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2->''I've said this before, but one of my favorite things that happens to media during localization is when the studio tries to pass it off as taking place in the United States when it very clearly does not. They got away with it pretty easily in the first Franchise/AceAttorney game, which just took place in "the city", but as the games got more involved in Japanese mythology they started digging a pretty deep hole for themselves and it was too late to say "just kidding, we're actually in Japan". \
3So sure, [[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies Nine-Tales Vale is totally inhabited by "Japanese immigrants", and also some thousand-year-old Japanese youkai spirits immigrated with them]].''
4-->--'''WebComic/AwkwardZombie''', "[[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/culture-schlock Culture Schlock]]"
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6->'''Phoenix:''' ''[in a very obviously Japanese city]'' Ahh, Los Angeles. Truly, the greatest city in these United States of America. I, for one, am proud to live in a country with as rich a history and culture as ours.\
7'''Apollo:''' Something about this seems... ''off.''\
8'''Phoenix:''' ''[suddenly wearing a kimono]'' Ha ha, don't be ridiculous, Apollo. Now come, and let's all enjoy a traditional American meal around the traditional American kotatsu. ''[at which Trucy, dressed in a yukata, is sitting]''\
9'''Apollo:''' ''[looks at his meal of sushi and rice and frowns angrily]''\
10'''Phoenix:''' ''[Smug Grin]'' ''Eat your hamburgers, Apollo.''
11-->-- ''Webcomic/AwkwardZombie'' comic ''[[http://awkwardzombie.com/comic/culture-schlock Culture Shlock]]'' on ''Franchise/AceAttorney''

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