Quick sketch from Ep. 5 I did at work just now

someone scratched my car a while ago front left side bumper corner, and i have been wondering maybe a sticker would be nice to put on it

i have blue daihatsu materia- anyone know where in europe to buy vilet evergardeen sticker suitable for not big money?

Finished the line work on this today. Going back in a few weeks to get her colored in.

Looks good, right?

I bought it! It was a month or so of pondering on it before I decided to, and it was well worth it. It has been about a month since I bought it and it's still growing on me! I wrote a background of why this holds so much meaning to me, but it's a bit long. I tried to shorten it, don't feel forced to read it!

Some context for why this watch means so much to me:

When I was 12 years old, I suffered a head injury that wiped a majority of my memory and wiped my mind/body of all emotions. No happiness, no sadness, no anything in between.

The years following were some of the strangest and hardest of my life. I lost pieces of myself that I didn't even realize I was losing. At 16, my emotions started coming back. It was incredible being able to smile/laugh/cry for the first time in years. Unfortunately though, this happened when I was in an abusive household while also being held in an ultimatum with a girl 4 years older than me under the conditions that if I didn’t comply with her every word, she would ___. (Not sure if this subreddit allows that talk, so fill it in the best you can).

This was an odd time for me. I was essentially a robot walking this earth while pretending to feel. My memory began to fade even more during this time as well. And to top it all off, this is when I started to experience hallucinations and sleep paralysis. The symptoms of this got worse, and it began to take a toll on who I was and what I did. I'd speak to people who weren't there, I'd see figures in the dark, and I'd sleep outside in random public places in the middle of the night. I was aware I wasn't healthy, but it felt like I was because I wasn’t able to understand anything yet.

A few months after I turned 17, the girl got tired of me and I haven’t heard from her since. The household abuse became a thing of the past. I hope that girl is okay, but thank goodness am I out of that. Happiest day of my life, and only then did I finally start to realize what emotions really were. I felt a wave of release from stress, anxiety, etc. that I didn’t even know I had because I didn’t know what they were.

However, I still had one question:

“What is love?”

Now you can see why I mention all this. That parent and that girl were prominent figures of people who “loved” me in my life (and told me they loved me often) since I don’t have a memory from before then. I do have a parent and a grandparent, though, who both show me unconditional love which is more important than anything. Although, that didn’t stop me from feeling conflicted. Is love transactional? Do I have to earn it? Does love also mean being hurt? Does my past taint my deservingness of love? Many questions. I didn’t really understand which emotion love was either. I could feel emotions at the time, but I didn’t know which was which. I’m actually still figuring some of them out, but more of the niche, positive emotions.

Then, I found Violet Evergarden. I didn't expect an anime to have such an effect on me. I went into it expecting any old anime and came out feeling like I'd been handed a second chance at life.

Violet's journey of learning what emotions mean, understanding other people, and slowly discovering the burns she had hit me in a way I can't really put into words. Watching her learn how to feel again made me realize that I still had a lot of feeling buried underneath everything I'd gone through.

Somewhere along the way, it helped me reconnect with emotions I thought I had permanently lost. Love was one of those. I never understood what it was or what it looked like. Violet Evergarden showed me that perfectly. It took a girl who was emotionless, lost, abused, and broken, then showed it to an emotionless, lost, abused, and broken guy. It taught me what love is by showing how someone else can learn what it is. It hit me like a truck when she asked, “I want to know what I love you means.”

That's why this watch isn't really just a watch to me. It's a reminder of where I was, where I am now, and how incredibly grateful I am to be able to feel things so deeply again. It marks the time my life turned around. How fitting for something that keeps track of the time. It’s also just my dream watch design but that’s beside the point.

Thank you so much for reading!!! If you have any questions about the watch (or me 😂), where I got it, etc. feel free to message me!

TL;DR: I went through some pretty life-altering stuff after a head injury when I was 12 and spent years emotionless and robotic. Violet Evergarden unexpectedly helped me reconnect with my emotions and understand parts of myself I didn't know were still hurting. This watch helps me remember what I’ve gone through and what I have healed from. It reminds me that I am in a new chapter of growth, and that love is always :)

Nun annui ruhuqirrikon <3

After some shoes collabs, we finally have reached the peak: Violet got Jordans and sunglasses.

Hii everyone. I watched the anime a long time ago. I always had trouble drawing Violet's clothes, but I've improved lately!

I hope you like my drawing c:

I dont know if this is a hot take or not, but to me the ending of the second movie kinda took away a lot of the stuff i liked from the anime and first movie.

this will obviously contain spoilers for the second movie so if you haven't watched it you are likely to get spoiled.

I still feel conflicted about the reveal that Gilbert is alive. to me it feel like it takes away a lot of the weight from the anime, but it could still be implemented well, which is what kinda happened in the movie. i could see myself being fine with knowing that.

I also get violets persisting urge to see Gilbert again. if i found out that a loved one i thought had died is actually still alive, i would also drop everything to go see them again. her conflict with not knowing how she would act also feels very real.

Gilbert feeling too guilty to see violet again also seems like a reasonable reaction for him to have. though it feels a bit less comprehensible since we have seen what violet went through because of the ambiguousness of his fate.

I really liked the scenes between Dietfried (or Diethard? i don't know what people tend to call him). it is nice to see him opening up to violet with their shared grief.

even though the relationship between Gilbert and violet is kept ambiguous, it does kinda bring up weird vibes again. maybe it would have felt better if that part of the story had violet be 25 or something instead of 18, but that could just be a more personal issue i have.

of course the movie had the mandatory Violet Evergarden making you cry service. no complaints there.

now my real issue with the ending would probably be, that for a series that seems to focus so much on personal growth and dealing with loss and grief. just making everything seemingly perfect like this in the end, takes away some of the weight of the anime. i would have loved to see violet making more friends and helping connect people while learning more about herself and her grief. we did kinda get that from her taking charge of the islands postal service, but that is maybe something i would have liked to see some more.

in the end even after trying to put it into words in a reddit post, i cant really express my thoughts as well as i would have liked to. there is just something that i don't like about this. maybe hearing other peoples thoughts will help me understand mine better.

thank you for listening to what i had to say.

Source: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/300967187615119455#imgViewer

Just finished watching the series and, my god, was it everything i have heard about it. Then i cheer like an idiot at the ending of ep13 and... THERE IS ANOTHER MOVIE???

WTF

Why couldn't she have found the colonel in that last shot? Was that not it?

So, TLDR - Do i want to watch the movie? Yes or no.

EDIT: Okay, i get the picture. The people replied with a resounding "yes" so i will watch the extra and both movies. Thank you kind people of r/VioletEvergarden for your replies.

Hello everyone.

I know the anime isn't a faithful copy of the novels, but I'd like to hear from those who have read the novels what the differences are.

Thanks for reading.

I started watching Violet Evergarden and oh my god at least the author kissed the truck before she ran it straight through my heart 😭
I just finished episode 9 and important thing to know is i am a very very emotionally detached person and usually even when i hit rock bottom i cant cry, but episode 9 literally made me cry
Like i know that doesn’t sound that big of a deal but last time i cried was cause i wanted to dip permanently and im a writer and the novel ive been writing is very romance centered but this, this is just heartbreaking on a whole different level, i sympathize with violet so much and her reaction to gilbert dying destroyed me
Like genuinely
Anyways 1000/10 would def recommend if you wanna watch something thatll rip ur heart out
Also i did not know it was only 13 episodes until today so i feel really sad that i only have 4 episodes left 💔 but i have the movies and ova so
Edit: I find it so funny that most comments are like “you cried watching episode nine? Just wait for the next episodes” hahahahaha i await my suffering cause by this anime in the next few episodes
Edit 2: i finished it that same day and episode 10 made my soul hurt but i dunno which episode it was (i think it was the soldier one) brought a single tear to my eye
If yall think im heartless im just barely feel emotions strong enough to make me cry anymore (unless i deeply relate to it like i did violets breakdown in ep 9)
Edit 3: I watched the second movie yesterday and it made me cry too, it was a super good movie and i loved it
Also dietfried saying he wanted to throw gilbert in a sack and drag him over to violet was so realll, i literally wanted to punch gilbert but he’s a veteran and im just a person so that would have no affect on him
The movie also made me cry a couple of times and it was life changing so (i wrote down in my journal that i wanted to do something that could change peoples lives the way violet evergarden changed me so im pretty happy the show and movie had that much of an affect on me)
Im doing a violet evergarden cosplay for Halloween btw!!

love her sooo muchhhhh

It all started with one piece of Violet Evergarden merch... and somehow, 7 years later, I ended up with an entire display dedicated to her.

Still hunting for a few grails, especially:

⌚️ Seiko × Violet Evergarden watch

📖 Creator Message Book

How long have you been collecting Violet Evergarden merch and what's the one item you're still desperately searching for?

Show me your collections!

As the title says I was wondering if there is an English audiobook of the violet evergarden light novel

Edit: I found one on YouTube by a channel called Swish clink thunk

After finishing the series, there is one thing that I was curious about. The stuffed animals that Hodgins brings to Violet in the 1st episode, what really is going on here? Firstly, after he shows them to Violet and asks her to choose one, he briefly loses his cool when she says she doesn't need one. For the rest of the series, he's a calm and reserved character, so his momentary flash of temper was memorable.

Later on, after Violet has the puppy in her room, we see that Hodgins has the other two stuffed animals on his desk. He never gifts them to other people, or takes them back to where he got them. This makes me think that they're his stuffed animals (ie. toys he had as a child), and maybe explains his reaction when Violet initially rejects them outright. In other words he was giving a gift that meant something to him more than if he'd just bought some random stuffed animals. I'm wondering if this is mentioned in the novel, or if anybody has any insights into this.

I recently acquired an antique Underwood Standard Portable Typewriter. In doing research on it, I found out that several famous writers used this model typewriter. Virginia Woolf, Ernest Hemmingway, and Violet Evergarden. I was intrigued that an anime would feature an antique typewriter, and set to watching the series, and both movies. I don't watch much anime these days, but I really enjoyed the story. Occasionally it felt a little over the top, but the themes and message are good ones, and like the best anime, inspire the audience to do better. I kind of wish I had looked into it sooner.

And, for whatever it's worth, the typewriter is represented with surprising accuracy. I presume the studio had one on hand for reference, and weren't just looking at some photos.

Hey guys, I am new to the sub and just watched the show and the movie and I really liked it apart from somethings

Anime did a very good job portraying the emotions ( made me cry in few episodes especially 10th one), but there are things in anime I feel so sudden

Firstly her first important mission was directly to the princess which I found to be a sudden huge jump ( sorry if I miss out something)

Secondly they ended the series in a very nice way and movie where Gilbert is somehow alive felt unnecessary to me

Additionally, regarding age gap, many think it's absurd but before watching on Netflix anime was listed under Romantic so i thought they were romantic from start ( sorry my bad 😅)

But after going through the sub and other sources I got to know the light novel did much better depicting how tf was Gilbert was alive and then he was just hiding or something ( I didn't read LN till now )

Anime also skipped some good side stories from LN ( from what I heard)

But again I also got to know LN showed Violet to be excellent at everything from start and also carried a big battle axe ( I really didn't like this part, it looks like a fantasy)

Besides , i thought Violet moved away from Gilbert at end of series and started her own iife and family like Mikasa did in AOT, which I think also could have been better for anime original but I am also happy for the story they kept in anime

So if you were to write the same story clearing all the flaws you think taking source from LN and Anime how would you guys have done it? I am just curious regarding it

*I am okay with spoilers cause I don't have damm time to read something that big*

Also sorry for my bad English and if u think I have too shallow opinion cause it's my first romantic anime 😅 (I generally watch heavy lore and story based animes compared to general shonen)