VIOLET EVERGARDEN: Story Of An Auto-memoir Doll

Violet Evergarden


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“Violet, you must live on and be free. From the bottom of my heart… I love you.”

In search of the meaning of a dear one’s “I love you”, the story of a young girl named Violet Evergarden embarks on. Throughout every episode of the anime, she learns about different meanings of the word “Love” but all resulting in the same kind of emotions. Thus, her journey as a ghostwriter transformed her from being emotionless mechanical doll to a fine understanding lady.

 

‘Violet Evergarden’ is a Japanese light novel series written by Kana Akatsuki and illustrated by Akiko Takase. It was adapted as an anime by Kyoto Animation under their KA Esuma Bunko imprint, from December 2015 to March 2020.

 


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The story follows a young ex-soldier named Violet who’s writing a report to ‘Major Gilbert’ after the war while recovering at the hospital. Little does she know, the major who poses as her only family is nowhere to be found. Then comes the bestfriend of the major, Claudia Hodgins to take care of Violet as he promised to his assumably deceased friend. When Violet asks him about Gilbert, seeing her state he decides to keep quiet about it. After that, he introduces her to the “Evergarden” family as her guarantor but she refuses to be pampered. This results in her being an employee at CH postal company to deliver letters.

 



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At first, she had problem understanding the unspoken feelings of a human since she never experienced anything like that in life. She was so void of such sentiments that she didn’t even do anything without orders. One day while doing chores in the office, she witnesses how the Auto-memoir doll (ghostwriters in Leyden) can understand the hidden feelings of a person just by the few words they share. As a result, it fumes the flame in her heart and for the first time in life she decides to do something for herself which assigns her to write letters that can connect people. Getting used to the new metallic prosthetic hands and encountering life-changing things surrounded by the warm-hearted people around her, Violet becomes an extra-ordinary ‘Auto-memoir doll’. She eventually gets asked to write a letter not only all over Leiden but also the neighboring countries.




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The reason how Violet was in such a condition takes you back to four years ago from the original timeline. When Gilbert Bougainvillea got promoted as major in the army, his older brother Dietfried Bougainvillea who worked in the navy gave him a special weapon as a gift. As soon as he opened the trunk, he saw an innocent teenage girl. His brother mentioned he found the abundant nameless child in the northeastern front during the war mercilessly killing other soldiers who attempted to molest her. For some reasons she obeyed him and he took her back to his place. It’s rather strange to think about why exactly Dietfried gave her to Gilbert instead of handling her himself. Maybe either he wanted to keep his brother safe with a bodyguard beside him during the wartime judging by her combat prowess or secretly knew Gilbert is the perfect kind person to show Violet how to live like a normal human being.

 


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I absolutely loved how all the characters helped Violet to grow up with their warmth. Starting From Claudia who literally acted as her father figure; Cattleya, Erica and Iris always having her back like a good friend; Benedict being an over-protective brother, even Dietfried who blamed Violet for his brother’s death secretly caring for her make the surrounding appropriate to live as a young-adult girl should. Gilbert never wanted a child like her to go to war or kill people, so he always tried his best to refrain her from it. To be honest, it was extremely clever of the author to use flower as a symbolism in the names of the characters to describe each of their personalities.

 




Not to mention, the amazing artwork of the anime stole my heart. The visuals of the background sceneries, the expressions of the characters were so mesmerizing to watch. Hats off to the animators to create atmospheres too beautiful to unsee. Moreover, the voice-actors took my every breath away. The way they could express the tiniest lump when crying or the little giggling while a good moment occurred brought the characters to life. It felt so real that I already immersed myself into the characters.

 


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Thanks to everyone who helped to make “Violet Evergarden” a successful story. If you like war-based romance genre that gives slice-of-life or heart-warming real life story vibes, I think it’s a good anime to watch. I would recommend to get some tissues with you when you start it. It definitely was a tear-jerker series for me, so I hope you enjoy it a lot and also suggest others to watch it. Have a great day! <3



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