Line #9 YMMV/VioletEvergarden


1	* {{Adorkable}}:
2	** Leon's attempt at inviting Violet out to watch Alley's comet with him. Once she's out of sight he has an adorable breakdown as he bends down covering his flushed face, grinning.
3	** In the anime version of this scene he casually destroys a loaf of bread trying to ask Violet out. Still adorable.
4	* SugarWiki/AwesomeArt: No surprise given that it's Kyoto Animation; of particular note is the eye-catching variety of locale and character designs that really bring Leiden and its surrounding areas to life.
5	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: ''Violet Evergarden: Automemories'', the anime's soundtrack by Evan Call, is a downright work of art. Still, there are a few tracks which are definitive standouts in their own right:
6	** The main theme, aptly titled "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkVx4cXVmSU Theme of Violet Evergarden]]", combines the usual orchestral feel and the occasional ethereal choir backing with... [[EverythingIsAnInstrument actual typewriter clicks]].
7	** TRUE's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwph0dv9E6U Sincerely]]", the anime's Opening Theme, pretty much encapsulates the titular character's inner emotions throughout her story. The chorus, moreso:
8	--->''(As translated from Kanji)''\
9	Why am I crying?\
10	What should I answer my heart?\
11	Words don't have to always be spoken,\
12	Just by being there, they will only grow stronger\
13	And it makes me long for you more
14	** ''"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKU4B05fPck Michishirube]]"'' by Creator/MinoriChihara hits just as much feels, serving as the series' Ending Theme.
15	** The track "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0_Bus_gvBA Letters From Heaven]]" is a solemn, bittersweet track that is somehow still full of warmth and splendor. It serves as a perfect background for the montage of [[spoiler:Ann Magnolia receiving her mother's letters through the years.]] Though, this is only used in the series' original run in Japan due to certain copyright issues, which left fans of the series overseas missing out on the said piece.
16	** "Violet Snow" is a touching piano song that captures the beauty of Violet's character, as heard [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeSISQ9v4uc&ab_channel=LantisChannel here]].
17	* BaseBreakingCharacter:
18	** Violet, particularly in the anime adaptation. Violet is considered by some to be one of the weakest characters due to her stoic personality and reserved actions, including some light novel readers critiquing the show for making her more robotic and less sassy than her novel counterpart. Others enjoy her for her sympathetic backstory and CharacterDevelopment, arguing that her initial stoicism sets up payoff for her [[DefrostingIceQueen developing of empathy for others and learning to understand her emotions]].
19	** [[CanonForeigner Iris Cannary and Erica Brown]]. Some people welcome their addition for fleshing out Violet's workplace and their budding friendships with Violet, serving as an interesting contrast to Violet's development. Others, however, find them superfluous to the overall narrative, feeling they take up screentime that could be spent developing other plots, and dislike Iris' {{Jerkass}} tendencies. However, a number of viewers warmed to them after episode 9, [[spoiler:where they showed concern and appreciation for Violet while she was in her depressive state.]]
20	* BrokenBase:
21	** While the animation is agreed to be nothing less than stellar, many viewers complain about the show's slow pacing and episodic nature, with many characters being introduced and fleshed out, only to never be seen or mentioned again. This is largely because the source light novel is a compilation of short stories, featuring the clients as the protagonists of each rather than Violet herself (with a few exceptions).
22	** The ending of the TV series: [[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.]]
23	** 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]], and comparisons to the ''Manga/BunnyDrop'' manga's very similar ending were made. 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]].]]
24	* 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. The ''Dietfried Bougainvillea - IF'' sidestory, which is set in the same timeline, reveals that [[spoiler: he named her "Linaria Bougainvillea" after the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linaria linaria flower]].]]
25	* 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]], with many fans suspecting she's on the UsefulNotes/{{Autism Spectrum}}. She's ''definitely'' emotionally stunted, [[CharacterDevelopment at least at the beginning]].
26	* EpilepticTrees: Chapter 3 of the Gaiden novel suggests that Benedict and [[spoiler:Violet]] might be brother and sister. [[spoiler:As it turns out, Benedict struggles to remember his past too and knows for certain that he has a younger sister. The pair are similarly blond-haired and blue-eyed, and aspects of Benedict's past explains some mysteries about Violet. Benedict and his sister were taken to a "military camp" where they were given drugs that enhanced one's abilities but messed with a persons memory, and the pair escaped by boat until they were separated.]] The light novels, however, never confirm or deny this, just brings up the possibility.
27	* EnsembleDarkhorse: Luculia, Violet's friend from the Auto Memories Doll School, due to her story and heartwarming interactions with Violet.
28	* FandomRivalry: With ''Anime/DarlingInTheFranxx'' of all things, due to both series being hyped up before their Winter 2018 premiere. The fact that a comparison between ''Darling'' and ''Evergarden'' resulted in the former getting BannedInChina doesn't help things (for more details, check the Trivia page of the former).
29	** Also with ''Anime/APlaceFurtherThanTheUniverse'', a SleeperHit of Winter 2018 and of similar length.
30	* FanNickname:
31	** Fans were quick to call Violet "[[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Saber]]", "PTSD Saber" or "Violet Sabergarden" due to their [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold similar]] [[PrimAndProperBun appearances]], which borders on {{Expy}} with the anime adaptation. [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DTyGgf5XkAEbfBI.jpg See for yourself]]. Youtuber WebVideo/{{Gigguk}} also called her [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist "Fullmetal Saber"]], due to her mechanical arms.
32	** Violet Everfeels, in response to the emotional moments in the series.
33	** The {{Wingdinglish}} used in the anime is called "Nunkish", due to the fact that the first word deciphered by fans was "nunki".
34	* FanPreferredCouple:
35	** Isabella and Violet's [[LesYay interactions]] in ''Eternity and the Auto-Memory Doll'' gave them plenty of fans, although this is largely limited to the anime-only viewers. In the light novel, despite Isabella's attraction to Violet being explicitly spelled out as opposed to the anime's coy ambiguity, Violet's firm rejection of her feelings means there aren't many LN fans of this ship.
36	** Violet/Dietfried earned many fans from two sources: the 2020 movie due to them bonding over Gilbert's fate and him being far gentler and patient with her (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), and 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]]). The ''Dietfried Bougainvillea IF'' short story is also set in the ''IF'' timeline and poured even more fuel on the fire, considering that [[spoiler: Dietfried names her, buys a house for them to live in, she promises to never leave his side until death, and the story ends with the line "This is a love story of what could have been."]]
37	** Cattleya/Hodgins is very popular mostly due to her being the one Auto-Memory Doll who interacts the most with him as an equal (she being the one CH Postal employee who most frequently speaks with him one-on-one in private), their rather flirty conversation in Episode 2 about his first name, and being of similar age and maturity. This is mostly the case for anime-only viewers, though, as in the light novels she is younger and more immature, and more importantly, [[spoiler: she starts dating Benedict as of Volume 3. The novel Hodgins never takes a steady girlfriend and instead tends to have one-night stands with various women in Leiden.]]
38	* GeniusBonus: For those who've translated the fictional language of the series, [[spoiler: [[https://www.reddit.com/r/VioletEvergarden/comments/8alxf7/violets_final_letter_episode_13_spoilers/?st=jfqe795p&sh=5ce10c9b it's possible to read the final words of Violet's letter to Gilbert: "I love you".]]]]
39	* HesJustHiding: [[spoiler:Gilbert in the anime, due to [[NeverFoundTheBody his body never being found]] and the fact he faked his death for Violet's sake in the novel. Viewers who were skeptical of his death were proven right in the final movie]].
40	* HilariousInHindsight: For the English Dub, casting Creator/KyleMcCarley as the ReasonableAuthorityFigure to a (former) ChildSoldier with little to NoSocialSkills, considering [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans one of his previous roles]] was one.
41	* 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 bhathe 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.
42	* MemeticMutation:
43	** Some fans were quick to link Violet Evergarden with the infamous Haddaway's [[https://youtu.be/HEXWRTEbj1I What is Love]].
44	** "MARY POPPINS, Y'ALL!" [[labelnote: Explanation]]In response to Violet's parasol scene in episode 7, many fans were quick to compare it to the original Film/MaryPoppins, usually by referencing Yondu Udonta's infamous line in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2''.[[/labelnote]].
45	** 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 ''Literature/FateApocrypha''[[/labelnote]].
46	* {{Misblamed}}: Many fans were not happy that scenes from the novel were changed for the anime, with one of the bigger offenders among the fanbase being her giant axe Witchcraft not appearing or even being mentioned despite the [=CM1=] trailer explicitly showing Violet leaping through the cathedral's window with Witchcraft in hand. However, if one pays attention to the [=CM1=] and [=CM2=] trailers, one will notice that the scenes in [=CM1=] all happen in Volume 1, while the scenes in [=CM2=] all happen in Volume 2, with both ending with the words "The anime adaptation is in the works." What this means is that these CM trailers were never meant to be trailers for the anime. They were meant as commercials for the books. It is quite common in Japan for light novels and manga to receive short animated commercials for them, it just so happens that in ''Violet Evergarden's'' case there was already a full anime announced for it at the time the [=CMs=] aired, which was the cause for this misconception.
47	* {{Moe}}: Violet herself is quite appealing and endearing to audiences despite formerly being a battle-hardened soldier but her kindness and childish quirks like pulling her own face to force herself to smile for example make us adore her more than a pure-hearted maiden but also a child at heart in an adult's body.
48	* {{Narm}}: The scene where we see Violet Evergarden lose her arms in the anime is intended to be a serious and sad scene, but the fact that they just fall off without anyone being anywhere near her except the Major makes it unintentionally funny at the same time. It's averted in the novel, which doesn't hold back describing how horrifically mangled her shoulders are (due to taking a rifle bullet and a bayonet stab, respectively), and how they're already tearing off her body as she's desperately dragging her Major to safety.
49	* NoYay: A significant chunk of the audience is uncomfortable with the idea of Violet and the Major having a romantic relationship due to their [[AgeGapRomance near 15-year age gap]]. Even assuming that she has aged to adulthood by the time any relationship starts, another major objection comes from the fact that he was essentially the one who cared for her since she was a young teenager (or even younger), which treads the line of WifeHusbandry. The light novel, at least, [[spoiler: does make an attempt to make things less uncomfortable by making it clear that in many ways, Gilbert was also pretty emotionally stunted both before and during the war due to the immense pressure by the Bougainvillea family to live up to their legacy, as well as his father's death during his academy days and having to live with the fact that he had ruined his former fianceé's life by getting her out of their arranged marriage in a way that ruined her relationship with her family. Their separation after the war was also due to him needing to learn how to find himself as much as Violet did. The ''Gaiden'' and ''Ever After'' volumes also devote significant attention to addressing the age gap between them.]]
50	* 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/TropesAreTools 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.
51	* {{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 traumatized 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.
52	* StoicWoobie: Even though she doesn't realize it at first, Violet's carrying a lot of trauma and confusion due to her past as a foundling-turned-child soldier. When she fully recognizes the larger consequences of the war, her part in it, and the fact that Gilbert might be dead, she falls into a severe depression that almost ends in suicide.
53	* SugarWiki/SuperlativeDubbing: The Russian dub of the series seems to be held in high regard by light novel readers, some of whom have stated their belief that it is TruerToTheText in capturing how they are written in the light novel. This is particularly true for Major Gilbert and for Violet, [[https://streamable.com/9fcptk whose Russian actress manages to capture the silvery bell-like sound of her written voice for the screen.]]
54	* TheWoobie: Almost all of Violet's friends and clients carry some heavy emotional baggage they've yet to process, whether it be survivor's guilt, war-related trauma, or just frustrating [[PoorCommunicationKills everyday miscommunication.]]
55	** Luculia's one of the earliest examples in the anime, as she feels helpless to do anything while her war veteran brother Spencer sinks deeper into self-loathing and alcoholism, despite her efforts to take care of him.
56	** Oscar Webster, the first client shown in the light novel and whose story is explored in episode 7 of the anime, has lost his wife and daughter by the time Violet arrives to scribe for him. He's had writer's block ever since his daughter died, and he initially holds off writing the play that would give some semblance of closure.
57	** While Ann Magnolia comes off as a rather needy and petulant little girl, you soon realize that she's only acting out because she just knows that her mother will die soon (in spite of what every grown-up around her says) and she will be left an orphan.
58	** Isabella and Taylor. [[spoiler: Isabella, originally known as Amy, rescued Taylor off the streets but the pair struggled to survive. Amy's father finds her [[RagsToRiches adopts her into nobility]] and promises that Taylor will be taken care of, but on the condition she give up her past (including Taylor). While it's implied they'll see each other some day again and that they'll keep in contact through letters, Amy was still married off to a noble and it'll be some years before Taylor becomes a mail-carrier and comes to see her.]]

Context YMMV / VioletEvergarden