Okay do we actually know anything about how the Von karma living situation works?
Like… house in Germany, house in us? Half the year in each place? Did miles move back permanently to go to university or was he educated in Germany & then cross trained to practice in the us?
This is the question for real I’ve been trying to figure that out, myself. Cause MvK works in the US/Japanifornia (I really like the compromise of Japanifornia for the location of the games, even though it’s officially the US) for sure right? Otherwise he wouldn’t have come across Gregory.
All we know tying the von Karma family to Germany, as far as I recall, is that Franziska “gave up a promising career” there. The anime, I believe, shows them living in a luxurious mansion in the same city as Phoenix and Larry, although in a completely different neighbourhood. (Close enough to get to Miles’s old house by foot, though, although that took him a while.)
So I have no idea whatever the fuck is going on. I think it’s very Romantic to have Miles and Franziska grow up in a big German manor but it doesn't necessarily make a huge ton of sense. Considering the choice the localisation team made for the names though, I think it makes sense for the von Karmas to have German origins but that's about it.
At the end of the day I think it makes the most sense if they grow up in the US/Japanifornia, and Franziska goes study in Germany at some point (before turning 10, most probably) to become a prosecutor there. Another option is the both of them growing up in Germany while Manfred works in the US, with him only visiting from time to time (listen I would never make transatlantic weekends trips myself but 1. you know this guy has a private jet. Miles can charter a private jet with ease he probably can too 2. he’s just crazy enough to do that. It’s on-par with the Ace Attorney brand of practicality). Miles joined him there when he was about to start his own prosecuting career. This scenario makes Franziska’s comments about Miles “leaving her behind” more literal and making more sense, imo, although it’s less practical. It also gives Miles a tie to Europe that would certainly make his little gap year there make more sense too imo.
Idk honestly I’m still thinking it over too but those are my thoughts ^^
Ok I like that. I like the idea of Manfred being like, children should grow and be educated in Germany, as I was. They will have a perfect childhood. Having a parent there is not required.
Franziska being left physically is non-negotiable.
Now I want to dig into how he chose who he would mentor. They both launched at the same time, after all: Miles and Fran have a 7 year age difference, so when he was 20 and she was 13 they both started practicing. How was she educated? Not in the US. Why separate them? Because Manfred is a bastard? We know that. Does he support something more traditional for his biological child and something more experimental for his adopted pet project? When exactly did he decide Miles was going to flame out publicly?
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
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