Line #32 TearJerker/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth


1	Take moments specific to the [[TearJerker/GyakutenKenji2 sequel]], ''[[TearJerker/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney the Phoenix arc]]'', ''[[TearJerker/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney Apollo Justice]]'', or ''[[TearJerker/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies Dual Destinies]]'' to those pages, please.
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5	* ''Investigations'' case 5: Detective Badd turning himself in to the police as the last remaining member of the Yatagarasu. Especially painful as Gumshoe, who views Badd as a father figure, is the one who has to make the arrest.
6	* Despite being the killer in Case 2 and a member of the smuggling ring, Cammy Meele actually gets a minor one when she breaks down and starts explaining what happened, moments before the murder, in a terrified voice, petering out in the end. As well as the image you got of her killing Hicks. There wasn't any malice or hatred on her part that made her do it -- it was a spur of the moment act made out of pure fear. Considering how monstrous and dangerous her boss reveals himself to be during case 5, it's easy to make the case it wasn't just fear of legal repercussions, either.
7	* Lauren's reaction to the possibility that she shot Oliver Deacon in the third case of the first game can be modestly gripping (since by this point Lauren has been informed Oliver was really the alias of her ex-convict father, Colin Devorae). It turns out to be untrue, but in that moment when the possibility is still there it still conveys how alone and guilt-ridden she would feel if that were actually the case.
8	* From case 4 of ''Investigations'': Edgeworth presenting a Swiss Roll to Kay, namely the one she dropped earlier. "I was saving it for Daddy." Cue waterworks. Then Edgeworth tells her to let it all out because her father has just died. In the courtroom. ''Just like his had ten years earlier.''
9	---> '''Kay''': I...won't...cryyy......
10	** Then again, that moment does quickly descend into a [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Crowning Moment of Funny]]. Edgeworth, feeling sympathetic, goes down onto one knee and offers her a handkerchief. She runs forward for what looks like a hug...which is instead her deciding to blow her nose on his cravat. His face is priceless.
11	** Bringing it back into TearJerker mode, there's something tragic in Kay freely admitting that Edgeworth and Gumshoe remind her of her dad and Detective Badd.
12	* The whole messed up von Karma family in case 4, specifically the sheer devotion Edgeworth has toward Manfred, blissfully unaware that his mentor was his father's killer. Damn you, DramaticIrony!
13	** It's clear that Edgeworth and Franziska really do care about each other deep down, but Manfred manipulates both of them. Franziska was really hurt by her father's disregard for her compared to Miles.
14	** Von Karma calling Miles worthless and the long silence that follows is also pretty sad. Becomes a bit of a Heartwarming Moment, too, when Franziska convinces her father to let them continue their investigation.
15	** Franziska asking her father whether he'd watch her first trial too and his rather dismissive attitude.
16	** There's a sort of heartwarming tragedy to the whole von Karma family, since Manfred von Karma, for all his many faults, is one better than Blaise Debeste from [=AAI2=] in the fact that he actually does seem to care about his family in his own way - he speaks fondly of his wife and her cooking, seems to dote on his daughter, can remember the name of his granddaughter's dog and even remembers her age with no problem. He is a loathsome person, but the concept of family is important to him even if he's incapable of truly loving the family members and seeing them beyond just how they service him.
17	* Detective Badd was probably a lot more upset over Faraday's death than he let on. The game made it sound like he was almost a second father to Kay, so he and Faraday were probably something like HeterosexualLifePartners. He's really quite a sad character when you think about it.
18	* Crosses over with SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome, but in AAI Case 5 when Lang, despite finding out about Shih-na's identity and all she's done, still takes a FUCKING BULLET for her.
19	-->Badd: You idiot...! What were you thinking, jumping in front of my gun like that...?! What're you risking your life for?!
20	-->Lang: I'm sorry, Detective Badd, but no matter what sort of past she might've had... or even if she is a spy, it doesn't change the fact that she's my subordinate. And as long as she is, I can't allow any harm to come to her, not even from you!
21	-->Shih-na/Yew: You really are... an idiot... you know that...?
22	** That entire section where you're cross-examining Shih-na because you think she's the murderer was pretty damn harsh simply because of Lang's reaction to it. He's AFatherToHisMen, and the idea that Shih-na might be a traitor must have been hard on him. He practically ''begs'' her to prove them wrong when they're accusing her. And despite that, he still cared enough about her to take a bullet to the thigh for her.
23	** As Shih-na/Yew is being taken into custody, Kay tries to return her hair pins to her, but Yew insist that Kay keep them. Kay had ''just'' [[YouKilledMyFather been enraged at this woman for killing her father]] and was then held at gunpoint by her as a hostage, and yet now [[SympathyForTheDevil can't help but feel compassion for her]] for being such a fundamentally empty person, stating she "saw into her heart, and it's cold and dark...and lonely."
24	* A lot of Edgeworth's conversations with Ernest Amano become this due to DramaticIrony. Edgeworth only knows Amano through von Karma, and he keeps reminding Edgeworth that [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes "Manfred and I go way back."]] As a result, he can't quite grasp why Edgeworth would have mixed feelings (at best) about his old mentor - this leads to plenty of instances where Edgeworth is nodding and unenthusiastically agreeing with statements about how von Karma was one of the best prosecutors to ever live and how Edgeworth is truly his successor. Eventually Edgeworth has to confess that he can't bring himself to be honest with how he feels about von Karma while talking to other people, while Amano seems genuinely sad that he can't read Edgeworth's expression.

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