Oscar Webster

Oscar Webster
Japanese	オスカー・ウェブスター
Rōmaji	Osukā Webusutā
Information
Gender	Male
Hair Color	Red
Eye Color	Olive Green
Personal Status
Status	Active
Relatives	Olivia Webster (Daughter, Deceased) Unnamed Wife (Deceased) Unnamed Father-in-law (Deceased)
Occupation	Playwright
Voice Actors
Japanese	Satoshi Taki
Debut
Light Novel	Volume 1, Chapter 1
Anime	Episode 7
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Oscar Webster (オスカー・ウェブスター, Osukā Webusutā^?) is a character in the Violet Evergarden series, and the protagonist of the first chapter of the first volume of the light novel. He is a playwright who secludes himself in his home in Roswell due to the deaths of his wife and daughter. Seeking to write his very first children's play and dedicate it to his daughter's memory, he entrusts Violet with the task of putting his ideas on paper.

Appearance

Oscar is a man in the prime of his life. He has unkempt red hair with a curl and wears thick, black-rimmed glasses over his olive-green eyes. His back is slightly hunched, but his face lends him an air of youthfulness. He always wears a sweater as a result of being sensitive to cold.

Personality

Oscar describes himself as a normal man with many quirks, and someone who is not fit to be the protagonist in any sort of story. After the deaths of his wife and daughter, he became severely depressed, as he left his name and his existence in the industry. He also became lazy, dissolute, and grief-indulged. He is rather pessimistic and believes that humans are creatures that easily become tired of being sad or happy, and cannot continuously be either forever.

Oscar keeps to himself and is very secluded from the rest of the world. He does not read newspapers or magazines and rarely hangs out with anyone. Other than his friends, the only people he has contact with are cashiers at the grocery store and the deliveryman that occasionally brings him packages. He is very self-loathing and feels extremely guilty for being the only member of his family left alive, wishing instead to die along with them. He loved and cared deeply for his wife and daughter when they were alive, and he would often put their happiness above his own.

He despises the ugly reality of the world, which is why he had started drinking. However, thanks to the assistance of a doctor, he had been able to overcome the alcohol and drugs but was left with a tremor in his hand. Whether he wrote on paper or with a typewriter, he simply could not progress properly. The desire to write, however, had remained in his chest; all he had to do was find a means to put it on paper. Eventually, with the help of Violet, Oscar successfully writes a play and eventually accepts that he is alive. He is now content that "Olive," the protagonist of his new play who is based on his daughter, is happy and well.

History

At some point in his life, Oscar met, fell in love with, and married his wife. They had a daughter named Olivia, and the three lived a happy life together in a villa.

However, Oscar's wife was soon diagnosed with an illness that caused her blood vessels to clot rapidly, resulting in her death. Moreover, it was hereditary, and his wife had inherited it from her father. At her funeral, from the moment he had received the revelation, one question had constantly echoed in Oscar’s head: “Why?”

Oscar's wife’s best friend was an auspicious person, and as he had lost spirit with the death of his wife, she had energetically taken care of him and his daughter. She would prepare warm meals for Oscar and braid Olivia's hair. Oscar thinks there may have been a bit of one-sided love involved. After learning that Olivia had inherited her mother's disease, they relied solely on famous and unmatched doctors, unlike when his wife had gone through the same hardship. They went from hospital to hospital, asking for help and gathering information for testing new drugs. In the end, the medics had given up and declared her as incurable. Being on their own again after Oscar's wife's friend distanced herself from the two, Oscar had an argument with one of the doctors so that his daughter could come back home and take nothing but painkillers.

Oscar and Olivia shares a happy and peaceful moment together.

From then on, there had been a little bit of peace, and Oscar saw his daughter smile for the first time in a while. In the hospital’s premises, there was a fountain that looked like an oasis, and on the water’s surface, leaves coming from the surroundings had been floating, to which Olivia had commented on how pretty they were. She then promised her father that she would try crossing the lake close to their house by walking on the decayed leaves that fell on the water. Oscar states that he would wait as long as it would take.

After Olivia passed away at their home, Oscar buried her in the same cemetery as his wife, returning to the place where the three of them had once lived together and resumed his life quietly.

Story

After years of mourning for his daughter and wife, he had been approached by a colleague from his former job, who had asked him if he could write a screenplay again. For Oscar, a request from a theatre group that everyone admired was an honor. Oscar had accepted the offer with an immediate feedback, deciding to hold onto a pen once more. However, it was from then that his problem had started. Whether he wrote on paper or with a typewriter, he simply could not properly progress. As he had asked for advice from the old work colleague that had made him the request, the latter had told him to use an Auto Memories Doll.

Oscar requests the use of a Doll, which tasks Violet with assisting Oscar in writing his next play. However, she arrives to find him a drunk recluse. Violet manages to convince Oscar to suspend his drinking while they work, and they begin writing the play. The play is about a girl named Olive who uses her power to summon magical sprites to defeat a beast, but in doing so sacrifices her ability and becomes stranded away from her home and father. Violet becomes curious about how the story will end, which Oscar hasn't decided upon yet. Violet then finds a parasol, triggering an angry outburst from Oscar. He then admits to Violet that he based Olive off of his daughter Olivia, who had died from illness, and he is trying to write the play as a way to cope with his grief over her loss. Oscar then requests Violet to cross the lake close by walking on decayed leaves on the water in order to fulfill the promise he exchanged with his daughter in the past. In doing so, Violet inspires Oscar with the idea of Olive using her magical parasol to fly home to her father. Oscar then comes to terms with his daughter's death and thanks Violet, successfully creating a play with a happy ending.

Relationships

• Wife - Oscar loves his wife deeply and describes her as his most precious person. He had first met her before becoming a playwright, their meetings took place in a library that he frequently visited. The one who had first noticed her had been Oscar himself, and he states that he thought that she was a really beautiful person. He eventually fell in love with her, and his feelings were reciprocated. They married, had a child together and lived a happy life until her death. Oscar became completely devastated and depressed by her death and had been questioning why she had to die hundreds of million times. Even after her death, Oscar wears his wedding ring and often thinks back to her.

• Olivia Webster - Oscar's most beloved daughter whom he loves deeply, he states she is his most dear treasure shared with his most precious person; his wife, and that she is his only hope and his last family left. They have always had a close relationship, and after the death of Oscar's wife, he took it upon himself to care for her. Oscar adored Olivia and saw her as a very responsible girl, especially since she helped him out so much despite being sad to have lost her mother. Oscar cares for her and her well-being very much, so the revelation that Olivia had inherited the same illness as her mother caused Oscar great pain. He states that he couldn't even look at her suffering - it was too much for him. He did everything in his power to make her recover and for her to be happy, and the small joy she felt while sick was more than enough for Oscar. When she died, however, Oscar says that he got destroyed completely while pushing himself on to keep living; he became severely depressed and couldn't even bring himself to remember her properly or her name out of sadness. He stayed in that state for years, until deciding to write a story about "Olive", a young girl based on Olivia, to give her the happy ending Oscar always wanted her to have. Oscar eventually fulfills the promise he made with Olivia through an illusion where he sees her, where Oscar confesses that he has always wanted to see her. He says that he wished that Olivia would have lived and grown up, as well as call him "Dad" many more times. After that, he comes to terms with his past and accepts her death, while giving his play a happy ending.

• Violet Evergarden - Oscar hired Violet to help him write a children's play starring a character based on his daughter. Although Violet considered him troublesome, she helped him in every way she could, from making meals for him to helping him visualize a scene based on a wish of his daughter's. Violet emphasizes with Oscar's sadness from losing the people dear to him, and Oscar teaches Violet new emotions. After seeing Olivia's wish realized through Violet, Oscar began to come to terms with the loss of his daughter, to which Oscar is grateful for towards Violet. Oscar is also somewhat fond of Violet, as he claims that Olivia is very similar to Violet in terms of appearance, and would grow up to resemble Violet if she had lived.

Gallery

Oscar in the light novel.

Oscar with his family.

Oscar in the past.

Oscar discussing with Violet.

Oscar crying.

Oscar "reunites" with his late daughter.

Trivia

• Oscar is shown to have a thin goatee in the anime.