, she is still "Japaneseized", you see. Because of her name, it is simple to assume that she is at least half Japanese at the moment, and she is probably fluent in Japanese. I would assume Phoenix gave her the nickname "Chii-chan" to compliment his nickname. I have given the stitched up reason that Chinami calls Phoenix "Ryu" by claiming that she saw him as a forceful dragon who would never stop learning to be a defense attorney. I really cannot wait until the third installment of Gyakuten Saiban comes out here. I want to see Chinami's name in English.
I am sorry for the unofficial information and the slightly spoilerific parts that will be appearing, but I suppose is cannot truly be helped. Having a character whose name is so similar to a Straw Hat is just too much fun not to include within the story. Thank you for listening to my long ramblings, so I hope you have fun when you...
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Phoenix
Wright: MangaLandian Attorney
Case File
1; Turnabout Pirates
Day 3:
Gaiden at Night
January
19, 9:34
Going
Merry Go
That night, I avoided unnecessary noise on the Going Merry Go after dinner. I was trying to find any clues with the provided evidence in the court record. Of course, everywhere on the Going Merry was too loud to work, so it surprised Robin when she found me in the one place Luffy's loud voice wouldn't reach me, "What are you doing in the crow's nest, Attorney-san?"
I looked up at her, yawning a bit, "Oh… I was just… working…"
"This late?" She asked, noticing how tired I looked, "You really should go to bed, Attorney-san. We're all relying on you to get Captain-san acquitted."
"I need to finish this up," I replied, not telling her what up I needed to finish, "Besides, shouldn't you be going to bed then, Robin?"
"I… am watch for tonight," She said, "We pirates have to make sure we aren't attacked in the middle of the night." I nodded, understanding the reason, but not empathetic with the way pirates worked.
"Well then, I guess I could be the watch too. Go to bed, I'll work alone out here."
Robin looked away, her eyes looking wistfully, "You don't know the real meaning of being alone." That moment, I could see the horrible weight she had on her shoulders…
I didn't really know if it would cheer her up, but I answered either way, "Actually…" She turned back towards me, and I continued, "That's not really true… It may not have been as bad as you experienced, but there was one time… I was alone…
"It was… about sixteen years ago. I was in the fourth grade," She gave me a look, and I explained, "Um… I was nine at the time. During PE, Physical Education, that is, I was sick, and couldn't run track with the other kids. It was at that time while I was in the nurse's office that one of my classmates' lunch money disappeared, all 38 dollars of it. Because I was the only one who wasn't at class, I was the one suspected for its theft."
"Obviously, you didn't take the money?" Robin asked, a smile appearing on her lips from the story.
"Of course I didn't!" I said, a little hurt that Robin even had to ask, "I was sure that when they even held a court case for me, with a defense attorney, a prosecution, and the teacher being the judge, I'd be found innocent. However, even my 'attorney' joined in with the class to jeer at me. They told each other to stop playing with me. People accused me of stealing money I had borrowed beforehand. I couldn't do anything but cry. Finally, the judge… my teacher, told me to apologize to the boy who had his lunch money stolen. I dejectedly walked to the boy, amongst the jeering and roaring of the class, telling me I was a monster." Robin just looked at me as I continued, "Before I could tell him I was sorry, however, there was a shout of 'Objection!'" I noticed later that I was pointing dramatically, and Robin smiled a bit at my acting, "Edgeworth, who was one of my classmates then, was standing from his seat, pointing accusingly at the teacher, 'You can't tell him to apologize to me for something he didn't do!' he said."
"How did he know you didn't do it?" Robin wondered.
"He didn't," I replied, "But I believe his words were, 'you can't convict a person without evidence. Even novices know that!' I never had the money on me, and aside from the testimony that I wasn't at PE, there wasn't any evidence against me. I… I was… let off because of him. It was because of him that I wasn't shunned by the class for the rest of my school year." I looked up at the woman, and I could tell by her face that my story was nothing like the hardship she must have gone through when she was all alone. I sighed, "It was then that I felt it. I felt what it meant like to be truly alone, with not a friend in the world, no one to help you, to back you up… I promised myself I would work hard to make sure no one else felt that way…"
Robin began to nod slowly as I continued, "I became a defense attorney so I could acquit those whom had been abandoned by everyone else. Those who were abandoned and alone…"
"Attorney-san…" I looked up, and saw Robin as she looked at the crescent moon within the sky, "I wish I had the same ideals you did… but our world isn't like yours. Things don't work that way…"
"Then I'll change it," I said, determination as thick as Luffy's in my voice, "This world, and every other world in this 'MangaLand', should be judged fairly, no matter who stands in the way!"
I stopped holding my pen up in the air when I heard soft clapping from the woman, still sitting on the side of the crow's nest. I blinked at her, and she smiled, "It's rather fun listening to you," She said, shining a sincere smile that lifted my spirits, "You sound much like Captain-san…" I looked away, blushing a bit from embarrassment, and she only continued, "Now then, we've both established that we don't like being alone, so move over, and tell me what I can help with."
I pretended to look annoyed, and shuffled to the side, allowing Robin to sit next to me, "Alright then, how about we start with this…" The night went quickly as the two of us worked, and although Robin seemed only around to keep the lamp from running out of kerosene, I could tell she was intent on listening to my approach to the evidence before me. She was ever a scholar, to the very end… I just wished that I could have had someone as calm and collected as her sitting in the defendant's seat. It would probably be much easier than having her captain there instead…
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To Be Continued…
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