Gyakuten Saiban - Jikan Ryokosha no Gyakuten


 * Not to be confused with the similarly titled, Turnabout Time Traveler.

Gyakuten Saiban - Jikan Ryokosha no Gyakuten  (逆転裁判 時間旅行者の逆転; Lit. "Turnabout Trial - Turnabout of the Time Traveler) is an original Ace Attorney story written by mystery writer, Van Madoy. It was first published as a serialization in Hayakawa's Mystery Magazine, starting in the the March 2017 issue, before being released as a collected novelization on September 26th, 2017.

Unlike the previous two novels written by Mie Takase, Turnabout of the Time Traveller takes places during the events of the first Ace Attorney game and utilizes various plot elements from it. It has been described by Van Madoy as episode "2.5".

Premise
In 2001, a young woman called Yuuko runs into a Doctor called Kitamita. Kitamita claims he traveled back in time after an attempt was made on his life in 2016, and now must repair his time machine. Yuuko becomes his assistant, but finds herself the suspect in Doctor Kitamita's locked room murder. Her defense is taken by Gregory Edgeworth, he's opponent will be the vicious Manfred von Karma.

Fifteen years later, 2016; after only his second case ended with success, rookie defense attorney Phoenix Wright is trying to find clients with his new assistant, Maya Fey. One day, a young woman called Yuuko who has memory problems appears before them with a strange claim: She time traveled to the current year of 2016 from 2001, to escape a murder incident. The following day, Yuuko is arrested as the main suspect in a locked room murder of Doctor Kitamita. Phoenix takes on her defense, against Miles Edgeworth.