History YMMV / GyakutenKenji2

** Actually, [[spoiler: a SadClown who got abused ever since childhood without any help from authority who finally snaps and plans to kill anyone who wronged him for revenge? [[Characters/Joker2019ArthurFleckJoker Now where have we heard that before?]]]]

* CharacterRerailment:
** A common criticism of the first ''Investigations'' is that Edgeworth himself was nothing more than a mere PinballProtagonist who just happened to stumble into a major international conspiracy that he had barely any stakes over, and no compelling motivations besides just finding the truth behind loads of crazy, generally unhelpful people. The sequel, meanwhile, does a much better job exploring his character and giving him more personal goals, like finishing a case his father couldn't in the past, fighting for his right to be a prosecutor against his corrupt superiors and even revisiting his original childhood desire to be a defense attorney. The overall stronger, more serious supporting cast helps too, as they allow Edgeworth to no longer need to act like the only adult in the room.
** Unlike the previous game where it is completely glossed over, Larry is back to his Laurice Deauxnim persona, and his artwork turns out to be useful once more, again unlike the previous game where he barely contributes to anything.

* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler:[[AmoralAttorney Blaise Debeste]] is the Chairman of the Prosecutorial Investigation Committee--P.I.C.--whose cruel nature has led to the corruption of the justice system. A self-proclaimed sadist and bully, [[PsychopathicManchild Blaise]]'s greatest joy has always been ruining lives with his prosecution tactics, boasting that he has sent hundreds of people to life imprisonment after pretending he would offer them a plea bargain. Blaise has fabricated evidence, faked autopsies, and [[FrameUp framed]] innocents for decades, abusing the prosecution system so freely that he hosts BlackMarket auctions of important evidence. Blaise is the [[GreaterScopeVillain one who]] drove [[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney Manfred von Karma]] to murder by tricking him into using a fake autopsy to send an innocent man to prison, only to then penalize ThePerfectionist von Karma for fun. A [[AbusiveParents dreadful father]] to his son Sebastian, Blaise has abused the boy for years and tried to mold him into a perfect prosecutor, and responds to Sebastian's repeated failures by bullying him into a total breakdown. Having helped murder the President of Zheng Fa to empower his body double to take his place, Blaise also helps murder reporter Jack Cameron to cover it up, and later kills Cameron's girlfriend when she comes seeking revenge. Blaise then tries to frame an amnesiac Kay Faraday for the killing, and when he is eventually exposed for his many crimes, Blaise tries to kidnap the judge's son and threaten him with death to get away scot-free.]]

* {{Squick}}: In case 3 of the second game, the lyre of the Gemini sherbet statue [[spoiler: was coated with a mix of salt from a salt rock lamp and the killer's blood. It was then eaten by two unknowing people]].

** The Logic Chess battle against [[spoiler:Sebastian]]. It's the longest Logic Chess battle in the game. This is somewhat justified and lampshaded as [[spoiler:at that moment, Sebastian has become a blubbering mess drenched in his own desperation and self-loathing, with Miles constantly mentioning that Sebastian is in his [[DespairEventHorizon emotional and psychological limit]]. Kay and Miles admit they need to take it easy on the Logic Chess (something Miles has never done before) in order to not break the boy completely. Three out of the five questionings in the match are actually related to bringing Sebastian back from his HeroicBSOD rather than attempting to get information]].

** To a lesser extent, Lotta Hart's during the fourth case. The battle itself isn't ''that'' hard, but the clock runs down at a far faster rate than in any other Logic Chess battle in the game, meaning that any mistake ends up being much more damaging.

''YMMV/{{Ace Attorney Investigations|MilesEdgeworth}}'' | '''''Gyakuten Kenji 2''''' | ''YMMV/TheGreatAceAttorney''\\

** The fact that ''every single case'' which occurs in the series' present days can in someway [[ForWantOfANail be traced back to a dessert-making competition]]. Also related to that event, Manfred von Karma being introduced by walking off a ''candy castle''.

* HilariousInHindsight: Throughout the game, there is a mastermind in a hooded red raincoat committing crimes, with the ultimate reveal being that [[spoiler:the culprit is a clown that Edgeworth met earlier in the game.]] It's almost reminiscent of [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker a certain Batman villain.]]

** Courtney's concern in the second case that Edgeworth might go down a shady "ends justify the means" path feels a lot more understandable after playing ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies Dual Destinies]]'' and seeing [[spoiler:how entrenched said mentality has become at Themis Legal Academy, not to mention dealing with the third case's culprit, Professor Means]].

** Gregory Edgeworth gets half a chapter dedicated to him and it instantly demonstrates why he was so beloved by everyone around him. He's a calm, friendly, and rational lawyer who has great interactions with Raymond Shields, the contestants at Masters' party and [[spoiler:Manfred Von Karma]]. He's a formidable protagonist without being too flawless, as he was [[spoiler:sadly too naive for his own good, making his death all the more tragic]].

** People cutting off Sebastian mid-sentence, clearing their throats to make him stop talking, having his testimonies called stupid by ''Gumshoe and Larry'', and Franziska whipping Sebastian for being stupid gets much less humorous [[spoiler: after the end of case 4 where his own father berates him in front of everyone else that everything he brags on about was actually thanks to Blaise's influence and nepotism, and that he's too stupid to be his son for not even realizing it and a shame to his dad. Even after that, just a mere few minutes later he's kidnapped and wakes up in ''his own garage'', leading him to think that his dad's men kidnapped him on purpose.]]

** A possibly intentional example. Sebastian Debeste is made to be as obnoxious and unhelpful as possible, making [[spoiler:it all the more satisfying when he TookALevelInBadass and personally presented the evidence that put his dad behind bars. While he's not regarded highly in the first three chapters, it's generally agreed that he redeems himself and then some by the game's end.]]

** The Fourth Case in general is very difficult to make sense off until halfway through. Most of the initial evidence is either too abstract to interpret (i.e. [[spoiler:Kay's first chunk of recovered memories]]) or outright lie to the player (i.e. [[spoiler:the autopsy report, which is otherwise reliable 100% time]]). It doesn't help that the partner for most the case ([[spoiler:Amnesiac]] Kay) is not very helpful for obvious reasons. Also, many plot threads are deliberately kept vague for the subsequent case, so you never really get a full grasp of everything, which can surprisingly lead to plenty of mistaken assumptions.