Violet Evergarden

"Violet Evergarden" is a Japanese light novels series, written by Kana Akatsuki and illustrated by Akiko Takase. It had an anime adaptation in 2018, animated by "Kyoto Animation".

It has two movies, the first one released in Japan the 6th of September 2019, and the second one was going to be released the 24th of April 2020, but it had to be postponed due to COVID-19, being finally released, again, in Japan, the 18th of September 2020, being the second movie the piece that concludes the anime.

- Plot -

Violet was an orphan girl, used as a weapon in the war. But she ends up seriously injured, and she has to rest in an hospital because of that.

The person who adopted Violet, Gilbert Bougainvillea, gets lost in the battle field. Since him or his corpse weren't found, Claudia Hodgins, his friend and comrade in the war, is the one who goes with Violet to bring her with her new family, the Evergarden family. He also hires her to work in his company, to write and deliver mail.
At first, she delivers the mail, but she ends up becoming an Auto Memory Doll, since she wanted to know how to understand words and the feelings behind them.

And so, the chapters show her struggling to guess what the people wanted her to write on their letters, and slowly getting better at it, finding out the meaning behind people's words.

- Characters -

- Violet Evergarden: The protagonist, a young orphan girl with blonde hair. She got named by the commander Gilbert Bougainvillea.

- Claudia Hodgins: Ex-commander of the army, a red haired man who starts a company to write letters for those who don't know how to write, and to deliver the mail.

- Gilbert Bougainvillea: The person who adopted Violet, a dark blue haired man who fought in the war and whose body got lost in the battle field.

- Cattleya Baudelaire: The leader of the Auto Memory Dolls of the company.

- Benedict Blue: A white haired young man. He's the one that delivers the mail.

- Iris Cannary: A novice Auto Memory Doll. She's very carefree and impulsive.

- Erica Brown: Another novice Auto Memory Doll, who is way more shy than Cattleya or Iris.

- Personal opinion -

At a first glance, people are not attracted to this anime because they're made to real people acting their roles instead of an animation, but I can assure you that this anime will reach deep in your heart if you like war and/or love stories.

It has a lot of emotional moments where you empathize with the characters, and you won't be able to hold back the tears in some scenes.

I ended up in love with this anime for a simple reason; seeing how such a young girl, who lived a hell of a life like if it was normal, ends up feeling finally like a human, warms my heart. Seeing her finally crying, may be of sadness or joy, or smile because she's happy, even frown because she's annoyed, makes you feel finally full after seeing her suffering that much with that dead-stare face.

I give it a 10 out of 10, since the story is catchy, the animation it's gorgeous and the character evolution it's developed in a natural and beautiful way.

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