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9. Ema Skye

Series: Ace Attorney
Nominator: Nameless2000 (0/4 remaining)
Personal Familiarity: Yes
Attractiveness: 80 (24/145 tie)
Personality: 80 (9/145 tie)
Girlfriendness: 82 (11/145)
Overall Waifu Score: 80.6
Hair: Brown (1/22 remaining)
Eyes: Blue (2/45 remaining)
Race: White/Asian (0/2 remaining)
Age: 20-29 (2/59 remaining)
Medium: Video Game (8/85 remaining)

Why is Rise from the Ashes the only episode in the series without Turnabout in the title? Its not really from the first game, since it was added in rereleases, so it doesnt predate the idea, and its not a particularly special case that might warrant breaking the rules, so I just dont get it. Anyway, the two angry faces hint referred to the pins she wears as a teenager, where two of them are angry. Really, I should have just said four faces, since she wears three pins total, but it's fine. And poor Gumshoe! Having his role in the series completely usurped by Ema just because shes a cute girl and hes a middle-aged man. I think she even appears more often than he does? Lets see, hes in AA1, 2, 3, AAI, and AAI2, while shes in AA1, AAI, AA4, and AA6. So, I was wrong, but Im not going to go back and delete that even though it would take me less time than describing the process of me not deleting it. As long as there's never a loli police investigator, Ema is probably safe for the future.

Does Ema count as the last waifu left with a normal job? After this, we have a goddess, three princesses, a video gamer, an anti-bioterrorism activist, and a concert pianist. I guess pianists and competitive video game players might count as normal jobs, but Emas certainly got the only job left that wont raise some eyebrows.

Ema, of course, is beautiful. Deep brown hair, nice top-knot? bun?, pink sunglasses used to detect bloodstains (apparently she needs those at all times), all of its great. I wasnt into the pink hat she has in that one Edgeworth game, but luckily, she dumps it by the time shes an adult, which was the right call. The most important part, though, is the lab coat. I vaguely alluded to this with Tae, but scientist waifus are great. I dont know what I consider the best waifu aesthetic to be, but certainly a girl wearing a lab coat, looking smart, being smart, doing smart things is really high up there. I mentioned how business suit waifus who look more professional than you are great, but lab coat waifus are definitely better. I dont even really know what it is about lab coats, youd think their kind of unmarked formlessness would not be super conducive toward powerful waifuness, and yet we have definitive evidence to the contrary. Id say its probably more what they represent. As for Emas particular, I dont know, stances? Sprites? The way she holds herself? Theyre really good. I really like the way in later games where shes clearly shifting her weight onto her right foot, so her coat is slightly off-kilter. I like the way she awkwardly looks away while she talks, I like how she eats when she gets nervous, its all a very solid way to convey her personality. Hell, even her smug sprite is still ****ing adorable. Too bad her 16-year-old happy sprite is only used in her first appearance, though, because it gives a ton of personality and her adult version doesnt have her folding her hands in front of her waist. Liking it when anime girls fold their hands in front of their waists is a little particular, but hey, Ema just happens to hit a stance I like. Basically, what Im getting at is that I had no idea Ema was 53. I thought she was like 57 or something, shes much shorter than I expected.

While exploring the Phoenix Wright Wiki for more information, I stumbled upon this early concept art:

Im just going to say, that Maya looks terrible. I assume the vampire is von Karma, and the redhead is Mia or Dee Vasquez? I have no idea who the Judo guy is, but I'm confident that Leonhart will appear within thirty minutes after I post this and explain. I bring this up because Mayas pink sunglasses were eventually given to Ema, which is mildly interesting.

I already covered her personality a little bit, but Emas really high up there, too. Shes smarter than you, but has juuuuust the slightest unprofessionalism and weakness to make her relatable and not seem like shes just completely better than you. And yet, she never like breaks the law or compromises her ideals. That compares her to Gumshoe again, who constantly just ignores his duties to help Edgeworth. Im imagining Gumshoe trying to deal with Nahyuta, or anyone who hasnt played the games understanding what Im talking about right now. Basically, the point is that Ema is a good person whos optimistic and honest, but also enough of a professional that she doesnt let her feelings impact her job, unlike the series other cop. Like, if you want a waifu whos just really passionate about some weird niche thing that is actually a job, like police forensics, Ema is your girl. Even as an unofficial lawyer assistant, though, Ema still beats the hell out of her competition. I dont think shes as much fun as some of the others, but in terms of actually being useful, theres no question that Emas knowledge of police forensics is the most useful skill any of them possess, at least in the context of a murder mystery game. You might think thats obvious, but her competition includes two people who can speak to murder victims, and yet Ema is still the most useful.

It also goes without saying that Ema has the tremendous advantage of having just a completely normal, respectable job. Too bad that the people she investigates inevitably turn out to be innocent, but thats not her fault. If I was a lawyer in the Ace Attorney universe, I would do absolutely anything except take a case against Phoenix Wright or his friends. Similarly to Aoi, Emas big weakness is snack food? Imagine getting into a fight with your girlfriend or something, and you need a way to make it up to her and reconnect, and she goes wild for something you can easily buy at a 7-11. Yeah, okay, Ema also likes a childrens samurai show and hates horror movies, which puts us at odds, but thats by no means a dealbreaker. And since shes a forensic analyst, and not a normal cop, Ema doesnt even have to deal with the weird hours regular cops have to go through. I know about this because my sister used to date a cop, and he explained it all to me. And since Ema already lives in Los Angeles, we dont even have to deal with relocation problems. Basically, everythings coming up Ema.

I'm trying to decide if Ema is the highest-ranking Phoenix Wright waifu, and I think she is. Mia might be higher based on my categorization system, but I'd still put Ema above her in a direct ranking. Justine Courtney is hotter, but worse at everything else... I typed in 'Phoenix Wright waifus' to see if I was forgetting anyone, and that gave me mywaifulist.moe, which has Edgeworth as the #7 waifu in the series by peoples' votes. I'm actually shocked he's that low.

Were already well into the realm where every waifu is a keeper, so I cant even really sum this up in any meaningful way. Ema's just a really great waifu. I suppose the best way to end this is to say **** the vase puzzle, that ****'s unbearable. I had to look up a YouTube clip of it and precisely match the guy's movements to get it to register as correct. I completed everything else in the series legitimately, except the armpit sweat guy who I also had to look up, but the vase broke me.

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Started: July 6, 2005