The novel "Violet Even Garden" by Japanese writer Akatsuki Kana was adapted into the anime "Violet Evergarden" and then turned into text. I wrote the article in a poetic style and felt that animation deserved a more beautiful text like a letter.
This is a story about learning to love.
Use the most ordinary and insignificant existence in the world to interpret the most magnificent life journey.
Violet Evergarden has experienced war. The thin girl has no emotions, but has a terrifying talent in close combat physical skills. She can often kill a bloody path and turn a battle around with her own strength.
She is not afraid of death, but she does not understand love. When she was cleaning out the enemy's only remaining fortress, her arms were blown off. The major who had been protecting her confessed his feelings to her when he was dying. The major pushed her out of the window and allowed her to escape and was buried in the sea of fire.
After the war, Violet retired from the army and was taken to the care of C. H. Postal Company by Major's son Hawkins, but her understanding of normal life was blank. She tried to integrate into the life of normal people, tried to feel the emotions of ordinary people, and tried to understand the meaning of the "love" conveyed to her by the Major before his death. The word "love" became her lifelong belief. In her journey to find "love", she gradually understood the weight of life, regretted the murders she had committed, and finally became a flesh-and-blood person.
She has both gentleness and courage. With a pale heart and a pair of mechanical arms, she writes letters that convey feelings to others, searching for the true meaning of "I love you."
The so-called magnificence of life is precisely the sincere feelings held by those tough and brave little people against the cruel and heavy background of war.
"You have to live well and freely."
"I truly love you."
Intention: The fragility and tenacity of human beings
