Ace Attorney!

[autumnal.]

Yes, I get behind that statement 100%

For one, Dhurke actually had a reason for dumping Apollo. It wasn't a good one, but at least he had a reason. Zak did it because....I dunno, he couldn't be bothered to work his child into his magic trick that was going to destroy someone's livelihood and/or reputation.

[NormalHero]

Yeah Zak is a weird case. There's a lot of theories floating around, but not only did he dump his child onto a stranger, he dumped that stranger, and returned years later to try to completely destroy him so he would loose the only livelihood he had left. Because you know it's not like that stranger needs what little money he can scrounge up to take care of the kid you dumped in him or anything

As for Dhurke he clearly had the best of intentions in mind. He didn't want Apollo to be caught up in the dangers of a family that wasn't his own. He wasn't born into the Khur'ain royal family so it would have been forcing him into a dangerous situation he would have ultimately gotten nothing out of. I doubt Dhurke thought that Apollo would have been away from him for so long. He geared up all those years for a revolution he still didn't have the vital pieces he needed to start. Without the factors Phoenix eventually brought in, the revolution was essentially sitting around collecting dust. Dhurke clearly cared about Apollo a lot, keeping reminders of him laying around constantly and having him be the first one he thought about when he was given the chance to be channeled. Zak didn't want to see Trucy at all when he made his return, and he seemed more than happy to take a risk that could cost Trucy any stability.

[Puzzles101]

I had to put some spoiler alerts just in case.

SPOILERS: Yeah, like in AJ, Trucy knew that Shadi Smith was Zak and that he died, but I wonder if Zak really had the best intentions. I still remember that he had an envelope securing Trucy's legacy insteading of passing it along to Valant.

MORE SPOILERS: There is also the fact that in the end of SOJ, Lamiroir finally gets to tell the both of them about her real identity thanks to Phoenix.

[holmes221B]

I agree with you 100%, @ThunderDragonDhurke

And that kids, is why Zak didn't come back after seven years.

[autumnal.]

Remember that Japan-only AA book about Apollo being arrested for murdering someone? Six of its chapters have been translated!

You can look at them here.

[holmes221B]

Woah. I never knew that existed. Though that makes sense since it is only in Japan.

[littlelove]

apollo has completed his waa initiation sequence
ALSO EVERYBODY IN THIS WORLD OWNS A RAMEN SHOP HUH

[littlelove]

tfw phoenix finds out a character in the series was orphaned

[holmes221B]

I don't know if I was supposed to laugh or not... is it okay if I did? XD

[littlelove]

I don't know if I was supposed to laugh or not... is it okay if I did? XD

that was my goal tbh