History YMMV / VioletEvergarden

* DiagnosedByTheAudience: With odd syntax and an oral fixation [[spoiler: even before the loss of her hands]], Violet's mental state is far from normal even beyond just her [[ShellShockedVeteran PTSD]]. She's ''definitely'' emotionally stunted, [[CharacterDevelopment at least at the beginning]].

* HilariousInHindsight: For the English Dub, casting Creator/KyleMcCarley as the authority figure to a (former) ChildSoldier with little to NoSocialSkills, considering [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans one of his previous roles]] was one.
* LesYay: There's a lot of this between Violet and Isabella in the movie; Isabella and the other girls openly admire Violet's "knightly" qualities, they're partners in dance lessons together, and they even bathe together and sleep in the same bed. [[spoiler:In the end, however, Isabella marries a nobleman.]] This is pretty much exclusive to the anime, however, as the light novels have Isabella be explicitly in love with Violet, though her feelings are one-sided.

** Violet is a [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Saberface]][[labelnote: Explanation]]Due to how Violet resembles the heroine of ''Fate Stay Night'', Saber, many have joked that she is a "Saberface," an in-fandom nickname about the many variations of Artoria Pendragon within the ''Fate'' universe. Due to this, Violet became very popular in the various ''Fate'' fandoms. Became HilariousInHindsight when [[Creator/YuiIshikawa Violet's voice actress]] went on to voice an actual Saberface (Morgan Le Fay) in ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'', and [[Creator/ErikaHarlacher her other one]] voiced a different Saberface (Jeanne d'Arc) in ''LightNovel/FateApocrypha''[[/labelnote]].

** The above is ''nothing'' compared to how the final movie's ending shattered the ''Violet Evergarden'' fanbase. [[spoiler: Gilbert is confirmed to be alive and has been deliberately hiding himself away from Violet. Violet tries to reconnect with him but he harshly shuts her down and demands she leave. She eventually reluctantly decides to do so and is prepared to live the rest of her life never seeing him again, just content in the fact that he's alive. But just as she is about to leave, Dietfried shows up and chews Gilbert out for being an ass, which finally prompts him to scream for Violet to come back to him, which she does. The implication being that she abandons her career as an Auto-Memory Doll and her friends in Leiden so she can marry Gilbert and live with him on a tiny island.]] To say that a significant segment of the fans were upset is an understatement, [[spoiler: particularly [[NoYay those who had been interpreting Violet & Gilbert's love as familial instead of romantic felt betrayed.]] Even some of those disgruntled viewers who didn't mind the romantic implications were still put off, as they thought the TV series's main theme was about accepting loss and moving on, but [[BrokenAesop Violet's man being alive and well and the two of them getting a miraculous happy ending completely ruined that theme.]]]] It especially does not help that this movie was a completely anime-original ending and wasn't even planned to exist in the first place. As if all that wasn't enough, light novel readers were also heavily split on the movie as [[spoiler: the Gilbert of the movie was such a different character from how he was written in the novels, particularly because the movie seemed to [[AdaptationPersonalityChange switch the personalities of Dietfried and Gilbert as opposed to how they were in the novels]].]]

* SlowPacedBeginning: A common criticism, especially for those who weren't present for the 3-episode US premiere the series had at Anime Expo and viewed the early raving about it as [[HypeBacklash overblown]]. Given that this is meant as an episodically structured, slow-burn character piece, Administrivia/TropesAreNotBad in this scenario, as it leads to not only a believable arc for Violet, but also some of the most effective TearJerker scenes in recent anime history.
* {{Squick}}: The scene in which Violet is made by Isabella to take a bath with her is very uncomfortable for some. It was probably included for reasons relating to GirlOnGirlIsHot, but because Isabella is clearly pressuring Violet after Violet already said no, combined with Violet still being traumatised and trying sort out what feelings of love and romance mean, make Isabella come across as trying to take advantage of a confused and vulnerable young woman. Less of an issue in the novel version, as Violet does set strict physical boundaries between them when she agrees to the bath.

** Violet is a [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Saberface]][[labelnote: Explanation]]Due to how Violet resembles the heroine of ''Fate Stay Night'', Saber, many have joked that she is a "Saberface," an in-fandom nickname about the many variations of Artoria Pendragon within the ''Fate'' universe. Due to this, Violet became very popular in the various ''Fate'' fandoms. HilariousInHindsight when [[Creator/YuiIshikawa Violet's voice actress]] went on to voice an actual Saberface (Morgan Le Fay) in ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'', and [[Creator/ErikaHarlacher her other one]] voiced a different Saberface (Jeanne d'Arc) in ''LightNovel/FateApocrypha''[[/labelnote]].

* CommonKnowledge: In the ''Violet Evergarden - IF'' alternate universe sidestory where Dietfried kept the girl known as Violet in his care, everyone knows her name in this story is Undine... except it's not. That is the unofficial title given to her by navy sailors, "Leidenschaftlich's Undine." What Dietfried actually named her is unknown, as the one time he calls her by name [[ItIsDehumanizing instead of "You"]] is cropped out of the text.

** Violet/Dietfried earned many fans from two sources: the ''Violet Evergarden IF'' alternate universe short story where Violet stayed with Dietfried instead of being given to Gilbert and ends up very close to him (to the point that the story ends with the two of them [[SleepCute sleeping beside each other rather intimately]]), and the 2020 movie due to them bonding over Gilbert's fate and him being far gentler and patient with her. In the latter case, this is even shipped in-universe by Cattleya when she makes some remarks to Hodgins that they would be good for each other due to their shared trauma.

** The above is ''nothing'' compared to how the final movie's ending shattered the ''Violet Evergarden'' fanbase. [[spoiler: Gilbert is confirmed to be alive and has been deliberately hiding himself away from Violet. Violet tries to reconnect with him but he harshly shuts her down and demands she leave. She eventually relucatantly decides to do so and is prepared to live the rest of her life never seeing him again, just content in the fact that he's alive. But just as she is about to leave, Dietfried shows up and chews Gilbert out for being an ass, which finally prompts him to scream for Violet to come back to him, which she does. The implication being that she abandons her career as an Auto-Memory Doll and her friends in Leiden so she can marry Gilbert and live with him on a tiny island.]] To say that a significant segment of the fans were upset is an understatement, [[spoiler: particularly [[NoYay those who had been interpreting Violet & Gilbert's love as familial instead of romantic felt betrayed.]] Even some of those disgruntled viewers who didn't mind the romantic implications were still put off, as they thought the TV series's main theme was about accepting loss and moving on, but [[BrokenAesop Violet's man being alive and well and the two of them getting a miraculous happy ending completely ruined that theme.]]]] It especially does not help that this movie was a completely anime-original ending and wasn't even planned to exist in the first place. As if all that wasn't enough, light novel readers were also heavily split on the movie as [[spoiler: the Gilbert of the movie was such a different character from how he was written in the novels, particularly because the movie seemed to [[AdaptationPersonalityChange switch the personalities of Dietfried and Gilbert as opposed to how they were in the novels]].]]

** The above is ''nothing'' compared to how the final movie's ending irreparably shattered the ''Violet Evergarden'' fanbase. [[spoiler: Gilbert is confirmed to be alive and has been deliberately hiding himself away from Violet. Violet tries to reconnect with him but he harshly shuts her down and demands she leave. She eventually relucatnatly decides to do so and is prepared to live the rest of her life never seeing him again, just content in the fact that he's alive. But just as she is about to leave, Dietfried shows up and chews Gilbert out for being an ass, which finally prompts him to scream for Violet to come back to him, which she does. The implication being that she abandons her career as an Auto-Memory Doll and her friends in Leiden so she can marry Gilbert and live with him on a tiny island.]] To say that a significant segment of the fans were upset is an understatement, [[spoiler: particularly [[NoYay those who had been interpreting Violet & Gilbert's love as familial instead of romantic felt betrayed.]] Meanwhile, those who thought the TV series's main theme was about accepting loss and moving on felt that [[BrokenAesop Violet's man being alive and well and the two of them getting a miraculous happy ending completely ruined that theme.]]]] It especially does not help that this movie is a completely anime-original ending and wasn't even planned to exist in the first place. As if all that wasn't enough, light novel readers are also heavily split on the movie as [[spoiler: the Gilbert of the movie is such a different character from how he's written in the novels, particularly because the movie seems to [[AdaptationPersonalityChange switch the personalities of Dietfried and Gilbert as opposed to how they are in the novels]].]]

** The ending: [[spoiler:Gilbert's (possible) survival. For light novel readers, Gilbert's survival is either seen as a heartwarming culmination of his and Violet's relationship or a Deus Ex Machina that cheapens his role in the narrative. For anime viewers, though the series doesn't confirm Gilbert's survival, the fact [[UncertainDoom his fate is left open]] has drawn mixed responses: some fans are thankful he didn't come back, feeling it'd detract from Violet's character arc; some fans are miffed the anime deviated from the novels, feeling it robbed the anime of one of the biggest moments in the novels; and others are simply annoyed at the anime refusing to confirm his fate, feeling it comes across as a cheap SequelHook.]]