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| Possibly she didn't keep track. People call her a "child" in previous episodes, but I figured she was around 17. I thought the relationship between the prince and princess was sweet, but the relationship between Charlotte and Alberta was a pleasant surprise and I thought that was even more moving. |
| Damn, KyoAni and Netflix are too good in terms of artwork. This show is animated masterpiece. |
Hulek46 said: Damn, KyoAni and Netflix are too good in terms of artwork. This show is animated masterpiece. Netflix didn't produce it. They just got the worldwide broadcasting right. Looks like Netflix really got it through to the fans with their "Original" claims. |
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| A couple of things: 1. Did they seriously do a several months timeskip? It completely ruins the narrative, just the last episode Violet still was incompetent and unable to understand human's feelings, now she writes actual letters, sent to a job of an utmost importance and actually able to smile and understand emotions. Like embarassment 2. Violet was 14 when gifted to he major and didn't think of adding the past years when asked for age? It sounds like a plausible explanation I've heard on reddit. Because otherwise it is really uncanny, because Violet looks like an adult girl in early twenties 3. It seems some juicy drama is starting. I think it's major's brother and he's really angry and revenge-hungry Otherall an enjoyable episode mostly because of the letter exchange and the ending credits scene with the princess. Still have to say again that I hated the time skip |
| I loved how the townspeople really got invested in the love story. xD Also.... I'm not crying .... Just was recently cutting onions is all... lklfjaklwje |
superzombie23 said: I found it hard to believe Violet is handling something so diplomatic already. Seems like yesterday she didn't even know how to write a letter. Now she's responsible for a letter that could make two countries hate each other? If I were her boss I would never send her on a job like that. She isn't ready in my opinion. And when she writes a letter properly, it's a spontaneous moment that is completely out of her control. Maybe she's learned that she has to get to the truth of the matter with her client, which requires asking the right questions. But, something like that is not guaranteed to work every time. It's never really conveyed that she developed a method of interviewing her clients, nor did they show anything to indicate that she has improved as a writer. We just have to assume that she's human so she must have gained at least SOME insight into human emotions and love by this point. Plus, she can't be 14. Compared to the other characters, she seems very mature. But now that I think about it, the way she carries herself and talks probably does age her up. If she was a normal girl which the typical quirky voice and expressions, 14 is kind of believable. I did read this is filler or anime original so maybe that's why this logically did not sit right with me. I never read the source material. chiefbigcorn said: I feel like we've progressed way too fast to get to the point where she can write good letters. And have the capacity to go and act independently for the well being of the writting contractee. (She's actually 14, what the fuck man??? The ages of everyone are really fuck because all the art looks equally beautiful. Difficult to tell 14 from 24. Thankfully the FBI isn't knocking down doors in their world.) Anyway seeing the smile was nice but I totally couldn't feel it. My point exactly. I hope the show doesn't continue to throw in random character progression as it goes on because this was unrealistic. Well according to Hodgins she has 'gained lots of experience in the past few months'. I'm assuming she has carried out a number of adventures before, aside from what happened in the first 4 episodes. They've skipped in time to a Violet who is already close to an expert. The thing is, even the source material does that, but you could say it's worse. There is a massive time gap between the moment Violet is introduced to her fellow workers and the first adventure they show us. So I guess the anime did a bit better on that, but I do agree with you that the placement of this episode was not the best. They could have adapted one of the adventures available from the novel which involved less important matters, but I don't really know why they didn't. allenjke said: While i think it was a good episode, kinda strange that there was a big time skip (at least i think so considering how Violet wrote such a letter). Plus the story also felt a bit rushed and seeing people say that it's anime origiinal want to question that original source doesn't have enough of content? And again i think the episodes are fine, especially this one was quite good, just the overall format feels strange and questionable. Another thing, thought that this episode wasn't about Violet, like it wasn't about her progression at all and she was just a side character. Really surprised that she is 14 ... The scene with Violet trying to make a smile, made me chuckle a little bit =/ The source material has more than enough chapters for a 14-episode series. 13 chapters, with at least 2 or 3 which are pretty long, enough for 2 episodes. KyrenDuNord said: Has the show started adapting the light novel yet? I am enjoying this so far but I feel like they need to work on the pacing a little. The final scene got me dying for next episode. 4/5 No, they still haven't started adapting any material aside from Chapter 8, which was episode 1 but massively reduced. sadl1fe said: A couple of things: 1. Did they seriously do a several months timeskip? It completely ruins the narrative, just the last episode Violet still was incompetent and unable to understand human's feelings, now she writes actual letters, sent to a job of an utmost importance and actually able to smile and understand emotions. Like embarassment 2. Violet was 14 when gifted to he major and didn't think of adding the past years when asked for age? It sounds like a plausible explanation I've heard on reddit. Because otherwise it is really uncanny, because Violet looks like an adult girl in early twenties 3. It seems some juicy drama is starting. I think it's major's brother and he's really angry and revenge-hungry Otherall an enjoyable episode mostly because of the letter exchange and the ending credits scene with the princess. Still have to say again that I hated the time skip I guess they could've shown a few minutes of her helping out and building experience before showing this. As for the her age when she was given to Gilbert, she was considered to be '10' by Dietfriet. Here's some quotes about her age. |
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cowicowi said: At the end scene Catteya told violet it was hard to convince the prince to do it. What does it mean 'to do it'? Handwrite letter? Yes. Initially it was perceived that he was busy but in reality he lacked confidence in writing love letters himself, if you notice the letters, they became longer and more personal from one to the next. Cattleya was referring to convincing the prince to write himself initially because of his lack in confidence. |
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Major_Gilbert said: The source material has more than enough chapters for a 14-episode series. 13 chapters, with at least 2 or 3 which are pretty long, enough for 2 episodes. You mean it like the whole original source to cover all 14 episodes, cause if yes i still don't understand why are they doing these anime-originals. To show Violet's progression better so then novel just skips it? And even if they're adding it, why was it rushed, seems even more strange. I mean there was some kind of progression, but the episode felt like it wasn't about Violet at all ... |
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| Amazing episode as expected. |
allenjke said: Major_Gilbert said: The source material has more than enough chapters for a 14-episode series. 13 chapters, with at least 2 or 3 which are pretty long, enough for 2 episodes. You mean it like the whole original source to cover all 14 episodes, cause if yes i still don't understand why are they doing these anime-originals. To show Violet's progression better so then novel just skips it? And even if they're adding it, why was it rushed, seems even more strange. I mean there was some kind of progression, but the episode felt like it wasn't about Violet at all ... I agree that most episodes have felt rushed. They seem to have put too much effort in trying to make side-characters get as much development as possible, which is at the cost of Violet's development. |
"Le vent se lève!... Il faut tenter de vivre!" - Paul Valéry, Le Cimetière Marin - |
| Dietfriet looks so good with his eyes and that long hair.... too bad he's an asshole. I don't know what to feel about princess Charlotte, I liked the episode though. I can't believe Violet is 14... I thought she was 16-17. I think she doesn't care about age gaps because Gilbert is older than her too. But it wouldn't surprise me if she actually is 17. I'm happy Violet didn't mess up with the letters like in the first episodes and Charlotte told her she's good at writing letters. The scene at the end wasn't a flashback, was it? At least I hope so. It would be interesting to see a conversation between Violet and Gilbert's brother. |
| That was a surprising episode. Writing a letter like that while she's only written a single one that was brief, it's like things went from 0 to 100. Also nice to see her take the iniative herself and make them send genuine letters to each other. Dis girl is growing, also facially :]  |
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| This was a really fascinating episode. The whole romance between Damian and Charlotte was lovely. =) The normal letters didn't reflect on how both of them felt, so thanks to Violet, the two wrote letters to each other, expressing their real emotions and faults about each other. An honest approach that had not only me enthralled by it, but also the townsfolk from the respective cities both kingdoms. The best moment for me was after the credits, with Violet speaking to Cattleya, reflecting on the whole experience. Violet's smile was simply beautiful and took me by complete surprise. =3 What I didn't expect to see after that scene, was Dietfred. I can't really blame him for acting hostile at Violet after what happened during the war. It does make me worry that he might do something that would screw over her career as an Auto Memory Doll or worse. Either way, that cliffhanger has be eager to see what the next episode has in store. =) |
| I forgot this was an anime for a second, forgot that japanese love underaged girls. (I know that marriages like that are common back then; I just wanna rant.) The music and art is once again beautiful. 8/10 |
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| I know this was a marriage between two kingdoms but I still found the fact that everybody was reading their letters kinda weird. |
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| This episode got me tearing. Blew the other 4 episodes out of the water. The letter fight had me smiling the whole time. I really felt like one of the citizens. I'm glad they got their love sorted out. I was way too invested in their romance. Violet smiling warmed my heart. |
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| I loved this episode ,Violet actually showed some sort of emotion until she arrive at the port and met that officer or whatever he’s called. Also,Im really excited for the next episode,seems like its going to be a little bit more dramatic:) |
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| Meh Episode, not good not bad. But after 4 episodes of filler, we are finally going to see something relevant to Violet again. Hope it is worth because so far everything has been really dissappointing... I.e Wasted budget on scenes that aren't meaningful (like that one in last week's episode where Violet greets the parents of that girl with brown skin which name I already forgot) |
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Delhinho said: Little by little, this ready recipe of "presenting minor characters, presenting any little bit, developing porcally, and then finalizing", will end up losing the effect. They want to do too much, and they end up doing nothing. Agree, it happens on many anime, specially comedy ones, where they abuse their recipe a lot, wasting it until it doesn't have any effect, is like telling a really funny joke, you know its funny, and you keep using it over and over until it is no longer funny |
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shanimebib said: Hulek46 said: Damn, KyoAni and Netflix are too good in terms of artwork. This show is animated masterpiece. Netflix didn't produce it. They just got the worldwide broadcasting right. Looks like Netflix really got it through to the fans with their "Original" claims. Well, I'm quite aware of that. What I wrote was just mind shortcut. |
| That cliffhanger at the end. I was wondering when her back would come to haunt her. |
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| A wonderful episode that demonstrated the power of genuine letters. Took me by surprise hearing Charlotte was actually in love with the prince, rather than the usual hating him. It was a bit refreshing to be honest. I'm sure living a life as royalty comes with numerous difficulties, especially in the form of disingenuous people. No one caring about who you really are or what you truly think. Charlotte and Alberta's relationship was a complicated, yet strong one. Without really saying it, it sounds as though both of Charlotte's parents are dead. It must be difficult acting as both a mother figure and a servant to the Princess. This made Alberta stay pretty stoic even during some of the most emotional moments; despite her wishing the same as Charlotte most likely. The one thing that tripped me up was the fact Violet all of a sudden knew how to write fairly well. When did this happen? It hasn't really shown her practice or anything, so it felt a bit unjustified. Regardless, this episode really helped improve Violet's emotions; working hard for the princess despite that not being her "direct orders". I really enjoyed the letter responses segment, it was just fun to listen to their replies. I'm just glad everything worked out and it was a happy ending. Overall, a very good episode. Also, I don't believe she's 14. I've always thought of her around her early 20s. At least that's how she looks. |
| Wow, Violet's age came as a surprise. I hope she's wrong, I'm having a hard time accepting this after thinking the whole time she was above 16. Mixed feelings about the episode. The entire love story would've been way more enjoyable if it wasn't for the fact that they were 14 and goddamn 24. The scene with Charlotte and Alberta at the end was pretty nice though. |
| the most emotional episode so far...!! i love how they delivers those scenes in this episode, each episode is getting better and better at all :D 9/10 |
Major_Gilbert said: Rinkx said: Is this another anime original? [Edit] Anyway, this episode's princess looks really similiar to Ai from Kyoukai no Kanata for me. Don't you remember... Episode 3, at the start, the flashback... He's Gilbert's brother, the one who found Violet in the first place. I remembered, but I don't understand how he behave. Why did he said that |
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reziar said: Where are you guys watching this? It's on Netflix! That's the only legal way to watch it for me ^.^ |
| So,.. all countries are actually on the Australian continent, including the Principality of Lippe, which in the anime is called "Drossel", and the princess of which is to mary the prince of a neighboring state, named after a pink alcoholic beverage popular among teenage clubbers. |
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| camellia is my favourite flower but this is too much. the princess was reading books to understand whom is better to marry LMAO. wow so romantic a 10 y o and 20 yo fall in love with each other! but heeey it's just the world they live in.... they can make steel arms but weeell.... not everything's progressing that smoothly shikatanai arimasen so i guess I HAVE TO overlook their ages and shed a tear seeing a pretty fourteen years old bride :] so romantic :] and so Gilbert fell in love with a fourteen years old girl... so romantic and sweet gosh :] |
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| Probably the best episode so far, despite it being another anime original. That ending with the princess and Alberta was beautiful. And look who we've got here in this episode too. Dietfriet. |
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| Violet is 14? What the hell, she looks so much older. This also makes the military thing a lot more messed up. This was a pretty good side story. Obviously a 14 year old marrying a 24 year old would be a no go here, but you have have to think of the cultural differences. Violet stretching her face to be 'expressive' was pretty funny; however, at the end of the episode we get a genuine smile from Violet, which is cute, but also a nice development. |
| It's much easier to tolerate Violet when she isn't acting completely socially retarded/someone else calls her out on having no emotions. I wasn't sure that I liked the princess at first, but I had genuine sympathy for her, having to celebrate her 10th birthday by getting courted by older men. The prince who found her really seemed like a genuine guy. The two of them broke traditional royal custom bullshit, shared their honest feelings, and fell in love via their words. And now someone from Violet's past has returned...I wonder if that guy's going to tell her the Major is dead. |
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Hulek46 said: Damn, KyoAni and Netflix are too good in terms of artwork. This show is animated masterpiece. KyoAni and money, you mean? |
| The girl being 14 got lucky and I mean really lucky. The princesses could marry even earlier, like 10 and would have to consume their marriage when they got their first period no matter what age. And if they even got more unfortunate than all that, their husband could be in their fifties. Oh and funny thing the public letters were like a soup opera back in the day I think. |
| So she's fourteen, huh. Pretty decent episode, I'm not certain if there was a couple of months time skipped but Violet sure has gotten alot better at percieving others emotions. |
Revvie-chan said: Hulek46 said: Damn, KyoAni and Netflix are too good in terms of artwork. This show is animated masterpiece. KyoAni and money, you mean? woah woah woah ^ this is more accurate ,next people are gonna start thinking this was actually made by netflix at this rate even their co produced stuff is still mainly done by the big studios just with a fatter wallet |
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| interesting episode but the ending was easily the best part |
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| This episode was something awesome, this art with that romantic story, so beautiful, i didnt expect an idea like that from Violet, but it worked so well, i really enjoyed this episode, was the best so far for me, of course that the last ones were really good too. I really felt for Charlote from her farewell of her personal maid, it was really sad. And the smile form Violet in the end of episode was so good to watch. Nice flashback in teh end of episode, expecting more good episodes from this anime. :) |
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