The story of this film basically centers itself around familial bonds, distance, and the expectations of society with the actual execution of these themes being alright. Remember Benedict? That smug co-worker who disarmed a bomb and saved Violet in the finale of the series and didn’t really do much besides that? If you were frustrated by how little focus he got compared to his female co-workers, you’ll be happy to know that while we don’t learn a lot about him in general, we get to know him more as a character when he ends up having to take over Violet’s baby-sitting duties halfway through the film. You could easily watch this anime as a stand-alone product and understand everything that happens in it, especially since the only returning character to get any semblance of characterization in this film is Benedict.
The movie doesn’t really attach itself to the main series beyond some of the returning characters and mild references. Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll is a feature-length version of a typical Violet Evergarden episode, and the main spotlight for this venture are two girls who grew up poor together to the point that they ended up becoming sisters for each other, only to be adopted by rich folk at the cost of never being able to see each other again. While we wait for the proper sequel movie, let’s see how the spin-off film did.
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