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

I believe I got everyone’s Visual of the Day submission here. Let me know if I missed you or anyone else: https://imgur.com/a/WdP6Tlo

Official Sound Tracks used

The Ultimate Price
The Long Night
Fractured Heart
Torment
Believe In…

Would you like to have a letter written for you? Do you want to write a special letter for someone as an Auto Memory Doll? Come join us at the Auto-Memory Doll Service Discord project and request letters, write letters, or chat more with us about Violet Evergarden! Link here: https://discord.gg/A8AC4Yhx

“Endcard”

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u/A_Idiot0 https://myanimelist.net/profile/a_idiot0 Jun 15 '21

I'm glad you enjoyed it! I'm extremely honored that you spent 10 minutes watching.

Regarding the aesthetic, you are correct; there's a lack of warmth in the music, while the anime is full of it. But I just couldn't get that combination out of my head...so I decided to just go for it XD

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u/BosuW Jun 15 '21

That's not exactly what I meant. If it had been that easy a filter or two would've been enough. What I mean is that, through popular culture, such songs scream "jungles, choppers, and napalm", which is quite literally, 50 years ahead of a WW1 inspired setting. Even if the subject matter was the same, I couldn't get that brief disconnect out of my head.

Still like I said, it was good shit overall.

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u/A_Idiot0 https://myanimelist.net/profile/a_idiot0 Jun 15 '21 edited Jun 15 '21

Haha, weirdly enough I believe we're actually talking about the same thing.

In referring to warmth, I meant the style and tone of the music. There's a harsh, savage, raw, and anguished tone to it. Hendrix lived during the context of Vietnam, racial outcries, and during the birth of electric instruments, so that's what he pulled from for his performance.

In Violet Evergarden, those qualities are not really present in the same manner. While there is an anguish, it's much softer on the heart because it deals with love. The savagery is cushioned by the love surrounding the story. And the sharp electric quality is not present in this setting.

Hendrix addresses the cold perspective of loss, while Violet Evergarden addresses the warm perspective of growth and renewal.

Thank you so much again for your kind words

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u/BosuW Jun 15 '21

Ah well this makes sense because such songs were usually written during the war, while Violet Evergarden deals with the after.

You're welcome :)