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108. Iris

Series: Ace Attorney
Nominator: LeonhartFour (2/4 remaining)
Personal Familiarity: Yes
Attractiveness: 58 (92/145 tie)
Personality: 44 (119/145 tie)
Girlfriendness: 58 (78/145 tie)
Overall Waifu Score: 53.3
Hair: Brown (20/22 remaining)
Eyes: Brown (21/27 remaining)
Race: Asian (47/58 remaining)
Age: 20-29 (46/58 remaining)
Medium: Video Game (69/94 remaining)

Poor, poor Phoenix Wright. The man was perfectly set up with two different waifus, and Capcom just wont let him have either one. Its not even a Street Fighter situation where Ryu is just fightosexual; Phoenix definitely has interest in romance, it just never seems to happen for him.

Basically, I have the same problem with Iris that I have with all the Yamato Nadeshiko types Im just not into that kind of personality. The elegant poise, meekness, dedication to and patience with loved ones, and inner strength that lets them stand up when they need to on paper, it all sounds good, but in practice, I just dont find that an especially compelling waifu archetype. I know that shes not a pure example of a Yamato Nadeshiko, by the way, but shes clearly still channeling the same energy.

Iris in particular suffers a bit thanks to being so dedicated and submissive to her clearly evil sister. Like, I know that she feels for her family and everything, but girl, there comes a point where you need to stop covering for her, and commits murder is probably past that point. I am happy that she has enough moral reservations to convince her sister to murder fewer people, and that she eventually grows past this, but it takes her quite some time. Basically, Im saying that I prefer my waifus with more backbone.

That said, I do still think Iris has several good qualities as a waifu. She is pretty smart, and yes, her willingness to do (almost) anything for the people she loves is quality. I am just personally not into this archetype, and thats what shes building off of, which means shes just not my waifu, sorry.

By the way, in case youre wondering about her relatively high Girlfriendness, I obviously know that shes a shrine maiden who lives in a secluded monastery on a mountain. Two things, though. First, thanks to the localization, she lives right outside of Los Angeles, which just so happens to be perfect for me (this is a joke, obviously I dont really take that kind of stuff into consideration). Second, I know that shrine maiden jobs arent actually for life in Japan? Its not quite the same thing as a nun, Im pretty sure you eventually stop being a shrine maiden, so presumably shed eventually stop living on a secluded mountain, as opposed to being a dedicated adventurer or something. Side Note: The Wiki says her hair is black, and the anime shows it as black, but its clearly brown in-game, so I counted it as brown.

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Started: July 6, 2005