![]() ![]() Her choice of career as an auto memory doll, a woman who writes letters on behalf of clients who need assistance in conveying their words, thoughts, and emotions, is an odd choice at first for one who expresses so little feeling herself. Raised as weapon of war, she enters civilian life without the necessary tools to adjust. ![]() Violet, for the initiated, started the series as a woman of extremely poor habits. The first half focuses on the job Violet takes to teach manners to Isabella, a woman related to the royal family, leading up to a debutante ball and eventual marriage. The strong formula previously established continues to press hard on the emotions, while favorites from the cast are given cameos (and sometimes more) and new characters take the stage.įunctionally, the movie has two parts. Based on a chapter from Violet Evergarden Gaiden, a light novel volume of side stories from the franchise, Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll is more like an extended episode than a film proper-which is not entirely a bad thing. Thus begins Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll, with the injured hero taking on perhaps her most challenging job yet-teaching societal manners to Isabella York, a woman whose need of such education exposes an impoverished past, and whose lack of courtesy was born out of the hurt from the experience of love and loss.įunimation’s release of the first full-length Violet Evergarden film is an appetizer for Violet Evergarden The Movie, which will premiere in Japan in April. ![]() She states her name and remarks, “This is the prison that I am living in,” juxtaposed against black gates closing behind Violet as she enters the grounds. But the next shot quickly establishes dissonance between that beauty and the life experienced within, as a young lady with messy auburn hair coughs asthmatically into a gloomy room only dimly lit through a window overlooking the glorious view. As the train on which she rides approaches its destination, Violet Evergarden sees a palatial school atop a lush hill, surrounded by a picturesque village. ![]()
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