Learning Empathy - Violet Evergarden's Beautiful Writing 

"I cried so hard after that episode that it gave me a headache." *accurate*

"Thanks, now I'm crying again." - every person who watched Violet Evergarden ever

"to my brother, im just happy you're alive" *Ugly crying intensifies*

And to think the main animator is dead. May she rest in peace.

I'm so glad Violet didn't just turn out to be the typical Kuudere. The scene when she finally understood what Hodgins meant when he said, "Realize you're body is on fire, and burning up", blew me away!

You know a show has a ton of feels when you tear up from watching a review of it.

“If you’re ever reincarnated, and marry each other again, I want to be your son again.” How can a soul be prepared with this level of writing?

me: "i literally have no tears left" *episode 10 comes out* me: ☠️

There is only one word that describes Violet Evergarden- It's beautiful I have never ever been so emotional while watching anime

As a veteran of war (Afghanistan) this anime really hit me hard. Its my new favorite anime. I can really relate to Violet and her long road back from her violent past. The most powerful scene for me was when she asks her boss if she had a right to live after everything she had done in the war. Its something i ask myself daily since coming back.

Rest in peace, those poor souls who died in the fire at the place Violet Evergarden was animated.

Im late i know but... I can’t believe some people say “its boring” and “its bland” about this anime(its a FLIPPIN’ masterpiece)

As a veteran of the US Army (1991-2013) and longtime anime fan, I have never been so moved as I was with this show. I so hope this program gets more promotion as not just a good anime, but as a way to teach family and friends of a member of the military of the changes they will encounter; covering both Violets’ struggle with being an amputee and her mental health issues. The episode that touched me the most was the one with the veteran who need a crutch to get around. Seeing a character dealing with both mobility issues and Survivor's remorse brought be back to when I was medically retired from the Army. Seeing Violet go from being this cold and emotionless person to someone, who is able to open up and share her feeling, reflects how many come to cope with the pain of things seen and actions taken in deployments across the globe. And yes, I too was brought to tears many times. As a side note, there is a new single episode added to Netflix. (labeled Violet Evergarden special and not included as part of the first season)

After Episode 10: -Trying to hold my tears since my father and sister is at the same room. -Lying down. -goes to bathroom. -Sits on toilet. -Cries so much i started making weird noises. -my sister heard it and opened the door. -She closes the door. Yeah...

Violet Evergarden saved my country's economy, by having me buy shit ton of tissues. What a beautiful work of art.

Me: has literally never cried during a show Also me: bawling my eyes out after binging violet evergarden

Pro tip: if you got a headache after crying, drink a glass of water. seriously

i dont like anime. ive never gotten into it. one day, i decided to try out Violet Evergarden. best and worst decision of my life. this anime is beautiful, and i binged it in one day. i was utterly surprised by the production and just heart-wrenching writing. ive never cried so hard over a show in my life. i was in my bed, sobbing into my pillow. and not just little tiny cries, full on UGLY sobbing. if you’ve never watched this anime, watch it. it will change your life forever.

I rated Violet Evergarden a 10/10, it's a masterpiece in my eyes and nothing will change my opinion

As a veteran struggling with PTSD and finding it very hard to connect and exist in civilian life. This show touched me, made me feel understood, and hurt so much.

Episode 10 made me cry a lot. But episode 3 gave me the first cry. The letter that Violet wrote for Luculia to Spencer surprised me with how simple yet powerful it is to tell someone you appreciate them when they really, really need to hear it.

But srsly, episode 10 taught me to appreciate those people around me, especially my mother. 😢

When she says she finally has learned what “I love you” means and “I don’t need orders anymore” ...pretty much cry every time ! Need this on Blu Ray !

Violet's character progression over such a short series is incredible. She changes so much yet it feels so natural and smooth. What happens in episode 10 seems almost impossible to envision based on who she was in the first few episodes. Yet despite that huge progression in her character, she never once feels like a different person. With how stunning the visuals are in the show, its incredible that the artwork isn't the most beautiful element to witness.

This is why I don't understand why people say anime is for kids. Anime brings different ideas and concepts to make people think and feel, just like any other media. Thank you for the amazing analysis on the series. It gives this amazing anime more depth and perspective.

honestly, crunchyroll needs a "mother of the year" award JUST give it to the mother from episode 10

“Violet killed all of those people for no reason and her newly learned empathy means that she fully understands what those deaths mean. Each one is a letter that won’t reach home; a story that can never have a happy ending; a person somewhere left mourning forever.” I gotta say that this line was so beautiful.

The Major isn't dead, he's alive, at least in our hearts and In Violet's brooch.

and I thought your lie in April was sad,

I stumbled onto Violet Evergarden by chance without knowing anything about it at all. As a Vietnam Vet Medic with a Bronze Star (yes, I’m an old man) it had me in the first few minutes. Seeing what they did within those minutes I knew the potential of what was likely going to unfold. And it did. No, I didn’t cry. But each episode that I binge watched captured me more and more. Humans are such amazing creatures. How we can allow the complete suspension of the reality that this is a “cartoon” world and let her have a life that affects our emotions so very deeply is amazing. I think this hits harder if the viewer has lost a parent or sibling or another they truly loved. The more human experience one has just gives Violet more to work with. A lost love...a hungered after relationship that never happened...something that hurt you or if you hurt someone and regretted it...and on and on...the painful things that happen to us as humans...the writers, artists and actors bring the emotion of past experiences to make the story and characters real. We don’t have to have had a military experience for Violet to affect us deeply. Our lives are the war and the battlefield that allows us to relate to Violet. Violet is truly a thing of beauty and a special achievement.

7:54 "Each one is a letter that won't reach home" This metaphor with the letter was incredibly powerful, it shows that this person is gone forever, you will NEVER see that person ever again in your life. it's so so sad and heart-wrenching, I utterly hope I will not lose a person I truly love just like this. Mother's Basement, when you said that line, you made me tear up and I thank you for this video

I remember telling my friend to watch it and she said "It's only about a girl that doesn't have arms. What's so special about it anyways?" At that moment I slapped her sandwich out of her hands.

It wasn’t a roller coaster for me, *it was literally like flying a Jet liner into the eye of a Category 10 Storm.*

I binge watched this entire series in under 24 hours. I haven't cried this much in so long. This anime is gorgeous. This anime is amazing.

"It's hard to connect with the emotionless Violet." Actually, she isn't emotionless at all. She has a very subtle emotional palette that's also very limited in most cases. Coming from an autistic person with complex-PTSD, Violet is *the definitive reason to watch*. Everything from her confused struggles to understand her own emotions and those of her peers to her precious moments of oral fixation (handling her gloves with her teeth and mouthing her brooch and plushie) is all deeply relatable. Perhaps those who say she is hard to connect with are people who are allistic and lack the kind of trauma that erodes your sense of self on every level.

When Violet became suicidal and started choking herself out I started bawling. I related to her so much in that moment that I felt like I was crying her tears. I love this anime dearly

i showed this anime to my dad, he never burst tears or even cry. After he watch the 10th episode, he cried so hard, guaranted this anime will make man cry

This is the best anime that KyoAni has ever made, for me I’m just really sad what happened to KyoAni

As a person who has lost my father at a young age, ep.10 nearly shattered me to pieces and I don't think I was mentally prepared for how heartbreaking watching that episode was. This series has so much emotion and I will never forget it. I know it's been two years but if your even considering watching it you need to.

I’d only really heard about the stunning animation when I finally got around to watching Violet Evergarden, so I decided to get my mom to watch it with me. She’s never watched an anime series before, but she thinks Studio Ghibli’s movies are beautiful masterpieces for their animation, so I figured VE would at least be a treat to her eyes even if she didn’t decide to stick with the whole show. Hoo boy, did I ever underestimate how much she’d come to care for it. She ended up being the one to suggest that we watch it if it had been a while, and she’d be the one to urge “hey, let’s watch one more.” And oh BOY when we got to Episode 10? Sitting there and watching this beautiful tribute to a mother/daughter relationship *with my mom*?? We were both sobbing afterwards, and had to take a break to just cry in each other’s arms before pushing forward to Ep 11 (which proceeded to also make us cry, though not quite as much). I’ve been blessed enough to never lose anyone to war, so I didn’t relate to the trauma and grief of the characters outside of my own experiences with losing loved ones, but this story still touched me and my mom in a way that we never expected. Another piece of media that deals beautifully with veterans coming home from war and struggling to reintegrate into everyday society is the musical Bandstand. I saw it at a screening of the show, not live, but it rendered me and my friends into sobbing messes. The pain of the soldiers really punches through, and you get the sense that the band the veterans form is the only thing holding them together. I dunno if the performance recording is available, but if it is, I can’t recommend it enough!

My grandpa fought in the Second World War and well anime was something he kinda bonded with me. Pokémon, dragon ball, Naruto. All of that he’d sit with me and watch. The first episode hyped me up and he entered hospice care feeling his time was up. Weekly new episodes were what I watched with him next to his bed. Then he passed and episode eleven came by, and that hit me hard. The soldier passing along with my grandpa. Sometimes he’d tap the screen of the iPad and pause it tell me what it was like during the Japanese Occupation of the Philippines and what happened after, he commanded a tank and well there in that metal box he lost his comrades escaping with his loader to become a guerrilla and freeing Bataan. But well thanks to Kyoani we connected in those final moments. It’s sad to know that one of those over thirty people dead may have helped that and I can’t see anymore do their work. But maybe they’re with my Grandpa and he’s telling them his stories.

The thing about episode 10 is, you see it totally comming. Or at least I did. As soon as I saw the setting of the mother and her daughter in that mansion I knew what was going to happen. But it was executed so ridiculously well, that I degenerated to a crying mess at the end of the episode. It's great.

I watched this anime with my dad who was in Iraq. He said “the cold and blunt statements is pretty accurate. You really don’t have time to be emotional. Other than that, it’s pretty good”

Having suffered from soul-crushing depression since early childhood, I didn't have any trouble relating to Violet from the very first chapter. I know that sense of empty, unfeeling inhumanity, and how that void is a form of suffering unto itself

Is it just me to realize that the theme of empathy in this show was masterfully ironic? I mean think about it. The reason we all cried so hard on this show was because it dragged us, the viewers, into its own plot. As if we were part of the story somehow. I did not realize how we were on a journey with Violet herself until the last episode, were it was hard to say goodbye to such an inspirational masterpiece.

Let me tell you. Violet Evergarden broke me down in such a way, It took me a while to pick up my phone cause I couldn't see or move through my tears and heartache. I dont think I ever cried that hard for an anime since Erased (yes erase made Me cry)

I really relate to the “liking the shows that make you cry” thing. It’s nice to know it’s not just me. But that idea of enjoying a good cry just makes me appreciate Violet Evergarden that much more. This show is not just an amazing story, but it also has other great elements like its soundtrack and visuals. Not only does the show have these great aesthetic features, but it also carries a powerful messages with almost every episode. In addition, every episode succeeds in getting me attached to characters, and or a story, to the point where I might cry by the end of the episode. This was the first show I’ve found were I cried not only at the end, but throughout the story because of one overwhelming emotion or another. I enjoyed this show so much that it knocks the rankings of many shows I’ve seen down by one star at least and I hope to find many more like it.

This is the only anime to make me cry every episode. It’s fantastic.

Everyone is talking about the mother an daughter ep, but since i never been all that close to my mother i relate for to another. The ep when she writes the letters for her past enemy an couldn't save him. Watching him run for his life an desperately trying tk get away screaming "I don't wanna die!!!!!" Calking out the name of the girl waiting for him at home.....that broke me. That had me texting my bf an needing to hear he was okay an that he loved me, because he plans to hoin the military. The way the animators got the emotions just right were beyond any anime I've ever seen. I now have a new standard for anime.

boy did that last episode with the 50 years of letters turn me into the biggest crybaby ever. its been a long while since a show has done that to me.

growing up as a military child, i usually move every 3-4 years. after watching violet evergarden, i decided to write letters for the people i’ve met while there. i write out my feeling and how they’ve impacted me. i’ll write about experiences we’ve shared and how they made me feel. i usually cry every time i write one because it does hurt me, having to leave people. but, i find writing letters for people let’s me a piece of myself behind in every place i live and move on from the heavy grief of leaving with a content heart, knowing i said got the chance to tell them everything i wanted.

I don't know about everyone else, but episode 10 destroyed me. I just could not stop crying at the end. It was absolutely out of control. And if that weren't enough, I think episode 11 finished me off. Beautiful. Incredible. Heart wrenching. I honestly can't sum up how incredible this series is.

I'm no veteran, but I do have complex PTSD and can say that this anime expresses trauma so incredibly well. Readjusting to a regular life, the struggle with comprehending emotions, and the scene where she tears up her room. I think that scene tore me up even more than episode 10

Violet Evergarden, AKA "Weekly Sessions of Depression"

You know it's good when a retired veteran watches anime

I cried almost every episode when I watched Violet Evergarden, it's hard to put what I'm feeling into words but it's really just a one of a kind anime. I'd say that it's one of the best anime that has ever been made.

It’s about time! I’ve been waiting for someone to break down Violet Evergargen! My life is now complete.

For those of you who hate emo heavy books/films/anime, I still recommend the series. I'm not a fan of cryfest entertainment and would have avoided this anime like the plague had I read all these comments. Yes, ep. 10 is emotionally evocative but for the kindness depicted, not the suffering. I smiled for long minutes. Rest assured that this show is not about wallowing in misery and loss.

THAT'S WHY PEOPLE SHOULD WATCH THE TRAILER FIRST TF VIOLET EVERGARDEN ISN'T BORING

EPISODE 10 OH MY GOD Just seeing the brief scene of Ann crying and punching Violet sent me crying again nooooo hahahah

The hook that Violet wants to understand what the words "I love you" mean seems pretty cheesy at first glance. But damn if this show doesn't do it's all to answer the question with grace, depth, and sincerity. Pretty much every episode is a demonstration of the various special ways that one person can feel love to another. The sister loving her brother in pain, the father loving his lost daughter, the princess growing to love a new husband, the mother's love for a daughter that she has limited time with etc. It's a beautiful show that does a wonderful job showing the depths and varieties of love that we can feel for one another.

I cried in every single episodes. Yup.

Episodes 7-9 had me on the verge of tears, but it wasn’t until ep 10 when I actually cried

This series leveled me. I'm a grown man in my late 30's and literally there wasn't a single episode I didn't have tears in my eyes. The one with the mother and daughter was actually a full on sob. As a writer myself, it is my hope to even inspire 50% of the emotion of this in my readers. It is the single most powerful piece of fiction I've ever experienced.

This show broke me. Episode 10 absolutely devastated me not because I lost my mother and can relate to the feelings (my mom is still alive and well, and I hope that she remains that way for as long as fate allows), but because the empathy I felt for these characters was real. It wasn't just characters being sad, the show conveyed true grief and communicated to the audience that it is ok to grieve with the characters and that what you're feeling is real, even if the characters are not. To be able to create empathy for your audience is something _very_ few anime are able to do. The playwright who lost his daughter and Violet's methods of helping him, culminating in the cathartic moment of his acceptance of his loss was one of the most powerful scenes I think I have ever seen, and even thinking back to that lake has my eyes welling up. The letters to the daughter even more so. Even the written language in the world helps drive it home that this show is about emotion. It's all gibberish. Words alone are meaningless. The true meaning behind the words is the emotion that they convey; the feelings that you want to evoke in other people. That is truly something special.

I remember when 2 episodes in, people were criticizing the show for having a bad plot i.e writing. LOOK WHERE WE ARE NOW BOIS.

violet evergarden is such a wonderfully written show, that just seeing the screenshots you included in this video is causing me to tear up. It's relatable and emotional.. You can't help but become attached to Violet and the people she writes for.

I finished watching this anime last night, and it was beautiful. From art to storytelling, this show is truly a masterpiece. First thing you will notice is that the visuals are simply stunning. The backgrounds blew me away from the first second, and the crazy amount of detail put into every little thing is gorgeous. The way they animated the eyes was crazy to me, they are so vibrant and *beautiful.* And the story is just a really good message on explaining what makes human emotion and individuality. What makes the very human essence and our personalities. Seeing someone experience a *major* loss, and not understand anything else, so confused and having a feeling of worthlessness all because you don’t feel useful, only to not understand how the human mind thrives on emotion, and not order. Seeing Violet develop a personality through witnessing the core of humanity in every emotion you could name, it’s beautiful. For anybody looking for a tear jerker anime with gorgeous visuals and a deep storyline, this is the show for you. Even if that isn’t your norm, still give it a shot, atleast for me, it was definitely not a mistake to watch.

My Friend Somehow Only Shed a tear And Didn't Cry While I Have Destroyed Every Tissue In My Sight.

OH THIS SHOW IS TOO GOOD, WE MUST PROTECT VIOLET

I'll just say it as it is - Violet Evergarden BROKE ME. The episodes with the writer and especially, ESPECIALLY episode 10 really tore me down to my emotional core. I hardly ever cried watching media before, in any shape, way or form, but after this how all but destroyed my walls I've cried again and again, essentially indeed learning empathy with characters in fictional stories thanks to this show.

I really think that the "masterpiece moment" in violet evergarden is the last minutes of episode 9. it was the moment where violet can finally face herself, her past, and her future. The scene where she walked around the town to see what she had done as a ghostwriter was the accumulation of all previous episode put in to draw a conclusion, that is a step she made to move forward, no longer stuck in the past. people says that the best episode for violet evergarden is episode 10, but I disagree. Yes, episode 10 is a very powerful tearjerker, but that's it. it shows a little about violet's character growth in the end, but by that time, the "growth" of violet is already concluded in episode 9, with the last meaningful growth for violet is in the end of episode 12, making the "growth" in episode 10 have very little meaning. I'm not saying eps 10 is bad, it's actually good, but it's kind of detached to the whole series. it would make much more sense for me if it were put before episode 8 but hey, what's done is done.

As someone with Diagnosed PTSD (childhood sexual trauma), this show has hit home every episode, especially 8-10. I am someone who sees far far too much of herself in Violet. For several years I could not convey emotions the same way others could, and learning how to become a functioning individual without influence from the time in my life where I was literally used as a doll is fucking impossible. Dealing with and coming to terms with what you've lost and the disgusting inhumane things you did when you had no sense of right and wrong because you didnt have a choice is the defining struggle of the lives of people like Violet and the lives of most of- if not- all survivors of severe lifealtering trauma. This show has done a fantastic job, and there hasnt been an episode where I didnt need to lie down for a good cry after watching.

9:10 this scene was BY FAR my favourite scene throughout Violet Evergarden ITS BEAUTIFUL

I don't think my distant friend who recommended me this anime has any idea what she did. I don't even fully know myself yet what happened to me since watching. Being an emotionless brick who is trying to learn empathy the last 7 years is just one of the themes that resonated with me a lot. Never been to war, fortunate to still have parents, not into letters and writing or reading, yet still somehow Violet seems so relatable to me on many levels. I cried my soul out almost every single episode like I never did in my entire life. Just listening to the beautiful often sad soundtrack is enough to have me tear up and I don't recognize myself. I'm writing this right now and my vision is blurred again. Do I want to finally "get over" this masterpiece? It's been almost a week... Years of suppressed emotions released in a matter of hours. It may have affected my life from now on more than I'd imagine. Violet can be my inspiration in dark and good times from now on. Being able to read between the lines, what people say and actually mean is hard, learning to be able to tell how people really feel inside is hard but I think I can do it too, step by step. I like to help other people and learning this skill will help me self-fulfill. What happened to Kyoto Animation employees is an unspeakable tragedy, those creative minds didn't deserve any of it. My condolences to anyone who lost someone they cared about.

kyoani are gods when it comes to stories that’ll forever leave a mark in your mind and heart. clannad will forever be a favorite along with a silent voice. so much i learned from those two

Episode 10 really broke me down. I had already cried numerous times watching this series but this particular episode hit at a very vulnerable spot on my heart. I went through something very similar, watching my grandmother write letters for all her grandchildren to receive on their 18th and 21st birthdays as was the tradition in our family. This episode took me right back to those days with my grandma, watching her make preparations for the future she wouldn't be a part of. Even while writing this I'm a crying mess. It's a real testament to this shows writing with how well it can tug on the heartstrings yet still leave the audience enriched by the experience instead of wrung out.

I fricken died when I saw episode 10, honestly I think episode 10 is possibly my favourite episode of anime to come out of this year

I literally teared up from the scenes used in this video. Im pretty emotionally stunted, and this anime made me cry like a baby stubbing their toe for the first time.

I put this show off for a long time because "it wasn't for me." I finally watched it and did not want to let go. So good!

I told my mom about this show, and how it doesn’t hand hold with its exposition. I explained Violet had to learn empathy as a child soldier integrated into society, and they had hints to her troubles like rubbing things on her face or tasting them in order to feel since she lost her arms. My mom was shocked, and remarked how powerful that writing was.

during episode 10, I already guess how the story will go, to whom the letters will go, and how it will be delivered. bu even after guessing it right, I still cried watching that episode. what a great anime.

I never knew a man can cry so much, but this show truly gave me a new perspective of life. I honestly feel more empathy for others. Im glad i got to experience this treasure. Even remembering the episodes make me choke up.

this anime taught me the importance of words a d letter. this encourages me more to write emails for my future self.

As an abuse victim (recovering), I saw this series in a whim mere weeks after escaping the household and people that were abusing me. I felt connected with Violet from moment 1 as my coping mechanisms were very similar to those she seems to have during the war, aka. Removing emotions or pushing them aside for enough time to forget how they feel anymore, reducing of food intake for security, always vigilant, etc. This is a must watch to anybody that wants to know how the other side of PTSD is like. The quiet one, the one for the people that, unlike I've seen (almost) everywhere else, most people don't "count" as PTSD, be it because you're not having an eternal panic attack, or because you didn't fight back so your trauma "doesn't count". (These claims happen mostly when it's abuse and not war. But it can happen both ways.) I personally have this anime in the back of my mind whenever someone doesn't understand why I do the things I do. Why don't you show emotion? I've learned not to, for security. Why don't you talk much? Talking gives possible enemies info. about you, while listening can give you an advantage. It's difficult and I need to unlearn them, for sure, but if anyone asks me to explain my ways, Violet Evergarden is the best way for outsiders to understand. Have a nice day, if you've made it this far! Thank you for reading. Edit: (11-11-20) I'm an adult now, always advancing and learning, now my abusers have no longer possible power over me. I am truly, finally, free.

LMAO after the guy said "I cried so hard after that episode that it gave me a headace" IMMEDIATELY there was an ad that it started with a guy saying "how this could have happened." And the ad contuned on with words on screen and such. I laughed my ass so hard at that moment cz of the FREAKING, AMAZING and the BEST timming ever..

Violet Evergarde taught me whilst the rain and tears, being able to help people is the most human thing to experience. And being able to deliver it, witness and cherish it, it's the most beautifulest thing in the world.

I cried like a baby that had not got its nap when watching the 10th episode

There has NOT been a single anime that has made me cry more than Violet Evergarden. I cried myself to sleep after "Shigatsu kimi no uso" ended. Mostly, because of my own thoughts and realization about the finality of death and lost potential (She was so young and full of dreams T_T). But Violet Evergarden has achieved that for me more times that I'm willing to accept in less than 30 mins...

Violet Evergarden watchers I have a question... What does “I love you” mean?

I haven't cried this much in every single episode while watching an anime in my life. This show will always be my favorite anime ever.

I didnt cry while watching this anime,there were many moments where I was just stunned how at how beautiful it was and how heartwrenching it is. The end of the 1st episode, the umbrella scene, Violet crying and Violent screaming in her room, the scene with the bomb on the train, basically any scene with Major were all touching and I had to take a few moments with them, but there was one scene that was this close to making me cry and I dont know why... but it was the scene where Ann was reading her mothers letters I have no ides why that was a tearjerker for me, but the music and Ann crying really got to me. I think if I hadn't know that Gilbert is alive I would have been bawling my eyes out at this series...

Violet is too innocent for this world

My body was dust after watching this series. No moisture left.

I literally cried during every episode y’all 😭😭😭

I literally cannot complete the series in one sitting because there is not enough tears to shed. The story is so beautiful it deserves and award. I have never cried watching any live action dramas but watching this anime it's so easy to feel your eyes get swollen, vision blurs and tears coming out as you reach for tissues. Not to mention the character artwork and background design is top-notch. Every episodes looks like a movie.

I've been on board with this show from Episode 1 and now I'm finally able to turn round to the friends who said they would miss it and tell them how wrong they were. Episode 10 pays off in ways i'm still processing 12 hours later. Geoff did a great job of breaking it down but this show really needs to be experienced first hand, but this is not a marathon show. I don't want to see the result of someone watching this in one sitting because all I can picture is a melted person. Violet starts off as almost alien but I promise she'll be your favourite character this season by the end of episode 6 at most.

50. Years. Of. Letters. Q_Q

I’m happy I’m not the only crazy person who seeks out and enjoys anime’s that make me cry my eyes out. Violet evergarden was such a good anime it’s definitely my fav

It’s so good. No unnecessary fan service, gorgeous animation, heartfelt stories, heavy themes, beautiful music, good execution, and shockingly brilliant use of tropes that could seem “cliche”, for example, how someone doesn’t know what “love” means, being unemotional, etc. It’s unforgettable.