Story - 9
So, yeah, I gave the story a 9/10 because the story was incredibly beautiful. I've seen a couple other people say this but yeah, the story is pretty simplistic, it's about a little girl who has known nothing but war try to find what love means. Each episode is essentially its own little story in itself, giving little snapshots of life in different stages. Each episode also grows Violet's character somewhat, because she has to deal with all these emotional troubles, her emotionless character has to react in ways she never has. Yeah, that's about it, I think a lot of the bad reviews might have a little to do with the expectations of what it was going to be. I think a lot of people maybe thought it would be a bit more grandiose.
Art - 10
KyoAni, honestly, is there anything else to say?
Sound - 9
OST was great and really set the stage for the anime, there were a few scenes where the background music overpowered the characters but it's not as if it was irredeemable. Still amazing.
Characters - 8
I think a big thing that a lot of people gave VE criticism for was the lack of character for Violet. I will admit it is a little unrealistic for Violet to have absolutely zero emotions but considering how she was treated by everyone in the military besides Gilbert I can imagine how she would end up like that. I mean, she was effectively a slave, you have to stay stoic in situations like that, there's no room for emotions.I do agree, though, in some way, I think the character development was a little slow, the first 4 or so episodes had little to do with actual development of her character. I believe the development was a little bit on the slow side, and the side character were also kind of bland, but to be honest, you don't see them too much anyways so it's not too much of an issue. Also, the new character introduced each episode actually surprised me. Although they were limited to the "tell" method, the characters actually had a lot of depth and emotion behind what they were doing. You could actually relate with most of the character in each of these individual episodes.
Overall - 9
Though not perfect, it is a really enjoyable experience. I've noticed that a lot of the reviews have only watched 4 episodes or so and I'm going to tell you straight up; you need to watch more. This show has a very slow build up and honestly, at episode 11, I don't think its done. No one knows for sure how the end is going to be, but we can only hope it's amazing.
TL;DR
It's good, beginning is slow though.
