My name is Isabella York,,,
And this is my prison,
A women's garden, guarded from the outside by tall walls,
Where only royal ladies and their handmaids are ever allowed,
The only students in this school,,,
Are those who either aspire to attain high status or those who want to be brides,
I fear that I might belong to the latter,
Unlike me, she can go anywhere,
It is a pleasure to meet you,
We shall hasten anywhere a customer requests us,
Auto Memory Dolls at your service,
I'm Violet Evergarden,
Why would a Doll come here?
We were requested by,,,
The York family to help Lady Isabella's debut,
Turn into a success,
My debut?
That's in three months,
That is correct,
Until then you shall be taught proper manners, conversation topics, etiquette,,,
and dancing,
It's the job we've been commended,
From today onward, I shall be your personal tutor,
So Dolls can be hired for that kind of work too,
No, Originally our job is only to write letters,
Without the Drossel family's referral
we would have declined,
So you think you're too important,
I really hate that kind of people,
We were told about your breathing issues,
Don't touch me!
Your hand,,,
They're prosthetic,
I lost them in the war,
Are you a kingdom servant Doll?
No, I'm only a civilian Doll,
Our firm is located at Leidenschaflic,
Leiden?
A country south of the continent,
With the transcontinental railroad, we have regular trains connecting us,
It takes 4 days of travel,
You can go anywhere you please in the whole world,
As long as I'm requested to,
Doesn't matter,
I shall accompany you until my job is done,
I don't plan on humoring you,
Only talk to me when it's necessary,
For my lessons,
Again with your troubled look,
Is it really something so important?
Yeah,,, It's about that request for Violet-chan,
The one about being a tutor for the royal lady,
Tutor?
And for three months too,
You'd have refused, Wasn't it for the king, Huh?
And for three months!
How about I go check on her from time to time?
It's in a school that doesn't allow boys, you know?
An all female school,,,
This public love letter, sure is wonderful,
I made it the other day,
Marvelous!
You can have it if you wish,
Hey, look!
My,,, Who could she be?
I've never seen her before,
Do you know her?
No, I've never seen her either,
Good morning, Miss York,
Good morning! Miss York,
And who is with you?
From today on, I'll be Isabella's handmaiden,
My name is Violet,
I see,,, I am,,,
Miss Lancaster, correct?
I was informed of your name,
What a refined greeting,
She looks more like a princess than a maid,
Please use the outermost knife,
Milady You've stopped writing,
You need to keep practicing, This is a fundamental subject,
I(boku),,,
No more "boku" Please use "watakushi" instead,
Taylor!
Nenne loves you, Taylor, I love you,
Which salon will you be joining Miss York?
She will join Miss Lancaster's Salon, of course, right?
Lancaster, the prime minister family And York, the renowned merchants,
Along with the Drossels The families,,,
We cannot apologize enough,
Milady Isabella is in a delicate state,
She has spent many days in confinement, And now she has to adjust,,,
To a more social lifestyle, However she requires some time,
May we excuse her for her behavior meanwhile?
Yes!
How wonderful! She speaks like a knight!
Milady Isabella!
I am very sorry for leaving your side,
When I look at you,,,
I feel really pathetic,
Taylor,,,
How have you been, Miss York?
We will go back to the dormitory soon, And we will have tea,
If you wish to,,,
How annoying!
Excuse me, did you say something?
I must apologize,
The master has asked us to refrain from any extra curricular activities,,,
Until the time of Milady's debut,
You truly are a "knight-princess," I see,
It is fine, I will leave it at that for now,
Stay well,
Those girls don't care about anything but families' names,
They only seek the honors bestowed by it,
Is that so?
And you're same, aren't you?
I only seek to carry out my duties,
You truly are the image of "perfection," huh?
As long as some authority tells you something, you don't even doubt,
I'm an orphan,
Is it really okay? You being here 3 months,
Ignoring me?
You told me not to talk to you,,,
Unless it was necessary for your lessons,
Then, just for today,
The company has other dolls as well, So if you're dissatisfied with,,,
That's not it,
Don't you have, like, anyone you miss, or something?
So there is one,
There is someone I miss,
Yet I can never see him again,
Is that so?
Will she be alright? Violet-chan,,,
Taylor,,,
No, This is Violet,
How are you feeling?
Were you awake all this time?
I'm used to long drills,
I only need little slee-
No problem,
So,,,
As girls of around the same age,,,
I want to talk normally, you know,
Understood,
But talking normally,,, What kind of talk would that be?
Let's see, for example,
Huh? What?
We must get ready,
Or we will be late for school,
Basically the students in this school
learn dance moves for both men and women,
Isabella-sama, you first get the women's role,
I will perform the men's,
But,,, I will definitely end up stepping on you,
The trick to improve,,,
Is to relax all your unnecessary tension and follow your partner,
Milady Isabella,
Hey! Why don't you get in?
I'll pass,
Friends can go into the bath together,
Is that true?
It's totally true, you know?
So,,,
Get in,
Actually, this is a first,
Getting in a bath with someone else,
Is that so?
Come here,
Another activity for friends?
No idea,
I used to sleep like this with my little sister,
You did?
Yeah,
Open wide, Taylor,
Tastes good?
Nenne,,,
What is it?
You already got the basics almost perfectly,
Today we will start adding variations,
Ok,
It is done,
Thanks!
You always use the same hairstyle, right?
I do,
Isabella-sama?
Stay still now,
This concerns me, We will be late for the morning lessons,
It's fine!
I used to do my sisters hair up all the time,
Your hair,,, It feels like velvet,
It would sell very well,
Will you sell it?
Nah,,, I'm not gonna sell it,
There! All done!
How you like it?
Seems like it could obstruct my view in the case of an emergency,
And? It looks cute,,,
Then, how about this?
Ta-da! Sheep horns!
Isabella-sama, are you messing around?
You noticed?
Hey,,,
Let's ditch class! We could go somewhere else instead,
Where?
It doesn't matter!
Being together,,,
We can't just go anywhere,
Isabella-sama,
Alright, now again from that point,
Isabella-sama?
I can't do it!
It's impossible for me, To be a lady,
You've learned the dance and etiquette pretty well,
I don't need your compliments!
There is not a single thing I can do as well as you,
We are different,
Different?
That's right! We're polar opposites!
You're so unfair!
You have been blessed so much,
I'm sorry,
You must be a little tired,
What kind of letters have you written so far?
I wrote a lot of letters,
From parents to children and back, From little sisters to big brothers,
And love letters too,
Love letters? Even when you're so formal,
Yes, I'm actually popular for that,
Every letter has had one or other way of saying "I love you,"
Letters can communicate,,,
What is in the heart and can't normally be said,
So,,, Why?
I am,,, Awful,,,
But you have been so kind to me?
I've been kind?
You have,
I'm just acting my part,
Isabella-sama, if you aren't sleepy,,,
I can tell you a story about the stars,
I learned it back when I worked in an observatory,
Okay,
Then,,, I'll tell you a story about the stars
that can be seen shinning over here,
What is this?
It's from your father,
So you can wear them on your debut,
This is for you,
Huh? What?
"Are you having fun?" What is this?
My dress is provided by the company,
I imagine this was sent by one of my coworkers,
Don't they mean something like "We want you to come back soon?"
You go back home today?
Yes, I will leave tonight,
Then,,,
Let's enjoy the ball a whole lot, okay?
May you allow me to lead?
Gladly,
Everyone is looking at you,
Do I look weird?
That's not it,
It's because you're so pretty,
Yet everyone is so well dressed,
You're the prettiest in the room,
Hey,,, Please don't leave my side,
I will not, I promise,
Isabella-sama,
Thank you, Violet,
Always,
Are you tired?
Yeah,
But,,,
It was fun!
And I didn't step on you at all!
You did not,
What will you do after this?
Write letters, As I've been doing,
Say,,,
Could you,,,
Write a letter for me,
Whom to?
My little sister,
I wasn't born a heir to the York family,
Amy!
This time go get me something better,
They're not easy to find thanks to the war,
Where is your mom?
Another abandoned kid?
God! They might not turn good money if you sell them but at least,,,
I've decided,
I'll make her my sister,
Huh!? Cut the crap,
It's not like you have an easy life, Do you think you can handle it?
On top of that you're still a kid yourself,
It's my revenge,
I won't let her live such kind of life,
This child is supposed to be miserable,
But I'll make her happy instead,
I'm gonna give her the choices I never had,
Is that revenge?
I don't care, you both can go die out there,
You will be my little sister now,
Amy,
Then,,, Onee-chan?
Ne,,, Ne,,, Ne,,,
Nenne!
I'm home!
Nenne!
Here, Taylor,
Is it tasty?
Nenne!
In a dirty room,
With not a single pretty thing to see,
But back then,,,
I didn't need anything else,
Nenne!
You're Amy Bartlett, correct?
How dare you barge in like that!!
So these are the girls from that incident,
Blood of my blood, The York family,
My daughter,
Drop your name, your past and come with us,
If you do,,,
We will be taking care of that girl too,
It's better for her too,
Do you think you can keep living like this?
Nenne,,,
My life has no meaning,
Neither has passion, nor hope,
If only there was a single thing I could call wonderful,,,
Nenne,,,
Nenne!!
To think there would be something I wanted to protect so much,
Something I wanted to save so much,,,,
That should become my reason to live,
Nenne!
At that time,,,
I sold my life to a man who called himself my father,
This is my, or rather Amy's past,
From that moment I've been apart from Taylor,
I'm not allowed to see her,
We are a bit,,, alike,
I've never seen my parents, I was abandoned, Then raised as a weapon,
And then I met that man,
He taught me how to read, and he raised me,
With kindness,
He has also given me a reason to live,
I couldn't give you anything in the end,
No, Isabella-sama,
You have given me my first "friend,"
And,,,
You have taught me,,,
That holding hands can make my heart get warmer,
I believe that you were able to grant Taylor-sama
a lot of things too,
With a letter, your feelings, Isabella-sama,
No matter how far, will for sure reach her,
Yeah,,,
Taylor,,,
Someday I will pay you,
Right now I have nothing to give you,
But I will surely repay you,
I can't accept that,
Why? I will pay you!
I don't really understand it myself, but,,,
I simply don't want to take it,
Say,,,
Will we meet again?
I don't know,
But,,, Amy-sama,
I'm an Auto Memory Doll,
We shall hasten anywhere a customer requests us,
Your knight-princess is gone I see,,,
We can finally have a chat alone,
Your debut's waltz really is marvelous,
It's all thanks to Violet,
Miss Lancaster,
You can call me Ashley,
I don't care about family names,
I only wanted to have a chat with your real self,
Hey there,
I have two letters for you,
For me? For Taylor?
Yes, They're for you,
Excuse me! Lady! You know if this kid can read?
She can't,
I guess we will have to,,,
I will read it for you, Okay?
Tylar! Here we go,,,
Niini!
Who are you calling a Niini?
Alright, listen well,
First: From Violet Evergarden,
That's my coworker,
It says that if you have any worries or
need anything you should ask her,
This doesn't have a sender,
It's so short!
"This is a magic spell to keep you safe,"
"Amy," Just recite that,,,
End,
Hey Taylor,
Amy,,, is no longer a name you can call,,,
It's a name I've thrown away out of love for you,
Nenne!
As long as you recite it like a magic spell,
Nenne,,,
It will forever remain as,,,
As my wish that you may be happy,
Nenne,,,
So Taylor,,,
Amy,,,
Call that name if you ever feel lonely,
Delivery,
Delivery!
What is it?
Fields-san isn't home again,,,
Oh my! Even though they were so lively last night,
Should I keep the package for him?
Nah, This has to be paid on delivery, so I'll be back tonight,
Hey! Don't go around touching my stuff!
Run! That bike is scrap!
Delivery!
Delivery?
Thanks as always,
We will be waiting for your next request
Where did that deliveryman go!?
Delivery,
Excuse me, sir,,,
What was that tall building again?
I told you! It's a radio tower!
Radio? What's that?
That thing better not give any headaches!
It won't,
It's been there for 4 years!
After the war ended!
The world has kept progressing in many ways,
No matter how much the world keeps spinning and progressing,
The job of deliverymen hasn't changed at all,
Everyday, we just keep doing the same,
It's a boring job,
It's the same sign,
Nii-,,,
Niini!
A lost child?
Benedict's younger brother?
Or perhaps an bastard son?
No way! It's a customer!
Ah,,, I'm,,,
Taylor, Taylor Bartlett,
She was a girl!?
Are you Taylor-sama?
Yeah!
Are you, Bialet Evergatten?
That's a lot of mistakes,
This! A letter you wrote me 3 years ago,
You said: "If you need something come ask me!"
So I came here!
She's that one,,,
So is there anything troubling you?
I have a request,
I,,,
Wanna work here!
Here,,,
"If you ever leave the the orphanage,,,"
"And you have any trouble please come see me,"
Signed: “Violet Evergarden“
I see,
Taylor-chan I hate to ask but,,,
Did you run away from the orphanage?
I've never heard of a single orphanage in the kingdom of Drossel
that would allow a kid your age to leave,
Is that so?
Yes,,,
Also, to work here,,,
I wish you could wait until you're a bit more grown-up, you see?
No way,,, I beg you! I don't have any money left!
All the more reason,,,
I beg of you too,
Violet,,,chan?
She's my friend's,,,
Beloved little sister,
I want to know! The meaning of "I love you,"
I want to know,
Well,,, Even if we send her home, it's gonna take some time,
We would need to gather information,,,
Then,,,
Yup, Meanwhile,,,
Violet-chan will be taking care of her,
Are you okay with that?
Yay!
Then she'll be a writing assistant?
No! That's not right!
I want to be a deliveryman!
Delivery?
,,, Deliveryman?
You don't want to be a writing assistant, Taylor-chan?
Before I came here
I decided that I wanted to be a deliveryman!
There is no way, This isn't a job for brats!
No way! I asked you please!
Niini! Hey! Please Niini!
Who are you calling Niini!
I beg of you too,
You too,,,
That's good, Benedict,
It's a good chance, At least you could make her your apprentice,
See,,, the boss spoke,
Listen,,,
The work of a deliveryman might seem easy
but it's a great effort!
First you take a quota of mails,
And deliver them,
Where to?
To the addresses written on the envelopes, of course,
Here, try one,
2,,, 1,,,
Leiden City, Mill district,
Alexandre Road 2125,
Are you,,,
Yeah yeah! The Mill district,
Mill district,
Is it here?
Yeah,
Let's go,
Huh? There is no mailbox,
Then you have to deliver to their room,
Fourth floor!
To the next,
That's all for today,
We're going back,
Amazing,,,
You deliver so many every day,
And you haven't even looked at the map the whole day,
That's amazing,
Deliverymen,,,
Keep all the directions in their heads, It's normal,
Niini,,,
No,
Say! Can I call you master?
Huh? Don't do that,
The lamps turn on because of me!
A decree of city planning made them replace the lanterns,
Why did you decide to become a deliveryman or whatever?
No "whatever!"
It was because deliverymen bring happiness,
Is this room for me?
Yes,
And Bialet's room?
It's downstairs, at the other side,
So this my own room!
Master! See you tomorrow!
Hey,,, You still don't know how to read, do you?
Today you weren't able to read a single address,
You only read the numbers,
It's true, I can't read,
I have trouble memorizing the characters,
I had a nun read the letters for me all the time,
"This is,,, A magic word to keep you safe,"
“Amy, You only need to recite that, “
Sister,,, Yes?
Read it again,
I'm sorry for keeping,,,
So many secrets,
Taylor-sama,
I will teach you how to read,
Really?
Yes, Tomorrow we will have a drill together,
Drill?
No,,, I mean that we will study together,
Study and aim to become a deliveryman when you grow up,
Bialet,,,
It's,,, Violet,
Is it lame to not want to sleep alone despite not being a baby anymore?
Not at all,
Looking outside?
Mine is a bear!
I have slept on the same bed as your sister, Taylor-sama,
For real? Did you sleep together?
Yes,
I see,,,
I wonder if Nenne used to sleep with me,
I wanna hear about Nenne!
Taylor-sama, it's morning,
Good morning,
Only two locks end up coming apart, Taylor-sama,
You need to take three of them, Then they won't get undone,
Good morning! Good morning!
My, good morning, Our cute new employee,
Rolland-san? I thought you had retired already?
I just have so much time now, I wanted to pay a visit,
By the way, Violet,
Are you here to give the deliverymen a hand?
"A" is for Atashi (me),
"I" Is for "itsumo" (Always),
"U" is for "ureshii" (happiness)
So much fun every day!
"E" is for "egao" (smile),
Violet!?
Luculia,,,
It's been so long!
Why are you dressed like that?
We're deliverymen!
Deliverymen? This girl too?
She's an apprentice,
And I'm the apprentice's assistant,
Apprentice's assistant?
Where are you going?
To the new town,
It's right across the bridge!
Luculia!
Alright see you later, Violet!
And, ehm,,,
It's Taylor!
Taylor, Keep working hard!
Who was that?
A Doll like me,
And the man?
Well, I've never seen him before,
Is this the new town?
Yes, try reading this,
Lei,,, Leid,,, en city,
Ehm,,, What is this one?
Rethorica district,
The eighth,,,
And twelve!
There it is!
Taylor-sama,
It's this way,
And this is?
It's called an elevator,
They were introduced when they were building the complex houses in the new town,
It's a new technology,
How do you use it?
I think,,, You have to pull this lever,
It's not moving?
It's moving!
That's the place!
I'll lower it a bit,
We are finally out!
It would have been faster using the stairs,
Hello!
Oh my!?
Delivery!
My! Thank you!
It's from my mom!
Marty! There is a present from granny!
Really!?
What is it!?
Hey now!
Snacks!
Did I,,, Look so desperate for one?
You did,
So Luculia is in Leiden right now?
Yes, She was with a gentleman,
Oh! That must be Lucilia-san's fiancé!
So she will retire once she gets married, huh?
No, She won't have to retire,
Seems that even if you get married you can keep working,
Is that so?
It sure is a new era!
A new era?
If you have to retire because you want to marry a nice man
then being a Doll is nothing but a self-display,
Being a Doll is just being at display?
So it was, until now,
So for both of you this is a form of display too?
Well,,, I wouldn't call me being display but,,,
My dream was to become the best Doll in the world,
Ah,,, And I,,, Could say that my dream was to become a novelist,
Novels,,, Is that true?
Actually I have written a short story, and submitted it somehow,,,
Everyone has a way to be in display, I see,
Then? What's yours?
My,,, Way to show,,,
Master!
Don't call me master! It's time for the afternoon deliveries,
Taylor-sama!
Is it really okay?
Yes,
It's the first time someone buys clothes for me!
Is that so?
Yeah, Clothes were hand-me-downs at the orphanage,
Having my own things somehow makes me happy,
I have to treasure them!
And this too!
This bear is very very important for me!
Having things to treasure,,,
really is a blessing, isn't it?
I wonder if Nenne used to do this for me too,,,
I've already forgotten most things,
"These are magic words to keep you safe,"
"Amy, You only have to recite that,"
Why did you want to become a deliveryman, Taylor-sama?
Because master brought me my sister's letter,
I've already forgotten most of my time with Nenne,
But this letter is still with me!
What my sister said, How my sister felt for me,,,
What master brought to me,,,
Was happiness,
Delivery is a wonderful job,
Yes,
Amy,
I want to become a happiness carrier too,
Would you like to send your sister a letter?
But,,, I still can't read,
And also I don't know what I should write to Nenne,
Taylor-sama, I'm a Doll,
Why don't you let me help you?
Will Nenne like it?
I'm sure it will convey your feelings,
I,,, A,,,m,
What it is? Why did you call me in so early?
Are we sending her back to the orphanage?
No, We have a request to deliver a letter,
Did you write it?
Yeah,
She taught me the characters,
The recipient is Amy Bartlett,
There is no address,
Because we don't know it,
Amy Bartlett, Now she goes by Isabella York,
She's the successor of the York family, We know she went to a women's college, but,,,
We don't know what came of her after graduation,
Wasn't she supposed to be your friend?
We kept exchanging letters for a while,,,
But,,,
She has stopped replying,
We assume that she managed to marry someone with a high standing,
But so far, her partner remains secret,
So you are telling me to go look for her!?
Please,
Please,,, Master!
I want to reach Nenne!
Only because there is no such thing as a letter unworthy of being delivered,
But I have a condition!
I knew you'd be here,
Dedication is fine but you should get some proper sleep,
Thanks,
It burns!
Oh right! We received a letter for you,
I found her,
So that was your condition, wasn't it?
Yup! The other bike was already in tatters too,,,
Take care, okay? Taylor-chan,
Yeah!
You coming?
Yeah,
Violet,
Yes?
Thanks, Violet,
Sure,
Have a safe trip! Taylor-sama!
May your feelings,,,
find a way to reach her,
Nobody really knew much
about Isabella being a heir to the York family,
However, as long as you have royal blood in the Drossel kingdom
no matter how much try to hide it,
your marriage prospects can only be honorable nobles,
All I had to do was comb through all the noble names,
Is this the place?
This is the mansion of this land's ruler, Count Nevilla,
The village nearby seems to have frequent audiences with the count,
But they've never seen the wife living in this mansion,
Or so everyone says,
But they've heard from the guards at the entrance,
It seems that the wife likes to wander near that back door
at this time of the day,
Hey, you,
I got a letter for you,
For,,, me?
I'm sure of it, Isabe-
Amy Bartlett,
Come on!
Taylor Bartlett,
No way,,,
"I,,, A,,,m,,,"
A nun told me,
"That Nenne,,,"
"Chose to go somewhere far away for my sake,"
"And even if we were far apart, you gave me a letter with your feelings,"
"So,,,"
"I,,,"
"I,,, Taylor Bartlett,,,"
"Amy Bartlett's,,,"
"Little sister,"
My,,,
Little sister,,,!
Good morning, Taylor,
Nenne,,,
Violet helped her with the letter,
I see,,, So that's,,,
I'm glad,
I'm so glad, So glad,,,
Nenne,,,
Nenne,
You're both the same, huh?
So she can already write?
That girl,,,
She was just so small, you know?
I will write too, Letters for Taylor,
And for Violet too,
Will you see that they reach them?
Yeah,
Some day, there might be someone else to do that instead of me,
Master, you were crying back there, weren't you?
You were the one crying,
I'm sure that you were crying too, master,
Shut it!
Say,,,
Are you sure you didn't want to talk to her?
Yup,
Once I've grown up into a proper deliveryman,,,
When that time comes I will bring her the letters myself!
So you haven't given up yet,
Of course not! After all, deliverymen,,,
What we carry around is,,,
Happiness,
Right?
Yup!
Amy,
Later, Taylor Bartlett was adopted into the Evergarden family,
Once she's old enough to work,,,
Amazing!
So cool!
She will start working here as a deliveryman once again,
Delivery,
Excuse me, Sir,,,
When will they finish that tall building?
Soon enough,
Taylor!
"Calling your name is all I need to make our bonds everlasting,"