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Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney #5
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney 5
Ace attorney, Phoenix Wright is at it again, protecting the innocent and helping his friends with his amazing skill as a lawyer.
A CULT FAN
In this volume of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, Phoenix and Maya's occult-loving friend Russi Clover has gotten herself into trouble once again. She has converted to the Great Tengu Society, a cult that claims to give its followers supernatural powers. Soon, an enemy of the cult is found dead. Was it divine retribution... or murder?
Includes special extras after the story!
A CULT FAN
In this volume of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, Phoenix and Maya's occult-loving friend Russi Clover has gotten herself into trouble once again. She has converted to the Great Tengu Society, a cult that claims to give its followers supernatural powers. Soon, an enemy of the cult is found dead. Was it divine retribution... or murder?
Includes special extras after the story!
200 pages, Paperback
First published December 5, 2008
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January 16, 2022
The way that characters in the story are like "no way is a Tengu diety real that's ridiculous" when Maya and Pearls regularly spirit channel in the courtroom lmao. But good conclusion to the series!
August 31, 2012
This seems to be the end of the Ace Attorney manga, or at least it's all that's been published so far. I can always hope for more. The tone and characterization are close enough that fans won't be disappointed. I've also been pretty pleased with the art, since it actually looks like the characters.
September 19, 2012
A great end to this series - the wrapup of a trial in the death of an eating champion followed by the curious case of the tengu.
These comics really felt like the games, a feeling helped by a character who appeared earlier in the series returning in the last case. Ms. Von Karma also makes an appearance, being pretty darn awesome and totally in character.
These comics really felt like the games, a feeling helped by a character who appeared earlier in the series returning in the last case. Ms. Von Karma also makes an appearance, being pretty darn awesome and totally in character.
August 8, 2019
I saw the anime before reading the manga. I thought for sure they missed something, they didn't.
December 20, 2012
This was the last in a manga series inspired by the popular Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney games. As a law student, I must admit that Phoenix Wright is a bit of a guilty pleasure. Wright's trademark "HOLD IT!" and "OBJECTION!" are just as satisfying in the manga as they are in the games.
The art is great and the stories are engaging. This isn't great literature but it is great fun.
The art is great and the stories are engaging. This isn't great literature but it is great fun.
March 13, 2026
And that's it for the Phoenix Wright manga! Has my opinion on it has changed in any significant way since the last time I read it, in 2013? Well, I'd say I found myself far more appreciative of Kenji Kuroda's mystery plotting skills this time, but less appreciative of the humor, which tended a bit too much toward out-and-out wackiness for my tastes. So, I suppose that evens out and there's no need to overturn my original verdict of... IT'S ALRIGHT, I GUESS!
One notable absence from this particular volume is Alethea and Athena Nibley's typically excellent translation notes, presumably because there were no new characters in need of ridiculous pun-based names. However, you'd think they would've at least wanted to give some context for the cultural references in the final story, which is the most explicitly Japanese tale in the entire manga series. I guess Kodansha Comics was worried that Americans would be baffled by the oh-so-exotic concept of noodles. But tengu? Why, they're common knowledge in every corner of the world!
Turnabout Gurgitation (Part Two)
In a continuation from the previous volume, it's time for the final showdown with the fiendish fiend who ruined a perfectly good bowl of Red Hot Chili Noodles! (And also killed a guy, if you care about that sort of thing.) The actual solution likely won't knock anyone's socks off, with a killer and method that are easy enough to guess just based on vibes, but there are some brilliantly clever visual clues pointing to the finer details. It's just too bad the previous volume introduced a minor discrepancy with the translation of a specific clue – or, rather, with the orientation of said clue. Were they really not given the opportunity to read the entire story to find out how the clue would be used before translating/lettering the first part?
If there's one thing I really enjoyed about this one, it's Winston Payne's shockingly competent turn as prosecutor, in a case that lasts longer than five minutes for once. And yet he still doesn't get to be on the cover! That pretty boy Edgeworth still takes his spot, even though Edgey only has a one-page cameo in this story!
Turnabout Power vs. Supernatural Power
A sequel of sorts to "Turnabout Prophecy" (from Volume 3) in which Russi Clover, the defendant from that case, has joined a cult known as the Great Tengu Society. Here, she soon finds herself tengu'd up in the baffling disappearance-and-rematerialization-as-a-dead-guy of a private detective on the society's "sacred elevator". (If you were curious, it's just a regular elevator that happens to have a giant tengu statue on it, thus ensuring it's nearly at maximum weight capacity at all times!)
After a few fairly disappointing mysteries, this feels like a satisfying finale for the manga. More or less. The trick behind the how is some of Kuroda's best work, absurd yet strangely elegant at the same time, and I appreciate his use of an obvious red herring that's bound to draw the reader's eye, only for it to come into play in a very different way than you'd expect. It's just too bad that the who doesn't carry as much surprise, since there's only one person who could possibly be the culprit, for reasons both practical and dramatic. And in order to pretend otherwise, Franziska von Karma has to insist, with a straight face, that it would be trivially easy for a teenage girl to haul a dead body up a (step)ladder!
One notable absence from this particular volume is Alethea and Athena Nibley's typically excellent translation notes, presumably because there were no new characters in need of ridiculous pun-based names. However, you'd think they would've at least wanted to give some context for the cultural references in the final story, which is the most explicitly Japanese tale in the entire manga series. I guess Kodansha Comics was worried that Americans would be baffled by the oh-so-exotic concept of noodles. But tengu? Why, they're common knowledge in every corner of the world!
Turnabout Gurgitation (Part Two)
In a continuation from the previous volume, it's time for the final showdown with the fiendish fiend who ruined a perfectly good bowl of Red Hot Chili Noodles! (And also killed a guy, if you care about that sort of thing.) The actual solution likely won't knock anyone's socks off, with a killer and method that are easy enough to guess just based on vibes, but there are some brilliantly clever visual clues pointing to the finer details. It's just too bad the previous volume introduced a minor discrepancy with the translation of a specific clue – or, rather, with the orientation of said clue. Were they really not given the opportunity to read the entire story to find out how the clue would be used before translating/lettering the first part?
If there's one thing I really enjoyed about this one, it's Winston Payne's shockingly competent turn as prosecutor, in a case that lasts longer than five minutes for once. And yet he still doesn't get to be on the cover! That pretty boy Edgeworth still takes his spot, even though Edgey only has a one-page cameo in this story!
Turnabout Power vs. Supernatural Power
A sequel of sorts to "Turnabout Prophecy" (from Volume 3) in which Russi Clover, the defendant from that case, has joined a cult known as the Great Tengu Society. Here, she soon finds herself tengu'd up in the baffling disappearance-and-rematerialization-as-a-dead-guy of a private detective on the society's "sacred elevator". (If you were curious, it's just a regular elevator that happens to have a giant tengu statue on it, thus ensuring it's nearly at maximum weight capacity at all times!)
After a few fairly disappointing mysteries, this feels like a satisfying finale for the manga. More or less. The trick behind the how is some of Kuroda's best work, absurd yet strangely elegant at the same time, and I appreciate his use of an obvious red herring that's bound to draw the reader's eye, only for it to come into play in a very different way than you'd expect. It's just too bad that the who doesn't carry as much surprise, since there's only one person who could possibly be the culprit, for reasons both practical and dramatic. And in order to pretend otherwise, Franziska von Karma has to insist, with a straight face, that it would be trivially easy for a teenage girl to haul a dead body up a (step)ladder!
October 31, 2019
Solid manga with great art!
November 23, 2015
Regardless of this series being about an attorney defending claimants from being accused of murder I am glad to inform you that it is not overly graphic and has thus been classified as Teen by the people at Kodansha Comics. Also I think it would be good to mention regardless of the serious nature of the crimes committed in this book that it is not an overly serious series being based on the spoofy Phoenix Wright Videogames. If you decide to read it I hope you enjoy. :)
The 5th and final volume in the series is here and I enjoyed all of the books in the run though I wish there were more of the misadventures of Phoenix Write and his partner Maya Fey. This book concludes the Turnabout Gurgitation trial and like the other stories is well explained when Phoenix figures out the truth and lays down the truth so all can understand. The final Trial is Turnabout Power vs. Supernatural Power(that's a mouthful for a title :)) which sees the return of Russi Clover as she is once more accused and Phoenix must use his brains to match wits with the competitive Franziska Von Karma in a story of fraud and supernatural cults. Careful you don't believe in everything you here folks. Some people are able to deceive with the best of them. :)
My favorite part of the book would have to be right after the last case when miss Von Karma comes to Phoenix to save her from the former members of the Tengu cult who for some reason see something divine about her whip. Long live the Church of the Thong I guess. Maybe she can keep ahead of the members. :)
The 5th and final volume in the series is here and I enjoyed all of the books in the run though I wish there were more of the misadventures of Phoenix Write and his partner Maya Fey. This book concludes the Turnabout Gurgitation trial and like the other stories is well explained when Phoenix figures out the truth and lays down the truth so all can understand. The final Trial is Turnabout Power vs. Supernatural Power(that's a mouthful for a title :)) which sees the return of Russi Clover as she is once more accused and Phoenix must use his brains to match wits with the competitive Franziska Von Karma in a story of fraud and supernatural cults. Careful you don't believe in everything you here folks. Some people are able to deceive with the best of them. :)
My favorite part of the book would have to be right after the last case when miss Von Karma comes to Phoenix to save her from the former members of the Tengu cult who for some reason see something divine about her whip. Long live the Church of the Thong I guess. Maybe she can keep ahead of the members. :)
September 22, 2025
I’m so sad this was the last of the spin-off mangas. They really felt like an extension of the games and were such a delight to read.
I absolutely loved the Gormand Battle as a setting for a case. The characters were fun and I really enjoy stories and media centered around food (Dungeon Meshi or Battle Chef Brigade come to mind). Risa’s final monologue was awesome—truly ice-cold. And that ending was just the sweetest. Knowing that Edgeworth hangs out with Larry in his free time brings me immense joy.
The other case, centered around the Tengu cult, felt like it could have been straight out of the games. From gathering evidence to having established witnesses and defendants reappear from earlier cases, it nailed the vibe perfectly. Plus, we got another Franziska appearance—yeyy to that!
I absolutely loved the Gormand Battle as a setting for a case. The characters were fun and I really enjoy stories and media centered around food (Dungeon Meshi or Battle Chef Brigade come to mind). Risa’s final monologue was awesome—truly ice-cold. And that ending was just the sweetest. Knowing that Edgeworth hangs out with Larry in his free time brings me immense joy.
The other case, centered around the Tengu cult, felt like it could have been straight out of the games. From gathering evidence to having established witnesses and defendants reappear from earlier cases, it nailed the vibe perfectly. Plus, we got another Franziska appearance—yeyy to that!
October 27, 2025
The manga version of the Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney video game series really delivers on the things that make the games so much fun.
This is the last of a five‑volume set and consists of one full case and the second half of a case from vol. 4. It doesn’t work as a standalone, but together with the previous volume it covers three complete stories. I don’t know if vols. 1, 2, and 3 are split the same way and since they’re out of print and can cost upwards of $100, I’ll probably never know.
October 22, 2012
There needs to be more of this.
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February 24, 2015
Long live the church of thong!
July 27, 2016
Figured out the culprit in both of these mysteries, which isn't unusual for this series. At least it means that the plots made sense! A fitting end to a short, fun manga series.
February 18, 2026
3.5 stars
December 10, 2012
Creative cases!! Finally done with the collection.
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