This was one of the first Ace-Attorney-fics I've ever read and it's still as strong as it was back then. During the whole read you're hoping for a different ending while your hope slowly becomes more and more desperate as the story goes on, until you know you're whishing for a miracle. And the last chapter is so bloody sad because Pheonix is so ecstatic and you know exactly how badly he will be crushed. And while I can understand Miles' decision in theory, he went about it in the worst possible way. I also like the ending because the reader can at least hope that the two of them are going to manage to set that episode aside and are going to become happy together at some point in the future.

Hey, I don't know if you still get emails about this, but oh my LORD I loved this (one full decade after you posted it! wild!) and if you're still writing I would love to know where so I can eat it up. Thanks for this whirlwind ride of emotional devastation!

Nooooo I’m literally crying after this, I need cure. NEED HAPPY ENDING

I found this story purely by chance today, nearly 10 years after it was finished, and I'm so happy I did. I haven't left a review on a ffnet story in years, but it wouldn't feel right if I didn't try to tell you how wonderful I found your fic, from beginning to end! I practically breezed through it in the span of a few hours, eager to find out what happened next, going from giddy and hopeful to slowly increasing dread as the last chapter drew near & I suspected what was going to happen. I loved the portrayal of little everyday moments, the flirting, the realization of feelings. I was completely hooked!

In other words, thank you for writing this all those years ago & posting it here, so even people who are ages late to the fandom (like me) can enjoy it! I can't really explain why this story hit me THIS hard, but it did, and it'll probably become one of those fics I remember fondly for years to come.

well thanks for making me happy and then breaking my heart
this is the most tense thing I've ever read

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA NOT OK NOT OK NOT OK NOT OK NOT OK NOT OK NOT OK. WERE IS THE EPIGLOGE WERE THEY MEET BACK UP AND FALL IN LOVE AND GET MARRIED. MY HEART IS FREAKING BREAKING YOU MONSTER. I LOVED EVER SECOND OF THIS FIC AND HOW DARE YOU BETRAY ME LIKE THIS. I'M GOING TO READ IT AGAIN FROM THE BEGINNING YOU MONSTER. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. ASDOIAENROIG HASDLVDZLK

Well frick

Oh my, Poor darling. I've a panic attack before, frick man, your writing is really great. i don't think I can stress that enough. 3

Your writing is amazing! 3

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo i neeed a happy ending!

Oh my god. I cried tears at that ending. It was so sad! Really loved the fic and how it was so realistically placed but all the while they were on their last two dates I was hoping Edgeworth would just teLL HIM FOR HEAVEN'S SAKES that he was leaving and I think it wouldve been better way to leave than a fake death note ;-; This makes JFA all the more sad with Phoenix being just like "don't say his name" and I ashdjxjauxxhs but a seriously well done fic. Kudos.

Wow
I am not an alive human being after reading this.

This story is really brilliant and serves as a nice interlude between rise of the ashes and jfa. You have Edgeworth's conflict more detailed and it hurts in a good way, and just the way you describe them both realizing they are in love, and how Edgeworth just needs someone, and that someone is Phoenix... that was very nice.

I also like that you used actual german sentences in this fic.

I think also that this fic is one of the importantest fics in this fandom, so thank you for writing it and not deleting it after all these years.

Sorry for leaving a comment on old fics but I just wanted to let you know that this story is really awesome.

I know it's almost 7 years later but... I need to write it.
Thank you for your story. It was the greatest adventure and I'm glad I read this piece. Although I'm sad and a little hollow inside. I'm sucker for happy endings but I can't say that this one was bad one. Know that - it's heart wrenching and I need to move with my life, and I'm not happy with it.
Thank you and to hell with you :)

woW WHAT KIND OF ENDING YOU MONSTE R-
jk this was an amazing read from the beginning to the end. It's probably one of my favorite AA fics right now, to be honest.
but still whY WOULD YOU DO THIS. MY POOR HEART ;-;

As a Canadian I must cry OBJECTION! (sorry couldn't resist :)) to Phoenix's hockey comment. I mean, we're not that bad...