October 6, 2023

Violet Evergarden Episode 3 Reaction

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Waryu 路 November 10, 2023

Kyoto animation, the studio who created this animation is known for their distinct style, like you mentioned, taking care of extreme details and conveying the atmosphere in a beautiful way. But in 2019 the studio was attacked by one crazy guy who conducted arson in a studio and he killed 36 animators and injured 34, which included many who were heavily involved in the work of Violet. This was not only an extremely rare case of mass murder in Japan but such a shocking event in Japanese anime history but the studio was so determined to recover from this tragedy and they completed the movie version of Violet after the incident which really shows their resilience and I really recommend you to watch as well.

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TeaDrinkerReactions 路 October 7, 2023

Glad to see y'all enjoying the series so far 馃槉馃榿

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Robert Dirk H. 路 October 7, 2023

I love this episode. It introduces in my opinion Violet's best friend: Luculia (Lu-ku-li-ja). She just has this lovely friendly character. Without her, Violet might have given up on her dream. I'm looking forward to the later episodes. By the way: The first two episodes had no opening and ending. They were only introduced in this episode, possibly because you see Violet's situation in these (clothes, profession), and Kyoto Animation didn't want to spoil it.

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Payam Sharifi 路 October 7, 2023

This episode hits incredibly hard, and it's the first of many to do so. I also just wanna drop a recommendation for Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, which started airing recently and gives me some Violet Evergarden vibes. It's another great female protagonist too!

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Andreas L 路 October 7, 2023

STRONG agree! It's so thoughtful and wonderful, I thought they might like it as I was watching as well!

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My Toasty Toast 路 October 7, 2023

Watching this while drinking some wine to loosen my emotional state to guarantee a good Friday cry

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Oodjee 路 October 7, 2023

I feel like this show makes even more sense to come out of Japan, since their culture usually keeps them very reserved and they don't really share their feelings often. They even have specific words (honne and tatemae) in their language to describe "being raw" and staying behind a "wall" where they keep their feelings. And I've heard interviews with Japanese people about this topic where so many of them say that they would keep up that wall like 70% of the time.

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Kya Colosseum 路 October 6, 2023

Tissues? I need litre bottles of water on hand from how many tears this show makes me shed, honestly forgot just how good it is. With your reaction to this show I cannot reccommend "A Place Further Than the Universe" enough. It's a short show with the same kind of focus on love and friendship as this, as well as having an all female main cast to boot.

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sand_fl 路 October 6, 2023

this was on my tl. i thought you'd be interested https://twitter.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1710381594119200824?t=kb4pFEeTNVVQWM9CLhlRgA&s=19

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Danny 路 October 6, 2023

Violet's first letter would always get me hardest. The sister's struggle to simply tell her brother how glad she was that he came home from the war. And the brother's struggle to find solace in the guilt he felt being unable to protect his parents. Ah, what a emotional roller coaster this show is. Just as draining as FMAB sometimes

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Lalisa Truong 路 October 6, 2023

Ahh, already getting emotional and crying with the first letter 鈽猴笍

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Komikall 路 October 6, 2023

crying on the third episode? oh boy.

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sand_fl 路 October 6, 2023

watching a slasher so i guess i'll watch this tomorrow. i like this but it's the kind of show you need to be in a certain mood to watch and certainly not a show to watch after watching a bunch of high schoolers be murdered in creative ways. by the way, i saw a tweet about american horror story and how lana winters is THE scream queen in asylum and it got me thinking that if milena said she loved sarah paulson but hates horror... does that mean that she hasn't watched ahs? at some of it, specially the first couple seasons are amazing. by the way, it's past midnight, so happy birthday lola 馃槉

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LM Reactions 路 October 6, 2023

i actually have watched first three seasons of ahs because of her so i think that tells you more than enough how much i adore her

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Luka 路 October 6, 2023

Just watched the intro and idk if someone has mentioned it but there are 2 movies and 1 OVA special. The OVA can be watched after episode 4 and the movies can be watched after finishing the season. The movies and OVA are also on Netflix, so you dont have to worry about getting it from another source

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HenryM 路 October 6, 2023

Some people mentioned that the movies aren't as good?