Franziska von Karma (Omorashi)

In short: In court, she comes across as impeccable, stubborn, and cold, viewing them as competitions where she tries to crush and humiliate the defense attorney she faces. Outside of court, she is determined and persevering, always trying to keep a case or investigation on track, and can be relatively friendly. She likes to display dominance by using her whip with impeccable aim (although with her bladder about to burst, this aim may not be so impeccable).

Complete: Franziska generally comes off as very unrelenting, cold, and headstrong, and tends to view trials and investigations as competitions. This has garnered her a certain reputation as a "megalomaniac" and a "wild mare". When she was younger, her short height was a real sore point for her, and she would react negatively even to a mere allusion or implication to it. Perhaps not coincidentally, as an adult, she is always seen wearing shoes with fairly high heels.

All this largely stems from being constantly compared to her father, not helped by her often using dubious methods in court herself. However, her conception of perfection is markedly different from her father's. Manfred viewed victory as his singular goal, eschewing anything else that would get in the way of finishing his trials as quickly and efficiently as possible. In contrast, Franziska aims for a "perfect" victory, allowing the pursuit of every line of reasoning that the defense could possibly come up with, the end goal being to crush every possibility. As long as she never lost, this would made no difference to her, as she would be able to conflate the two approaches in her mind.

All this changed with Franziska's losses to Phoenix Wright, culminating in Edgeworth's return and her shooting. Immediately after being shot by de Killer, she was described as being in a pitiful state of panic and terror, which lingered for a time even after her surgery. Even after a year, Franziska has been shown to recoil a bit at the mere mention of her assailant. Furthermore, due to having idolized her father for much of her life, it seemingly took Franziska a considerable amount of time to fully acknowledge the reality of his guilt, and even when it sank in, it left some mixed feelings behind.

Outside of the "competition" of a trial, Franziska is, at her core, fiercely determined. Even when she is forcibly taken off a case, her willingness to go to great lengths to see it through remains. Through her ordeals in America, she has been able to develop somewhat friendly relationships with those whom she had considered her enemies and incompetent obstacles. She has even been able to investigate alongside Wright himself, perhaps relating to him through their near-perfect win records and their shared connection to Edgeworth. Franziska has also begun to show a caring side more often, though still not in a very outwardly visible way, with a particular leaning towards children and people in delicate situations.

Franziska likes to use her whip to assert dominance, easily compensating for her smaller stature and age. She once commented that it seems to have a mind of its own after suddenly whipping Gumshoe. She later whipped him again, claiming that it was her "reward" to him. The whip is notable for revealing much of her attitudes toward others and herself, as well as being a metaphor for Franziska herself. She abandoned it while trying to run away from her life, and her one public emotional breakdown occurred as Edgeworth was giving it back to her. Pearl Fey also told Franziska that she was simply a little girl without it. She has also befriended Adrian Andrews and taught her how to use the whip.

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