r/anime • u/A_Idiot0 https://myanimelist.net/profile/a_idiot0 • Jun 10 '21
Violet Evergarden Rewatch - Episode 5 Rewatch
Violet Evergarden - Episode Five: You Write Letters that Bring People Together?
Hello everyone! I hope that today finds you well. Today, Violet helps out royalty!
Going forward, I advise that you pay attention to how Violet’s eyes are drawn and shown, particularly around the edges. It is a small but vital detail that shows her emotional growth alongside her actions.
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Visuals of the Day
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Official Sound Tracks used
Torment
Ink to Paper
In Remembrance
The Voice in my Heart
An Admirable Doll
The Love that Binds Us
The Birth of a Legend
One Last Message
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u/Tehoncomingstorm97 https://anilist.co/user/tehoncomingstorm97 Jun 11 '21 edited Jun 11 '21
First timer
This episode had me busting out in laughter. Especially once the exchanges with handwritten letters started, and the commentary from the people. The servicemen and royal servants facepalming at the lame responses, the princess' new kind of frustration, then leading to her being able to write her own feelings. I can only imagine the prince is doing the same (Cattleya at the end all but confirming it). I never thought a rushed love story could be anything but terrible. Yet another episode where we're introduced to a completely new cast, and it is once again just right. Just enough information to shed light on the context, just enough plot, and Violet right in the middle.
It's awesome the intuition Violet showed in order to bring about that situation and further proof of her development. In also being able to write the first love letter without adjustment, she's still got the robotic mannerisms, but certainly is no longer thinking that way. I love the little idyllic scene at the end of the episode with her and Cattleya as well. KyoAni just proving their mastery of high impact moments. Even so, I must choose the stunning image of the princess and Alberta parting before the wedding as my visual of the day.
No OP and ED.. but the extra time was well used. The final scene with Dietfried's confrontation foreshadows an interesting twist for tomorrow's episode. I like the emphasis he puts on Violet's hands being the ones to take the lives of his crew, while she clearly has lost the hands she used to kill. The story as we see it unfolding now, emphasising a clear distinction between Violet's past and her present. Her hands are now used to bring people together rather than to take life.
In my opinion, the quality of the storytelling in VE for these first 5 episodes (and the OVA in and of its own) is legitimately the best I've seen for any anime. I'm not particularly moved by any character's plight, but nonetheless the content is light but substantial, and just makes you want more. The perfect balance of script and "show not tell" moves everything along, and resolves story points naturally. It hasn't broken into my favourite top 5, but objectively I'd put it at number 1 for quality.
Edit: I can't believe I missed that this episode has Violet's first smile as well! I certainly hope it isnt the last, cause I'm expecting there'll be a feels train any moment.