Paul Atishon

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It's time to reclaim the glory of Kurain together!

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Paul Atishon-Wimperson, or simply Paul Atishon, is a politician from Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Spirit of Justice. He ran for a position of assemblyman of Kurain Village, riding off the success of his grandfather, Abe Atishon, who was a prominent politician in congress.

He was the plaintiff in a civil law suit against Dhurke Sahdmadhi, over the rightful owner of the relic known as "The Founder's Orb" / "The Crystal of Ami Fey". He was also the the one who murdered Archie Buff, a fact that was exposed during the civil trial by Apollo Justice. Due to this he was arrested and stripped of his electoral win.

Personality

“	How can anyone be this self-centered--Oh right, politician.	„
	~ Apollo

Paul embodies all of the characteristics of a "model politician", with a self-assured ego. He avoids answering questions, instead side-stepping them to push his political agendas or answering with a one word "no" or "yes", before walking away He is incredibly self-centered, and looks down upon others, even referring to them as "peasants". He only heard what he wanted to hear - His campaigning often results in the upset of the locals, however when they shout complaints and anger his way he simply warps it into something complimentary. In order to make sure his election goes his way he was willing to resort to buying votes, as well as blackmail, coercion, and murder.

Trivia

• "Paul Atishon" is a play on "politician".
• When he has been proven as Archie Buff's murderer, one of the things Paul says in desperation is "I am not a crook". This is a reference to the infamous words spoken by Richard Nixon.
• Due to the topically relevant nature of Paul Atishon's character when the game was released in America in September 2016, many western fans have nicknamed Paul as "Donald Trump". Particularly noting a masquerade of similarities that exist between the two, including but not limited to both of their hair styles being a point of a common ridicule. It also happened to be topical to Japan at the time as well, due to various political scandals that broke around that time.