Should you watch Violet Evergarden?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
Violet Evergarden
Anime · 2018
The war is over, and Violet Evergarden needs a job. Scarred and emotionless, she takes a job as a letter writer to understand herself and her past.
The sides of Violet Evergarden
- A former child soldier with mechanical arms
- A letter writer paid to put other people's feelings into words
- A country learning to live after the war
Violet Evergarden is good for you if…
- you like one letter from a dying mother to her daughter undoing your evening.
- you watch for light, rain and ink drawn with care.
- you want a woman who was used as a weapon learning what people feel.
Violet Evergarden is bad for you if…
- you don't watch anime.
- you can't sit with grief, war wounds and dead parents every episode.
- you need momentum, and this moves at the pace of a letter.
About: grief · war · learning to feel
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