Plot summary
Violet arrives at a mansion where a seven-year-old girl named Anne lives with her wealthy but sickly mother, Clara. Clara has hired Violet for seven days to write letters, but Anne is not told what the letters are about or who they are for. In addition, Anne is both mistrustful and fascinated by Violet, as she mistakenly believes her to be an actual living doll due to her prosthetic arms. Over the next week Anne comes to accept Violet but cannot accept being separated from her mother while the letters are written.
After an angry outburst by Anne, Violet manages to calm Anne down and convince her not to blame herself for her mother's illness. With the intimate letters written finally, Violet leaves and eventually Clara dies. Afterwards, Anne begins receiving the letters from Clara written by Violet and eventually grows up to start a family of her own. Back at the post office, Violet reveals to her co-workers that the letters would be delivered to Anne on her subsequent birthdays for the next fifty years and is overcome with emotion at the thought of young Anne having to live all alone after her mother's untimely death.
Credits
Adapted from Wikipedia contributors, Violet Evergarden. Exact episode number and English title matched to the catalog; illustrations and reference markers removed.