Reviews

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Official Casebook Vol.1 - The Phoenix Wright Files by Kenji Kuroda, Capcom

iarlais's review

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Fun short story collection that doesn't do much to wow while doing nothing to disappoint. I really liked how every story was illustrated by a different artist, though I found some of the panels to be a bit too packed and confusing. 

Some of the stories are silly but these characters are just too endearing to get annoyed about it. 

I also liked the mini-comic strip sections inbetween some of the stories.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Pedophilia

teadrinking_bibliophile's review

funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

avocadomilquetoast's review

3.0

It's hard to even tell if it's intentional, the way the introductory segment is so straight-faced and serious to the point that it misleads you about the tone of most of the following stories. But it was worth sticking through, since I did enjoy the utter sillies, which are reminiscent of Bobobo and Sgt. Frog (do they share artists/writers in common?). I am glad I read this after playing the first game, since although I don't recall any spoilerish material, I probably wouldn't have gotten much out of it if I hadn't known the main characters already. There even are some characters from the games I haven't played featured, and I felt out of the loop since the book doesn't seem to take any time to explain who any of them are. I mean, not even the customary Brief Cast List Breakdown Found in Many Manga Serials? Or, maybe this is an intentional tease to get people like me to want to play the other games! The other disappointment I had was that I was hoping for any actual "mystery" case stories, the kind that the reader can be expected to solve on his/her own. Can I hope for something like this in volume 2?
Other than that, it's a fun, quick little read, and overall I can't really object to it.

herl0cksh0lmes's review

lighthearted

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

1.75

rachelhelps's review

2.0

I think if I had known that this was a collection of doujinshi (fan-made comics) going in I wouldn't have had as high of hopes. As it is, each of the stories is a few pages long, and while the art is fun, only two or three stories have a plot that is something besides hamming up already hammy characters. My favorite part of the games was always the thrill of bringing in new ridiculous evidence in a trial, and this never came up (but might have been a limit of the short comic form). Disappointing.

tpsebast92's review

adventurous challenging funny relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

thebookslayer's review

funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

 An interesting collection of fan written and drawn story’s that is a somewhat humorous reference to the series; i.e. like a fan fic. Some of the stories are defiantly better than others, with some; one or two, being down right confusing. All together it is a good collection.

ambermarshall's review

3.0

I love me some Phoenix Wright, and there were some chuckles, but nothing that blew me away or anything.

cariad_llyfr's review

2.0

This was weird. It was too weird. I enjoy playing the game but this is a book of short stories, very weird short stories. I didn't enjoy this, didn't really have anything of substance at all.