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Case 1: A bit long for a first case, but was pretty good. Introduced the new features for the game well and laid out the groundwork for future cases. Probably my favorite first case so far, next to maybe AJ's. They didn't even try with Paht Rohl's name though. Like, seriously? At least Pees'lubn took me a bit to figure out. Speaking of Pees'lubn, his metal transformation annoyed me at first but then it kinda grew on me, which is kinda weird because I don't really like metal music.

Case 2: Probably my favorite case in the entire game. It was really cool that Trucy got an entire case spotlight on her, and I really like Bonny and Betty's interactions with each other. The case might seem a little disconnected considering it doesn't take place in Khura'in, but I don't mind it; it's a nice break to add some variety. Mr. Reus though... I didn't get the joke until his actual name (Manov Mistree) came up, and when it dawned on me I broke for like five minutes. Literally had to put my 3DS down and simultaneously laugh and facepalm repeatedly. There's one thing I still don't get though: why did Trucy stab the coffin after she escaped in her magic act? The idea is for the audience to think she switched with Mr. Hat, right? Why would she stab him then?

Case 3: I'll be perfectly honest, this case didn't really wow me, and that was kind of disappointing since it basically centered entirely around Maya. The relationship between Tahrust and Beh'leeb was touching of course, but there really wasn't anything else that stuck out to me.

Case 4: Second favorite case in this game. It's a shortie like Case 4 in TaT, but I really enjoyed it. Mostly because it's an Athena case, not to mention Blackquill on the defense. Ohhh yeeeeah. Ahem, anyways. I really like Uendo, his different personalities are interesting and actually makes me want to see/hear an actual rakugo performance just to experience it.

Case 5: In my opinion, best ending case yet, even topping Farewell. It took some time to get rolling, but once it picked up speed it was really cool. There's a lot of good character development, particularly Armie and Rayfa, and I felt like it wrapped up everything nicely while still keeping things open for future games. Ga'ran might even top Dahlia for best villain in my opinion, though they're close.

Case 1: It was a first case. It does what it's supposed to do but nothing's particularly spectacular, like AJ's first case did. Was not fond of Pees'lubn's deep-ass voice, it was really jarring.

Case 2: Character dynamics here are A+, and the reveal that Bonny and Betty are two different people was one of the first things that AA has caught me off guard with in a while (DD never eally managed it for me) and I was happy to be back in a familiar place, if only for a bit.

Case 3: Character reveals weren't as surprising as case 2, but like case 2 I enjoyed the interactions. Also the introduction of Datz, my favourite new character. Can't complain about that, even if overall the case was just 'standard Maya case'.

Case 4: mfw blackquill cuts nahyuta's beads in half
That's basically all I have to say about this case. I'm still not sure what the point of it was, outside of giving Athena something to do and bringing Blackquill (who I still appreciate) back.

Case 5: Damnit they caught me off guard every five seconds here. Dhurke is a nice guy??? Dhurke is actually dead??? Let's not forget that of course this is a final case in which the main star is Apollo. Considering he's my favourite of the three attornies I was very happy to see him in the spotlight, although I wish they hadn't left Trucy behind and that it was those two back on the bench. I feel like this is sort of the end of Apollo's arc so it would have been more fitting with Trucy by his side. Additionally they really missed out on a chance to throw in Pursuit ~ Overtaken in the last moments. It had an Apollo focus, but it wasn't classic Apollo which would have made things just a little better.

tl;dr giving this game an apollo focus nearing the end was an excellent decision and the game was good, although I think cases could have used more defining links