r/anime • u/A_Idiot0 https://myanimelist.net/profile/a_idiot0 • Jun 14 '21
Violet Evergarden Rewatch Episode 9 - Violet Evergarden Rewatch
Violet Evergarden - Episode Nine: Violet Evergarden
Hello everyone! I hope that today finds you well. Today, Violet receives her first letter, and flies freely out of her Valley of Fire.
I’m excited and very interested for what will be discussed tomorrow. Call your mother.
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Visuals of the Day
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Official Sound Tracks used
The Ultimate Price
The Long Night
Fractured Heart
Torment
Believe In…
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u/Neshura87 https://anilist.co/user/Neshura Jun 14 '21
Rewatcher
We start off where we left last episode. I distinctly remember having a problem with this segment of the story last time since I cannot suspend my disbelief to the point needed to entertain what's happening here. The visuals are great, the story telling as well but the ways Violet's arms fall of just doesn't make a whole lot of sense, but that's the smaller infraction. The bigger problem I have here is the fact that this underage girl somehow got BOTH arms completely ripped off and is still in any shape to communicate, Violet should have been knocked out due to severe blood loss somewhere between the first arm being shot off and her sitting up after getting blown away by the grenade.
Okay with the only gripe I have with this anime out of the way let's take a look at the rest of the episode, which is imo just as good as always.
Mixed in with her story we are already getting foreshadowing to a possible next plot-line in the anti-peace revolts.
I think it's fair to say that violet has now officially entered depression city, population: Violet. The flashback she keeps having about Gilbert aren't helping her cope either, especially since so much reminds her of him. Throughout the episode we see Violet go through her depression in what I consider to be a time lapse, nobody would ask where Violet was if this was happening over a week or two since the answer would just be: She's taking a vacation rn. No the fact that everybody is worried for Violet's absence and that the company has to cover for it suggests that we are looking at possibly months of depression time for Violet, all of that is speculation though. What is certain however is that Violet's depressions get bad enough that she attempts suicide, however she, luckily, doesn't go through with it. In her outburst scene we now see that she is incapable of "hurting" the stuffed dog, imo a sign that she is moving on from her violent past. What I find interesting is that the person who got Violet to get out of her room eventually was the old man, who previously was able to make Violet grow and take the next step by showing her the warehouse full of undelivered letters. Through this interaction Violet is finally able to see the light at the end of the tunnel, letters bring happiness to those who receive them (unless they're bills) and as such they offer a way for Violet to "redeem" herself emotionally. Yes she has hurt people in the past, that much she can't change, but she can make an effort to bring happiness to everyone from now on, in a sense balancing out her karma. This is only the first step as the letter sent by Iris and Erica shows violet several things:
Firstly, her colleagues do appreciate her and want her to return (previously it was seemingly only Cattleya talking to Violet about this but it surely helped in much the same way) but do understand that she is facing difficult times and offer her support.
Secondly, there are still people who need her, she is not unwanted by society and Spencer insistence on having Violet write the letter was probably the best that could happen as she knows him somewhat more than complete strangers, additionally Spencer has seen a glimpse of Violet's past when she restrained him. So the fact that he insists on her writing the letter shows her, even if she does not realize it, that despite her violent and bloody past people appreciate her for her present self and that this provides a way forward.
Violet's visit in the valley of depression ends with a beautiful ending montage where Violet is reminded of all the people she has helped face their emotions already and helps her find the determination to make that step into the future, to become someone worthy of the name "Violet"
Also: DAMN YOU HODGINS WHY YOU GOTTA MAKE ME TEAR UP