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I'm actually rather surprised to see 5-2 and 3-2 praise. They're some of my least favorite cases and in ranking lists they don't tend to rank very high either.
Besides the obligatory detective, 3-2 functionally only had two characters, one being the defendant, to cross-examine and both were in both trial days. Also, the defendant and his wife get no comeuppance for their criminal behavior and are implied to still be committing heists in the future. The victim is extremely bland and from what little we know of him he was unlikeable. Only saving point is that the villain is one of the better ones with a great final testimony but that doesn't make up for the rest of the case. I guess it's nice to see Adrian happy too but that's not really a trait of 3-2 itself.

5-2... can be summed up with this.
http://i.imgur.com/h9zRgBt.jpg

It's actually the worst case in the series for me. The villain and his accomplice (who doesn't seem to be punished for his crimes) are gutter tier characters and I didn't really like the Tenmas either. Blackquill is ok but I liked him in other cases more.

My ranking of 2nd cases would be I2-2>6-2=GAA2-2>2-2>I-2>Layton-2>>>GAA1-2>4-2>>>3-2>1-2>5-2.
I2-2 is top tier. One of the only cases in the series that I didn't get who the culprit was until the very end and the first instance of a culprit being the victim. 6-2 and GAA2-2 is amazing as people have said.
2-2 builds up the Fey arc with 3-5 being nowhere near as good if 2-2 didn't exist and the villain is rather sympathetic. Breaking down Von Karma for the first time is also a great moment. I-2 is ok, an airplane is a fun setting, the villain is pretty good, and the "defendant" is also pretty good. Layton-2 is... kind of generic looking back but it's the first time you're introduced to the multiple witnesses at a time mechanic and the spellbook was neat. Fun villain who is important later too. GAA1-2 has no trial and a very unsatisfying ending and lamest death ever which is made up for later at least. The pure tragedy of it does make for pretty good reaction vids though. 4-2 is 2-2 but worse due an inferior defendant and irrelevance to the overall story. Looking back, 1-2 is a complete joke case with a joke culprit, Edgeworth implied to be willing to forge evidence which is later retconned, and Phoenix basically losing despite the braindead culprit and needing a deus ex machina ghost to carry him. It being the 2nd case in the series and being an intro to investigations, Gumshoes, and Maya are what gives it an edge above 5-2.

Speaking of 3rd cases though. Layton-3 is easily the best case in the game by far and top 5 case in the series for me. Takumi really learned how to do 3rd cases after AJ. Yamazaki with AAI2 to an extent too.
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