This exactly. That first testimony in DSG2-4 was very clever. Usually, the prosecutor's tactics are to restrict the flow of information so the defense has to work twice as hard to obtain it, but Kazuma, being a defense attorney himself, comes up with a crazy Phoenix-esque theory using the contradictions in the testimony to support it as a way to prove the defendant's guilt.

@@HyLion Yes but [spoilers]: It's kinda ruined when you learn/remember that Kazuma *knew* that Jigoku recruited him as exchange student assassin to kill Gregson in the first place. So Kazuma had every reason to know that Jigoku was likely to kill Gregson if Kazuma himself refused (which he did in the end). So Kazuma pretending like there was no other explanation but Barok for Gregson dying is kinda sus once you know the full story. Way to restrict the flow of information, Kazuma ...

@@l.n.3372SPOILERS: Actually, to the very end Kazuma defended his theory that Van Zieks killed Gregson on Fresno Street. Even after admitting to being with Gregson on the ship, he still insisted that what happened was that Gregson failed to kill Jigoku and the Reaper (who he believed to be Van Zieks) killed him in an act of revenge (This too is another reference to him being a defense attorney, since he sticks to his theory despite overwhelming odds but I digress). I think Kazuma genuinely believed his assassin exchange mission and Gregson's murder were unrelated. I mean, why wouldnt he? Until the last trial day, he had no idea Jigoku could even carry the body or fire a shot without the crew listening, so the thought that Jigoku did anything sounds like nonsense until you have the bigger picture

@@HyLion Spoilers: That's not really Kazuma being wise as a defense attorney tho. Quite the opposite. That's him ignoring the common sense argument (that the assassination mission had something to do with Gregson dying) and ignoring this in the face of evidence that van Zieks was innocent to simultaneously insist he had to be at fault. It's Kazuma being biased more than anything else. Remember that van Zieks has no motive to murder Gregson, and a prosecutor must provide a motive. If van Zieks was the true Reaper, then he wouldn't target the innocent anyway. Killing Gregson would be breaking the former pattern of the Reaper. For Barok to seemingly target Gregson breaks the pattern cuz Gregson was never on trial by said Reaper. So Kazuma is already stretching his own BS to accuse Barok of being the Reaper who broke his own pattern to kill an innocent man. Now, Kazuma tried to justify this by saying Barok wanted Gregson dead because Gregson was onto Barok as the Reaper. But ... Barok had years and years to kill Gregson if that was the case. Barok even took a 5 year break during which nobody died to the Reaper curse. And Gregson was obviously alive for those years plus the time when Barok returned to prosecutor. Gregson only died when ... Kazuma regained his memories and Jigoku arrived. It's pretty clear that this is the outlier. Kazuma tried to justify this by saying that van Zieks is the Reaper and he killed Gregson when Gregson caught the Reaper - but we also know that's not true. Kazuma himself is blinded into thinking that van Zieks is the Reaper, that he'd never considered any alternative possibility. Kazuma is basically going in one track minded like such. "Barok is the Reaper so he must be a killer so he must have killed Gregson cuz Reaper bad, and I need to avenge my father." A better real world defense attorney would go in thinking "hmm, there's reasonable doubt here. Especially because I myself am aware that Gregson was my own target for assassination. Jigoku hired me to kill Gregson. And what do you know, Gregson only died when Jigoku arrived in Europe mere hours after I spoke to Gregson on the boat. What a coincidence." Kazuma was the last person to speak with Gregson alive, remember. Kazuma conveniently excuses himself from being a suspect when by all means, he SHOULD have been under suspicion from the start too. The only reason Kazuma isn't a suspect too is because Jigoku and Kazuma tell nobody about the student exchange assassination (aka withholding evidence). Plus the fact that Gina finds the metal box from the street urchins (which has the tip of the katana embedded in the metal) - thereby showing that Kazuma was on board the ship the night beforehand. Kazuma also has NO evidence that Gregson left that ship alive either, since Kazuma never saw Gregson depart the ship. Kazuma is hiding the truth, withholding evidence, and keeping the defense in the dark here. Kazuma goes into case 4 and 5 kinda unwilling to admit he's wrong because he insists upon van Zieks being the killer. It's all about revenge against Barok so he's unable to actually be objective here anymore. If he WAS being objective, then he'd simultaneously have to admit that Jigoku and him were secretly part of the assassination mission. And that Gregson was planned to die as early as a year beforehand when Jigoku himself asked Kazuma on this student exchange. But Kazuma told NOBODY about this plan, meaning that Gregson could have died at any point in time and Kazuma did nothing to warn anyone or prevent it. And before you say "but Kazuma lost his memories" I'd remind you that Kazuma didn't tell anyone in October, November and December before his so called death in January. And he still didn't tell anyone for like 10 days in October before Gregson died in November either. That's 3 whole months in the previous year plus 1 week in the present day when Kazuma had his memories, and Kazuma tells nobody about the student exchange. If you KNOW that someone has hired you to assassinate a target and you tell nobody, you're still guilty by means of association and culpability of the no responsive bystander. Kazuma did nothing for months to prevent a death he knew was planned.

@@l.n.3372 Bro cooked, but I agree. Kazuma was too emotional and didn't want to see reason, all he wanted is to avenge his father. That's why he ignored obvious hints and was shocked when Jigoku was pressured. At least he kinda came back to his senses after Ryu slapped him.

Kazuma can be salty at Barok, but even Kazuma can't remove the smexy sounds of his new remixed theme that he inherited as apprentice to Barok.

not the professor's theme but Barok's theme because the professor's theme is a mix of *_warning spoilers_* . . . . Barok van Zieks and Hart Vortex themes

@@EpicRedCondor the professor’s theme is its own theme, it does have elements of BvZ and Vortex’s themes for obvious reasons but it has its own distinctive sound

@@catboymiles7224 yeah but some moments are taken from their themes

i also hear a bit of sherlocks theme in there

@@TenkabitoShien Who's Sherlock?

DGS2 has the best soundtrack because it all the bangers from DGS1 and incredible tracks like that as well.

Call it Ace Attorney like a normal person you fucking loser

@@sourmeat7982 Youre mad because someone called a japanese series by its japanese name I would say you would be fun at parties but Im not sure you get invited to them ever

@@cowboyoctopus2738 When you're speaking English, use the English names, dumbass

Personal favorite of this one for me is the last theme of deduction with sholmes. But the pursuit from DGS1 is ridiculously good as well...

yeah you even hear this distinct intstrumental part of the Professors theme in the background of this new theme

we knew that since 6-5 when porcupine objected

@@powerbolt2846 We've known it since 2-4

I mean it’s pretty fun when it’s such a banger

@@randomcoloradan2878 I mean 6-5 was like what 2-4 would have been from Edgeworth's perspective

@@Smitology great revival served as mile's objection in 2-4

I mean tbf there are a lot of good ones and they're pretty all pretty equal in quality imo. This song is no exception

He can get scary for sure.

I MEAN YOURE NOT WRONG MANS SCARY SOMETIMES

you put this on another Revival of the Prosecutor video, wtf is wrong with you

Very well said😮

Just ask Prosecutor Auchi.

The feeling corrupted feeling I quite like. But also it's just his theme, just smacked in the middle. It's the exact same theme, but somethings off. Like how it's the same Asougi there always was, but we can't see him in the same way.

Asogi did not die on the boat to britain. He always was like that. What changes is the perspective we have of him. Even Kazuma tells Ryunosuke, "You are the one who changed"

I think part of the dread comes from the Victorian British and Japanese vibes mixing together in the theme - the Victorian part kind of sounds like something you'd hear in a gothic horror movie about ghosts or vampires, so it creeps you out after a while.

he never "died". getting revenge for his father's death was why he came to britain in the first place

At the beginning, we see Kazuma as a paragon of good at best and just Ryunosuke's best friend at worst; throughout the first case he always tells Ryunosuke to believe in himself and that he'll find a way to the truth. We continue to see him this way until his unfortunate 'accident', with him wanting to consult Ryunosuke about the dancer (forgot the name).But then the truth is revealed that he wasn't coming to London for noble reasons at all, but for vengeance. His theme in the first case even displays this; 'A Samurai on A Mission'.. but we weren't actually told what that mission WAS. Which is why facing against him can be heartbreaking; he, in many ways, is still Ryunosuke's best friend.

The song's name + Asougi's theme in there suggests to me that Asougi's alive. I thought it would be appropriate to mark both of Asougi's tracks as spoilers because of what they were named.

Yep, that's exactly what I mean :) I can't count the number of times I've been accidentally spoiled by OST track names or contents, so I think this is a good idea.

terracannon876 I mean go to 0:47 and tell me that you don’t recognize Asougi theme

@@objectionkiryu The whole point is if you scroll through an ost track list and you see the title, you'd go, oh look, he comes back. That's quite a spoiler considering where Asougi was in GAA1. This doesn't have anything to do with the song itself, which clearly relates to him.

@@objectionkiryu dude even at the start you recognize it

Yep, indeed

Well put

Never liked the fact Mia was a ghost in the og trilogy, definitely improved here

kazumas ideals arent less noble once you find out why he wants to go to britain, hes still the same morally righteous person he was in 1-1, to the best of his ability, even in his extremely emotional state during 2-3 ~ 2-5. just because ryuunosuke has found a passion in the truth of his own, without following kazumas footsteps, doesnt mean that its because kazuma is morally reprehensible or grey. from kazumas perspective, it could have only been van zieks. furthermore, he never intended to kill anyone like a lot of people seem to think, he both says it multiple times in the game and its implied in the text that he finds such an idea abhorrent.

@@buttenjoyer1 He literally stated in 2-5 that he attempted to kill Gregson

@@thegreatchipman He never said such a thing, he repeatedly stated specifically that he never intended to kill anyone. If youre referring to that bit at the end, it reads more the confession of an emotional breakdown than one of an actual assassination attempt. Not only by the situation itself, but also how he words it. My rough translation of the original text: "In the last moments of my encounter with the inspector, for a brief moment, less than the blink of an eye... I did indeed harbor a desire to kill that man." Now, that does read more like a feeling in the heat of the moment, not one you necessarily have to feel okay with, much less plan to act on. He feels guilty just for feeling that way for one brief moment, I don't know how that makes him a murderer when most people would have feelings like the ones he had in such a situation. Also, if he did intend to kill Gregson in that moment when swinging his katana, you'd expect the well trained swordsman to at least hit his target in some form, when he has proven his ability to cut Auchi's hair tie from across the courtroom without cutting his hair, but no lacerations were found on Gregson's body. Which makes the swing of his sword look more as an emotional outburst without the intent to actually kill, or an attempt at intimidating the detective into talking.

Hot? I wouldn't really say he's hot... But he can look really good.

@@Kazuma127hes cold asf

like some kind of karuma kirby

@@ixac_ Thank you for for that cursed image

goddammit i came here to escape kirby NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

kazuma/van zieks vore ^^

-Extremely love-interest-coded

I think he fits with Diego Armando/Godot, too: -Originally a defense attorney -Was a good friend and mentor (and possibly something more) to another defense attorney -Was almost killed by a teenage girl and presumed dead for a while, but in reality was only damaged by the attack -Shows up out of nowhere after a long time with: -A new identity -An eye mask -An inverted wardrobe -A job as a prosecutor -A reason to seek revenge -Faces off against a defense attorney he has personal connections with -Says farewell to said defense attorney on good terms once he's come to terms with his past

@@hylianprosecutor holy crap you're right

Right?!

Susatos theme when she was defending her friend was good as well

It's really intense

the game is afoot is amazing as well

@@herrforehead3745 also there is a variation called “let’s dance my dear fellow” or idk but here on yt is under that name which is even more amazing

They aren't even vaguely the same

@@clintdavis1452 The instrumentation is similar between this and Van Ziek's, but the melody is mainly Kazuma's leitmotif

And he ended up being completely useless except for like 1 minute

"YES FUCK IT UP KAZUMA" this could go one way or another

Tbh I think it feels right. Spoilers: Kazuma wore that sabre as the masked apprentice. Barok probably gave it to him during those months, and Kazuma used it to fight off those thugs who constantly attacked Barok thinking him to be the Reaper. It shows - symbolically - how much Kazuma is influenced by his mentor (Barok) in both fighting styles and as a prosecutor. And then, when he gets Karuma back, he almost immediately breaks the tip in a blinded rage/vengeance when he almost took a life. It's also symbolic: his soul is broken and he's lost his way. He gave Karuma to Ryunosuke at the end to protect it for him until he's ready to accept it back. And it's also Kazuma symbolically deciding to keep the sabre, London, his mentor, and his prosecutor path.

@@l.n.3372 Brilliantly put

@@jubilantsleep Thanks!

oh i dunno, maybe mr update the autopsy report?

You're joking but I know people who got spoiled because of this music 😭🤣

Red Moon, there's a guy called u-tan that pretty much transcribed every soundtrack of the games, here's his channel: kzfaq.info/love/kA-IOn9mx0MPtMu4odd6jA and also the video: solo: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jMtiaZtm3b-7epc.html multiple instruments: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/sMxkZbp12b7Ic4E.html if you're looking for a really high quality 300dpi pdf or a mcsz file of it, i'm afraid i got nothing of the sort (btw i'm looking for a midi file of the soundtrack so if u can make a midi out of it please tell me)

if you're asking btw, yes he does have a musescore but for some reason he deleted (or privated) all his scores, so what i gave you is all there is

@@herrforehead3745 Thank you so much!

@@stillalivingspecimen np also like i said if you could make a midi, or a mcsz or even a high res pdf of the sheet it would be good cuz i've been trying to find a midi file for it for a while now

@@herrforehead3745 Hey, do you think you could share it with me too?

His mission was kind of always revenge, he was sent to Britain to assassinate Gregson. Although he actually never intended to kill anyone.

I think his character arc just wasn't completed. At the end I felt like they'd all forgotten all the shit he went thru idk

@@reallypoopy9661 Yea, downside of a trilogy being pushed into a duology. AA Investigations: Sherlock Holmes when?

I mean, he was already pushed fairly hard to begin with.

Looking back on this comment, idk I think letting him be fully consumed kinda ruins the nuance of his character. It’s tempting to see this case as Turnabout Goodbyes 2: Electric Boogaloo, but making Asougi further fit the mold of previous prosecutors who were also consumed by hatred (such as Manfred) takes away from his uniqueness. He’s not completely evil, and he wasn’t evil all along. He respects and encourages Naruhodo even while prosecuting. He’ll pursue the truth regardless of the costs, which is actually his downfall. He’s a great example of a morally grey character and a perfect example of character deconstruction.