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“Violet Evergarden, a graceful Auto-Memories Doll, records emotions through heartwarming client stories.”
Violet Evergarden
ヴァイオレット・エヴァーガーデン
8.66
81 rank · 32,285 readers · 809 favorites
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Fantasy
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Synopsis
Violet Evergarden, a graceful Auto-Memories Doll, records emotions through heartwarming client stories.
"Auto-Memories Dolls" were created with the purpose of recording one's speech and emotions. First invented by Dr. Orland to bring happiness to his wife, such dolls are now being loaned by companies after knowledge of his work became public. Moved by the work of the Auto-Memories Dolls, a woman named Violet Evergarden decides to take up their duties. Beautiful, with golden hair and crystal-blue eyes, she quickly becomes the most popular doll, leaving all her clients delighted by her company. Violet Evergarden is a compilation of heartwarming short stories revolving around the life of the graceful Auto-Memories Doll as she serves her different clients.
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Community consensus
Derived from 6 sampled reviews
8.8
/10
What 6 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9.5
mode 10
σ 1.77
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.77 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 1.17
Running avg · Dec 2017 → Aug 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “Really love the character development and progression. Someone devoid of emotions becomes the most real person with authentic feelings I have ever seen. She can't say it out loud but her writing is...”
- 9 “Violet Evergarden ( Published By KA.Esuma bunko, Write By Kana Akatsuki, Illustrate By Akiko Takase ) I have read this for the first time back in middle of 2018, around may, my mother bought me...”
- 10 “Not a single review? Well, I'll be the first. TL:DR for no one who wants to read the full thing. Story 8, Character 10, Enjoyment 10. Not much art to really judge but seems standard but not...”
Verbosity
Short · 0%
Medium · 17%
Long · 83%
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A Light novel Publication
- Format 13 × 2 ch × vol
- Total read 1h 44m approx
- Published Dec 2015 – Dec 2016
- Source Light novel media type
- Ref. BS-M39499 catalog