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jurekjurek said: Worst episode of the show and the sole reason I can't rate this anime 10/10. After a brilliant EP 10 they incomprehensibly screwed up the pacing, everything seems so rushed. This episode is a very artificial and badly executed setup for the finale. Violet suddenly goes back to being a parachuting ninja and suddenly she doesn't need her typewriter to do her work because...magic? wtf Agree. My bullshit-o-meter went off the charts after that parachuting and enemy squad just standing up and leaving. Also using muscle memory with artificial hands, wtf. |
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| Average episode, maybe even the worst since it comes after some very great ones. It felt rushed and everything seemed terribly convenient. I mean, she ninja'd her way across armed soldiers and then they just up and left while she turns her back on them?! It just completely got me out of the narrative and left me feeling hardly anything for the dying soldier. I get that this episode was about Violet dealing with a war setting again, but the sadness felt so forced compared to the previous ones. |
  I want to know what it is, this 'sin' they say I've committed. |
| Really nice episode. T_T Kinda sucks they are always ending like this, really wanted to see the dude alive in the end. |
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| Still not too shabby with the way she dealt with the soldiers. |
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| This show is a tear jerker for sure :'( |
| loved seeing her fight again! another sad ending |
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| Lol just when I thought last episode was sad this one hit me in the guts. Violet was like an angel stayed by that soldier in his last moment. |
| Based Certified. I love anime armpits. |
| I appreciate the attention to detail that Violet did not kill anyone after her badass entrance. I do fear a bit what a report of her on the battlefield could mean for the fragile peace, but perhaps I'm reading too much into that. |
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| One of the best episode in this anime I can't stop crying.. |
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| Wow. 1st episode re-watching of the next day and I'm already crying again. Violet Evergarden is such a rollercoaster of emotions. Its very emotional series. It probably hits harder cause of how realistic the scenarios are such as this episode. |
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Major_Gilbert said: “Mom. Even though I had told you... that I’d become a baseball player… to get money for you to restore our house… I’m sorry. Dad… Dad, I had wanted you to watch more of my matches. I was really happy… when you told me that you liked seeing me hit the ball. I… I had actually started baseball because I wanted to be praised by you. I feel that if there was… anything else you’d praised me for… it would have been an option too. There’s nothing more fortunate… than having been born as the son of you both. I wonder why. I’ve… always… been so happy… and, well… I’ve gone through quite a lot of hardships… but… I never thought I’d die like this. I didn’t think this would happen. Like, normally… normally… people imagine themselves becoming adults, finding a lover, getting married, having kids… I-I… I… I thought I would be able to take care of you. I didn’t think… that I would be shot without really knowing why… and die in a country so far away from you. I’m sorry. I’m also sad… but the two of you… clearly… will be sadder. I was supposed… to come back to you safely… since I’m your only son. I was… supposed to come back. But… I won’t be able to. I’m sorry. Sorry.” He resented so much not being able to see his parents again and felt so guilty that his tears recurrently halted his words. “If… the two of you end up being reborn… and becoming a married couple… I’ll go to where you are. And then… I want you to give birth to me again. Please. I didn’t mean for things to end like this. I had wanted… to become happier… I was supposed… to show my happy self… to you. That’s the truth. So… please. Dad and Mom, you pray too. Make me your son again… please. "Maria, are you… doing good? I wonder… if you’re… lonely… since I’m not there. It would be a problem… if it turns out that you’re crying everyday… but I’ve… been seeing your crying face… since we were kids… and it’s cute, so you shouldn’t… cry in front of men. I wonder if you remember… when you… confessed to me. You had… told me to not reminisce… to that time, but… y’know, I… I… was really… really… really… happy back then. I was really… so happy… That was probably… the peak… of my life… for real. I mean, I can’t remember anything else. Much more… than when I… won a baseball tournament… or was… praised by Dad… the thing that made me… the happiest… …was being told… that you… were in love with me. To tell the truth… I used to… only see you as a little sister… but you’re… too adorable, so… I soon… fell for you… You will… become even more gorgeous from now on, right? Aah, I’m jealous… of the guys that will be able to see it. If I could… I had… wanted to… make you… my bride… build a small cottage… and live… in that countryside, with you. I… loved you. I love you… Maria. Maria… Maria… Maria, I don’t wanna die… Maria, I wanna… go back to you… Maria… wait… for me… Even if… it’s just… my soul… I’ll come back… but it’s… fine if I’m… not your ‘only’. Just wait. Just… don’t forget. Don’t… forget… the first man… that you… confessed to. I also… won’t… forget. Even by… the gates… of heaven… I won’t… forget. Maria… don’t… forget me." This is utterly heartbreaking............. He is full of regrets. What a sorrowful episode. Thank you Violet for being there in his final moments & conveying his last words to his loved ones he left behind. This is one of my favourite episodes, alongside Leon’s and the playwright’s |
 ꕤ but i’ll probably remember over and over again you were there and everyone else was there — the day we all searched for just one thing ꕤ |
| Nooooo!!!T_T Whyyyyy!!!! ╥﹏╥ This show hurts my heart… |
| this is so stupid in some ways but idc that was a nice tear runner, also feeding me to be immune to character death thank you thank you |
| "If you two are reincarnated and marry in the next life too, then please have me as your son again." I don't believe in reincarnation, but this one got me. |
| “Why does an apple fall when it is ripe? Is it brought down by the force of gravity? Is it because its stalk withers? Because it is dried by the sun, because it grows too heavy, or because the boy standing under the tree wants to eat it? None of these is the cause.... Every action of theirs, that seems to them an act of their own free will is in the historical sense not free at all but is bound up with the whole course of history and preordained from all eternity.” ― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace |
Mom and so sad is this episode, we already give it in others with this anime. 😭😭💔 As some humans just want war and dominate others, I still like that Violet behaves so hard in front of him and does everything she can to help him, but it was sadder when Maria found out about him. 😭😞💔 |
| Violet heard war, letter and soldier and went straight to action. No matter what the situation, she always finds a way to get the letter(s) delivered. Can't say I can take the fact that Violet jumped straight into battle, or as those guys called it: "a hunt", and was able to find the right guy first try. It's bonkers just thinking about it. She's kinda insane, hehe. Watching even Violet get emotional at the end really sinks everything in. Must be hard on her, knowing that she killed many, many, many people like him, in her time as a "weapon". I can't pick which ep was more emotional, this one or the previous one... |
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| Well, shit. Another one that made me cry. 2 times at day, quite a record for me |
| My mind is boggled by the over analyzation some people are making into this one, choosing to nitpick on certain things, souring their own viewing experience instead of embracing it's story and emotions for what it is. The emotion was damn near just as great as the last and is holding strong momentum despite a masterful ep.10 that I felt would be hard to maintain momentum after. |
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| Gotta say, it's very impressive that Violet can memorize the typing motions correlating to the words. |
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makewayitsrhiz said: "If you two are reincarnated and marry in the next life too, then please have me as your son again." I don't believe in reincarnation, but this one got me. That part was hitting me so hard. And when the mother thanked Violet for bringing him back to them, I freakin' cried my eyes off. I know that some people find this episode to be mediocre/meh compared to the last ep, but I find them both to be extremely sad. Violet is becoming more emotional than ever, which also makes these recent episodes tear-jerkers for me. |
| In previous episodes, I've pondered over ways to make each letter or episodic story explore and expand the world of Violet Evergarden, while also letting those moments develop Violet herself in a manner that doesn't cause her to become overbearing. Yeah, this is a nice episode. Not exactly sure how else to complement it. I could possibly talk about the futility of war, the impact it has on ordinary people, and other tangential details the episode used to establish its story, but they're not as important as the interactions between Aiden, Maria, and Violet. I'll say at least, I was taken aback by Violet apparently being able to memorize an entire letter's content by mimicking hand motions, as that seemed to come out of nowhere. I would have easily accepted that she hauled her typewriter in a backpack, and it was somehow both undamaged and didn't hinder her combat abilities. I suppose it's to demonstrate how talented of a Doll she is, but it seemed like a bit much, especially for a moment that hinged heavily on emotional drama. That being said, I'm nitpicking because the episode was great otherwise. I really do want this anime to be as good as I've come to expect, so hopefully the last two episodes can close the show out well enough. |
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| One tear jerker after another, that's brutal. I don't get the people complaining about Violet not using a typewriter and memorising what he said instead, what else was she supposed to do? She wanted to comfort the soldier and she didn't even need to remember the exact words to write the two letters. |
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| I love this series, but watching this one immediately after Episode 10 kind of...lessened its impact somehow? I already knew that this show was essentially sadness pr0n since every episode is designed to make you cry, but for whatever reason this episode just made that painfully obvious in a bad way. Still one of my favorites I've ever watched, just losing a bit of steam as we near the finish line. |
| I couldn't hold back my tears, this is the only anime that genuinely made me sad. |
| Not as good as the episode before, but it still made me tear up... |
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| This is a good episode that is done such a massive disservice by having to be the one to follow up the perfect episode ten. That "thank you" made me cry. |
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| Again man, can't help but my eyes go teary mode even while holding back. Maybe i've been watching too much sad shows recently not just anime, depresso mode syndrome for me. |
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| Oh man, this one also didn't fail to make me cry. Jeeze, only 1 episode so far that didn't bring tears to my eyes. I'm surprised she wasn't the slightest bit hesitant or traumatized to go back into battlegrounds, very brave of her. This is the second time she has cried with a client. Super proud of her for not failing to do her job at writing letters even in dangerous places. Very strongwilled. |
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| Man, I don't care about the episode as it happens, but in the end they always make it so emotional. The third episode in which I had to shed a tear or two, goddamnit! |
| Most emotional episode so far. It hit hard, but not enough to get me crying. |
| Pretend there's something flashy and cool here. |
| We already crushed your soul with last episode, but we're gonna keep laying it on you hard so here's another one! :D |
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