"Violet Eternal Garden" should not be viewed with an evaluative eye, whether it is blown or black, it is meaningless. The whole work is a spiritual journey, following in the footsteps of Violet, to feel people's joy, sorrow, happiness and sorrow. The sense of substitution is very strong, the meaning of "protagonist" is diluted, more like an experiencer and witness, touching a different melody of life from the perspective of Violet, solving the mystery of "love".
Violet's emotions are also people's emotions, through the medium of "faith", which constantly produces emotional resonance, and on the vast continent, the moving symphony of players. In the continuous exploration and experience, understand the meaning of "love", find the true self, carry the memories of the past, continue to move forward, and become a person as his name.
The animation perfectly shows the heroine's growth as an automatic secretary doll, and the novel is directly arranged for this position, and the change in the character's mental journey is not as easy to understand as the animation; the life and death of the young man in the animation is uncertain, which has become the reason why the heroine has been growing up and feeling love, and in the novel, The young man was injured after the war, and he never met the heroine during the recuperation period, and later became the army Daisa, until the final showdown with the enemy remnants on the train was reunited with the heroine. The arrangement of the novel is naturally focused on the bondage and love between the two, while the animation is described by the heroine's understanding of love.
I have to say that I think the animation is better to show, so that it not only tightens the theme of the character of Violet Eve Garden, but also makes the eternal topic of love more vivid. There are also many original contents in the anime that are not in the novel, and when you look back and look closely, they are all paved for the growth of the heroine, which shows that Kyoto Animation has a deep foundation in the composition of the script and series. All in all, this is a work not to be missed, no matter what era it is broadcast, I think it is a work that transcends the future, may not be a classic, but it can resonate with more people.
When watching the first episode of "Violet Eternal Garden", the relationship between the characters has been reflected, Shaoza loves Violet, Violet, although she does not understand feelings, she attaches great importance to Shaozuo, her status in Shaoza's family is very humble, only Shaoza is good to her, and Nakazo is not difficult to see Violet, he is very distressed that Violet, who grew up in the military camp since childhood, is very sad to listen to the obedient tone of her mouth, and also feels guilt and sad that he knows her situation but cannot help her. The relationship between the characters is clear, this is a place I like very much, others want to work well, the picture is beautiful and suffocating, everyone can see it, not to say.
Other things I like are the mastery of details and the metaphorical montage. The wound on Violet's face after she was injured (the small wound on the right) was not fully attached because of the long wound; the words written after sitting up were close-up to let us see that the words were not smooth but very neat, let us know that Violet was greatly influenced by the army, and together with the tone of speech behind, it reflected the characteristics of Violet (there may be changes later) and the table was brought down and then put away, when Nakazo and Violet talked for the first time, the close-up of Nakazo's hand slowly clenched; in the carriage when Zo asked Violet to choose a doll, When he said the last sentence "3, 2", his eyes produced 4 blood streaks, reflecting the tension and excitement of Nakasa; after the bandages were wet with tea, the color gradient and so on were very, very delicate...
After the metaphorical montage I will say the most obvious one. After Violet and Nakazo finished eating, in the section on the street, Nakazo said that after Violet was burning, there was a lamp in the picture, and Nakazo was not in the lamp, and Violet's figure was burned in the lamp. The burning here is actually the constraint of the military orders in the army, and it may be that people never treat her as a person, and the passage of time also makes Violet never pay attention to herself but put the task first.
Some people say that the magic ending of the animation is only for the sequel, and I do not deny the existence of the sequel, but I think that the animation ending is not impossible. What Shao Zuo did not come back highlighted was the cruelty of the war, and I think the screenwriter has been trying to describe the life and death parting in the war, and the foreshadowing in front of it is long enough to make the change of mentality in this ending justified.
It is very normal for a ghost raid force in a war to be wiped out, and it is actually a miracle that Violet can survive, but it is a burden of all the deceased on her shoulders, and she can carry all this to continue to live can already become the intention conveyed by this animation, and there is no need for Shaosa to return to a happy ending with a lover who will eventually become a family to feast on the reader's wishes. Let it end like this, with a pseudo-ending where life goes on and people will eventually leave.