"I Love You" and Auto Memories Dolls (「愛してる」と自動手記人形, "Aishiteru" to Ōto Memorīzu Dōru?) is the first episode of the Violet Evergarden anime adaptation. It aired on January 11, 2018.
Summary[]
After surviving the Great War, Violet wakes up in the army’s hospital. The arms that she lost had been replaced with silver prosthetics. Hoping to go back to work as fast as possible, she attempts to write a report to her superior officer, Gilbert, but can’t even manage to hold a pen with her new limbs. A former lieutenant-colonel of the army, Hodgins, comes to visit her. As he says he had come to pick her up on Gilbert’s request, Violet is taken by him to the capital city, Leiden. While observing the city where scars from the war remained, Violet reminisced to “certain words” that Gilbert had told her on the battlefield.
Plot[]
Violet is a soldier in the Leidenschaftlich Army who served under Major Gilbert Bougainvillea, who she was utterly devoted to. However, Violet is injured after a mission which resulted in the loss of her arms, requiring them to be replaced with prostheses. Colonel Hodgins, an old acquaintance of Gilbert, arrives to pick up Violet. He explains to Violet that the war they were fighting has ended and peace has come, though he is unwilling to tell Violet what happened to Gilbert. They leave for the capital city of Leiden, where Gilbert had already arranged for Violet to be adopted by the Evergarden family. However, Violet cannot adjust to civilian life due to her military indoctrination.
Hodgins later decides to show Violet his business, the CH postal company which acts as a private mail and ghostwriting service and hires her as a postal worker. She then witnesses the Auto Memory Dolls of the ghostwriting department writing a letter for an illiterate man who wants to proclaim his love to someone. Violet then remembers that "I love you" were the last words Gilbert had told her. Wanting to know the meaning of the words, Violet asks Hodgins for her to join the ghostwriting department. Impressed that Violet has finally shown signs of acting on her own free will instead of on someone else's orders, Hodgins accepts Violet's request despite her not being an Auto Memory Doll.
Characters[]
- Violet Evergarden
- Gilbert Bougainvillea
- Claudia Hodgins
- Tiffany Evergarden
- Benedict Blue
- Cattleya Baudelaire
- Erica Brown
- Iris Cannary
Locations[]
Adaptation Notes[]
- Adapted from: Volume 2, Chapter 2 and Volume 1, Chapter 6
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