Manfred is cold, calculating, and incredibly ruthless. His self-assured, condescending manner is incredibly aggravating, and it would appear that he has little to no respect for anyone other than himself. He is dead-set on his goals, and will not allow himself to be dissuaded in any fashion. Everything in his life is planned (OCD, maybe? It suits him), down to the amount of time a trial will run ("This trial will be over in three minutes!")...and whenever this plan is disrupted, he becomes incredibly angry and agitated. However, he will recover very quickly, and his quick-thinking will easily enable him to construe another method of attack if his previous one happens to fail.
Despite his cold exterior, it cannot be said that Manfred is entirely without compassion. His daughter's attitude towards him shows that he could not have been overly mean to her, given the vast amount of respect she shows for him, even after his is proven guilty of murder. Miles respects him greatly, as well, even though he was only used by Manfred as a pawn in his revenge against Gregory -- which may show that Manfred might have gained some soft of affection for the boy during the fifteen years they shared together. He has a wife, whom I'm sure he does truly loves, although this love might have been twisted and shattered by his evolution into the crazy sonofabitch we see today.
Manfred is also incredibly strong, and sturdy as a tank. He takes a bullet to the shoulder and never gets it removed, although he did take a vacation afterward to let himself heal. His determination is to be admired, as well, given that he retrains a parrot within a day in order to cover up something the bird had said the day before. Manfred is serious business, guys.
He does not take kindly to fools, and if you don't show due respect to him, it will be sure to some back and beat you down later. In a shocking fashion. Literally. The guy carries a tazer in his blazer pocket, and is not afraid to use it. Other: ...he's a badass. A cold, ruthless, horrible conniving badass, but a badass nonetheless. Additional Links:The Court-Records entry (”http://www.court-records.net/chara1-4.htm#karma”) on him. You can also go the the TVTropes page (”http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/AceAttorney”) on the AA characters and scroll on down to him.
Manfred von Karma: take 2 [4/5]
Personality:
Manfred is cold, calculating, and incredibly ruthless. His self-assured, condescending manner is incredibly aggravating, and it would appear that he has little to no respect for anyone other than himself. He is dead-set on his goals, and will not allow himself to be dissuaded in any fashion. Everything in his life is planned (OCD, maybe? It suits him), down to the amount of time a trial will run ("This trial will be over in three minutes!")...and whenever this plan is disrupted, he becomes incredibly angry and agitated. However, he will recover very quickly, and his quick-thinking will easily enable him to construe another method of attack if his previous one happens to fail.
Despite his cold exterior, it cannot be said that Manfred is entirely without compassion. His daughter's attitude towards him shows that he could not have been overly mean to her, given the vast amount of respect she shows for him, even after his is proven guilty of murder. Miles respects him greatly, as well, even though he was only used by Manfred as a pawn in his revenge against Gregory -- which may show that Manfred might have gained some soft of affection for the boy during the fifteen years they shared together. He has a wife, whom I'm sure he does truly loves, although this love might have been twisted and shattered by his evolution into the crazy sonofabitch we see today.
Manfred is also incredibly strong, and sturdy as a tank. He takes a bullet to the shoulder and never gets it removed, although he did take a vacation afterward to let himself heal. His determination is to be admired, as well, given that he retrains a parrot within a day in order to cover up something the bird had said the day before. Manfred is serious business, guys.
He does not take kindly to fools, and if you don't show due respect to him, it will be sure to some back and beat you down later. In a shocking fashion. Literally. The guy carries a tazer in his blazer pocket, and is not afraid to use it.
Other: ...he's a badass. A cold, ruthless, horrible conniving badass, but a badass nonetheless.
Additional Links: The Court-Records entry (”http://www.court-records.net/chara1-4.htm#karma”) on him. You can also go the the TVTropes page (”http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/AceAttorney”) on the AA characters and scroll on down to him.