Violet Evergarden

Violet Evergarden is the titular protagonist of Kana Akatsuki's light novel of the same name and its TV adaptation by Kyoto Animation. She is a former child soldier who was treated as a "weapon" by her officers, except Major Gilbert Bougainvillea, who treated her like a human. Due to her military upbringing, she is extremely deadly in combat, but has trouble expressing and understanding emotions. She lost both of her arms during battle, and her missing limbs were replaced by mechanical prostheses after the war ended.

At the start of the series, Violet enlists in the CH postal company to become an "Auto Memory Doll" with the goal of understanding the meaning of Gilbert's last words spoken to her during the war's last stages. Her primary responsibilities as a Doll involve traveling to different places where she fulfills her clients' requests by ghostwriting letters. Through these letters, Violet interprets their thoughts, emotions, and intended messages through her own words. Her mechanical hands proved to be extremely useful because of her job's heavy focus on typing.

First appearing in the Winter 2018 anime season, Violet's most notable achievement in the context of this wiki happened in 2019 where she won the International Saimoe League on her first eligible appearance, becoming the fourth female champion to do so following Nanoha's Fate (2008) K-On's Mio (2010), and DAL's Kotori (2014).

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Contest profile
Both the show and the title character garnered positive reception from critics and audiences alike. The KyoAni anime adaptation is responsible for much of Violet's strengths, as it was praised for its signature highly detailed visuals, anime-original scenes, and the emotional impact of several episodes. As a result, Violet came to be known as an well-rounded and successful player in character popularity contests, garnering many supporters from all around the world due to its wide-reaching appeal. She also bears strong resemblances to the Fate heroine Saber, such as blonde hair, blue and white dress, and emotionless demeanour; this has led her to be given nicknames such as "Sabergarden" and "Fullmetal Saber" in the online anime fandom.

Violet's first major tournament happened in China, where she was pegged as one of the most likely contestants to win Bilibili Moe 2018. Her tournament run ended after losing to Fate/Extra's Saber in the semi-finals by two thousand votes despite significantly leading in true-love tickets, which are worth 2 votes each and can only be used once. She was defeated by top seed Rin Tohsaka in the following round, finishing the tournament in fourth place.

Road to Tiara
It wouldn't take long for Violet to win a major title howver, as she had shown signs of promise to win the International Saimoe League by winning the 2018 winter seasonal contest and blowing out Fall champion Mai Sakurajima in the final inter-seasonal match. In the 2019 main tournament, news of the KyoAni arson attack and the ISML website putting a donation page for the victims on its front page may have played an important part on her status as a tournament favourite, as Violet immediately won the first necklace round and finished 20-1 in the regular season, only losing to Emilia in the Ruby period.

In the playoffs, the #3 seeded Doll dispatched Shouko in the last 16 before undertaking perhaps the most dangerous championship run in ISML history, as her matches from quarter-finals and beyond were decided by increasingly tighter margins. She defeated Kurumi by 426 votes, Mai-san by 168 votes, and finally Tohsaka by 173 votes, to claim this year's heavenly tiara and becoming the fourth female debutante to win the award. Furthermore, Violet becomes the third Kyoto Animation girl to win ISML after Mio Akiyama (2010) and Eru Chitanda (2015), putting the studio on par with J.C. Staff in terms of Tiaras won.

Tournament of Champions
Evergarden competed in the following year's hall of fame tournament as a favourite to win (as is tradition for newly introduced champions). However, she stumbled to a 3-way tie for second with Katou and Angel (in her last ToC), sending all of them into the final round. Violet ended up placing second behind group-topper Eru Chitanda.

Violet remained as a contender in the 2021 ToC, finishing 2nd with 6 wins and 1 loss in the group stage, including a crucial win against Chitanda in round 6 which essentially eliminated her opponent. She then overcame the undefeated newcomer Yukino Yukinoshita in the final round to claim her first ToC title in just her second appearance.

in r/anime
During her Seasonal Salt days, the Auto Memory Doll dwelt under the shadow of Franxx's Zero Two, losing to the horned girl in the semi-finals on both 2018 Winter and the yearly contest. Despite these losses, the former soldier matured into a fairly strong and better-seeded contestant in the subreddit's major brackets. Violet was the most successful newcomer on Best Girl 6, securing the highest seed (#15) and best finish (a last-16 loss to Aqua). The following year, she was eliminated by Yui Yuigahama in the fifth round of Best Girl 7. Violet returned to the round of 16 as an #11 seed in Best Girl 8, managing to give #6 Megumin a scare, but she ultimately fell with a 143* votes difference.

In Best Character 5, Violet notably defeated Guts in round 4 before barely losing to Subaru in the next match.

Seasonal & Exhibition
Seasonal Diadem - 2018 Winter


 * Group stage: 1st, 2W; CVP: 5.014 (seed 1)
 * Hana Ichinose {Slow Start) 8331 - 1176 (Aqua 7)
 * Lacia (Beatless) 11,165 - 1617 (Aqua 13)
 * (16) Koizumi-san 12,646 - 4007 (Aqua Gem)
 * (9) Yuzu Aihara 8479 - 2048 (Topaz 2)
 * (4) Takagi-san 10,365 - 5885 (Topaz 3)
 * (2) Ichigo (DitF) 8729 - 3212 (Topaz 4)

Inter-seasonal:


 * (Spring) Ochako Uraraka 17,180 - 9445 (PO 5)
 * (Summer) Platelet 23,871 - 19,759 (PO 7)
 * (Fall) Mai Sakurajima 30,967 - 19,221 (PO 8)

Main Tournament

 * Overall record: 24-1
 * Necklace won: 2019 Aquamarine

Poster Gallery
Awards = 4

Seasonal Salt
Seasonal Salt - 2018 Winter - seed 4


 * (61) Haruka Kyan 2316 - 220
 * (29) Akira Tachibana 1589 - 596
 * (13) Yuzuki Shiraishi 1999 - 1374
 * (5) Shirase Kobuchizawa 1794 - 1699
 * (1) Zero Two 1820 - 3189

Best Girl of 2018 - seed 6


 * (27) Kaoruko Moeta 2672 - 843
 * (11) Rin Shima 1753 - 1316
 * (3) Rio Futaba 2542 - 1960
 * (7) Zero Two 1919 - 2830

Best Girl Contest
Best Girl 6 - seed 15


 * (498) Mako Reizei 5209 - 950
 * (271) An Onoya 4445 - 1235
 * (114) Felt (Re:Zero) 5438 - 1838
 * (50) Krista Lenz 5708 - 3786
 * (18) Yui Hirasawa 6485 - 5796
 * (2) Aqua 3440 - 6717

Best Girl 7 - seed 14


 * (499) Yuzuki Seo 2552 - 655
 * (243) Kumin Tsuyuri 3677 - 946
 * (142) Hitori Bocchi 3718 - 1634
 * (78) Shiro 4451 - 2257
 * (19) Yui Yuigahama 3301 - 4575

Best Girl 8 - seed 11


 * (502) Aries Spring 4745 - 774
 * (267) Kayo Hinazuki 2620 - 524
 * (118) Emma (TPN) 3468 - 609
 * (54) Taiga Aisaka 3026 - 1601
 * (22) Ram 4249 - 1931
 * (6) Megumin 3562 - 3704

Best Character Contest
Best Character 5 - seed 23


 * (490) Altair (Re:Creators) 686 - 123
 * (234) Nagisa Furukawa 737 - 255
 * (106) Rei Ayanami 886 - 377
 * (170) Guts 731 - 569
 * (10) Subaru Natsuki 631 - 687

Contest wins
Total Wins = 9


 * 1) ISML 2018 Winter Diadem (seasonal)
 * 2) Baidu Nova Moe 2018 (Baike Baidu, China)
 * 3) ISML 2019 Heavenly Tiara ★
 * 4) Anime-We are Family Vote Best Waifu 2019
 * 5) Facebook Anime for Weebs Waifu War 2020
 * 6) ISML 2021 Tournament of Champions ☆
 * 7) Otra Pagina de Otakus: Torneo Waifus versus Husbandos 2021
 * 8) Trung Thanh Chung Ket Waifu 2022
 * 9) Facebook Anime - Magic Land @Ánh Nhật vote waifu 2022

Runner-up finishes
In the Chinese-language ISML Tieba forum, a certain infamous user (mobile link) who posts Facebook waifu tournament results lists Violet as one of the "Kings of Runner-up" due to her many 2nd place finishes in these contests.

List of runner-up finishes = 23 + 1 = 24


 * 1) ISML 2020 Tournament of Champions
 * 2) Tiangshidongman Moe 2018/19
 * 3) Pekin University Yuanhuo Moe 2020
 * 4) Torneo de Beleza 2021
 * 5) Facebook Vote Anime Girl 2021
 * 6) Facebook Favorite Waifu Hoc Vien Anime 2021
 * 7) ACGN Miss Anime Tournament 2019/2020
 * 8) Facebook Queen Cup Anime Vuong Quoc Anime 2020
 * 9) Facebook Queen Cup Nuoc Mam Senpai 2020
 * 10) Facebook Torneo Waifus Rubias 2020
 * 11) Facebook Mary Sempai 3
 * 12) Facebook Waifu War Nghien Anime 2020
 * 13) Anime Pirates Best waifu tourney 2020
 * 14) Cre: Thao My UwU 2021
 * 15) Anime New World 2021
 * 16) Anime Manga Empire 2021
 * 17) Facebook Khanh An Moe 2021
 * 18) Facebook Vote Anime 2021
 * 19) Facebook Vote Anime - ne:33 cmt waifu 2021
 * 20) 1ra Campona Torneo de waifu Anime en casa 2021
 * 21) Torneo de waifus @evy.edits 2021
 * 22) El inframundo de el animé TdW 2022
 * 23) Tu Mentira en Abril Torneo la besto waifu 2022