Default: What are we gonna play today?
Default: Dunno.
Default: I'm bored of playing house.
Default: Me too.
Default: When are Mom's guests gonna leave?
Default: I wish they'd leave already.
Default: Right?
Default: What's going on there?
Default: A doll came walking toward us.
Default: A really big doll.
Default: And for some reason, it felt like bad news.
Default:
Default: Mom! Mom!
Default: Miss, you mustn't!
Default: I understand what you're saying...
Default: ...but this is important.
Default: Yes, but...
Default: Mom!
Default: Anne, how many times must I tell you to knock before entering a room?
Default: Also, say your greetings.
Default: Welcome.
Default: Pardon me, Mother.
Default: My...
Default: Good.
Default: So, what is it?
Default: Did you find another strange bug?
Default: Please don't show me, though.
Default: Not a bug!
Default: A doll came walking!
Default: A doll?
Default: Milady.
Default: She's here.
Default: Oh, that kind of doll.
Default: I forgot the appointment was today.
Default: Show her in to the living room.
Default: Certainly, milady.
Default: Hey!
Default: I'm sorry, but we'll have to talk about this some other time.
Default: "Some other time"? What are you going to do about this mansion?
Default: It's too big for her to live in alone. That's why we're offering to...
Default: Please leave for today.
Default: Wait!
Default: Anne.
Default: Be a good girl, all right?
Default: Sorry to keep you waiting,
Default: and thank you for coming all this way.
Default: Please don't mention it.
Default: It talked!
Default: If a client requests it, we shall go anywhere.
Default: Representing the Auto Memoir Doll service...
Default: I knew it!
Default: You are a doll!
Default: Anne!
Default: Excuse her.
Default: It's okay.
Default: I am Violet Evergarden.
Default: Come, take a seat. Tea will be served soon.
Default: I hope you like it. Please help yourself.
Default: Thank you.
Default: It drank!
Default: What happens to the tea after it drinks it?
Default: Anne...
Default: It will soon be discharged from the body and eventually return to the ground.
Default: Anne!
Default: Where are your manners?
Default: Shall we begin?
Default: I have been told our contract is seven days in length.
Default: Yes. Let's begin right away.
Default: Certainly. Where will we be working?
Default: Well, shall we take it to the sunroom? It's nice and bright there.
Default: What are you doing?
Default: I'm having her help me write some letters.
Default: I could've done that for you!
Default: But you can't use big words yet, can you?
Default: I can, too!
Default: Besides, Miss Violet here is famously exceptional at writing letters.
Default: Who are you writing to?
Default: Well...
Default: Someone very far away.
Default: Far away?
Default: Yes.
Default: These are very important letters.
Default: Don't disturb us in the sunroom, all right?
Default: Shall we, Miss Violet?
Default: Certainly.
Default: I've brought this typewriter with me.
Default: That will do.
Default: Understood.
Default: I knew she was bad news!
Default: Wow! She really is a doll!
Default: Milady!
Default: Mom...
Default: Are you okay?
Default: I'm fine.
Default: I'll be better right away.
Default: Really?
Default: Really.
Default: I know! I'll sing you a lullaby!
Default: Thank you. But I'm a grown-up, so I'll be fine.
Default: Hmm... Can I sleep with you, then?
Default: Oh my. Didn't you grow out of afternoon naps?
Default: Today's special.
Default: Instead of that, Anne, could you entertain our guest?
Default: I hate guests.
Default: They take you away from me.
Default: I'm sorry, Anne.
Default: But please bear with it for seven days.
Default: Be a good girl, all right?
Default: Mother will be resting for a while.
Default: Is that so?
Default: She says she's a bit sleepy, is all.
Default: While she's resting,
Default: I'll entertain you.
Default: I hate guests,
Default: but you're okay since you're a doll.
Default: And how will you entertain me?
Default: Well, we could have a chat, play a game, or something.
Default: Those aren't in the terms of my contract.
Default: But...
Default: I don't mind if it's just for a little while.
Default: Let's play with this doll, then!
Default: Sure.
Default: A doll playing with a doll? Isn't that funny?
Default: What do I do with this?
Default: Talk or tend to it, obviously.
Default: Start by saying hello.
Default: Hello!
Default: Hello.
Default: Oh, good day!
Default: That was the doll talking!
Default: I see.
Default: I understand now.
Default: Oh, you're a doll, so you've always been the toy and not the player.
Default: No, I...
Default: I'll teach you!
Default: We'll play house next.
Default: There's a table on the lawn.
Default: Excuse me.
Default: Your room is ready, so allow me to show you there.
Default: Sure.
Default: See you later, miss.
Default: The room is on the second floor.
Default: What could they be talking about?
Default: Eris!
Default: I'll take it to them!
Default: No, you won't.
Default: This is my job.
Default: Please don't take it from me.
Default: Sheesh.
Default: Why must nothing in life ever go right?
Default: Yes?
Default: It's me, Anne.
Default: Please come in.
Default: Is something the matter?
Default: What are you doing?
Default: Tuning my hand.
Default: Tuning?
Default: Yes, tuning it to work as it should.
Default: Does that mean you'll be writing letters again tomorrow?
Default: Yes.
Default: And the day after that?
Default: Yes.
Default: You're here for seven days, so the day after that and the day after that?
Default: Yes.
Default: Who are you writing to?
Default: I'm afraid I cannot tell you.
Default: Why?
Default: Client confidentiality.
Default: Confiden...?
Default: Stop using big words all the time!
Default: Forgive me.
Default: It can't be Father.
Default: I mean, he's gone.
Default: Remember that huge war?
Default: He fought in it and died an honorable death.
Default: Tell me. Who are you writing to?
Default: Miss, didn't you come here for a reason?
Default: A reason?
Default: Eris left, and Mom's asleep now...
Default: Shouldn't you be going to bed too, then?
Default: Why?!
Default: Staying up late is a lady's worst enemy.
Default: That's what Cattleya told me.
Default: Who?
Default: Another of our Dolls.
Default: There's another one?
Default: Yes.
Default: We have others too. They're called Erica and Iris.
Default: Wow! Are there really so many dolls that move by themselves?
Default: That's right.
Default: Miss?
Default: Fine! I'll go to bed!
Default: You'd better do the same, or Mom will yell at you!
Default: Besides, if you stay up late, evil ghosts will come to get you!
Default: Good night, miss.
Default: Good night!
Default: What a weird doll.
Default:
Default: "Then, the thief screamed, 'Whoa!'
Default: And he ran away in fear."
Default: You're pretty good at reading.
Default: Violet!
Default: What kind of pancake is really hard and impossible to eat?
Default: They're all edible once doused in syrup.
Default: Violet!
Default: Until Mom gets here, solve riddles, dance, play house,
Default: and catch bugs...
Default: Miss.
Default: Please sort them in order of priority.
Default: Violet.
Default: Read to me.
Default: Violet!
Default: Will this do?
Default: Yes, it's perfect.
Default: I'll write along these lines, then.
Default: Thank you.
Default: Anne.
Default: N-No, I just wanted Violet to tie my ribbon.
Default: I see. But save it for later.
Default: Madam, may I have a short break?
Default: I'm sure the young miss would prefer her ribbon tied right away.
Default: All done, miss.
Default: It wasn't really you I wanted to tie my ribbon.
Default: Right.
Default: I really wanted Mom to do it.
Default: Right.
Default: It's the same for reading, solving riddles, and playing house.
Default: Mom hates bugs, so I'll give up on that.
Default: Stop taking away the time Mom and I spend together, Violet!
Default: I'll be gone in a few days.
Default: Then tell her I can be there while you're writing the letters!
Default: I wanna be by her side!
Default: I just wanna be there and hold her hand tight! Please!
Default: I'm sorry, but I cannot accept your request.
Default: But why?
Default: Excuse me, miss.
Default: I must return to work.
Default: Do you think we can finish today?
Default: If we maintain this pace, yes.
Default: Please review this, Madam.
Default: Madam?
Default: I'm fine.
Default: Milady!
Default: I'm fine.
Default: But...
Default: Please keep going.
Default: That's enough!
Default: Mom!
Default - Alt: Miss?
Default: Please stop already!
Default: Anne?
Default: I'm fine, so could you stay inside?
Default: Why? Why must you write these letters?
Default: Who are you writing them to?
Default: Dad's gone!
Default: They're very important letters.
Default: They're for someone I don't know, right?
Default: Someone who doesn't even visit when you're sick!
Default: There's nobody out there who's truly worried about you!
Default: Are these letters more important than me?
Default: Nothing's more important to me than you, Anne.
Default: You're always full of lies.
Default: I'm not lying.
Default: Then why aren't you getting any better at all?
Default: You said you'd be better right away!
Default: I will.
Default: I know that you're...
Default: I'm going to be all alone when you're gone!
Default: How much longer do I have with you?!
Default: If I'm going to be left all alone forever soon,
Default: then forget about the letters and spend this time with me!
Default: Be with me!
Default: Mom!
Default: Miss.
Default: Mom!
Default: Miss!
Default: Miss.
Default: I'm taking the time you can spend with your mother away for a good reason.
Default: Please don't be angry at her.
Default: But... But...
Default: It's only natural that this would be painful for you.
Default: You're already carrying the burden of your mother's illness on your frail body.
Default: You're a wonderful girl.
Default: I'm not!
Default: I'm not...
Default: I made Mom cry!
Default: No, you are a very gentle girl.
Default: You're wrong.
Default: I am not.
Default: You're wrong!
Default: You're wrong! You're wrong!
Default: Mom fell sick because I'm a bad girl!
Default: You had nothing to do with it.
Default: You're wrong! You're wrong!
Default: You're wrong!
Default: There was nothing anybody could have done.
Default: You're wrong!
Default: Just as nothing can ever make my arms have skin and be soft like yours,
Default: nothing can be done about this.
Default: Mom... Mom...
Default: Why do you write those letters?
Default: Because everyone has feelings they want to deliver to someone.
Default: Who cares about that?
Default: They don't have to be!
Default: No letter that could be sent deserves to go undelivered, miss.
Default: And then, the doll that embraced me
Default: finished writing her letters and said goodbye one day.
Default: Violet.
Default: Miss.
Default: Huh?
Default: You're warm.
Default: Wait, are you...
Default: Then what happens to the tea you drink?
Default: As I said,
Default: it will soon be discharged from the body and eventually return to the ground.
Default: She was no doll.
Default: She wasn't bad news either.
Default: She was a kind and gentle person.
Default: I wish I could've read the letters she wrote.
Default: I wonder who they were for.
Default: Anne.
Default: Come, let's have tea.
Default: Mom, let's play with this doll!
Default: Sure.
Default: And then read books, play house...
Default: Anne.
Default: My dear Anne.
Default: Anne.
Default: "Dear Anne,
Default: happy eighth birthday.
Default: I'm sure there are many things that make you sad.
Default: You may be crumbling under the weight of your responsibilities.
Default: But don't give in.
Default: Even if you're so lonely that it makes you cry,
Default: please don't forget
Default: that Mom loves you always."
miniED: ironaki kaze ga yondeiru
miniED: A colorless breeze calls to me
Default: "Dear Anne,
Default: happy tenth birthday.
Default: You must have grown up and gotten much taller.
miniED: koinegau furusato
miniED: It beckons me home
Default: But I'm sure you still love reading and dancing just as much.
miniED: natsukashii kaori
miniED: With a waft of a familiar scent
Default: Have you grown out of the riddles and bugs yet?"
miniED: tooku osanai kioku wa
miniED: Those distant memories
Default: "Happy eighteenth birthday.
Default: You're a lady now.
miniED: hidamari no you na nukumori
miniED: Are the sunshine that give me warmth
Default: Have you fallen in love with someone?
Default: I'm afraid I can't give you any relationship advice,
miniED: utakata no yume kara same
miniED: But once I awoke from that fleeting dream
Default: but I'm sure anyone you choose would have to be a truly wonderful person."
miniED: kodoku ga hitori to shitta
miniED: I learned what true loneliness was
Default: "Happy birthday, Anne.
Default: You've lived twenty whole years now! That's incredible!
Default: I hope you know that it's okay to cry once in a while, even as an adult.
miniED: sazukerareta tsubasa wo habatakasete
miniED: I'll flap the wings I was given
Default: Whenever you're anxious or afraid, remember that I'll always be here.
Default: Anne,
Default: I'll always and forever be watching over you."
miniED: tobu koto wo yamenai to yakusoku shiyou
miniED: And promise never to stop flying
miniED: hitori ja nai
miniED: Now I'm not alone
miniED: negai wa hitotsu dake
miniED: There's only one thing I wish for
Default: Welcome back.
miniED: anata no shiawase
miniED: Your eternal happiness
Default: That's a lot of letters.
Default: They're letters set to be delivered to Anne Magnolia over the next fifty years.
Default: You wrote fifty?!
miniED: yasashisa de amitsuzuketa yurikago de asu wo yukou
miniED: I will walk through tomorrow in this cradle woven from kindness
Default: And you hadn't been on a house call in a while, too. Were you all right?
Default: It wasn't a problem.
Default: But this is a wonderful idea.
Default: I'm already excited to see them be delivered every year.
miniED: hare no hi mo ame no hi ni mo
miniED: Be it a day of rain or a day of sunshine
Default: I am too, but...
Default: By the time they are,
miniED: aishiteru wo tsutaete
miniED: I will be there to say I love you
Default: the mother will be gone, and her daughter, still so young,
miniED: kono machi ni umareta no wa
miniED: I was born in this town
Default: and so quick to get lonely,
Default: will have been left behind by the mother she loves so much.
miniED: anata to meguriau tame
miniED: All to meet you
Default: She'll be all alone in that huge mansion.
miniED: kono machi ni umareta kara
miniED: I was born in this town
Default: I...
miniED: anata ni meguriaeta
miniED: And that's why I met you
Default: I was fighting back tears the entire time I was there.
miniED: ichiwa no tori ga tondeyuku
miniED: A lone bird takes flight
Default: Yeah?
Default: But, Violet,
Default: she will receive the letters you wrote.
miniED: namae no nai sora ni ashita wo sagashite
miniED: Looking for a future within a nameless sky
Default: Besides, no matter how far apart they may be...
Signs: "Loved Ones Will Always Watch Over You"