Manfred Von Karma

* Visual Novel
* Movie

Have Yanni Yogi kill Robert Hammond to incriminate Miles Edgeworth (both succeeded).
Hide crucial evidence to prevent suspicion and capture for Gregory Edgeworth's murder (succeeded).
Get his revenge on Gregory Edgeworth by framing his son for murder (failed).

### Moral Event Horizon

Killing Gregory Edgeworth.
Blaming Miles Edgeworth for the death of Gregory, causing Miles to become an arrogant and condescending jerk and have nightmares for 15 years.

### Kill Count

2 (1 directly and the other one indirectly)
Dozens (by proxy; implied)

### Crimes

Murder
Conspiracy
Forgery
Theft
Incrimination
Abuse of subordinates
Domestic abuse
Terrorism
Tampering with evidence
Assault
Obstruction of justice
Child endangerment
Abuse of power
Torture
Mass murder by proxy (heavily implied)
Treason
Libel
Fearmongering
Defamation
Death threats
Attempted usurpation
Perjury
Corruption

### Type of Villain

Egotistical Official

**Manfred Von Karma** (in Japanese: 狩魔豪, **Gou Karuma**) is the main antagonist of the *Ace Attorney* franchise. He serves as the main antagonist of *Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney* and the first season of the anime series, the posthumous overarching antagonist of *Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice for All* and *Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials & Tribulations*, a minor flashback antagonist in *Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth*, and a supporting flashback antagonist in Gyakuten Kenji 2/*Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth - Prosecutor's Path.*

He is the "God of Prosecution" who is obsessed with protecting his perfect record of winning cases, forging evidence, and killing anyone who stands in his way to do so. He is also the biological father of Franziska Von Karma and the adoptive father of Miles Edgeworth.

Manfred Von Karma was originally voiced by Masakazu Sugimori in Japanese, who also composed the soundtrack for the first game. In the movie, he was played by Ryo Ishibashi. In the anime, he is voiced by Akio Ōtsuka in Japanese and Bill Jenkins in English.

## What Makes Him Pure Evil?

* He forged evidence and likely convicted countless innocent people as "guilty" in order to leave his perfect record of winning cases intact.
	+ What makes this even worse is that he may even had wrongfully sentenced innocents to death for crimes they didn't commit, and he surely was okay with that, as long as his perfect record stayed intact.
* He abused his subordinates and intimidated investigators to obstruct investigations.
* He tortured Jeffrey Master for a year to extract a false confession from him to the point where Masters hair turned white, finally coercing him after threatening to incriminate his daughter Katherine Hall for the murder instead.
* He murdered Gregory Edgeworth just because he ruined his perfect record, making him responsible for DL-6 which affected many people in a negative way such as giving Miles nightmares about potentially killing his father for 15 years, and ruining Yanni Yogi's life due to his wife committing suicide and Yogi still being seen as the culprit despite his innocence being proven.
	+ An additional fallout of DL-6 included the Fey clan becoming pariahs due to Redd White finding out about Misty Fey's secret summoning of Gregory Edgeworth and leaking it to the press. This would cascade into the corruption of Morgan Fey and Dahlia Hawthorne, who would play significant roles in the second and third games respectively.
* He adopted Miles Edgeworth solely for the purpose of turning him into the antithesis of his father just to spite the two of them.
* He abused his two children (Miles Edgeworth, his adopted son, and Franziska Von Karma, his biological daughter) by forcing them to constantly compete against each other to gain his approval. In his best moments, he was cold and neglectful towards them.
* He manipulated Yanni Yogi into murdering Robert Hammond and framing Miles for Robert's murder, all so he could spite Gregory for something that happened 15 years ago.
* He tased Phoenix Wright and Maya Fey with a stun gun to steal the evidence despite knowing the stun gun could potentially kill them, with him then seemingly destroying all of the DL-6 evidence that could incriminate him (unknowingly leaving the DL-6 bullet behind, which was the decisive proof that got him convicted)
* As Miles was testifying about DL-6 in court, he momentarily manipulated him into fully believing he killed his father, despite knowing about the nightmare he had been having about it.
* He shows no remorse after being convicted, only blaming Gregory for giving him a penalty and Miles for giving him a scar on his shoulder, fully believing they were at fault instead of himself.
* While it seems like he cares about his wife as he considers her cooking first class, he never says anything good about her aside from that, meaning he only likes her cooking skills rather then liking her as a person.
* While he may have funny moments such as blurting out his ATM card's number in the middle of court, he is still taken very seriously by *Ace Attorney'*s narrative.
* Despite having fewer resources than some other villains in the series, his actions impacted nearly the entire series due to him being the culprit of DL-6 and mentoring Edgeworth into a corrupt prosecutor.