Violet Evergarden is the main protagonist and the eponymous title character of Kana Akatsuki's light novel and its anime adaptation by Kyoto Animation.
Both the show and the title character garnered positive reception from critics and audiences alike. Ever since her anime debuted in Winter 2018, Violet came to be known as an all-around player, having many vocal supporters all around the world, but her greatest strength comes from the support of the Chinese fanbase.
Violet is the most successful girl debuting in 2018, winning ISML's Winter Diadem and the overall seasonal championship. Not content with this success, she took it one step further by winning the Aquamarine necklace and the Heavenly Tiara in next year's tournament.
Elsewhere, she secured a fourth-place finish in China's Bilibili Moe in 2018, and was the most successful debutant in the sixth edition of r/anime's Best Girl Contest, reaching the round of 16 as a 15th seed.
Contest History
KyoAni Pedigree
Kyoto Animation's creative talent is responsible for much of Violet's strengths. The first thing the audience sees are the incredibly detailed and beautiful visuals of the anime. Some of the episodes are anime-original, which serves to futher develop her character arc.
Bilibili's Last Dance
Violet's first major tournament happened in China, where she was pegged as one of the favorites to win Bilibili Moe 2018. Her tournament run ended when she lost to Nero in the semi-finals, narrowly losing to the Fate character by two thousand votes despite significantly leading in true-love tickets (which are worth 2 votes each and can only be used once). She then lost the playoff to Rin Tohsaka, finishing the tournament in fourth place.
Best Girl Contest Debut and Road to Tiara
Meanwhile in r/anime, she made her debut in the 2018 Winter edition of the Seasonal Salt contests, where she stood in the shadow of Zero Two from Darling in the FranXX. The same result came in the Best Girl of 2018 contest, losing to the klaxosaur girl in the semi-finals. However, when the actual Best Girl Contest came in 2019, Violet got the highest seed among the debutants (#15) and also got the farthest among them: she lost in the round of 16 to r/anime powerhouse and #2 seed Aqua from Konosuba.
It wouldn't take long for Violet to win a major title however, as she had shown signs of promise to win ISML by winning the 2018 Winter Diadem, and beating Mai Sakurajima for the seasonal championship. When the actual tournament began in 2019, she immediately won the first necklace round and finished a respectable 3rd place in the regular season.
The playoffs were a different beast altogether because of the single-elimination format. Every single match was fought tooth-and-nail; all of her matches were decided under 1,500 votes. She denied Mai Sakurajima once more in their rematch in the semi-final by a margin of 168 votes. In the finals, she faced a rematch against Rin Tohsaka, who was blowing out every opponent she encountered prior to this match. In a stunning turn of events, Violet got a massive vote swing (possibly boosted from Mashiro fans and Anti-Fate fans). The Auto Memory Doll got her revenge against Rin, winning the Heavenly Tiara by 173 votes, and prolonging Fate's quest of an ISML title for at least one more year.
Violet is the third KyoAni 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. (J.C. Staff won three titles with Mikoto in 2011, Kuroneko in 2013, and Shana in 2016.)
International Saimoe League
ISML 2019
Record: 18-3- CVP: ??? (3rd seed)
- Gems Won: Aquamarine
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| Aquamarine Necklace - Winner! | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Contestant | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | ||||||||||||
 Violet Evergarden
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8458 | 8559 | 8810 | 9074 | 9508 | 9934 | 12,034 | ||||||||||||
 Rin Tohsaka
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2415 | 2754 | 3194 | 4031 | 5467 | 7909 | |||||||||||||
 Emilia
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5277 | 5423 | 5799 | 6154 | 6537 | ||||||||||||||
 Kurumi Tokisaki
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2229 | 2544 | 2849 | 3296 | |||||||||||||||
 Mashiro Shiina
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2036 | 2354 | 2622 | ||||||||||||||||
 Yukino Yukinoshita
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1944 | 2191 | |||||||||||||||||
 Schwi Dola
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1826 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Mai Sakurajima
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Playoffs (seed 3)
- Win vs (14) Shouko Nishimiya, 11,748 - 10,052
- Win vs (6) Kurumi Tokisaki, 11,946 - 11,520
- Win vs (2) Mai Sakurajima, 10,410 - 10,242 (168 votes difference!)
- Win vs (4) Rin Tohsaka, 13,329 - 13,156 (173 votes difference!)
AnimeBracket
Best Girl Contest
Best Girl 6 (2019) - seed 15
- Template:R64 Win vs (50) Krista Lenz,
- Template:R32 Win vs (18) Yui Hirasawa,
- Template:R16 Loss vs (2) Aqua,
Bilibili Moe: 2018 Edition
Group Stages
- ????
Final Bracket
- Win vs Narberal Gamma,
- Win vs Kurisu Makise,
- Win vs Umaru Doma, 136,273 - 110,530 (2415-2482 TLV)
- Loss vs Nero Claudius (Saber Extra), 173,627 - 175,459(16254-7522 TL Votes)
- Loss vs Rin Tohsaka, ?????
Gallery
Portraits
ISML Posters
External Links
Beware of spoilers.
| Class of 2018 - Winners & Honorable Mentions | ||
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| ISML | Violet EvergardenWN •  Ochako Uraraka†SP •  PlateletSU •  Mai SakurajimaFA
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| r/anime |  Zero Two WN •  AnzuSP •  Chisa Kotegawa SU • Mai SakurajimaFA
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| Winter | Ichigo (015) • Rin Shima • Nadeshiko Kagamihara • Hinata Miyake • Shirase Kobuchizawa • Ginko Sora • Ai Hinatsuru • Mei Aihara • Yuzu Aihara • Takagi-san | |
| Spring | Hitomi Mishima • Hina(matsuri) • LLENN • Narumi Momose • Maho Hiyajou | |
| Summer | Rinne Ohara • Red Blood Cell • Rachel Gardner • Rem Galeu • Mahiru Tsuyuzaki • Satou Matsuzaka • Akira Oono | |
| Fall | Aobuta | Kaede Azusagawa • Rio Futaba • Tomoe Koga • Nodoka Toyohama |
| Other | Rikka Takarada • Akane Shinjou • Saki Nikaidou • Sakura Minamoto • Priestess (GS) • High Elf Archer (GS) • Alice Zuberg • Juliet Persia • Yuu Koito | |
| Legend: Bold underlined text - Overall Winner
WN - Winter, SP - Spring, SU - Summer, FA - Fall, † - Not a Debutant | ||
