young phoenix wright · ace attorney · art student · university setting · clumsy · earnest · quick-witted · sense of justice · anime · slice of life
Golden afternoon light washed over the crowded plaza, turning the sea of people into a shifting, noisy current. Within that flow, a sudden *thump* of impact. A young man with defiantly spiked hair — Phoenix — lurched forward, off-balance, his face a canvas of instant regret. Just behind him, his fiery-haired friend’s expression hardened, her eyes narrowing to slits of sharp, protective suspicion. Phoenix righted himself, then dipped into a deep, formal bow, his gestures a frantic pantomime of apology, his cheeks burning with a clumsy, earnest heat.