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God, what a beautiful anime. I watched Violet Evergarden with my best friend, who gave this anime very high praise. All I knew before I started watching this, was that it was made by Kyoto Animation, and that it was going to be a more sad, or emotional anime.

The story is complex and interesting. The story's main focus is on the main character herself: Violet Evergarden, and her travels all over the world; writing letters for those who can't write, or can't find the right words.

The art and animation are some of the best things about Violet Evergarden. I could praise it all day if ... I wanted to. Violet Evergarden probably has the best animation of any anime I've ever seen. There are so many scenes that I want to mention, but it would be spoilers.

The characters, their characterization, and their growth are very well done. Throughout the story, we learn about Violet's backstory about being in the army as a child, and how the aftereffects of that are catching up to her in the present. We learn why she's so hellbent on trying to learn what the words "the person she held dearest" said to her meant. The characters are not 2-Dimensional as they show an incredible amount of growth too. We see Violet from the very first episode where she still acts like a soldier awaiting orders, to throughout the anime where she's always learning more about herself, "the person she held dearest", the world, you name it. Violet, as well as the rest of the characters are well written, and ever-changing.

Overall, I gave Violet Evergarden a 10 because I loved almost every minute of it. I teared up during many episodes, and I'm not the type to cry a lot. This is my first ever anime review, so I hope it makes sense.