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Mar 15, 2018
Preliminary (10/13 eps)
Unfortunately there are too many flaws to give Violet Evergarden an honest 10. Mainly in the story department because they are hit or misses and some could be longer, I just feel the 14 episodes are a hindrances, if they had a full season maybe the few stories that felt rushed could have been elaborated on. The two I can name are when Violet was apart of the school for a short time to learn to be a doll, that all began and wrapped up in a single episode. It was still good, I just felt more could be done even though the ending did hit home.

The other was the night of the comet, a few episodes in, I think it was episode 5, they spent some time talking about loneliness and I felt they could of done so much more to define and heighten that though both Violet and the person she was working with.

Moving on to the rest of the review, art is outstanding and I am surprised that Kyoto Animation hasn't tried more serious adaptations with their art style. I was just looking and all there stuff is cutesy moe stuff, which isn't bad but to see such a drastic change to something more serious. The animation is flawless.

Sound/Music: These are key to any series. Or at least one that you are trying to be serous with. The OST of Violet Evergarden is comparable to that of CLANNAD, which coincidentally Kyoto Animation did. Every note during the sad portions of the anime hit home. Again, flawless.

And lastly we end with Characters. A bit lack luster but still great, and since Violet is the main focus, the others arne't necessarily important but provide enough support that they fill their roll, I mean Violet Evergarden is a story to story series, each episode being a story in of it self with a few sprawling more and of course the over arcing story. Still the characters are all good, just don't expect to see much of anyone besides Violet.

Overall, like I said, it's not enough to warrant a 10 and being this far in, after watching 10 episodes, I doubt 4 more will change my opinion on upping my rating to a 10.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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