I love how this guy's plan relied on the assumption that Sebastian was an idiot who couldn't do anything for himself and that is exactly what comes to bite him in the butt.
@@denverkweh1642 He definitely didn`t expect Edgeworth to be more than your average run-of-the-mill prosecutor who can send anyone to the chess dimension & reason out with them & draw info out of their F@@king mouth & a prosecutor who will turn his son against him by sending him to chess dimension when Sebestian, his son, is depressed & calming his emotions down, then Sebestian managing to get something that looks useless but Edgeworth helping him to find something on it that's so useful its gonna kick them both in jail
A small detail about Debestes that I absolutely love: they're the only prosecutors who actually wear their badges. That's no coincidence: it was estabilished in AAI that the reason why prosecutors don't wear their badges was because it rubbed von Karma the wrong way (and then it kinda became a tradition, I guess). So the only prosecutors to wear them are Blaise, who enjoyed fucking with von Karma just for fun, and Sebastian, who can't read the atmosphere for his life. AAI2 has amazing character designs.
youd think once its found out von karma is a borderline psychopath and a murderer that his influence would weaken but i assume von karma in a way got a last laugh
manfred von karma: for you see, it was IIII who told the Debestes to wear their badges! it was to throw you off the scent of me, the true culprit! what will you do now??
My god, this theme is so overbearing, dominant, and obstinate, it fits the chairman to the dot. Usually when the game gives you an insult during logic chess, the correct option was usually "Wait and See", but man I wanted to say something back so bad.
Blaise: "When you're where I am, you can just make your own truths, any time you want, y'see? Me: Blaise u idiot go open your dictionary and read the definition of "truth" Debeste definition fitting this situation is "the quality or state of being true", and definition of "true" is "In accordance with facts and reality" so u can't make your own truth to replace another, it's just forgery of evidence idiot, there can be only THOSE TRUTHS ABOUT A CASE WHICH EXIST, BECAUSE ONLY THOSE TRUTHS ALIGN WITH THE FACTS! TAKE THAT! pursuit- wanting to find the truth variation plays
+Scott Heemstra I guess, Von Karma at least seemed to care about his daughter Franziska, in spite of all he did, Blaise saw his own son as just another asset.
Investigations 2 beat a lot of old records held by previous games. One big one is that they somehow made a character more corrupt than Manfred Von Karma.
@@ihavepermissiontospamracia7794 It's arguable that a lot of the corruption employed by Von Karma wasn't even on purpose (until after DL6). He didn't even know that the autopsy was falsified during his "one penalty", it was just handed to him by someone paid by Blaise.
Honestly, Blaise Debeste has to be the most evil character in the whole series. Seriously I have a whole essay to write about his sheer despicable nature. Manfred von Karma was a despicable perfectionist but at least he raised his children to be competent prosecutors, both with a great efficiency rate, which he himself had. Damon Gant was a manipulative bastard who made his partner believe her sister killed a fellow detective and made her become Chief Prosecutor to control the Prosecutor’s Office, but at least he was a jovial individual to the very end, who did what he did due to the failings of the system and a strong desire for criminals to face justice no matter how the law may contradict this. Matt Engarde was a sly blackmailing fucker who couldn’t even do his own dirty work and hired an assassin to force his attorney to get him out of prosecution, but he was far from the worst in terms of criminals in terms of actions. Dahlia Hawthorne was a remorseless devil of a lady who had a surprisingly high body count, prevented lovers from saying goodbye before one died and even tried to kill our main protagonist, but she wasn’t even as competent as she hoped to be and actually had quite the tragic upbringing. Quercia Alba was an arrogant, corrupt parasite who doomed the economy of a country and became infamous for abusing his “EXTRATERRITORIAL RIGHTS” to casually commit murder, but he saved many lives in war including those of his homeland’s royal family when he was a general and not an ambassador. Kristoph Gavin was an objectively awful, yet condescendingly calm mastermind who got Phoenix’s career ended for 7 years and was one of the main causes of the Dark Age of the Law, all for his desire to become renowned, but he at least was a good mentor to Apollo and taught him that even those closest of you should not be free from doubt. Robert Crogley/Ashley Graydon was a duplicitous fiend who was willing to steal government information to sell for easy cash using his position, but not only did he never mean to hurt anyone aside from Cosney Megundal/Magnus McGilded, who was a real piece of scum, and just wanted to escape any possibility of poverty and misery. Vortex Hart/ Mark Stronghart was very similar to Gant, a man consumed by a desire for National justice to the point of becoming a monster that caused the murder of innocents to keep an iron fist on the law, but he also did so out of a love for justice as well as to help solve the crisis of crime at the time where 1 person in every 10 was a criminal, to make sure no criminal got off Scot-free. The Phantom was a heartless shell of a human who ruined the lives of the Cykes and Blackquill families along with being the other person who began the misery of the Dark Age of the Law, but he was just doing his job as an international spy to the efficient degree he was assigned to and there was the tragic aspect that he completely lost any sense of self. Even Ga’ran Sigatar Khura’in, the traitorous, vile bitch who shattered her family’s happiness to pieces, instigated immense legal corruption in Khura’in and killed Apollo’s father, at least pretended to act like a kind, benevolent ruler like her sister. But Blaise DemotherfuckingBeste? He has none of those redeeming qualities. And I love it!!!! Backstory? Starting from his early career, he made people disappear, from a rival detective to even his own wife. He had a son who he took pleasure in insulting, using his power to make people give Sebastian De beste grades and awards just so he could deluded himself into believing he was a genius prosecutor, all for the excuse of making him easy to insult and belittle in a field Blaise dominated in. He sold evidence in black market auctions, warped the truth of many cases, assisted in the replacement of a country’s president, caused the twisting of this game’s Mastermind into a paranoid, hateful chess master, and even caused the start of the whole franchise. If he never kept the disappearance of Issac Dover’s body a secret, and thus, caused von Karma to blackmail Jeffrey Masters into confessing for a crime he did not commit, he would have not gotten a proper basis to penalise von Karma and start the DL-6 incident, causing the death of Gregory Edgeworth, the defaming of the Fey clan and Miles being adopted by von Karma, along with many lives being ruined, and allowing several corrupt people to rise up. And why did he do all of these villainous acts. For only two reasons. To keep a higher position where no one would defy him, and for simple child-like, cruel glee. Of course his actions lead to the rising of both Phoenix Wright and Miles Edgeworth, who became the best of both defence and prosecutors, who took apart all his power and the people he allowed to prosper in corruption, but none of that would have happened had he decided not to hide evidence about the IS-7 incident. Even worse, he discredits the work that Gregory Edgeworth put into ruining von Karma’s perfect record, as he was just waiting to give Manfred a penalty anyways, with no input from the attorney, to prevent the King of Prosecutors from challenging his authority. All Gregory Edgeworth gave him was an excuse. Personality? Well he’s just the most malicious little shit imaginable. Sure, he may act a little like an old, nostalgic yet wise man, but he doesn’t even try to hide his cruel evil in his mannerisms. I mean, he looks like the leader of the biker gang, yet he still commands respect from his subordinates of law, carrying that outfit with pride. That’s the sheer confidence he carried himself with, bringing him a lot of charisma. One minute, he could be tugging his “beard” with crocodile tears filling his goggles, as he reminisces about the missus, and the next he could demonstrate a toothy grin, making fun of both Sebastian and Franziska and playing with his lighter as he burns papers (likely pieces of evidence) before he goes on his merry way to arrest a framed girl. He is a perfect love to hate character who just takes such relish in his petty, cruel evil, as he talks down to everyone around him, to the point that even though he is a despicable villain, I can’t help but find him amusing. But he is still a massive, imposing force who embodies the corruption of the P.I.C, his reach extending to the very beginning of everything Ace Attorney, this theme embodying this. For Blaise is no more part of the P.I.C, he is the P.I.C. Redeem-ability? None at all!! Every single instance he cries is clearly insincere and is only used to garner sympathy or mock others. The closest thing to being sympathetic in his life is the disappearance of his wife, which is implied to be of Blaise’s doing. He doesn’t appreciate his son at all despite Sebastian’s efforts, and despite preventing him from properly learning, blames his son solely for being an idiot. He tries to get Edgeworth disbarred and Kay arrested for his crime, He blackmails, murders and schemes only for himself and nothing else. For nothing else is important. I mean with that much power, he practically is the law, at least until Edgeworth finds the truth with the Mastermind’s aid. He even orders a kidnapping to make sure his old case covering buddy, Patricia Roland get illogically acquitted for the murder of Horace Knightley, and still remains confident after Edgeworth despite his initial arrest, for the mere fact he can just weasel his way out with some Blaising of evidence. He is pure, confident evil, and he wears it like a badge of honour, along with the badges of every prosecutor who he had disbarred in his career (he even uses some as jacket buttons). And there is even some possibility that he could be physically abusing Sebastian if you read into the moment when he flinched from his father’s approach. His sheer depravity is so dark and deep, that it makes him the perfect fuel for both Justine “Queen MILF” Courtney and Sebastian “The Best Boy” Debeste to both shine in their arcs and rise as some of my favourite characters in the entire series with Sebastian taking the top spot, and Justine in second place. This, to me, is all why I find Blaise Debeste the most diabolical and evil character in all of Ace Attorney, along with being one of the most entertaining and best antagonists in the series. Ace Attorney Investigations 2 was truly excellent game, that has only been challenged by three other games in my opinion, one the DGS Chronicles, mainly the second game, one Trials and Tribulations and one Dual Destinies. And if any of you have any OBJECTIONS!!! to my claims, please make your case, I’ll be happy to see it
God, Bansai really reaches Dahlia levels of callousness and no real compassion or love for anyone but themselves. He truly is someone that "wants to watch the world burn".
Blaise is the biggest bastard in the series, someone not only so powerful that he can command Manfred von karma but can control and get rid of anyone who defies him, the complete confidence he exudes while he publicly insults people including his own son, he really is truly despicable
Gant at least accepted and apologized for his crimes after he was found guilty and although what he did was horrible he also did it to catch the serial killer. Blaise on the other hand he literally did everything just for dominance over others and didn't realize his mistakes. Dahlia hawthorne will still probably be the most devious criminal in my book though
This is a great theme, y'know. But there are no remixes of this, y'see. It really breaks my heart.... AAAHH! Here comes the waterworks... *insert sound of water splashing here*
Friendly reminder that Blaise would've never gotten caught if it wasn't for Justine *and* Simon. In the end, Miles was, in fact, solely a pawn in both of their plans, and he never had a clue.
Justine only knew of this fact when Jill Crane informed her of this...remember the IS-7 incident, about the penalty of von Karma and the case about Crane's boyfriend...
@@sensennsen You know, wording a statement is the most stroke-inducing manner and then mocking people for not being able to understand it really isn't a good look. Edit: Well, the thing I was referring to is gone now. Whoops.
With Edgeworth taking down a corrupt ambassador (Alba) and a corrupt PIC chairman/ex-chief prosecutor (Blaise), a followup thought occurred to me about what might be the logical next step for picking AAI3's hypothetical final boss (following the recurring theme of Edgeworth making it his business to expose/shut down corruption): A Secretary-General (of the Ace Attorney universe equivalent of the United Nations)! However, the main issue (that's bothering me at the moment) is that I'm not sure how to avoid making the Secretary-General antagonist a carbon copy/more annoying version of Alba; plus, I'm still trying figure out what sort of nuances (and other memorable traits) could elevate such an antagonist beyond the "I'm untouchable/completely protected by the law" attitudes that defined both Alba and Blaise.
@@topnotchshinobi Blaise isn't really the main villain in AAI2 though. I think there is no "logical next-step". Quercus Alba is an ambassador but Simon Keyes is literally just a clown. There isn't any logical connection between these two characters. I do agree with you in the "I'm untouchable" attitude, as Simon Keyes was so difficult to beat because he seemed like he wasn't breaking the law.
@@Rides1283man Simon didn't break any law 'technically' speaking. I mean I don't even know when it was proven he actually kidnapped Kay. I have played the final part 3 times now, but it was never explicitly proven although Simon admits. Idk where. As for 'killing' the Body Double, he can just plead Self Defense. As for going to jail, that is reward for Simon as well, as he won't be killed since he didn't murder anyone, and he really respects Dogen
@@ilovechocolate3217 i mean self defense is still kinda a crime right? And i might be mistaken here but even though he was a body double won't it still be considered as a presidential murder?
@@ureehueurv Self Defense is absolute for 2nd degree Murder. Moreover, this is a special case because it is proved that this person was never supposed to be President. It wasn't HIM that was Nominated to be the President
Nah fam, a lawyer who was good all around and helped those who were innocent used fake evidence once, truly the dark age of the law! Oh and a prosecutor was convicted for murder, TRULY THE DARK AGE OF THE LAW! ... oh hi von karma, how's prison treating you after you murdered someone about two decades ago? we still believe in you mate. SOMEONE STOP ME I KEEP FINDING FLAWS!
Actually I think the "Dark age of the law" concept was kinda well introduced in AJ, but I feel like in DD they forced that concept in our throat 😂 (excluding the third case). If only Crapcom localized AAI2... 😐
EnderMiner 21 Don't forget Redd White and Edgeworth himself. At first I even thought Gumshoe was crooked, though it just turned out that he was just kinda dumb... Yeah, honestly, AA1 did the "Dark Age of the Law" best. AAI2 possibly second best.
Usually, in the Ace Attorney series, villains tend not to have their own theme song. Manfred has Franziska’s version of “Great revival”; Kristoph’s theme is actually the confinement cell’s theme and Engarde shares his theme with Andrew. Dahlia and Gant appear to be the only exceptions. And then there’s this theme. The fact that it’s titled as “The P.I.C ost” and not “Blaise’s ost” is very ironic since Blaise always hides his misdeeds behind his position as chairman of the P.I.C. I like to think of the title of this song as one of Blaise’s schemes to shift the blame on the P.I.C for being the villains
for me it's called P. I. C theme only because Blaise IS the P. I. C. He controls everything and everyone in P. I. C and everyone was aware about true side of Blaise but no one could do anything about it since Blaise is in complete control.
Love this music. SPOILERS: When you really think about it, Blaise Debeste is probably the most sinister villain in the entire franchise, because... 1. It was his manipulation that got Von Karma his only penalty, and led DL-6 to occur, leading to the events of Ace Attorney to take place. Yeah, Gustavia killed Dover, but if Blaise didn't do what he did, Von Karma wouldn't have gotten the penalty. 2. Was responsible for the death of Zheng Fa's president and covering it up. 3. One of the root causes of Simon Keyes' turmoil, leading to him becoming the mastermind. 4. Killed a woman and had no qualms about framing it on an innocent teenage girl. 5. Led the black market auctions. 6. Is a terrible father to his only son, Sebastian.
@@catalyst539 And the second one didnt do all that much, all things considered. Kristoph is a cunning genius and all, but Blaise did WAY more evil stuff
If Capcom ever makes a third Gyakuten Kenji (translated of course), I hope they connect its story to the two games that are already done. Having Blaise Debeste as its main antagonist (also for the whole Edgeworth arc) would be a very good idea in my opinion. A villain like him needs more development as a character.
lauchlin yurchuk or a game that takes hundreds of years before dl-6 or the birth of everyone in the ace attorney universe place. Spoilers! Capcom is making that kind of game right now
Is it just me, or would it have been really cool if this played during the first time you have to rebut(dunno if I spelt that right) Blaise? Cus obviously he's extremely powerful at that time, and theres no way you could take him down. So it would have added to the feeling of being over looked & looked down upon.
@Sourav Parik New random idea: the main culprit of Ace Attorney Investigation 3's final case is a mall Santa! (continuing two Ace Attorney traditions at the same time: 1- A major antagonist/murderer pulls their beard in a menacing/condescending fashion, 2- And the culprit turns out to be the random/seemingly insignificant guy we least suspected!)
I've seen people bash Blaise for ruining the lives of countless people and for being a genuinely despicable person. But one thing that I don't see anyone mention is how Blaise's existence undermine Gregory's work. Before the Forgotten Turnabout, we are led to believe that Gregory is the one responsible for ruining Manfred's record, but in reality... he is not. Because we then discover that Blaise intented to give Manfred a penalty anyway. He was only looking for an excuse to do so, and that's what Gregory provided for him. It makes Gregory seem kind of irrelevant when you think about it.
Blaize didn't intend to give Manfred penalty, he wanted to manipulate Manfred behind the scenes, everyone knew Manfred like to forge evidence and Blaise just needed direct prove of it so he can blackmail Manfred. Blaise didn't anticipate Gregory to uncover missing body and the fact Manfred will 100% forge it existence so Blaise was forced to give Manfred penalty, no saying that Blaise cared about it thought.
@@goldensp3038 It is clearly stated in the game that Blaise always intented to give Manfred a penalty, because Blaise would not allow anyone to defy his power and position like Manfred did. Blaise not expecting Gregory to find Dover's body doesn't change a thing. The only difference it made was that it provided Blaise with a legitimate reason to penalize Manfred. But like I said, it's stated in the game that Blaise had all the intention in the world to penalize Manfred and would have done so, one way or the other.
@@maltron66 One year old comment but hey I'll reply to this. The problem being Von Karma is perfect he has been able to continue forward without anyone finding his trail of forged evidence until now. The fact of the matter was if Blaise didn't do it legitimately it's likely Blaise would be caught by Von Karma.
@@dgmbomb I don't think von Karma would be able to do anything against Blaise. Blaise is not an idiot. He knew von Karma was up to no good so he'd be extra careful not to get caught by him. Granted, Blaise mocking Edgeworth in prison and providing him with information that Edgeworth eventually used to convict him was stupid, but that was taunting more than anything else. During that point, Edgeworth had lost his badge and was in a prison cell so Blaise didn't think of him as a threat. I don't think a guy cunning enough to be Chief Prosecutor would make that mistake with a stronger prosecutor like Manfred, especially since Blaise knew Manfred was looking to bring him down. But most importantly, it took a lot of people, some of which had to work from inside the PIC to bring Blaise down. I don't think Manfred could do it alone.
Never have I met a villain so detestable, so confident with their position, that I just want to wipe the smug smile on Blaise face and put him to jail so badly.
While this is de facto Blaise's theme, it is officially PIC's theme. This is why this "official"-sounding theme does not fit the bullying, transparently villainous, Blaise at all.
Blaise (or Bansai in the Japanese version) had easily the most horrifying Objection in the series, someone in the fan translation team even voiced a raspy one for him. Can't wait for the actual localization.
@@9k49 I listened to that few days ago. Was immensely disappointed. It's like they recorded the voice clips in a hurry, with no effort put into it. The fans did much better justice.
The theme of the biggest contradiction of a committee which is supposed to kick out corrupt prosecutors even tho their chairman, the root itself is corrupt than any prosecutor in the current AA universe prosecutor's office
*SPOILERS* This theme so evil sounding I seriously thought Oswald Furst AKA Blaise was going to be the final boss of this game. Yet he WAS the ultimate villain in a way.
The committee's official name is the Committee for Prosecutorial Excellence. Although I think P.I.C. sounds better than C.P.E., I think this new name fits better since it emphasizes how they are more interested in making themselves look good than actually preventing corruption edit: apparently they don't even call it the C.P.E., the shorthand for it is "The Committee"
@@Robin_Glorb Yeah agreed, I just said what I could think of. Don’t think it’s awful but relative to “practically illegal cover-ups” it’s definitely a step down
@@Robin_Glorb I’ve seen the new sentence (going to spoiler text it in case you don’t want to see): The joke’s gone. No acronym. Ray / Eddie just says that it’s where they conduct their “ugly little schemes” (not “practically illegal coverups”)
I always wondered why he cried all the time, it could be crocodile tears (but all the time? It'd lose it's effect on people after a while surely) or maybe part of him is crying for all the nasty shit he'd done, he's repressed it all so hard that the tears are the only thing left of his conscience that's been gone so long that he doesn't even really remember why he's crying and just uses it as a convenient distraction in conversation
I had heard that Blaise verbally abused Sebastian a lot, but when we first meet him and he immediately calls his own son an idiot... that took me aback.
I don't understand why Bansai didn't make Mira disappear. It would have been one less person who knew his secret. I mean, he obviously doesn't care about other people, and is more of a psycho than Gant, Von Karma and Hawthorne combined. He also says that he never makes mistakes, and that people always make them for him. It would make sense if he had Mira offed.
She was his co-conspirator so there is no way for her to get at him without implicating herself and vice versa. Also we don't really know the relationship between the conspirators but they seem to have honor amongst themselves and no one else, seeing as hiding the SS-5 case was the sole motivation for each of their crimes. Including trying to kill the assassin.
Honestly, I am way more surprised he did not make Amy and John Marsh disappear. As for a certain other person, he tried to make him disappear but failed.
A headcanon for his past His parents were mafia members who had an associations with law enforcement so they could do any crime and they got away with it, so he was inspired by his parents and choose to become a corrupt man in law enforcement
@Zalkova The first game does say that the Chief Prosecutor had covered for von Karma in the past, and it is also not hard to attach a mocking attitude to the conversation. The first game absolutely hinted at an evil (or at least corrupt) Chief Prosecutor but as an undeveloped background character. AAI2 expands on what is given about this background character by developing the concept into Blaise Debeste. Here is the exact conversation between Manfred von Karma and the Chief Prosecutor in Turnabout Goodbyes: Chief Prosecutor... I am sorry. von Karma! It's not like you to make this kind of error... I never would have thought that Edgeworth would be the one to catch you. Karma: I... was careless. I'm sorry, but you will have to be penalized. I've covered for you in the past, but not this time.
Theme of my most HATED character in all of Ace Attorney. I DESPISE Blaise Debeste, though most of that comes from Sebastian being my favorite Ace Attorney character and Blaise being extremely verbally abusive (and there are hints towards physical abuse such as Seb instinctively shielding himself when Blaise approaches him from the witness stand). But he's also the only villain I can think of without ANY sympathetic qualities in the entire series.
The Committee for Prosecutorial Excellence tried to bully Edgeworth so hard, he became a CPE himself just to do their job of sacking prosecutors better. Hah.
Jevin Torio Blaise Debeste seems the best option IMO. Blaise being a pun for both "blaze" and "praise", blaze for his lighter and "praise" as in "praise the best". The fan translation team did a very good job, don't you think?
Honestly, Blaise Debeste is a mixed bag for me. He is so comically, inhumanly evil that he is almost a cartoon villain. Yet, he is the spur for two of the best character arcs in the franchise. Plus... In terms of the reoccurring theme in ace attorney about how the law can be used to disenfranchise the powerless, this game shows so much more than it tells compared to other games in this series. It's not the most nuanced story in this regard, but it's far better than anything dual destinies did with the Dark Age Of The Law™ Blaise's actions are a part of this. Even if he bullies just to be a bully, to get cruel pleasure from stepping on the people beneath him, he's an example of how our social structures can give free reign to people who would do what Blaise did (even if in the real world, humans tend to have quite complex and contradictory reasons for doing those things). I think if even one more character was as extreme as Blaise, this story would have lost a lot of impact.
"I think if even one more character was as extreme as Blaise, this story would have lost a lot of impact." Ohhh... I don't want to be that guy.... But there at least 5, I mean 4 people who could rival him in terms of extremity and severity of their actions: Roger Retinz, Dahlia Hawthorne, Kristoph Gavin and Ga'ran Sigatar Khura'in.
@@jakubrejak1114 Kristoph Gavin is not that bad, he just let his jealous for Phoenix take over his ego. Dahlia may be evil but it was because of Morgan influence her without anyone to save her like how sister Bikini treat Iris
@@ihatemyself8957 Morgan did not influence her, nothing did. She just grew bitter because her father, Mr. Hawthorne, was more concerned about jewelery and his new family than her. "Kristoph Gavin is not that bad". My brother in Christ, he killed two men and tried to kill a child out of paranoia.
Spoilers: Dont read untill finished game You know, I thought the PIC was gonna be irrelivant or retconning. I was really worried during the 3rd chapter about this. That was untill Blaise showed up. This man can "make any truths" as he likes. This man could "make anyone disapear" Everything clicked when it was revealed he was the Chairman & Sebastions dad. While Courtney does state her intensions about wanting Blaise removed, I don't think she could ever bring him to court, let alone accuse him. It explains to me why she was insistantly accusing the wrong people (although her reasoning is sound tbh). She probably was under blaises orders. Espesially during case 2. The mastermind (Simon keys), was someone who was a liability to Blaise. I've noted that poeple think that the death of Gregory Edgeworth was pointless because Blaise was always going to punish von Karma at some point. However, i OBJECT. If we look at the first ace attorney game under the eyes that blaise was talking to Von Karma, during the penality scene, It sounds like Blaise is taunting Vom Karma. Von Karma has no way to take out his anger on blaise. After all, Blaise can make "anyone disapear", so who else can he take out his anger on? The person who he thinks caused this. Gregory, if anything, this game only makes von Karmas revenge plan go from pettyness to something grander for me. Vom Karma killed Gregory not only out of hatred, but also as a way to make sure no one would stand in his way again, just like Blaise would kill anyone who stood in his way. (When we first meet blaise he mentions he made a detective who he butt heads with disapear in his younger times as a procecutor) This game gives Von Karma a motive without Retconning anything the original game did. Instead this game amplifies the motive of the killing. Really impressive writting tbh.
I remember a guy once told me he played with the name "Blaise Debeste" in Town of Salem, got the Arsonist role, and he won.
I was in that game too, I think, I was named edgeworth
@@davefood635 got the bad ending now, didja XD
I love how in each of these there is a ToS story
I saw a comment like this in dahila's theme but the guy got the killer role and lost
@@ZK16987 Just like Dahlia
Practically Illegal Coverups
Way better than Spicy Crust Pizzeria
Alright Raymond
To protect my dignity, I won't be making this joke.
Well I don't have a single dignity left in me so I'll say it
Pee I see HAHAHHAHAHAHAHA
Most underrated aa joke😂
I love how this guy's plan relied on the assumption that Sebastian was an idiot who couldn't do anything for himself and that is exactly what comes to bite him in the butt.
He definitely never expected Sebastian to make an actual comeback at himself
@@denverkweh1642 *L O G I C C H E S S*
@@denverkweh1642 He definitely didn`t expect Edgeworth to be more than your average run-of-the-mill prosecutor who can send anyone to the chess dimension & reason out with them & draw info out of their F@@king mouth & a prosecutor who will turn his son against him by sending him to chess dimension when Sebestian, his son, is depressed & calming his emotions down, then Sebestian managing to get something that looks useless but Edgeworth helping him to find something on it that's so useful its gonna kick them both in jail
He also didn't count on Justine Courtney and Miles Edgeworth
He also didn't count on Justine Courtney and Miles Edgeworth
A small detail about Debestes that I absolutely love: they're the only prosecutors who actually wear their badges. That's no coincidence: it was estabilished in AAI that the reason why prosecutors don't wear their badges was because it rubbed von Karma the wrong way (and then it kinda became a tradition, I guess). So the only prosecutors to wear them are Blaise, who enjoyed fucking with von Karma just for fun, and Sebastian, who can't read the atmosphere for his life.
AAI2 has amazing character designs.
Barok Van Zieks wears his.
@@catalyst539 bro did you not read what he said, he’s talking about the games that were actually set in a time where Von Karma was alive and onward
youd think once its found out von karma is a borderline psychopath and a murderer that his influence would weaken but i assume von karma in a way got a last laugh
@@shikiyama i wouldn’t be surprised if franziska tried to keep that tradition
manfred von karma: for you see, it was IIII who told the Debestes to wear their badges! it was to throw you off the scent of me, the true culprit! what will you do now??
My god, this theme is so overbearing, dominant, and obstinate, it fits the chairman to the dot. Usually when the game gives you an insult during logic chess, the correct option was usually "Wait and See", but man I wanted to say something back so bad.
*Haven't you realized it yet? I have you cornered!*
Oh no, Mr. Edgeworth...
When I hear this I just imagine Blaise grinning
Same.
@@tantris2876 you are here tantris
When you get to where he is, you can just make your own truths, anytime you want, y'see?
People just seem to disappear all the time, y'know?
You think Pops
That's the pic for you, it stands for practically illegal cover-ups
Blaise: "When you're where I am, you can just make your own truths, any time you want, y'see?
Me: Blaise u idiot go open your dictionary and read the definition of "truth"
Debeste definition fitting this situation is "the quality or state of being true", and definition of "true" is
"In accordance with facts and reality" so u can't make your own truth to replace another, it's just forgery of evidence idiot, there can be only THOSE TRUTHS ABOUT A CASE WHICH EXIST, BECAUSE ONLY THOSE TRUTHS ALIGN WITH THE FACTS!
TAKE THAT!
pursuit- wanting to find the truth variation plays
Also by the way I’m not guilty. Not like I’m saying this in front of a crowd of people, nope, not guilty!
@@jasonfakename4851 is this a reference?
And you thought Von Karma was corrupt...
well they were friends
lauchlin yurchuk Until he used him and gave him a penalty.
Hmm... I wonder what would've happened if von Karma had killed not Mr Edgeworth, but him?
I still think Von Karma was worse
+Scott Heemstra I guess, Von Karma at least seemed to care about his daughter Franziska, in spite of all he did, Blaise saw his own son as just another asset.
Investigations 2 beat a lot of old records held by previous games.
One big one is that they somehow made a character more corrupt than Manfred Von Karma.
And ofc the guy to beat Von Karma in corruption was his boss
@@Isthatthegrimreaper170 Imagine if Von karma became the chief prosecutor
@@ihavepermissiontospamracia7794 It's arguable that a lot of the corruption employed by Von Karma wasn't even on purpose (until after DL6). He didn't even know that the autopsy was falsified during his "one penalty", it was just handed to him by someone paid by Blaise.
The fact that even VON KARMA was scared of this guy makes it even more terrifying when you think about it
the OST for this game is fire
Oh your here
And the sky is blue
Personally prefer the first one but only by comparison. They showed off with both
No, it's DEBESTE
could say blazin ;)
Honestly, Blaise Debeste has to be the most evil character in the whole series. Seriously I have a whole essay to write about his sheer despicable nature. Manfred von Karma was a despicable perfectionist but at least he raised his children to be competent prosecutors, both with a great efficiency rate, which he himself had. Damon Gant was a manipulative bastard who made his partner believe her sister killed a fellow detective and made her become Chief Prosecutor to control the Prosecutor’s Office, but at least he was a jovial individual to the very end, who did what he did due to the failings of the system and a strong desire for criminals to face justice no matter how the law may contradict this. Matt Engarde was a sly blackmailing fucker who couldn’t even do his own dirty work and hired an assassin to force his attorney to get him out of prosecution, but he was far from the worst in terms of criminals in terms of actions. Dahlia Hawthorne was a remorseless devil of a lady who had a surprisingly high body count, prevented lovers from saying goodbye before one died and even tried to kill our main protagonist, but she wasn’t even as competent as she hoped to be and actually had quite the tragic upbringing. Quercia Alba was an arrogant, corrupt parasite who doomed the economy of a country and became infamous for abusing his “EXTRATERRITORIAL RIGHTS” to casually commit murder, but he saved many lives in war including those of his homeland’s royal family when he was a general and not an ambassador. Kristoph Gavin was an objectively awful, yet condescendingly calm mastermind who got Phoenix’s career ended for 7 years and was one of the main causes of the Dark Age of the Law, all for his desire to become renowned, but he at least was a good mentor to Apollo and taught him that even those closest of you should not be free from doubt. Robert Crogley/Ashley Graydon was a duplicitous fiend who was willing to steal government information to sell for easy cash using his position, but not only did he never mean to hurt anyone aside from Cosney Megundal/Magnus McGilded, who was a real piece of scum, and just wanted to escape any possibility of poverty and misery. Vortex Hart/ Mark Stronghart was very similar to Gant, a man consumed by a desire for National justice to the point of becoming a monster that caused the murder of innocents to keep an iron fist on the law, but he also did so out of a love for justice as well as to help solve the crisis of crime at the time where 1 person in every 10 was a criminal, to make sure no criminal got off Scot-free. The Phantom was a heartless shell of a human who ruined the lives of the Cykes and Blackquill families along with being the other person who began the misery of the Dark Age of the Law, but he was just doing his job as an international spy to the efficient degree he was assigned to and there was the tragic aspect that he completely lost any sense of self. Even Ga’ran Sigatar Khura’in, the traitorous, vile bitch who shattered her family’s happiness to pieces, instigated immense legal corruption in Khura’in and killed Apollo’s father, at least pretended to act like a kind, benevolent ruler like her sister. But Blaise DemotherfuckingBeste? He has none of those redeeming qualities. And I love it!!!!
Backstory? Starting from his early career, he made people disappear, from a rival detective to even his own wife. He had a son who he took pleasure in insulting, using his power to make people give Sebastian De beste grades and awards just so he could deluded himself into believing he was a genius prosecutor, all for the excuse of making him easy to insult and belittle in a field Blaise dominated in. He sold evidence in black market auctions, warped the truth of many cases, assisted in the replacement of a country’s president, caused the twisting of this game’s Mastermind into a paranoid, hateful chess master, and even caused the start of the whole franchise. If he never kept the disappearance of Issac Dover’s body a secret, and thus, caused von Karma to blackmail Jeffrey Masters into confessing for a crime he did not commit, he would have not gotten a proper basis to penalise von Karma and start the DL-6 incident, causing the death of Gregory Edgeworth, the defaming of the Fey clan and Miles being adopted by von Karma, along with many lives being ruined, and allowing several corrupt people to rise up. And why did he do all of these villainous acts. For only two reasons. To keep a higher position where no one would defy him, and for simple child-like, cruel glee. Of course his actions lead to the rising of both Phoenix Wright and Miles Edgeworth, who became the best of both defence and prosecutors, who took apart all his power and the people he allowed to prosper in corruption, but none of that would have happened had he decided not to hide evidence about the IS-7 incident. Even worse, he discredits the work that Gregory Edgeworth put into ruining von Karma’s perfect record, as he was just waiting to give Manfred a penalty anyways, with no input from the attorney, to prevent the King of Prosecutors from challenging his authority. All Gregory Edgeworth gave him was an excuse.
Personality? Well he’s just the most malicious little shit imaginable. Sure, he may act a little like an old, nostalgic yet wise man, but he doesn’t even try to hide his cruel evil in his mannerisms. I mean, he looks like the leader of the biker gang, yet he still commands respect from his subordinates of law, carrying that outfit with pride. That’s the sheer confidence he carried himself with, bringing him a lot of charisma. One minute, he could be tugging his “beard” with crocodile tears filling his goggles, as he reminisces about the missus, and the next he could demonstrate a toothy grin, making fun of both Sebastian and Franziska and playing with his lighter as he burns papers (likely pieces of evidence) before he goes on his merry way to arrest a framed girl. He is a perfect love to hate character who just takes such relish in his petty, cruel evil, as he talks down to everyone around him, to the point that even though he is a despicable villain, I can’t help but find him amusing. But he is still a massive, imposing force who embodies the corruption of the P.I.C, his reach extending to the very beginning of everything Ace Attorney, this theme embodying this. For Blaise is no more part of the P.I.C, he is the P.I.C.
Redeem-ability? None at all!! Every single instance he cries is clearly insincere and is only used to garner sympathy or mock others. The closest thing to being sympathetic in his life is the disappearance of his wife, which is implied to be of Blaise’s doing. He doesn’t appreciate his son at all despite Sebastian’s efforts, and despite preventing him from properly learning, blames his son solely for being an idiot. He tries to get Edgeworth disbarred and Kay arrested for his crime, He blackmails, murders and schemes only for himself and nothing else. For nothing else is important. I mean with that much power, he practically is the law, at least until Edgeworth finds the truth with the Mastermind’s aid. He even orders a kidnapping to make sure his old case covering buddy, Patricia Roland get illogically acquitted for the murder of Horace Knightley, and still remains confident after Edgeworth despite his initial arrest, for the mere fact he can just weasel his way out with some Blaising of evidence. He is pure, confident evil, and he wears it like a badge of honour, along with the badges of every prosecutor who he had disbarred in his career (he even uses some as jacket buttons). And there is even some possibility that he could be physically abusing Sebastian if you read into the moment when he flinched from his father’s approach. His sheer depravity is so dark and deep, that it makes him the perfect fuel for both Justine “Queen MILF” Courtney and Sebastian “The Best Boy” Debeste to both shine in their arcs and rise as some of my favourite characters in the entire series with Sebastian taking the top spot, and Justine in second place.
This, to me, is all why I find Blaise Debeste the most diabolical and evil character in all of Ace Attorney, along with being one of the most entertaining and best antagonists in the series. Ace Attorney Investigations 2 was truly excellent game, that has only been challenged by three other games in my opinion, one the DGS Chronicles, mainly the second game, one Trials and Tribulations and one Dual Destinies. And if any of you have any OBJECTIONS!!! to my claims, please make your case, I’ll be happy to see it
What about Roger Rentiz?
*Mr Reus
holy fuck thats a long essay
You forgot to add Redd White to your essay. Minus 10 points for that
HOLY FUCKING SHIT, THIS IS *LOOOOOOOOOOONG*
This Blaise guy shed the most disingenuous tears I’ve ever seen.
God, Bansai really reaches Dahlia levels of callousness and no real compassion or love for anyone but themselves. He truly is someone that "wants to watch the world burn".
Than there's Retinz
@@borkerman I dunno, I would still say dahlia and blaise are eviler than Roger retinz, but he is still pretty bad
his name is Mr Reus
He's like Jean Claude Frollo.
He doesnt want to watch the world burn, he wants to light it on fire himself
Blaise is the biggest bastard in the series, someone not only so powerful that he can command Manfred von karma but can control and get rid of anyone who defies him, the complete confidence he exudes while he publicly insults people including his own son, he really is truly despicable
The scariest thing about Blaise is that he does what he does out of childish pride. He just abuses his power because he has power to abuse.
Gant was fairly similar. In my cannon they both were buddies.
Gant at least accepted and apologized for his crimes after he was found guilty and although what he did was horrible he also did it to catch the serial killer. Blaise on the other hand he literally did everything just for dominance over others and didn't realize his mistakes. Dahlia hawthorne will still probably be the most devious criminal in my book though
@@ureehueurv, Ga’ran? Matt Engarde?
@@catalyst539 they're good villians but i hate hawthorne more, can't explain why exactly tho
His new name is Excelsius Winner.
'Nuff said.
This is a great theme, y'know. But there are no remixes of this, y'see. It really breaks my heart....
AAAHH! Here comes the waterworks... *insert sound of water splashing here*
there was a 420 blaise debestest remix
@@pixxyzella3364 LOL this was so long ago, I don't even remember posting this. But seriously, link?
@@sireevictineerivero342 th-cam.com/video/DOkZ-rJkUwA/w-d-xo.html
*insert wringing water out from "beard"*
Friendly reminder that Blaise would've never gotten caught if it wasn't for Justine *and* Simon. In the end, Miles was, in fact, solely a pawn in both of their plans, and he never had a clue.
For justine he wasn't something as lowly as a pawn. More like a rook or a queen
Justine only knew of this fact when Jill Crane informed her of this...remember the IS-7 incident, about the penalty of von Karma and the case about Crane's boyfriend...
and also, friendly reminder, Justine would have never learned it had it not been for Jill Crane's persistence and the file in IS-7
@@sensennsen wtf do you mean by "this fact" and "it"
@@sensennsen You know, wording a statement is the most stroke-inducing manner and then mocking people for not being able to understand it really isn't a good look.
Edit: Well, the thing I was referring to is gone now. Whoops.
And we thought Von Karma was the one behind everything the whole time... And then someone much scarier shows up.
With Edgeworth taking down a corrupt ambassador (Alba) and a corrupt PIC chairman/ex-chief prosecutor (Blaise), a followup thought occurred to me about what might be the logical next step for picking AAI3's hypothetical final boss (following the recurring theme of Edgeworth making it his business to expose/shut down corruption):
A Secretary-General (of the Ace Attorney universe equivalent of the United Nations)!
However, the main issue (that's bothering me at the moment) is that I'm not sure how to avoid making the Secretary-General antagonist a carbon copy/more annoying version of Alba; plus, I'm still trying figure out what sort of nuances (and other memorable traits) could elevate such an antagonist beyond the "I'm untouchable/completely protected by the law" attitudes that defined both Alba and Blaise.
@@topnotchshinobi Blaise isn't really the main villain in AAI2 though. I think there is no "logical next-step". Quercus Alba is an ambassador but Simon Keyes is literally just a clown. There isn't any logical connection between these two characters. I do agree with you in the "I'm untouchable" attitude, as Simon Keyes was so difficult to beat because he seemed like he wasn't breaking the law.
@@Rides1283man Simon didn't break any law 'technically' speaking. I mean I don't even know when it was proven he actually kidnapped Kay. I have played the final part 3 times now, but it was never explicitly proven although Simon admits. Idk where. As for 'killing' the Body Double, he can just plead Self Defense. As for going to jail, that is reward for Simon as well, as he won't be killed since he didn't murder anyone, and he really respects Dogen
@@ilovechocolate3217 i mean self defense is still kinda a crime right? And i might be mistaken here but even though he was a body double won't it still be considered as a presidential murder?
@@ureehueurv Self Defense is absolute for 2nd degree Murder. Moreover, this is a special case because it is proved that this person was never supposed to be President. It wasn't HIM that was Nominated to be the President
The Ace Attorney Investigations 2 fits sooooooo well the theme of the Dark Age of The Law, with that imitation of a man that is the head of the PIC
Nah fam, a lawyer who was good all around and helped those who were innocent used fake evidence once, truly the dark age of the law!
Oh and a prosecutor was convicted for murder, TRULY THE DARK AGE OF THE LAW!
...
oh hi von karma, how's prison treating you after you murdered someone about two decades ago? we still believe in you mate.
SOMEONE STOP ME I KEEP FINDING FLAWS!
Actually I think the "Dark age of the law" concept was kinda well introduced in AJ, but I feel like in DD they forced that concept in our throat 😂 (excluding the third case).
If only Crapcom localized AAI2... 😐
And since there's the death penalty system in the Ace Attorney lore, isn't Von Karma snr dead at this point ?
Tbh, "the Dark Age of the Law" exists since AA 1 with Manfred, Miles and everyone in Rise from the Ashes.
EnderMiner 21 Don't forget Redd White and Edgeworth himself. At first I even thought Gumshoe was crooked, though it just turned out that he was just kinda dumb... Yeah, honestly, AA1 did the "Dark Age of the Law" best. AAI2 possibly second best.
Blaise's only redeeming quality: this theme.
Tch, you make it sound like, he's badly written.
@@dupin9931 he's not baddly written, but he's still an ass
Usually, in the Ace Attorney series, villains tend not to have their own theme song.
Manfred has Franziska’s version of “Great revival”; Kristoph’s theme is actually the confinement cell’s theme and Engarde shares his theme with Andrew. Dahlia and Gant appear to be the only exceptions.
And then there’s this theme. The fact that it’s titled as “The P.I.C ost” and not “Blaise’s ost” is very ironic since Blaise always hides his misdeeds behind his position as chairman of the P.I.C. I like to think of the title of this song as one of Blaise’s schemes to shift the blame on the P.I.C for being the villains
for me it's called P. I. C theme only because Blaise IS the P. I. C. He controls everything and everyone in P. I. C and everyone was aware about true side of Blaise but no one could do anything about it since Blaise is in complete control.
Kinda wrong statement but "interesting" nevertheless
Godot has his own theme, the fragrance of dark coffee and his reminisnence theme.
@@goldensp3038 No one of the P.I.C was aware of Blaise's corruption.
There's one more exception to that rule
Edit: It's a year later and I have no idea what past me was talking about
translated name: "Committee for Prosecutorial Excellence - Stone-Cold Justice"
"Von Karma, it is unlike you to commit such a glaring mistake."
Random Committee comes out of nowhere and tells me how to do MY job?! Fuck it, I'm gonna become a Defense Attorney's assistant.
Hey you've gotta admit this theme is pretty fire y'know?
Y’don’tsay?
Love this music. SPOILERS:
When you really think about it, Blaise Debeste is probably the most sinister villain in the entire franchise, because...
1. It was his manipulation that got Von Karma his only penalty, and led DL-6 to occur, leading to the events of Ace Attorney to take place. Yeah, Gustavia killed Dover, but if Blaise didn't do what he did, Von Karma wouldn't have gotten the penalty.
2. Was responsible for the death of Zheng Fa's president and covering it up.
3. One of the root causes of Simon Keyes' turmoil, leading to him becoming the mastermind.
4. Killed a woman and had no qualms about framing it on an innocent teenage girl.
5. Led the black market auctions.
6. Is a terrible father to his only son, Sebastian.
By far the most evil villain in the franchise and also the biggest asshole.
Made several people "disappear", including his wife.
Also ruined zheng fa and president's relationship with shi-long-lang's clan by killing the real president
*Ka’ran Sigatar Khura’in and Kristoph Gavin would like a word with you*
@@catalyst539 And the second one didnt do all that much, all things considered.
Kristoph is a cunning genius and all, but Blaise did WAY more evil stuff
If Capcom ever makes a third Gyakuten Kenji (translated of course), I hope they connect its story to the two games that are already done. Having Blaise Debeste as its main antagonist (also for the whole Edgeworth arc) would be a very good idea in my opinion. A villain like him needs more development as a character.
Personally I want to see the return of blaise because he never started any fires😭🔥
*****
So you're essentially saying Blaise DeBeste is the Bigger Bad of this series?
another good idea is making a game that takes place in an alternate reality where DL-6 never happened
lauchlin yurchuk or a game that takes hundreds of years before dl-6 or the birth of everyone in the ace attorney universe place. Spoilers! Capcom is making that kind of game right now
***** haha. Everybody makes mistakes. Also wouldn't it be awesome if ami fey replaced maya in that game since she was her ancestor?
Is it just me, or would it have been really cool if this played during the first time you have to rebut(dunno if I spelt that right) Blaise? Cus obviously he's extremely powerful at that time, and theres no way you could take him down. So it would have added to the feeling of being over looked & looked down upon.
You know...that WOULD had been an awesome idea!
Got plenty of Quercus Alba vibes from Blaise, and he wasn't even the final boss, lol.
@Sourav Parik New random idea: the main culprit of Ace Attorney Investigation 3's final case is a mall Santa!
(continuing two Ace Attorney traditions at the same time:
1- A major antagonist/murderer pulls their beard in a menacing/condescending fashion,
2- And the culprit turns out to be the random/seemingly insignificant guy we least suspected!)
What an excellent, winning theme!
Committee for Prosecutorial Excellence ~ Rigorous Justice
The theme song for chairman Excelsius Winner
dad of the year theme
Best comment right here
"My son... A Winner?"
Ah-haha! *Pours Water on Beard*
well he is eustace
I've seen people bash Blaise for ruining the lives of countless people and for being a genuinely despicable person. But one thing that I don't see anyone mention is how Blaise's existence undermine Gregory's work.
Before the Forgotten Turnabout, we are led to believe that Gregory is the one responsible for ruining Manfred's record, but in reality... he is not. Because we then discover that Blaise intented to give Manfred a penalty anyway. He was only looking for an excuse to do so, and that's what Gregory provided for him.
It makes Gregory seem kind of irrelevant when you think about it.
Blaize didn't intend to give Manfred penalty, he wanted to manipulate Manfred behind the scenes, everyone knew Manfred like to forge evidence and Blaise just needed direct prove of it so he can blackmail Manfred. Blaise didn't anticipate Gregory to uncover missing body and the fact Manfred will 100% forge it existence so Blaise was forced to give Manfred penalty, no saying that Blaise cared about it thought.
@@goldensp3038 It is clearly stated in the game that Blaise always intented to give Manfred a penalty, because Blaise would not allow anyone to defy his power and position like Manfred did. Blaise not expecting Gregory to find Dover's body doesn't change a thing. The only difference it made was that it provided Blaise with a legitimate reason to penalize Manfred. But like I said, it's stated in the game that Blaise had all the intention in the world to penalize Manfred and would have done so, one way or the other.
Good thing the game is so well executed
@@maltron66
One year old comment but hey I'll reply to this.
The problem being Von Karma is perfect he has been able to continue forward without anyone finding his trail of forged evidence until now. The fact of the matter was if Blaise didn't do it legitimately it's likely Blaise would be caught by Von Karma.
@@dgmbomb I don't think von Karma would be able to do anything against Blaise. Blaise is not an idiot. He knew von Karma was up to no good so he'd be extra careful not to get caught by him. Granted, Blaise mocking Edgeworth in prison and providing him with information that Edgeworth eventually used to convict him was stupid, but that was taunting more than anything else. During that point, Edgeworth had lost his badge and was in a prison cell so Blaise didn't think of him as a threat. I don't think a guy cunning enough to be Chief Prosecutor would make that mistake with a stronger prosecutor like Manfred, especially since Blaise knew Manfred was looking to bring him down.
But most importantly, it took a lot of people, some of which had to work from inside the PIC to bring Blaise down. I don't think Manfred could do it alone.
Blaise is one of the few video game villains I actually want to thoroughly grind to dust. Multiple times.
The P.I.C. might be a group of jerks, but _dayuuum their theme is sweet!_
0:39-1:18 Proper intense, when Blaise is doing his massive fire sprite with the lighter. 🔥
I see you looking at my [PROSECUTORIAL INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE]
that guy really BURNS me up
Never have I met a villain so detestable, so confident with their position, that I just want to wipe the smug smile on Blaise face and put him to jail so badly.
While this is de facto Blaise's theme, it is officially PIC's theme. This is why this "official"-sounding theme does not fit the bullying, transparently villainous, Blaise at all.
This absolutely fits Blaise. It has a very obvious sinister undertone.
Excelsior! We have a winner for best translated name
This theme, y'know is a really good y'see, It is imposing, y'know and more in that moment in which, edgeworth leaves his badge y'see
y’don’tsay
Hola
Blaise (or Bansai in the Japanese version) had easily the most horrifying Objection in the series, someone in the fan translation team even voiced a raspy one for him. Can't wait for the actual localization.
Personally, I think that title belongs to English Manfred Von Karma
@@Sagi.Baten.Kaitos Both are creepy, but Von Karma is like Bane and Debeste like Pazuzu from Exorcist.
It’s out, nowhere near as creepy as the old one but still good
@@9k49 I listened to that few days ago. Was immensely disappointed. It's like they recorded the voice clips in a hurry, with no effort put into it. The fans did much better justice.
@@Kookosbanaani94 I like Simon’s new voice, same with Gavèlle, Blaise is the only one that’s a significant ‘let down’ for me
The theme of the biggest contradiction of a committee which is supposed to kick out corrupt prosecutors even tho their chairman, the root itself is corrupt than any prosecutor in the current AA universe prosecutor's office
*SPOILERS*
This theme so evil sounding I seriously thought Oswald Furst AKA Blaise was going to be the final boss of this game. Yet he WAS the ultimate villain in a way.
The committee's official name is the Committee for Prosecutorial Excellence. Although I think P.I.C. sounds better than C.P.E., I think this new name fits better since it emphasizes how they are more interested in making themselves look good than actually preventing corruption
edit: apparently they don't even call it the C.P.E., the shorthand for it is "The Committee"
I wonder what Ray’s acronym joke will be - Cover-up prosecutorial evil?
@@9k49 To be honest, that doesn't sound good
@@Robin_Glorb Yeah agreed, I just said what I could think of. Don’t think it’s awful but relative to “practically illegal cover-ups” it’s definitely a step down
@@Robin_Glorb I’ve seen the new sentence (going to spoiler text it in case you don’t want to see):
The joke’s gone. No acronym. Ray / Eddie just says that it’s where they conduct their “ugly little schemes” (not “practically illegal coverups”)
Von Karma: Chief prosecutor! Please don't penalized me!
Blaise: Cry about it *Penalty noise*
I always wondered why he cried all the time, it could be crocodile tears (but all the time? It'd lose it's effect on people after a while surely) or maybe part of him is crying for all the nasty shit he'd done, he's repressed it all so hard that the tears are the only thing left of his conscience that's been gone so long that he doesn't even really remember why he's crying and just uses it as a convenient distraction in conversation
John Segway i think its sweat lol
His tears are fake. Blaise is an extremely patronizing guy.
@@MrBakalol Didn't he rely on fake wigs? The tears could have also been allergic reactions, too!
It’s eye watering, y’know?
He hacks his emotions? Sick.
Ladies and Gentleman say hello to P.I.C or better saying HAND OVER THE BADGE BITCH!
the whole time until case 4 I thought P.I.C meant "prosecutor in charge"...
It makes sense, considering the fact he could make anybody "dissapear", and is in charge of the law
I had heard that Blaise verbally abused Sebastian a lot, but when we first meet him and he immediately calls his own son an idiot... that took me aback.
Where the fuck is my badge
Miles Edgeworth That are in Judge Curtney's panties.
+Andrew Callegher I think Wesley Stickler might have stole them ;)
Kay stole again I think.0:)
its being hidden by your cravate or whatever that white thing around your neck is
cravat***
The dark age of law: prequel
Four Words:
DAMN.YOU.BANSAI.ICHIYANAGI!
Literally Blaise; h-
This song;
This song has something ominous to it.
Exelcius winner hah
Protect
Innocent
Criminals
P.I.C in a nutshell
I don't understand why Bansai didn't make Mira disappear. It would have been one less person who knew his secret. I mean, he obviously doesn't care about other people, and is more of a psycho than Gant, Von Karma and Hawthorne combined. He also says that he never makes mistakes, and that people always make them for him. It would make sense if he had Mira offed.
She was his co-conspirator so there is no way for her to get at him without implicating herself and vice versa. Also we don't really know the relationship between the conspirators but they seem to have honor amongst themselves and no one else, seeing as hiding the SS-5 case was the sole motivation for each of their crimes. Including trying to kill the assassin.
Hart?
Honestly, I am way more surprised he did not make Amy and John Marsh disappear.
As for a certain other person, he tried to make him disappear but failed.
Ahh yes
My favorite villain
Huge winner
I hope Damon Gant has already teached a lesson to Blaise.
Maybe Quercus.
I’m pretty sure Blaise outranks Gant though, so he would be the one teaching him a lesson.
Quercus got jailed and revoked.
Quercus and Damon are in jail by this time, but I can kind of imagine gant being a buddy in crime for blaise
-- 'Cause I'm Gonna Bully You --
I wonder how Blaise became so evil in the first place.
He was either traumatized or outright raised as a child by the pyro from tf2.
Too many cookies from the cookie jar.
A headcanon for his past
His parents were mafia members who had an associations with law enforcement so they could do any crime and they got away with it, so he was inspired by his parents and choose to become a corrupt man in law enforcement
The same way Big Jack Horner, some people are jus rotten apples from the starting point
@Zalkova The first game does say that the Chief Prosecutor had covered for von Karma in the past, and it is also not hard to attach a mocking attitude to the conversation. The first game absolutely hinted at an evil (or at least corrupt) Chief Prosecutor but as an undeveloped background character. AAI2 expands on what is given about this background character by developing the concept into Blaise Debeste.
Here is the exact conversation between Manfred von Karma and the Chief Prosecutor in Turnabout Goodbyes:
Chief Prosecutor... I am sorry.
von Karma! It's not like you to make this kind of error... I never would have thought that Edgeworth would be the one to catch you.
Karma:
I... was careless.
I'm sorry, but you will have to be penalized. I've covered for you in the past, but not this time.
From Blaise Debeste to Fire Winner
Blaise: (to Eustace) "Stupid Boy!"
Why in the hell is this theme such a banger.
Theme of my most HATED character in all of Ace Attorney. I DESPISE Blaise Debeste, though most of that comes from Sebastian being my favorite Ace Attorney character and Blaise being extremely verbally abusive (and there are hints towards physical abuse such as Seb instinctively shielding himself when Blaise approaches him from the witness stand).
But he's also the only villain I can think of without ANY sympathetic qualities in the entire series.
Also participate on disappearin ss5 incident
There’s another pure evil villain- Alba. I don’t need to explain why.
I wonder what his name will be
I hope it is related to fire like blaise at least
it's like metal slug OST at some parts
Any bets on what Blaise’s official name will be?
Fiery Winner
or Fierce Winner
Bourne Winner.
Bernie Winner
Sirius Winner
Y'see...................................................
SEBASTIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!
"My silly boy has allowed his eyes to grow arrogant and rude, and for this, I will take him on a trip to punish land."
The Committee for Prosecutorial Excellence tried to bully Edgeworth so hard, he became a CPE himself just to do their job of sacking prosecutors better. Hah.
Sounds like instruments straight out of FF7
Blaise Debeste? More like... *Burne Winner*
Excelsius Winner confirmed :)
the damon gant of investigations 2
It's like I'm listening to a Tribunal and they've just passed sentence on a convict by setting him on Fire.
I'm getting SMT vibes from this.
Reminds me of Masakado's theme from IV
Why does this sound so similar to Metal Slug 3's boss theme??
*angrily flicks lighter*
Oswald Furst? Blaise Debeste? Why not call him Oswald Debeste, or Blaise Furst? Genius.
Jevin Torio Blaise Debeste seems the best option IMO. Blaise being a pun for both "blaze" and "praise", blaze for his lighter and "praise" as in "praise the best". The fan translation team did a very good job, don't you think?
Honestly, Blaise Debeste is a mixed bag for me. He is so comically, inhumanly evil that he is almost a cartoon villain. Yet, he is the spur for two of the best character arcs in the franchise.
Plus... In terms of the reoccurring theme in ace attorney about how the law can be used to disenfranchise the powerless, this game shows so much more than it tells compared to other games in this series. It's not the most nuanced story in this regard, but it's far better than anything dual destinies did with the Dark Age Of The Law™
Blaise's actions are a part of this. Even if he bullies just to be a bully, to get cruel pleasure from stepping on the people beneath him, he's an example of how our social structures can give free reign to people who would do what Blaise did (even if in the real world, humans tend to have quite complex and contradictory reasons for doing those things).
I think if even one more character was as extreme as Blaise, this story would have lost a lot of impact.
"I think if even one more character was as extreme as Blaise, this story would have lost a lot of impact."
Ohhh... I don't want to be that guy.... But there at least 5, I mean 4 people who could rival him in terms of extremity and severity of their actions: Roger Retinz, Dahlia Hawthorne, Kristoph Gavin and Ga'ran Sigatar Khura'in.
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that’s 4 people
@@catalyst539 My bad.
@@jakubrejak1114 Kristoph Gavin is not that bad, he just let his jealous for Phoenix take over his ego. Dahlia may be evil but it was because of Morgan influence her without anyone to save her like how sister Bikini treat Iris
@@ihatemyself8957 Morgan did not influence her, nothing did. She just grew bitter because her father, Mr. Hawthorne, was more concerned about jewelery and his new family than her.
"Kristoph Gavin is not that bad". My brother in Christ, he killed two men and tried to kill a child out of paranoia.
sounds like a metal slug song
Fire and water
i didn't know that the guy that resembled my father had his own theme
didn't watched nor played ace attorney investigations 2 at all
Nice 100k
blaise is awesome.
He’s a son of a bitch, but he’s awesome to me.
if seele had a theme
What Seele? Seele Vollerei from Honkai Impact 3rd?
SEELE from neon genesis evangelion
Spoilers: Dont read untill finished game
You know, I thought the PIC was gonna be irrelivant or retconning. I was really worried during the 3rd chapter about this.
That was untill Blaise showed up.
This man can "make any truths" as he likes.
This man could "make anyone disapear"
Everything clicked when it was revealed he was the Chairman & Sebastions dad.
While Courtney does state her intensions about wanting Blaise removed, I don't think she could ever bring him to court, let alone accuse him. It explains to me why she was insistantly accusing the wrong people (although her reasoning is sound tbh).
She probably was under blaises orders. Espesially during case 2. The mastermind (Simon keys), was someone who was a liability to Blaise.
I've noted that poeple think that the death of Gregory Edgeworth was pointless because Blaise was always going to punish von Karma at some point. However, i OBJECT.
If we look at the first ace attorney game under the eyes that blaise was talking to Von Karma, during the penality scene, It sounds like Blaise is taunting Vom Karma. Von Karma has no way to take out his anger on blaise. After all, Blaise can make "anyone disapear", so who else can he take out his anger on?
The person who he thinks caused this. Gregory, if anything, this game only makes von Karmas revenge plan go from pettyness to something grander for me.
Vom Karma killed Gregory not only out of hatred, but also as a way to make sure no one would stand in his way again, just like Blaise would kill anyone who stood in his way.
(When we first meet blaise he mentions he made a detective who he butt heads with disapear in his younger times as a procecutor)
This game gives Von Karma a motive without Retconning anything the original game did. Instead this game amplifies the motive of the killing.
Really impressive writting tbh.
I've come to really really hate this song
but at the same time it's so badass
this song makes me remember metal slug
iiiigiiiiaaariiii
Oooh my god i need AA7 NOWWWWW
0:00 “I call this meeting of the Prosecutorial Investigation Committee to order! If you are present please state so now!”
this sounds like a megaman zero stage theme
This sounds like the Mario airship theme
Worst character in the series hands-down.