Jokes aside, this was easily the best anime-original episode of Violet Evergarden so far. Not only did it avoid reinforcing the same repetitive plot points from earlier episodes, the story about Charlotte and her marriage with the prince was quite cute and played into the overall themes of the series in clever ways. This was also the first episode where Violet is more of a supporting character than a protagonist, which made everything feel fresher.
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If I have any complaint about this episode, it"s that it feels out of place continuity-wise. Months have passed since the last episode, và Violet is already experienced enough khổng lồ work as a Doll for royalty. After struggling lớn read between the lines last episode, Violet is already competent enough khổng lồ take independent action based purely on Charlotte"s emotions. The time skip feels jarring after the anime took so much time to lớn establish Violet"s early problems & the baby steps she had to take to lớn overcome them. At the same time, I don"t mind this at all, because I was frankly getting tired of seeing variations of the same conflict recycled every week.
This was the first episode that felt true to lớn the style and tone of the original novels. When Violet performs her role as a Doll in the books, the focus of the story lies squarely on the people she helps. Although episode 3 attempted lớn depict Violet through another character"s point of view, this was the first episode that felt truly grounded in the client"s point of view. Charlotte was not a mere stepping stone for Violet"s character development, even if Violet did grow from the experience. Charlotte did some growing up of her own, và by the kết thúc of the episode, I felt more attached lớn her than any of the other supporting characters so far.
Part of what makes Charlotte so compelling is the way she"s depicted visually. I got the impression from her unkempt hair that she"s a bit bratty & awkward about her femininity, despite her natural good looks. The anime"s focus on her hair and all of its individual movements reinforced her girlishness. Violet Evergarden has always had detailed animation, but this time it was paired with strong storyboards & direction. The penultimate scene with Charlotte and her maid was beautifully framed, with the intimacy between the two characters showing clearly in their body toàn thân language. It is worth noting that Naoko Yamada (the director of Tamako Love Story and A Silent Voice) drew the storyboards for this episode, & her ability to convey understated warmth & intimacy between characters was very much on display here.
The other thing that made this episode so strong was the script, which was a significant step up from previous episodes. The writing finally lives up khổng lồ its own theme of “the nguồn of words” by conveying the thắm thiết feelings between Charlotte và Damian with just a few short letter exchanges. Their initial letters make grand romantic statements because they are diplomatic tools made more for the public eye than personal correspondence. By convincing the two characters khổng lồ write what they really mean in their own voices, Violet sets the scene for their courtship. She might not vị as much writing this episode, but conveying true feelings between people is what an auto Memories Doll is actually meant lớn do.
One potential thorny issue that"s worth noting is how this series đơn hàng with age-gap relationships. Violet says, “Age is not a barrier khổng lồ love,” và this is affirmed in the episode when a fourteen-year-old princess marries a twenty-four-year-old prince. (They first developed an attraction when she was ten.) I think that this is foreshadowing for the relationship between Violet và the Major, especially when Violet explicitly says that Gilbert thought she was fourteen, the same age as Charlotte. Thus far in the series, Gilbert"s love for Violet could be read as paternal, but my gut says that it"s more likely to lớn be framed as romantic by the end, given how overtly thắm thiết this episode was. I don"t want khổng lồ see Violet and Gilbert"s relationship framed that way for reasons beyond even the age gap, but it certainly doesn"t help either. It"s not a khuyễn mãi giảm giá breaker for me, but I can understand it being an issue for others.
Age-gap issues aside, this was a really enjoyable episode. I especially loved how everyone in both countries seemed to get invested in Charlotte và Damian"s relationship, khổng lồ the extent that they"d yell love advice at the newspapers as they read the published letters. & it was a really powerful moment lớn see Violet finally pull off a genuine smile, especially after her failed attempt earlier in the episode.
Also, if the episode"s ending is anything to go by, it looks lượt thích subsequent episodes will delve further into the darker aspects of Violet"s past. Violet"s encounter with Diethard looked lượt thích it was inspired by a scene from volume 2 of the novels, but the context behind their meeting is very different, so it remains to lớn be seen if it will play out the same way. At any rate, this is the first episode that lives up khổng lồ the dramatic spectacle of the premiere, & I"m looking forward to lớn seeing how it evolves from here.
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that was great yên ổn really a romance fagthe world is saved she smiled :DDgil's bro she wouldnt kill them if they didnt tried khổng lồ assault her so fuckoff
 At this point this adaptation is its own thing & I have accepted that. This episode was very nice with the relationship with the princess & Violet, with Violet helping her lãng mạn pursuit with a prince và slowly understanding human connections, và about love. Best part is that it didn't repeat really annoying narrative patterns lượt thích people being shocked about her prosthetic for the 5th episode & her doing her infamous "I need khổng lồ know what love is so that is why im a doll" catch phrase to lớn wrap up the episode again. Really liked the subtle progression with Violet faking a smile in the beginning lớn her putting on a natural smile by the over of the episode. Slow burning development but have lớn say in hindsight the last 3 episodes are paying off now after initially turning me off.I guess Violet is roughly 14 did not expect her khổng lồ be this young (she doesn't look 14?). Thought she was 16-18 in the novel but I might be remembering wrong. In the novel she was roughly 10 when Gilbert first met her, when she received the brooch she was 14, so I thought after the rehab she would be older.Rather interesting placement of her meeting with Dietfried though, did not expect them to place this so early on in the story. Really excited now how this will play out since the timeline is now completely different (for novel readers quite curious what you think about them meeting before Claudia tells Violet about Gilberts death back before she started working as a doll. Vì chưng you think this will play out like chapter 11 or will Dietfried be revealing Gilberts death first instead of Claudia? Zer0Death said:Seems lượt thích this one is Original too. It was the best episode so far IMO, really liked it.The last scene, however, is from the LN from what I can see. Is Dietfried this bitter in the novel ? Agreed best original episode next to Luculia's. Novel details about the event you are asking about Yes but he himself recognizes that its karmic justice in some sort of way since while Violet killed his crew mates for trying to rape her, she did kill his comrades so... He hates her but realizes that she had the right to kill them as well. Also what happened to lớn Gilbert is her fault so there is also that. |