Life is Wonderful

Life is Wonderful (人生は素晴らしい Jinsei wa Subarashī) is the second opening theme of Gyakuten Saiban: Sono “Shinjitsu”, Igiari!, the Ace Attorney anime adaptation. It is used from Reunion and Turnabout - 1st Trial onwards.

The song was written by mildsalt, composed by Takafumi Iwasaki, performed by Johnny's WEST, and arranged by Yasutaka Mizushima.

Synopsis
The first scene opens with a shot of the Scales of Justice shining brightly, then a close-up of Phoenix Wright's steps as he walks onwards inside of the courtroom, with the Judge looking from far above. On his left, Larry Butz is seen cheering for him from the audience seats, with Pearl Fey and Maya Fey doing the same from the defense's bench. From the prosecutor's bench on his right, Dick Gumshoe is smiling at him and Franziska von Karma pleasingly readies her whip, while Miles Edgeworth stands with crossed arms, a serious look and his eyes closed. Wright stands tall and turns around, looking at the bright sky through the courtroom's glass roof.

The following scenes are shown on rotating split screens. During the morning, Phoenix is sleeping at the desk on his office, with his suit and suitcase laying on the armchair; while Maya is meditating under a waterfall in Kurain Village while Pearl watches from the riverside. Phoenix wakes up in a hurry while Maya slowly opens her eyes; the former is then shown riding his bycicle across a field in the city outskirts, while the latter walks through the water, towards the riverside. Phoenix yanws and loses his balance; Maya sneezes and slips up. They both fall down and laugh.

The split screens keep rotating on the next scenes. Close-ups of Wright's Signal Blue and Edgeworth's Signal Red figures hanging from their suitcases are shown, as Wright eagerly runs across a quiet city during daytime, while Edgeworth calmly walks across a crowded city at night. Both lawyers pause for a few seconds and turn around, stare off into space, smile and resume their paths. The last split screen shows Wright and Edgeworth slamming their respective tables in court. They point at each other while arguing during a trial, and cut-ins showing their eyes appear on-screen, much like the ones used during cross-examinations. However, both panels suddenly scroll down, to reveal both of them smiling at each other.