TF: S-Stay away!
VH: Let that girl...
VH: Let the hostage go!
TF: Shut up!
TF: C-Come closer,
TF: and I k*ll her!
VH: Too bad for you.
VH: This is as far as you go.
Mia: My name is Ayasato Chihiro.
Mia: This is a story of my first trial as a defense attorney.
Mia: It took place a year before I met Naruhodo-kun.
Charges__Kidnapp,Sign: Charges: Kidnapping, MurderSentence: Death Penalty
Mia: My first client was an escaped death row inmate.
Mia: That trial would go on to uncover a shocking truth
Mia: and become something I wouldn't forget for the rest of my life.
Title Card: Ace Attorney
Title Card: Ace Attorney
Title Card: Season
Sign: Lobby
Title: Turnabout Beginnings — st Trial
Mia: I'm so nervous, I could die.
Mia: Don't freak out, Chihiro.
Mia: Pump yourself up and go in!
Mia: Good morning!
Mia: I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!
TF: I din't do nuttin'!
TF: I din't k*ll nobody!
Sign: March — : AMDistrict Court — Defendant Lobby No.
Mia: Onamida Michiru,
Mia: my first client.
Sign: Onamida Michiru
Mia: Sentenced to death five years ago, and now...
Mia: a prison escapee.
TF: I din't do nuttin'!
TF: I swear!
Mia: Oh, but you did escape from custody, right?
Mia: I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
Mia: Two days ago, he escaped from a police wagon when it crashed.
Vicious_m*rder*r,Sign: Vicious m*rder*r on Death Row Escapes
Mia: He was recaptured eight hours later,
Mia: but in that time, a policewoman was m*rder*d.
Vicious_m*rder*r,Sign: Policewoman k*lled By Fugitive
Mia: The police believe that Onamida-san did it.
TF: Five years ago...
TF: I was set up!
TF: That woman lied in her testimony!
TF: That's why I...
Mia: ...escaped and met the policewoman?
TF: Yeah, I did.
TF: She's the reason I escaped.
TF: But...
TF: I din't k*ll her!
TF: It's true!
Mia: I can trust you, right,
Mia: Onamida-san?
DA: You're not going to figure out the truth by just staring at the guy.
DA: How will our little kitten do all alone in the big, scary lion's den?
Sign: Kaminogi Soryu
DA: Let me get a good look.
Mia: Kaminogi-senpai!
DA: You've got real guts.
DA: An escaped death row convict for a first client?
Mia: I don't know how I got here, either.
DA: Very well.
DA: Maybe you'd like someone to play with.
DA: Is Kaminogi Soryu not good enough for you?
Mia: I-I didn't say...
Mia: The number one attorney in the agency is here for me?
DA: Today, you're the number one.
DA: There's no doubt our friend here
DA: met the victim two days ago.
DA: This memo was found on her desk.
March______,Sign: March - : PMMeet Onamida at : PMSame bridgeWear white scarf for identificationTalk to Chinami, tell her this time<<Make everything public>>
March______,Sign: March - : PMMeet Onamida at : PMSame bridgeWear white scarf for identificationTalk to Chinami, tell her this time<<Make everything public>>
DA: He called her and asked to meet.
DA: The time and place were specified, and even an identifier.
Same_bridge__Wea,Sign: Same bridgeWear white scarf for identification
Mia: A white scarf?
DA: Well, a person's appearance can change a lot in five years.
Mia: The circumstantial evidence is all there.
Mia: Can I really turn this thing around?
DA: Relax.
DA: The prosecutor for today is fresh out of his diapers as well.
Mia: R-Really?
DA: However...
DA: Apparently, he's the greatest prodigy the prosecutor's office has ever seen.
Mia: Prodigy?
DA: Well, sharpen those claws of yours.
DA: It's go time.
Sign: March — : AMDistrict Court — Courtroom No.
J: Court is now in session for the trial of Onamida Michiru.
Mia: The defense is ready, Your Honor.
ME: The prosecution is also ready, of course.
J: I understand the lawyers for both sides are newcomers?
Mia: Y-Yes, Your Honor. I'm Ayasato Chihiro.
ME: I am Mitsurugi Reiji.
J: Oh, so you're the new prosecutor everyone's talking about?
J: They say you're the youngest prosecutor in history.
ME: I'm twenty.
Mia: He's younger than me?!
DA: I guess our little kitten doesn't have much of a reputation yet, huh?
J: Well, Prosecutor Mitsurugi. Your opening statement, please.
ME: Five years ago,
ME: the defendant, Onamida Michiru, was sentenced to death.
ME: His crimes were kidnapping, extortion, and m*rder.
ME: The girl he throw off the bridge was only fourteen years old.
ME: The river under the bridge is well-known for its powerful current.
ME: Most bodies that fall in are never recovered.
J: A truly horrible crime.
ME: What decided the case
ME: was a certain witness's testimony.
ME: The testimony of a policewoman who confronted this criminal.
ME: She arrested Onamida at the scene
ME: and later testified against him.
VH: This man took the young girl hostage, and after he was done with her,
VH: he threw her into the river!
Mia: So that testimony was what put him on death row.
ME: That very same policewoman
ME: is the m*rder victim in this case,
Miyanagi_Yuki,Sign: Miyanagi Yuki
Miyanagi_Yuki,Sign: Miyanagi Yuki
ME: Police Sergeant Miyanagi Yuki.
ME: The man who was sentenced to death based on her testimony
ME: escaped two days ago
ME: and finally got his revenge!
J: It's quite obvious that the defendant is guilty.
Mia: W-Wait a minute!
Mia: The defense, uh... demands a cross-examination!
J: Oh? Do youngsters these days not know when to give up?
ME: The spirit of youth can be quite pitiful at times.
Mia: Why, you! You're younger than me, you hypocrite!
ME: Very well, then.
ME: I call the detective who was in charge of the investigation.
ME: Witness, state your name and occupation.
Gum: Sir! I'm Itonokogiri Keisuke, a homicide... d-detective down at the precinct!
Gum: I finally got promoted to the detective division half a year ago!
ME: I don't believe anyone asked about that.
J: Now, Detective.
J: Your testimony, please.
Gum: Yes, sir!
Mie: It begins!
DA: Listen, kitten.
DA: You'd best pay attention.
DA: If you don't, you'll get swept away...
DA: By the god of justice.
Gum: On the day of the incident, the defendant phoned Miyanagi Yuki and asked to meet.
Gum: She went to Dusky Bridge at the designated time to meet him.
ME: This here is the memo she took down during the call.
Mia: That's the one I saw in the lobby before the trial.
March______,Sign: March - : PMMeet Onamida at : PMSame bridgeWear white scarf for identificationTalk to Chinami, tell her this time<<Make everything public>>
V,Sign: V
D,Sign: D
Gum: The defendant met the victim there and stabbed her in the back with a knife.
Gum: It proved to be fatal.
V,Sign: V
V,Sign: V
V,Sign: V
Gum: He then stuffed her body into his car trunk and tried to make a getaway.
V,Sign: V
Gum: But he was arrested at a police checkpoint.
Gum: This is the picture of the trunk.
Gum: You can see the knife still stuck in the victim's back.
Gum: There's nothing strange here!
J: All right.
J: Your cross-examination, defense.
J: Defense?
Mia: Y-Yes!
Mia: C-Cross-examination coming right up!
DA: Hey, hey. If you keep trembling like that, you're gonna make me spill my coffee.
Mia: I-I'm just trembling in excitement!
Mia: Onamida-san had a car?
Gum: Well, yeah. The m*rder happened on a bridge way up in the mountains.
Gum: Of course, it was a stolen car.
Mia: A bridge up in the mountains?
Mia: Why meet there?
Gum: Because it is a very important place to the defendant.
J: What do you mean by that?
ME: The place where he, five years ago, k*lled his hostage
ME: and was arrested by Sergeant Miyanagi?
ME: It was the very same Dusky Bridge.
DA: A fated reunion at a very special place, huh?
Gum: Here's a photo that just happened to capture the moment of the crime.
Gum: You can clearly see the two of them facing off on the bridge!
DA: Very decisive, eh?
DA: That's some hot and bitter evidence.
DA: But...
DA: Unfortunately, its really odd taste shines through.
Mia: O-Odd taste?
Same_bridge__Wea,Sign: Same bridgeWear white scarf for identification
Mia: I-Is this...
DA: Exactly. That's what real coffee should taste like.
Mia: Detective!
Gum: Y-Yes?
Mia: Did you say there was nothing strange about this photo?
Gum: I did, yes!
Mia: Take another look at the memo the victim left.
March______: ,March - : PMMeet Onamida at : PMSame bridgeWear white scarf for identificationTalk to Chinami, tell her this time<<Make everything public>>
Mia: "Wear white scarf for identification."
Same_bridge__Wea,Sign: Same bridgeWear white scarf for identification
Mia: That means the victim must've been wearing a scarf.
Mia: But take a look at the photo.
Gum: There's... no scarf!
Mia: Exactly! This is...
Mia: U-Uh...
Mia: It's clearly weird!
DA: The word you're looking for is "contradiction."
ME: Is this the scarf you're looking for, perchance?
Gum: Where did you find that?!
ME: On Dusky Bridge. I checked it first.
Gum: Why didn't you tell me?
Mia: Did that prosecutor hide it on purpose?
ME: It's not exactly white, as the defendant requested,
ME: but the victim must've used it since it's close enough.
ME: And you can see it in this photo.
ME: It fell off as she tried to fight off her k*ller.
ME: How could the defense overlook this?!
Mia: It was all a trap?
DA: Well?
DA: Are you still gonna believe in that death row inmate?
Mia: Of course!
DA: Then we should refocus and hear some new testimony.
Mia: Huh? New testimony.
DA: Drag out that witness.
Mia: Detective!
Mia: Who took this photo?
Gum: Huh? W-Well...
ME: A well-intentioned third party, you might say.
Mia: An eyewitness, then?
Mia: Why haven't they been summoned?
Mia: If there was an eyewitness,
Mia: the defense demands they testify!
ME: The prosecution has no intention of hiding the witness from the court.
ME: We are prepared to present our witness at any time.
J: Oh, very brave.
ME: Then the prosecution summons
ME: the woman who saw the tragic events that day with her very own eyes!
ME: Witness, what is your name and occupation?
DH: My name is Mukui Satoko.
Sign: Witness — College Student — Mukui Satoko
DH: I'm a college student.
DH: It's so nice to meet you all.
J: Ah, looking at you makes me feel so light!
J: I want to hand down a graceful verdict at once!
Mia: Don't be stupid!
DA: Looks like a troublesome angel has descended upon us.
ME: You were near the scene of the unfortunate event, correct?
Mia: And you took this photo? Is that accurate?
DH: Um... Who might you be?
Mia: Oh, I'm the defense lawyer.
Mia: My name is Ayasato Chihiro.
DH: "Ayasato"?
DH: So you are...
J: Now then, young lady.
J: Could you please give us your testimony?
DH: Of course.
DH: I'll do my best.
DH: I'd taken a camera and tripod to a meadow near the bridge.
DH: Using the timer on the camera, I managed to take a lot of lovely pictures.
DH: Then I noticed there were two people on the bridge.
DH: As I studied them,
DH: the two suddenly started to scuffle and tussle!
DH: Miss Victim tried to skedaddle with her back to Mister k*ller,
DH: but he followed and gored her from behind!
DH: Dearie me!
DH: Eventually, Mister k*ller picked up the cadaver and walked off the bridge.
DH: I heard that he hid it in his motor car and fled after that.
DH: I finally returned to my senses
DH: and telephoned the fine men in blue.
J: Witnessing such violence must have been difficult. You poor thing.
DH: I was so shocked!
DH: It made my heart go pitter-patter!
J: Yes, yes, pitter-patter.
DA: If this testimony is allowed to stand, we're finished.
Mia: Don't say that!
Mia: Get ready for battle, Chihiro!
Mia: The k*ller picked up the victim's body and walked off.
Mia: Are you sure about this?
DH: Yes.
Mia: But, uh, that's pretty weird.
Mia: There's a river right below the bridge.
Mia: If he wanted to hide the body, all he had to do was toss it in the water.
Mia: In fact, this very man did exactly that to his victim five years ago!
Mia: So why did he choose to carry it to this car this time?
Mia: His actions are clearly contradictory!
: But...
ME: However odd it may be,
ME: the fact remains that this is what the k*ller did.
ME: His reasons have nothing to do with what the witness saw!
DH: That's correct! I saw it, after all!
DH: Mister k*ller broke into the trunk of the car and hid the cadaver in there!
Mia: That's impossible!
DH: Wh-What is?
Mia: Take a look at this photo you took.
Mia: As you see, the good end of the bridge is hidden behind this outcropping of rock.
Mia: Meaning, from where you were standing,
Mia: you couldn't have seen him breaking into the trunk of the car!
Mia: Then why do you know about this?
Mia: There can only be one answer!
Mia: Because the one who hid the body in that car trunk
Mia: was you!
J: What? The witness hid the body?
Sign: Objection!
ME: Objection!
ME: There's no way that the witness was presentat the scene when the incident occurred!
: Have you forgotten? She took this photo at the time!
Mia: Have you forgotten?
Mia: The witness's camera had a tripod and a timer.
Mia: In other words, it could've taken that photo even without her there.
ME: But why would she go to such lengths?
Mia: She m*rder*d Miyanagi Yuki and hid the body in the trunk.
DH: Wh-What?
Mia: That's why she chose not to dump it in the river.
Mia: It was all to frame Onamida-san!
J: Wh-What?
J: This witness is the real k*ller?
TF: But that's weird!
Mia: Onamida-san?
TF: I got in the car and fled right after meeting that woman.
TF: There was no time to k*ll her and then hide the body in the trunk.
Mia: That would mean the k*ller hid the victim's body in the trunk
Mia: before you met her on the bridge.
Sign: Objection!
ME: Objection!
ME: H-How asinine!
ME: The victim is clearly in the photo!
ME: Miyanagi Yuki was alive and well when it was taken!
Mia: Objection!
Mia: You still don't understand, Prosecutor Mitsurugi?
Mia: By the time Onamida-san got to the bridge, the victim was already dead.
Mia: In other words, the person in the photo was not Miyanagi Yuki.
ME: What? Who else could it have been?!
Mia: Isn't it obvious?
Mia: It was your witness, Mukui Satoko!
ME: S-Say what?!
J: Th-The victim in this photo was...
Mia: The person Onamida-san met on the bridge
Mia: was you, wasn't it?
DA: Thanks for that hot cup of joe.
DH: What?
DH: That's absurd!
DH: Me? Camouflage myself as Miss Victim?!
Mia: Onamida-san didn't remember exactly what the victim looked like.
Mia: That's why he needed a way to identify her... namely, the scarf.
Mia: Isn't that right?
TF: I wasn't sure I could recognize her.
J: H-How could this be?
Mia: Meaning, as long as they wore a scarf like he asked,
Mia: anyone could've pretended to be Miyanagi Yuki!
DH: This is too cruel!
DH: I was simply taking photos there!
DH: I have no connection to Miss Victim or Mister Inmate!
DH: And you call me a m*rder*r?
DH: This is too heavy a cross to bear!
ME: Exactly!
ME: The witness had no motive to m*rder Miyanagi Yuki!
DH: Yes! I had no motivation!
J: What do you say, defense? What was her motivation?
Mia: W-Well...
DH: The k*ller was Mister Inmate over here!
DH: He took Miss Victim's life, just as he did five years ago!
DA: Five years ago?
DA: When he took Miyanagi Chinami's life, you mean?
Mia: Miyanagi... Chinami?
DA: Yeah.
DA: That's the name of the girl who was kidnapped and m*rder*d five years ago.
Mia: W-Wait a second!
Mia: Isn't Miyanagi...
DA: Exactly. The victim in this case is Miyanagi Yuki.
DA: Miyanagi Chinami was her little sister.
J: What?
Mia: Little sister?
Mia: I did think the way she she fired at a kidnapper with a hostage was awfully risky.
Mia: It was her little sister?
Mia: Senpai, is that...
DA: Yeah. The file pertaining to the kidnapping five years ago.
DA: I realized that the key to solving this case was to find out what happened then.
ME: Objection!
ME: The name of the girl who died five years ago is irrelevant to this case!
DA: "The girl who died," eh?
DA: Did she really?
Mia: What do you mean?
DA: Five years ago, Miyanagi Chinami, who was fourteen at the time,
DA: fell into the river under the bridge,
DA: and her corpse was never found.
J: What?
DA: Yeah. She vanished from this world without a trace.
Mia: No... It can't be.
DA: Fourteen at the time, huh?
DA: If she were still alive,
DA: she'd be around your age.
Mia: You...
Mia: Who exactly are you?
Sign: Ace Attorney
Sign: Season
PW: Objection!
PW: To prove that the defendant, Onamida, was innocent,
PW: it was necessary to unravel the mystery behind the case in which he was convicted.
PW: Just who is the mysterious Satoko?
PW: And what happened between the m*rder*d policeman and Onamida?
PW: We'll come to peer into the abyss in the shadows of this case.
PW: Find the contradictions!
PW: Reach out to the truth!
PW: Next time: "Turnabout Beginnings — Last Trial"!
Next_Episode,Sign: Next Episode
Northward__Turna,Sign: Turnabout Beginnings — Last Trial
PW: Take that!
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02x15 - Turnabout Beginnings – 1st Trial
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The series follows rookie defense attorney Phoenix Wright as he stands in court to defend clients accused of m*rder, aided by his spirit medium assistant, Maya Fey.
The series follows rookie defense attorney Phoenix Wright as he stands in court to defend clients accused of m*rder, aided by his spirit medium assistant, Maya Fey.