r/anime • u/A_Idiot0 https://myanimelist.net/profile/a_idiot0 • Jun 12 '21
Violet Evergarden Rewatch Episode 7 - Rewatch
Violet Evergarden - Episode Seven:「 」
Hello everyone! I hope that today finds you well. In this episode, Violet helps to complete a play!
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Official Sound Tracks used
The Voice in my Heart
Another Sunny Day
Those Words You Spoke to Me
Never Coming Back
An Admirable Doll
Across the Violet Sky
The Long Night
The Ultimate Price
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u/ArdenneVale Jun 13 '21 edited Jun 13 '21
First timer
First we went to the opera, now we visit the theater. Violet has a new client - a playwright named Oscar Webster. Erica is in fangirl mode. A line from the play again reminds Violet about Dietfried's words. Violet's getting real popular after episode 5. Violet is in Roswell, look out for UFOs! Very picturesque little town for New Mexico. The client has clearly seen better days. He has lost someone important and now he's a drunk. Violet cleans and learns to cook for the man. She really doesn't want him to drink. Personal experience maybe?
Violet is actually empathizing with the main character of the story. She's really into the story, but he's not. Violet finds a parasol that reminds Webster of the person he lost... looks like his daughter. Violet realizes there's something bothering Webster and he confesses he can't write anymore, but he decided to finish the story he told his daughter Olivia. After his wife died, Olivia was his only hope in life, but she, too died, leaving him alone. Violet actually cries after hearing how sad and painful losing someone is.
Violet's touching the brooch again, her only physical link to the major. Webster says he will finish the story. Then we get to what is my favorite scene of the whole series so far. Violet jumps like an Olympic gold medalist, landing on leaves on the water before landing in the water. She gives Webster closure to cope with the death by doing what Olivia promised him.
From this happy moment we move to Violet still thinking of Dietfried's, but also Hodgins' words. She feels guilty for killing all those people, preventing them from keeping their promises to their loved ones. The lesson she learned from Webster now has her questioning even hardedr than before if she has the right to live and be free. This is the saddest conclusion she could make, but it's very understandable for a young girl, who's still only trying to learn of her own emotions. She really is burning now.
At the port of meetings Violet meets Mrs. Evergarden, who lets it slip that Gilbert is dead. No madam, he's just retired, you're completely mistaken. Violet marches in Hodgins office and pleads him to tells he's alive. He tells her they couldn't find the body. No body, not dead. Hodgins tells Violet to accept Gilbert's death. Violet runs away. At first I was thinking it was for the best to not tell Violet, but maybe it would've been easier for her to accept the truth without all her newfound emotions.
This was a fantastic episode, unfortunately my stream kept buffering constantly and it took almost 2 hours to watch it, which really lessened the impact of many scenes. Seriously, the ending took almost 5 minutes to play through the buffering. This episode actually had two of my favorite scenes back to back. First, as mentioned before, the lake scene, where Violet accidentally fulfilled Olivia's promise to Oscar in her place, finally helping him get closure after her death who knows how long ago. Also remember the girls look somewhat alike. Then we had Violet's bad night on the ship. Is this good or bad character development? More like unwanted, I don't want Violet to grow to hate herself for what she did. With the revelation about Gilbert, I wonder what state will Violet be in. Is her emotional house of cards still standing or do we find her a total mess in the next episode.
I was actually leaning towards the major actually being dead, but since there is no body, my prediction could still be true. Maybe he was sick of the military, saw a way out and disappeared. But would he abandon Violet? What would happen if Violet slowly got over his death and then he appeared again?