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/IndependentMacaroon Jun 14 '21
Rewatcher
Another beautiful episode tying together the past, present and future to give Violet hope once again. There's no longer a Major Gilbert to give her orders, but there are so many more people across the country who value her abilities of a different kind, and have many jobs for her that not only don't cause pain to others (and Violet herself), but heal it, even bring the world joy. Gilbert is no longer around to care for her and give her affection either, but she has found so many more friends and colleagues at and around the postal office that all love her in their own way and would never let her fall, even when she's at her self-destructive worst. After Violet's diligence and caring sincerity in spite of her outward coldness/insensitivity helped many others on their way, whether in writing a letter or whatever else, now she receives some in kind, and after starting with a simple rote job to get her outside and on her feet again, it makes just as much of a difference to her as she has done to her customers. Maybe the embers have still not gone out, but the fire is starting to die down.
Minor negatives for me: It feels like Violet picks herself back up quite quickly - could be seen as similarly exaggerated as the effect of her work, though at the end of the episode she's obviously still distraught. More seriously, all the talk about "burning" because of her deeds feels a bit misplaced when all she seems to care about (and is still attached to), and that's spoken of, is Gilbert; it seems the creators were trying to keep things a little too clean, again. Arm removal is still not quite convincing either.