The Reason You Suck Speech / Visual Novels

Examples of "The Reason You Suck" Speech in visual novels.

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• Ace Attorney:
  • In "Rise From The Ashes," the fifth case added in the DS release of the first game, the Judge delivers such a speech to Damon Gant, an old friend and the person responsible for murdering Neil Marshall and Bruce Goodman, among many other crimes.
    I knew you as you used to be, long ago. You were once a fine investigator, and an example to others on the force. I'm sorry to learn that you are no longer that person.
  • In the last case of Justice For All, "Farewell My Turnabout," Phoenix gives one to Edgeworth, letting out all his anger over Edgeworth's sudden disappearance, as well as being blackmailed into defending Engarde despite having realized that he is the killer. On the other hand, it eventually turns out that Phoenix is mistaken about Edgeworth's real reasons for his departure.
    Phoenix: People like you and Franziska von Karma are always using all you have to pin me down. You fight to the very end, even when you know the truth is not with you. But I'm not like you. I can't fight for a false verdict — for a man I clearly know to be guilty!
    Edgeworth: ... Franziska... She fights for herself. The only thing she fights for is her perfect win record. That's all.
    Phoenix: And!? Isn't that the same as you!? Isn't that why you ran away a year ago? Because your precious win record was destroyed!? You are so petty!
    Edgeworth: ... I see... Now I understand why you despise me so. However, you are mistaken.
  • Toward the end of "Farewell My Turnabout," the Judge gives one to Matt Engarde; at that point, it appears that Engarde will get off, but in the process, his past wrongdoing has been exposed.
    Judge: To be honest, I can't think of you as a truly innocent and good person. You have done enough evil to drive a woman to suicide. But... At least on the charge of murder, it would appear you are innocent.
  • In the second case of Trials and Tribulations, "The Stolen Turnabout," Phoenix gives one to Luke Atmey upon accusing him of the murder of Kane Bullard. It's a bit over-the-top, and ignores some of that person's actual brilliance...but that was sort of the point.
    Phoenix: I'm afraid you are neither a proud thief, nor an Ace Detective. You're a blackmailer and a murderer. That is your true identity!
  • In the last case of Trials and Tribulations, "Bridge to the Turnabout," Mia Fey in Pearl's body delivers one of these to Dahlia Hawthorne in Maya's body. The speech is so awesome that not only does the witness break down, she is exorcised from Maya's body and forced to wander the afterlife forever with the knowledge of her failure. The Judge is very impressed. Also, Phoenix joins in on the speech as well. In fact, he's the one who painstakingly outlines exactly why the witness is such a failure.
  • In the second investigation phase of "Bridge to the Turnabout," Godot gives Phoenix a lengthy speech to this effect, blaming him for failing to protect Mia and saying that if the worst-case scenario happens, he'll be responsible for Maya's death. In reality, Godot's engaging in Psychological Projection since he blames himself for Mia's death and knows that he's responsible for the current situation.
  • Pearl gives one to Franziska in "Bridge to the Turnabout," still bitter about Franziska prosecuting Maya in "Reunion, and Turnabout." It actually seems to affect Franziska.
    Pearl: You're the prosecutor who was so mean to Mystic Maya last year.
    von Karma: Well...
    Pearl: I... I don't like you. You're nothing but a little girl without your whip!
    von Karma: ...!
    Pearl: Mystic Maya didn't do anything wrong, but you were so mean! I'll never forgive you!
    von Karma: I... I...!
  • In Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney, late in the second case, as Alita Tiala is getting close to being outed as the real killer, Wocky, the defendant, tries to defend her, only for her to tell him that he's a fool for not figuring her out when the evidence was "so obvious. Even for a brainless, spoiled brat such as (Wocky)."
  • At the end of the last case in Apollo Justice, Klavier and the Judge deliver one to Kristoph, as he rants about how the law is absolute and the new Jurist System cannot be allowed.
    Klavier: The law is "absolute"...? You can't be serious.
    Kristoph: Wh-What...?
    Klavier: Odd. I thought you spent your life looking for loopholes? The law isn't absolute. It's filled with contradictions.
    Judge: The law is the end product of many years of history... the fruit of human knowledge! Like a gem, polished to a gleam through trials... and errors. It is this fruit we receive, and pass on, and face in our time. And it is always changing, growing. Nurturing it is our task as human beings.
    Klavier: Except for you, Kristoph. You aren't changing. You've stopped. You're not needed anymore.
  • In Dual Destinies, Athena gives one to Aristotle Means, saying that for all his claims of having good intentions, (namely, teaching students how to effectively defend their clients in the dark age of the law), he's nothing more than a hypocrite, given his trying to ensure that Juniper gets convicted for murder. The point is driven home even further when it later turns out that Means killed Constance Courte when she found out he was taking bribes.
    Athena: They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions, but not yours! You never had good intentions, only lies to protect yourself with while blaming another. You, professor, are the embodiment of the dark age of the law!
  • You are given this as a choice during the Logic Chess segment against Sebastian Debeste in the final case of Gyakuten Kenji 2 (Ace Attorney Investigations 2/"Prosecutor's Path"). It can be tempting, considering how much of a know-it-all know-nothing he's been through the whole game. However, since Sebastian is an emotional wreck at that time, using it will shut him off from answering anything else entirely and blow your entire timer gauge, which shaves off a part of the Truth meter.
  • Edgeworth gives Sebastian a short one in Case 3 after Sebastian complains about Edgeworth one-upping him.
    Edgeworth: Mr. Debeste. It seems like you have an obsession about being the best. But when you're on a case, winning and losing is of no importance.
    Sebastian: What are you saying...? Obviously, it's best to be the best at everything!
    Edgeworth: ...If you can't understand that, then you have no business being a prosecutor.
  • In Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Spirit of Justice, Trucy and the culprit of the second case exchange these after Trucy learns about the culprit's grudge against her.
    Trucy: Does your hatred run that deep? Deep enough to kill an innocent man?
    Retinz: You're damn right! You have no idea what humiliations I had to suffer! Your grandfather, Magnifi Gramarye, kicked me out after I got hurt practicing my magic! He said I was too unskilled— that I would mess up on stage! He threw me out of the troupe just because he was worried about his own reputation! Since I was but a child, it was always my dream to become a great magician! But that Magnifi...! He took it all from me!
    Trucy: But... that's no excuse...! That's no reason to do something so evil...! Magic is supposed to make people happy! Not used as a means for murder!
    Retinz: What's the big deal? I just used what I had available to me, that's all.
    Trucy: ...I get it now. That attitude toward magic... is why my grandfather kicked you out. You... you don't deserve to call yourself a magician!
    Retinz: (Beat) ..."Don't deserve"...? I don't know about that... After all, you were completely taken in by my magic, were you not? If not for that lawyer over there^note Who actually is a Gramarye, unbeknownst to Retinz, you would be on your way to prison as we speak!
    Trucy: ...You're right. I didn't see through your tricks...
    Retinz: You see? So in the end, Troupe Gramarye was defeated by the Great Mr. Reus! ...... Ho ho ho. You're not fit to lecture me from on high, Trucy Wright. You don't even deserve to call yourself a magician, you naive greenhorn!
  • Near the end of the second The Great Ace Attorney, Barok van Zieks gives one such speech to Kazuma Asogi, his former apprentice. The person in question hates van Zieks for having his father, Genshin Asogi, executed as "The Professor," and so is determined to see van Zieks convicted of Inspector Gregson's murder.
    van Zieks: Repeating rumors heard around the Yard.. Reading entries from a notebook of unconfirmed origin.. That's not testimony. That's practically a script. Your hatred of me is understandable. In your mind, I'm sure I'm the Reaper who sent your father to the gallows all those years ago - but you're in danger of becoming a far more sinister Reaper yourself by attempting to have me condemned with this feeble excuse for testimony.
• Jared in Asagao Academy: Normal Boots Club gives extremely satisfying one to his mother who bashed and manipulated both him and Hana for a good portion of the last chapter.
  Jared: I. Am. Sick. Of. This. I have put up with you for seventeen straight horribly awful, painful, joyless years of my life. I begged and begged for you to grant me an ounce of happiness or sunshine every day, and you rejected me in favor of your own selfish greed and pointless ambition, all intended to hide your pathetic sense of loneliness and abandonment. I have finally, finally found something— someone— who makes me happy, someone who showed me that I was still worth a damn even if I wasn't perfect, someone who showed me that everything you taught me throughout my life was wrong. And I will be damned straight to hell if you think I am going to let you take her away from me.
• Danganronpa:
  • Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc:
    • In the second chapter, Kiyotaka "Taka" Ishimaru gives one to Mondo Owada, claiming that Mondo's boisterous and violent personality is merely a façade. It becomes Harsher in Hindsight when Mondo's insecurity and personal issues lead to him killing Chihiro in a fit of rage.
      Kiyotaka: You are a coward! That's why you turn to violence to solve your problems! That's why you can't do what society asks of you, why you walk around dressed like that!
      Mondo: ...the fuck you say? You dunno shit.
      Kiyotaka: You already lost to yourself, but you're such a coward, you don't even realize it!
    • During the second trial, it's revealed that Toko is Genocide Jack, a secret that Toko had confided in Byakuya. Toko is quite upset over Byakuya breaking his promise, but Byakuya replies with the following speech.
      Byakuya: You have only yourself to blame- you came to me with your tragic little story. I didn't ask you to. This is the real world, not some romantic fantasy fairytale. (Toko wails) Besides, you broke your promise first. You said that as long as you were here, no matter what, you wouldn't let Genocide Jack kill anyone. But in spite of that promise... (flashback to Toko apologizing for failing to keep it)
      Toko: You said if I k-kept my promise, you would g-go out with me! Th-That's the only r-reason I promised...!
      Byakuya: How many times do I have to tell you? I never said that. But you weren't able to do it- you just couldn't resist that rush you got from killing, could you?
      Toko: I-I tried... I swear I t-tried to control it! B-but...
      Byakuya: But your efforts were useless. What a disappointment.
    • Near the start of the fourth chapter, Kyoko warns Byakuya that he will eventually regret mocking others for having feelings. During the fourth trial, Byakuya, while otherwise one of the more competent students when it comes to class trials, gets so hung up on the seemingly obvious conclusion that Aoi betrayed and murdered her best friend, Sakura (helped by Aoi making a False Confession) that he fails to grasp what really happened- that Sakura actually committed suicide in an attempt to unite the surviving students. Byakuya is completely flabbergasted that Makoto and Kyoko found out the truth when he failed, and Kyoko spells out why.
      Kyoko: You still haven't realized? We don't all act according to calculations and cost-benefit diagrams. That's what makes us so complicated. That's what you don't understand, and that's why you couldn't solve this case. (Byakuya is left speechless) See? Didn't I tell you? When you dismiss other people's feelings, it'll always come back to bite you in the end.
  • Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony:
    • Kokichi Oma gives his classmates some pretty brutal ones that manage to deconstruct the usual Danganronpa rhetoric of using hope, trust, and The Power of Friendship to find the murderer among them. He's not the first to try, but he's the first to do it in a way that the other characters can't counter his argument.
      Kokichi: (to everyone) You guys talk about cooperation and teamwork, but you're all afraid. You're too scared to point your fingers at others, so you hide behind the word, "trust". How do you expect to find the culprit when you're worried about each other's feelings? If you're planning to expose a liar, you have to corner them psychologically... Only then will they reveal their true self as a liar— hiding behind a layer of deceit!
    • Kokichi gives one to the first killer, who, faced with the prospect of everyone dying if the time limit passed without a murder happening, tried to kill the mastermind in order to enable everyone to escape. While a few characters take umbrage, the killer, overcome with remorse, doesn't argue with Kokichi.
      Kokichi: As soon as that thought entered your head, Monokuma had you right where he wanted. Because what mattered most to Monokuma is that the killing game started. Regardless of your reasons, the moment you felt the urge to kill, you had already lost. You agreed to be part of this killing game when you allowed murder to fill your heart.
    • In Chapter 3's Class Trial, Kokichi gives one to Himiko, calling her grief over the recently murdered Tenko's death "BS," and claiming that the former never cared for the latter before the murder. It's implied that he did it to force Himiko to be honest with herself about her feelings, enabling the person in question to mourn the dead after the trial.
    • Kaito, a firm believer in The Power of Trust, gives Kokichi one in return in Chapter 4, comparing him to Monokuma.
      Gonta: Hey... Kokichi sorta sound like Monokuma.
      Kokichi: Hm, really? I don't sound anything like him.
      Kaito: No, you're just like Monokuma. Both of you are cowards. You never speak the truth or show your true face.
      Kokichi: Wait, coward? You say some interesting things sometimes, Kaito.
      Kaito: Smiling, putting on a mask, never saying what you really think... That kind of cowardice is just like Monokuma!
    • Shuichi gives one to Kokichi in Chapter 4.
      Kokichi: Hey... why are you all so worried about this pathetic guy-
      Shuichi: Pathetic? Look at yourself, Kokichi.
      Kokichi: What?
      Shuichi: Kaito always has us by his side, see? But no one wants to be around you. You're alone, Kokichi. And you always will be.
    • Shuichi gives one to the mastermind at the end of the killing game, after convincing the entire audience of the Danganronpa show to give up and stop watching.
      Shuichi: You never appreciated us... And it looks like you didn't appreciate the power of fiction! No one wants you anymore! No one wants to hear your sick, twisted stories anymore!
• ClockUp's Euphoria: In the True Ending route, Kanae gives a lengthy one to Keisuke. In multiple parts.
  Kanae: ...Continually choosing love with that broken-down, reformatted brain of yours. Clinging to her! Even though all you want to do is break her! All you want to do is violate her! And you're not even picking the right person to love! Forget it. I've had enough. ...Shut up. You don't know me. ...I absolutely despise you. From the very beginning to the very end. I hate you so much I could vomit.
• Archer of Fate/stay night is pretty good at these. He even got Saber to give up on her wish to appoint a new king in the good end of UBW and stay with Shirou/Tohsaka with two lines plus lots more for Shirou.
  • Zouken Matou gives one to his grandson Shinji after the latter's Servant got curb stomped by Saber.
    Zouken: Fool. I did not expect victory from a failure like you. What I expected was enough pride to challenge others in spite of your powerlessness. But you failed miserably. You disgraced the name of Makiri. Hmph, you and your father are both disgraces to our family.
  • Tohsaka Rin drops a pretty good one on Shinji during the Heaven's Feel route, mainly made awesome by how bad Shinji is.
    Rin: Then I'll say it for you. You just wanted to act like a magus. You're a failure and can't be a magus, so you wanted the Holy Grail to make you one. You have no other goal. You're a coward that wanted proof to hide your powerlessness.
    Shinji: Tohsaka, you...!
    Rin: Am I wrong? You didn't have a Magic Circuit even though you were born to the Matou family. But that's not your fault. The Matou blood was fading away anyway. The duty of the Matou family as the seeker was fading away from the time you people came here. But you persisted. You thought it was special to be special, and you demanded something you didn't need. You can't be a magus even if you obtained a Magic Circuit like that, but you clung to the special right that should've been given to you.
• Highway Blossoms
  • Amber gives one to Marina after the RV breaks down, and Marina's suggestions prove unhelpful.
    Marina: I just thought...
    Amber: You thought? The last time you thought, you ended up broken down on the side of the road. So maybe it would be better for both of us if you continued not to think.
    Marina: I just wanted to help.
    Amber: Unless you can magically pull a phone out of your ass and call a tow truck, then you can't. And even if you could, you would probably just let it get stolen. You wanna make yourself useful? Go back into the RV.
  • Mariah gives one to Amber after the latter tells her about her guilt over using Marina as a Replacement Goldfish for her grandfather.
    Mariah: God, you piss me off. (gives Amber a Dope Slap)
    Amber: OW! WHAT THE HELL? Why are you hitting me? I just spilled my guts to your jerka-
    Mariah: Shut up, I'm talking now. Listen to me, thief! Dead is dead is dead! Your dear old granddad ain't crying up in heaven because you decided to do some broad in the back of his RV!
    Amber: Where do you get off sayin-
    Mariah: I said shut up. Get over your snoozefest of a sob story. You got the girl and you got MY treasure! But noooooooooo. You can't be happy because of some stupid. phony sense of obligation. AND THAT'S ANOTHER THING! Who the hell do you think you are? What gives you the right to be some self-righteous guardian? You don't look after people because you have to have to prove yourself! You do it because... Because you just do! Okay? I swear, that annoying complex of yours is going to smother you and everyone else.
    Amber: But I used her...
    Mariah: You call that using? Gimme a break! I use those slackers all the time! That's using! And ya know what? Who cares? That ditz used you to find the treasure, didn't she? Hell, if anything, you probably don't use her enough! I'd feel like a real jackass if some dumbass were coddling me all the time and all I could do was just sit there. People use people all the time. That's what makes 'em family. So if you're gonna hate yourself, find a reason that doesn't suck.
  • In Next Exit, Joe gives one to Mariah that guilt-trips her into celebrating Tess's birthday.
    Joe: In case you've forgotten- and trust me, I know you have- it's your sister's birthday. And as much as I would like to gift her therapy after everything that went down in Texas, this option is cheaper. If you still don't wanna stick around by the time we're there then go wander off to the swap meet or something. Just make sure Tess knows why her big sister doesn't care enough to spend her special day with her.
• Jett in SC2VN gives one to Mach when the latter doesn't show up to practice.
  Jett: You have some natural talent for Starcraft, but you didn't come here to make use of it. You quit when it gets hard, and your minor accomplishments help fuel the lie that you're capable of being great without putting in the work.

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