Violet Evergarden — Season 1
An inspiring tale of love and letters
About this season
The war is over, and Violet Evergarden needs a job. Scarred and emotionless, she takes a job as a letter writer to understand herself and her past.
Episodes (13)
1. Episode 1
7.5Aired 11 January 2018 • 24 min
Hodgins retrieves Violet from the hospital, as Major Gilbert asked him to look out for her. After they meet Gilbert's relatives, he offers her a job.
2. Episode 2
7.1Aired 18 January 2018 • 26 min
Violet tries to adjust to her new job: she needs to learn typing, and her coworkers question whether she has the right demeanor for letter writing.
3. Episode 3
7.8Aired 25 January 2018 • 24 min
Violet enrolls in a Doll training course. Her classmate Luculia befriends her, though she has her own problems with her war veteran brother.
4. Episode 4
7.0Aired 1 February 2018 • 24 min
When Iris goes to her home village on an assignment, Violet accompanies her. Iris's birthday party sparks a disagreement with her family.
5. Episode 5
7.5Aired 8 February 2018 • 26 min
Princess Charlotte is to have a public correspondence with her betrothed, and Violet is entrusted with writing the letters on her highness’s behalf.
6. Episode 6
7.9Aired 15 February 2018 • 24 min
Violet travels to the country of Astrea to work with transcribers copying damaged manuscripts. Her partner Leon has a past not unlike hers.
7. Episode 7
8.3Aired 22 February 2018 • 24 min
A playwright with writer's block and a tragic past summons Violet to the country of Genetrix to help him finish a script. They both learn about grief.
8. Episode 8
8.1Aired 1 March 2018 • 24 min
Violet learns that Major Gilbert is listed as missing in action, but his family members think he is dead. Unable to cope, she remembers the war.
9. Episode 9
8.4Aired 8 March 2018 • 24 min
Heartbroken, Violet withdraws from her job and questions whether she even has the right to be an Auto Memory Doll. Then, she receives a letter.
10. Episode 10
9.3Aired 15 March 2018 • 27 min
Violet travels to a countryside mansion to write a letter for a gravely ill war widow, but her young daughter Ann resents Violet's presence.
11. Episode 11
8.3Aired 22 March 2018 • 24 min
Against Hodgins' wishes, Violet takes a job from a soldier at a military base in Ctrigall, a former enemy nation now engulfed in civil war.
12. Episode 12
7.6Aired 29 March 2018 • 24 min
The Major's older brother is ordered to defend the signing ceremony from former Gardarik forces opposed to peace. Violet intercepts his train.
13. Episode 13
8.5Aired 5 April 2018 • 24 min
The signing ceremony concludes, officially bringing an end to the war. While writing letters for an air show, Violet composes a letter to the Major.