Violet Evergarden: Notes
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dorchadas
Just like an hour ago finished watching Violet Evergarden, and now I'm off to an Anime Chicago discussion about it. But I took a bunch of notes and I want to preserve them, so I'm leaving them here. They might be interesting if you've seen the show, but otherwise they're probably incomprehensible, and that's leaving out that they're in a mix of English and Japanese. But:
More later.
Living weapon, injured in war
Major obviously dead
Living with civilian family? No
Prosthetics.
Become postman. Living weapon but war is over. Soldier mindset
燃えてる
Auto Memory Doll. 自動手記人形 ("Automatic memorandum doll")
Learn love. Major said I love you
心から愛している
Violet works super hard
No lunch
Typewriter or weapon for women
Cut to lamp
Wrote love letter. But what she said. Not what she wanted
Red hands and knees
Worried not suited
Erica worries about suitability of herself. Defend violet
自動手記人形 school
Super good at school but can't express the feels
Doesn't graduate. Hears Luculia's parents died. Wrote
任務 → 課題 → 手紙
Writes letter of feelings. Graduates!
Iris gets commission to go home!
Falls. Injures wrist
Violet curtsies instead of saluting
Invited home for birthday and marrying. Asked to quit
Turned down for romance in past, didn't want to see
Robot smash through emotions
Letter to express emotions to 幼馴染 and parents
Sudden time skip?
Summoned to neighboring kingdom to write love letter
Super love letter. Moon and flower
Caged by destiny
Princess worried about partner feelings. And about being hated. Wants true feelings
Handwritten letter. Love story for the ages
Violet smiles!
Massive doll project. Transcribe ancient documents
Ominous comet
Violet wants to preserve people's thoughts for the future
Leon invites to see comet
Die without “that person”
Leon awakened to world
Violet summoned to rural area
困ったお方です
Hides alcohol from writer
Violet showing interest in play
Playwright's daughter died of illness
Violet cries
Walk across the leaves
Worries about the loved ones of the people she killed.
Learns Major is dead. Confrontation!
Episode title 「 」
Orphan found on front. Weapon, not person?
Captain thinks she's a tool even now
Murdergirl
Major's grave out back
Thanksgiving! Major gives gift to Violet, but she doesn't understand wanting things
Asks for brooch!
Klaudia and Gilbert knew each other. Same class in officer school
Viler sad about maybe being transferred
Major wounded in battle of Intense! Then shot in head!
Shot and grenaded while trying to get major out!
愛している
Violet goes back to fortress. Still ruins?
Klaudia waits
War start again? Insurgent attack
Violet hiding in room
Bloodstains still on the floor. Hallucinating
Guilt. Blood. Major quoting Captain's words
Dream
Pulled out of room to deliver letters
Others dolls write a letter to lure Violet back
You can't erase the past, but you can write the future
すごく大きなお人形
Mother dying?
Child thinks Violet is a doll
Doll playing with doll
Mother crying over letter
難しい言葉ばかり使わないで
Ann makes a friend. But no! Ann wants more time with her mother before she dies
アンより大事なのものなんてないわ
Ann blames herself for illness
Letters from mother to Ann on birthdays!
Violet wanted to cry the whole time she was at the mansion
Civil war in north country. Pro-war faction
Camp Menace job request. Former war enemy
Violet determined. Will even climb mountains after airdrop
Soldiers ambushed
Violet airdrops. Rescues soldier who wanted a letter
Letter to parents, then Maria
「一人じゃないよ」「ここにいます。お側におります」
Whispers 「愛している」. Violet kisses him
Delivers letters
「死なせてしまってごめんなさい」- Ctrigall ask for help. Captain Dietfried!
Many dolls going on peace mission
Captain provokes Cattleya on ship
Violet returning. Cross-continent railroad. From air, see bombs
Insurgents infiltrating
Captain debriefs Violet. Violet asks for orders
Attack at bridge? Insurgents on train! Train separated
「貴様は道具だ」
「誰も殺しません。武器はいりません」
Battle on train top
戦闘人形
Insurgents believe Dolchstosse
Pendant fly off. Subdued! Insurgent leader prepare to execute. Saved by Captain
Captain blames Violet for Major's death
Violet's metal arms save Captain!
Arm shot off!
Captain saves pendant
Bomb on bridge violet tried to pull off bombs. Arm break!
Benedict get bomb. Save Violet
Peace treaty signed. Back to regular life
Cattleya suggests writing letters to the dead
Flashback. Major feels like it's partially his fault Violet is a battle doll
Captain takes Violet to meet his mother
「あなたのせいではないわ。あなたのせいはなくていいのよ」
「生きて生きて、そして死ね。これが俺からの最後の命令だ」「もう命令は要りません」
Letter to Major Gilbert
Whole company's letters
Plane at air show drop letters, but most people illiterate?
Letter falls in field of violets. Violet says she understands, a little, what 愛している means
Teardrop falls over field of violets
More later.
