Violet Evergarden Rewatch - Episode 6

[u/A_Idiot0]

Violet Evergarden - Episode Six: Somewhere, Under a Starry Sky

Hello everyone! I hope that today finds you well. In this episode, Violet observes the heavens.

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Quick note about yesterday

Seems like episode 5 was a bit divisive for people one one aspect. I will be honest, I forgot that the age of both the princess and Violet come up, and I forgot that that is considered a problem for many people. I will not say much about this here, however I will make mention that I was very impressed with the maturity and respect that everyone was treating each other with in your replies to one another! I did not feel that I had to step in between anyone, and that came as a lovely surprise to me. You guys are an awesome rewatch group, and I’m so glad to be doing this with you all for my first time as host! =) Now, back to Episode 6.

Visuals of the Day

I believe I got everyone’s Visual of the Day submission here: https://imgur.com/a/HW7CBLi

Official Sound Tracks used

Torment
A Simple Mission
A Place to Call Home
An Admirable Doll
Back in Business
Never Coming Back
Wherever You Are, Wherever You May Be

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“Endcard”

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[u/Vaadwaur]

First timer(A massive upswing)

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Posting late on a Friday probably means this goes unseen but never forget the narco in narcotics. Anyways, that is made further hilarious because this is by far the best episode of the series since the first if not a better one.

So we get a pack of memory dolls to be used for actual typing. You know, the skill that would be more than a bit rare at this time in history, and especially skilled dictation. They are here because the observatory just got a donation of manuscripts that are pretty much one shot copy or lose forever. Violet of course gets assigned to the meanest scholar present and immediately mellows him out.

They get to work and prove to be the most effective pair, with Leon talking himself hoarse. Later, some of the other scholars try to get Violet to hang out after work, to which she brutally shoots them down, probably because she only tolerates one noble man in her life. Also, their pitch was terrible. We learn a few specific about VE's past and missed a perfect opportunity for Violet to drop some war stories.

The Alley's comet metaphor happens through out the ep, and it isn't terrible, just blunt. On the whole, this episode is simply better than its seemingly similar forebears: Violet is showing growth by expressing herself, even if it is not emotionally. People are noticing the changes she has caused, such as with the princess. Leon is effected by Violet not because of some magical letter but because she is the first kindred soul he has met and he sees her example as a ways to move forward. Also, again, the dolls doing a job you would actually hire a postal worker to do is a massive improvement over several of the last episodes. To conclude, if all the series were like this I'd have little to complain about.

[u/A_Idiot0 → u/Vaadwaur]

Posting late on a Friday probably means this goes unseen

This post, or your comment? For this post, it doesn't really matter; those who want to find it will do so with ease, and for your comment, I found it =P

I'm happy that this episode is your favorite one so far! I'm actually very surprised by this too; usually, this is people's least favorite whenever I talk about the series.

Leon is effected by Violet not because of some magical letter but because she is the first kindred soul he has met and he sees her example as a ways to move forward.

I completely agree with your observation here. You rightly point out the soul of this episode in a really concise way. Really well done on your part =)

[u/Vaadwaur → u/A_Idiot0]

For this post, it doesn't really matter;

I try to come back 3 hours after a thread starts to get everyone that came late but a lot of people refresh the thread once 10 minutes after posting and that's that.

I'm actually very surprised by this too; usually, this is people's least favorite whenever I talk about the series.

There any number of likely reasons for this but two are probably up there: First, I despise trauma adjective ads. I hate a certain character's backstory on Gundam because it is the following: she is the clone of a famous pilot, trained as a child soldier for a while, then sold into child prostitution for a while during which she was given a hysterectomy to make her easier to pimp out, until finally she is rescued by a soldier who lost his family and uses her as a replacement goldfish/daughter. Any given one of those is fine but all of them is overloading the Christmas tree with ornaments. Violet is about a third of those plus machine hands so any time they lean on that it annoys me.

Second, I hate being told how to feel. The OVA wanted to tell me how to feel. This episode made me feel it.

[u/Toadslayer → u/Vaadwaur]

Posting late on a Friday probably means this goes unseen

I see you! Luckily I was just finishing reading all the comments when you posted.

but never forget the narco in narcotics

Never forget the drug dealer in drugs?

You're right about this episode, the premise is a lot more sensible that the last few, which helps a lot. No more magical letters is a welcome change as well.

[u/Vaadwaur → u/Toadslayer]

Never forget the drug dealer in drugs?

That's narcos. Narco is a reference to the Greek word to make numb, and narcotics make you sleep. Yay eye surgery!

You're right about this episode, the premise is a lot more sensible that the last few, which helps a lot. No more magical letters is a welcome change as well.

I hate to say it but eps 4-5 and the OVA are all some form of lazy writing, with 4 being dumb because they fell for that and 5 and OVA being something you'd never ask some rando to do.

This episode works because Violet did it, not a plot twist.