YMMV / Operation: Turnabout

• Captain Obvious Reveal: It can be pretty easy to guess that Captain Renard is the culprit simply due to the Law of Conservation of Detail, as he's by far the least important character in the story up until that point. More than a few Youtube comments express how they saw it coming. What may come as a surprise to most is just how heinous the culprit turns out to be.
• Complete Monster:
  • Captain Adel Renard is the true mastermind behind the events of the Helios-6 Incident. Taking on a mission to deliver some explosives to a group of insurgents for the thrill of it, Renard convinced Captain Harvey to supply him with the dangerous Helios-6 to give to them under the pretense they would be given to the army. After betraying the insurgents, Renard tells Harvey just who he actually supplied with Helios-6 and convinces him to kill his entire company in an explosion to silence them. Renard later blackmails Harvey as part of his "game" to see how far he can push his paranoia, murdering him once he was about to get a promotion that would free him from his grasp.
  • Captain Janus Harvey is a corrupt member of the Allied Nations, despised by everyone around him. While in a peacekeeping mission in the country of Aresia, Harvey was convinced by Adel Renard to supply him with some Helios-6 in exchange for money. Upon finding out about where the explosives went, Harvey proceeded to kill his entire platoon at Renard's suggestion in an attempt to silence them. Harvey spent the next few years blaming everyone he could for the incident, including gaslighting fellow survivor Lieutenant Victoria into believing she was responsible for it.
• Harsher in Hindsight: Phoenix's last line: "Truly, this is the season of new beginnings" becomes this when you consider this story takes place prior to his disbarment in Apollo Justice
• Heartwarming Moments: Franziska's letter to Phoenix in the epilogue, which also contains the card she kept at the end of Farewell, My Turnabout
  Franziska: "Phoenix Wright. There is something that has been on my mind for a long time now. It's high time you get to hear what I've been meaning to tell you. I would have told you this in person, but I don't want you to forget these words, ever: Thank you for everything you have done for me. When we last met, I felt I had failed to live up to what was expected of me as a prosecutor. Broken and with nothing to fight for, I was ready to abandon my walk down the prosecutor's path. But you and Miles Edgeworth had faith in me. You returned both my whip and my faith in myself.

  All I had ever wanted was my revenge, to make you both suffer. Yet, you came to my aid in my darkest moment. And I wanted to hate you both for it...But I just couldn't. Because in my heart, I knew that you were not some obstacle to defeat.

  During Mike November's trial, even when I was winning, I felt I was losing something infinitely important. And now I know what it was. It was the realization that we are not enemies, no matter what my father may have thought. Whatever happens, I will always be a prosecutor, and you will always be a defense attorney. Even if we stand on the different sides of the courtroom, we work towards a common goal -- truth and justice for all. And to do that, we must have faith in each other. When I disarmed Renard, I trusted you with my life. Just as those on trial trust us with theirs. We must be worthy of that trust. In light of this, I am grateful to have you as my opponent.

  When I last departed, I vowed that when we would meet again, I would return this missing piece of evidence to you. I've kept it safe all this time, now it's your turn to do the same. Never forget who you and what are you fighting for, Phoenix Wright. I trust we will meet again some day. Until then, farewell.

  Signed: Franziska von Karma
• Narm: Cpt. Adel Renald's Big "NO!" is incredibly underwhelming.
• Spoiled by the Format: Dr. Siegfried and Lt. Victoria have confessed to the murder of Captain Harvey, and their motive has been established. Mike November is about to be free, and the trial is coming to a close... except there is still about an hour's worth of the last episode left. Phoenix Wright himself does not believe that everything has been solved, and Mia Fey herself arrives to tell him not to let the trial end. Sure enough, he uncovers more about the case, including the true murderer.

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