Ema Skye

Ema Skye is Phoenix Wright's partner in the fifth case of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney and the main detective in Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney. She is responsible for introducing forensic investigation techniques (using the touchscreen) to Ace Attorney cases made specifically for the Nintendo DS.

Background
During the events of the SL-9 Incident, Ema was waiting for her older sister Lana in Lana's office so that they could go out for dinner. Serial killer Joe Darke, who had escaped from his interrogation, encountered her there. Prosecutor Neil Marshall came to the rescue, engaging Darke in a fight. During the struggle, Ema pushed Marshall, thinking she was Darke, knocking him out. When she woke up, Lana was cradling her in her arms, Marshall was dead, and Darke had been recaptured.

After the incident, Ema decided to become a scientific investigator. Her sister, once a cheerful person, became cold and more serious.

Two years later, Ema and Phoenix Wright set out to investigate Bruce Goodman's murder. They ended up investigating the SL-9 Incident in the process, which had plagued Lana ever since it had happened. Closing the case for good freed Lana from her guilt and she became her cheerful self again.

Ema went to Europe on to learn more about scientific investigation.

Detective career
After nine years, Ema Skye returned to the U.S. to become a forensic scientist there and to meet Wright again. To her dismay, she was hired into the criminal affairs department as a homicide detective. In Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney, she would take on the same detective role that Dick Gumshoe had in the Phoenix Wright trilogy.

Personality
Skye cannot stand Klavier Gavin, calling him "glimmerous" (Apollo Justice always tries to correct it to "glamorous" in his head), but she does have a working relationship with him. Skye has taken a liking to "Snakoos", spending large quantities of time vigorously munching on them; the sound of her munching has become an identifying signal for Justice. Sometimes, Skye throws Snackoos at people who annoy her.

Trivia

 * The kanji in "Houdzuki" (宝月) means "treasured moon" or "jeweled moon" and "Akane" (茜) may come from the phrase "akane sasu sora", meaning "a glowing sky"; her english surname may be a reflection of this.


 * Ema is a big fan of Miles Edgeworth.