discord convo led to 6 hours of hyperfocus and research for me, so i'm gonna put my findings here for your resource as well!
as most of the resources concerning the japan-only azran legacy guidebook's azran "language" cipher (that used to be somewhere as a font back in the day?) and the fans' interpretation of what letters' solutions weren't included officially have disappeared off the face of the internet, i had the idea of reconstructing it, which brought me down the rabbithole of the INCREDIBLY inconsistent nature of the azran language throughout the professor layton prequels. even if that cipher is dubiously canon, some of its symbols appear as canon azran text in the games. i wanted to check overlap as well as log every existing example of characters in an azran writing system.
interestingly enough, some characters reappear across games- and there's lots and lots of them to account for. around 23 pages of this doc worth, actually!
this also led me to compile most of the visual imagery players see in azran spaces, as well as any azran seals shown in-game. i'm pretty sure i covered my bases, but if i'm missing anything, i can absolutely update this compilation!
I'm currently replaying the Last Specter, so for the 4th November have some quotes that I like:
Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 - Part 6
Emmy what does that even mean
Ah yes, the secret hint coins that are absolutely everywhere and that anyone can tell you about
Me next time someone asks a question I don't wanna answer
I love how she's taking notes on this :')
I wish I knew what's going on in this man's head. Is he extremely confident or extremely tired?
This is how you welcome a true gentleman
Descole it's midday
Come on man I know you can find a better excuse
Wise words from a ten years old
Luke, how dare you insult the Laytonmobile like that?
No thought, head empty
There is no war in Ba sing se and there are no mice in Misthallery
Descole my man do you need a break?
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Emmy I need a word with the person who raised you.
And you need therapy.
Oooooooooooh
I haven't finished my current playthrough yet so that's all for now.
I may make more posts like this is people are interested, so tell me in the notes if you want to see more of my silly comments.