He's my second favourite AA-character. I found him funny and adorkable at first, then character developement kicked in and woh. I was incredibly touched (that logical chess-session, I just wanted to give the boy a hug), and talk about taking a lesson in badass later on, I was impressed. I adore him.

I actually really liked how your 'rival' is actually an idiot for once. It really suits a character like Edgeworth and it allowed for some interesting dynamics you don't see often.

Well, I see Courtney as the rival rather than Debeste, but still, the arrogant idiot adds a nice dynamic between both Edgeworth and Courtney.

Anyway, I first saw Debeste as an arrogant prick, but came to care for him in the final case. He's part of the fathers and sons theme that is used numerous times in the game.

I'm actually surprised this thread didn't exist yet!

I really liked Sebastian. I've always been a fan of these kind of characters.
But for some reason, I didn't completely feel for him when he got his development (or at least not as much as I would have otherwise) simply because I saw this development coming from the moment the guy was introduced. I'm not sure why or how I saw it coming, because I typically have my brain turned off when playing games and don't try to look ahead in the plot. But something just made it obvious for me right from the beginning
I just immediately could tell he was ditzy but not a bad guy at all. That someone was pulling the strings for him and that he'll break free of those strings with all his incompetence (and thus insecurity).

Sebastian is cool, I really like how he redeems himself at the end. He's also interesting because he's so inculpable and yet so sure of himself, but it's only because his father bribed the teachers.



Blaise, on the other hand, is just an asshole and I love him.

After playing AAI2 I noticed that Debeste's characterization is basically the same as Bobby Fulbright when you think about it. He has a word that he obsesses over ("best" vs "justice") that the main characters exploit to sway him, because he's also quite dumb and the writing plays on that fact. I mean, they're still completely different with different backstories, but I feel like there's a pattern there.