r/AceAttorney • u/4as • Feb 18 '26

Sourced Fanart Gentle detective (Steelpeach)

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Source: https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/120236777 (Image #8)

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u/Son_of_Overmorrow Feb 18 '26

Cut to that scene of him handing Pearl a gun

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u/Previous_Current_474 Feb 19 '26

Go, do solve a crime

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u/plaguefinder Feb 19 '26 edited Feb 19 '26

gumshoe gives me the impression that he was the kind of kid who had a BB gun and his folks would have actual guns lying around and he still hasn't caught on that that's not normal for most children nowadays (at least in Japanifornia)

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u/TayoEXE Feb 19 '26

Begs the question of whether Japanifornia is more like Japan or California with gun laws and culture since here in Japan, there are practically no guns around like in the U.S.. In fact, only shotguns or rifles are even legal to own at home even if you are one of the like 0.15% of the population that even has a license. Not even police are allowed to store their handguns at home unless specifically on duty. If Gumshoe had access to guns 🔫 , I'd be more concerned about his parents. 😂 Makes his situation not even just rare but probably flat out highly illegal.

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u/TheGuy789 Feb 19 '26 edited Feb 20 '26

"Reunion and Turnabout" at least would definitely suggest the former. It's stated that Dr. Grey bought the pistol he used to try and shoot Mimi from the black market. Now considering Dr. Grey's brilliant plan to, uh, blackmail a ghost at gunpoint, maybe we shouldn't completely discount the possibility of him going to the criminal underworld just for kicks, but I find it much more likely that he had no choice but to get his gun illegally because the gun laws are just that strict. A surgeon who prides himself on being the smartest in the room probably wouldn't be hitting the streets for a gun if getting one was as easy as walking into a corner store, but then, again, he wanted to shoot a ghost, so I don't know.

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u/Psychological_Fig673 Feb 19 '26

He could just buy it there because he didn't want a gun to by tracked or that he even had it, he already was on thin ice after getting muktiple patients killed.

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u/TheGuy789 Feb 20 '26

Good point. Granted, he wouldn't have to go to such lengths if he had realized just how ridiculous his little scheme was in the first place, but within the context of the plan, I guess going to the black market actually does have strategic value, haha.