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| Wow, Free! is actually a pretty decent anime even with all the fanservice. There's lots of melodrama though but I still enjoyed Free! This last episode was very satisfying. Rei is such a good sport. That intense scene with Haru and Rin was done really well, especially with the music. Haru really matured since the first episode. As expected they came first in the relay and looked like Rin really enjoyed himself. And all the fangirls and fujoshis came... xD http://puu.sh/4AssV.jpg Overall, Free! is an enjoyable show although this is definitely aimed at females. xD That ED song was great too. 7/10 |
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| Although I personally didn't love the series or anything, that ending was really good ^^ and I wouldn't mind a S2. I do feel it's a little overrated, seems a little high considering what the series had. But nice relationships between friends. I myself would rate it a 6 or 7. |
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| THIS WAS SO BEAUUUUUTIFUL!!!!!! I was crying along with Rin throughout this episode ╥﹏╥ Loved the ending, Im really glad it turned out nicely and everyone's together again!!! "see you next summer" But now that it has ended, im sad because i have nothing to look forward to on Wednesday(s) anymore..... |
Mikenzb said: katsu044 said: Watched it for Gou all i'm gonna say Same here. ^ |
| Aww Rin <3 nice conclusion. |
| Damn, the drama for the 1st half, very well done seeing Rin how he feels that he missed swimming with his friends. Well it was bad that they were disqualified but at least the whole gang is back in the end. Ending this with an 8/10. Animation, especially the swimming, was pretty colorful and realistic, as well as the story, characters, and music were very intrigued. Though it could have been better if it focus on the tournament swimming and focus at least one episode for Rin's perspective. Well, See you next summer! |
| great episode... a second seaon in summer 2014...that's also great... for the team... xD |
| Everyone hates Nitori? omg I love you all can i marry you guys and whoever said Rei didn't get as much attention and was simply wiped off I 100% agree with you. But then again he did it in his own choice, otherwise he would've gotten in his butterfly suit and be all like "2FAB4U STUPID RELAY" but the way he was left out during the bromance moment I almost cried. I mean, why him? ah well at least Nitori got punched. |
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| I LOVED this episode, so many feels~ 9/10, needs more Mako-chan haha :3 Looking forward to S2! |
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| I cried the whole episode. My God, Rin... great ending. |
| Rin was finally not a bitch. He was actually pretty cute at the end. |
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weiqifan said: Mikenzb said: katsu044 said: Watched it for Gou all i'm gonna say Same here. ^ |
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| Love the haru-rin hug moment looking forward to Season 2 :) |
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| What a fantastic ending. Their big reunion hug nearly had me in tears, and I loved Nagisa's "enlightenment" moment out of them all, with seeing their symbolic animal counterparts. It really showed he's swimming just to be with his friends. :'D Looking forward to next summer! |
| That was the most touching sad ending, i love it! way to go Kyoani! now i`m waiting for season 2 Worst Character of the show : Matsuoka Rin and Rin`s kouhai Veronin said: Marow said: MATSUOKA-SENPAI SENPAI YOU'RE THE BEST MATSUOKA MATSUOKA MATSUOKA-SENPAI YOU CAN DO IT SENPAI SENPAI SENPAI MATSUOKA YOU'RE SO COOL MATSUOKA SENPAI SENPAI Oh god. I had to skip every single scene where he showed up. I feel annoyed too, what`s worst than that? his voice and his mole on the face, ewwww disgusting!!! i want to use a knife and pierce that mole on the face! problem solved :) |
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| Once again, Rei proves to be the best member of the team. He was the only one who heard Rin out about his problems, understood where the problem lay and helped him understand once more what it is he started swimming for. Sure, it cost them their winning spot in the relay, but I think that winning wasn't really the goal, as it was more to bring back those former days of glory that they had lost ever since Rin left for Australia. Excellent final episode, very good show, wouldn't mind watching a second season that will most likely come next year, given the initial success of the show. |
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Edefrem said: StevenHu said: Were you really expecting Free! to be a shonen?GtG_Home said: need more sport to this anime. Agreed. And to think I started watching this series from Day 1 with the expectation that it would be a sports shounen that would cater to both genders. :/ .__. ...Really? It is clear now that "Free!" is the first of its kind of anime targeted towards girls, so back then, I didn't know what to expect from this show. To be honest, as a competitive swimmer in the past, I was really hoping for a swimming sports shounen. Jovy said: Although I understand that the true focus of the relay was Iwatobi + Rin, I found it funny how they didn't show any scenes of Samezuka's relay team which was competing in that same relay. The Samezuka relay team must have been so confused as to why their teammate is in an adjacent lane lol. I'm pretty sure Samezuka's team would have been a lot faster than Iwatobi's team and was placed in a different heat. Iwatobi was in Heat 2, so Samezuka might have ended up in Heat 1. |
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| Great ending! :) Can't wait for S2! |
| Nice Ending.. many fangirling screams!.kyaa~! I hope that there will be a next season and the "see you next summer" endcard make sense. Good job KyoAni for making such a great anime. :) |
| "Anything is possible if you stop doubting yourself, so put some more faith unto you!" |
| 5/10 for me This started out as a light-hearted and fun swimming anime, but it started to get "serious" and the forced drama just made it worse. It gradually got worse every episode, which is truly a shame. Not to mention that this episode was really cheesy. |
| cheesy, it's cheesy for me, idk but a very good ending to the series, gonna miss them babies for sure especially my beautiful Rei lololol good to see Rin's fresh attitude, and ofc waaaa 2nd season would be nice, I wanna see Iwatobi Swim Team and Samezuka Swim Team competing with other schools (resulting more interesting new characters) like how other sports anime (think about KnB and ES21) overall, this gay swimming anime is good and I enjoy it, KyoAni you've done a good jobbu! |
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| Rin finally broke and went into full berserk shark mode but in the end they managed to tame him. Rei, oh Rei. I actually find Nitori adorable. I want to see them swim again. ...oh and I only watched this for Gou, def. |
| Great series. I loved it! All my happy tears ;-; 9/10 See you next summer. |
| This was a very emotional last water time... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Co1RQ_0emI |
phoenixalia said: HAHAHAHAHThis episode. I couldn't eat, couldn't sleep, my cheeks were flushed, I was crying, breathing hard, shaking, hands were cold and I was depressed after I watched it. It was everything I wanted. It was beautiful, astounding, magnificent! The only problem I have with it though is poor Rei couldn't swim with them. I really respect him after this episode. Like others have said, the others didn't forget Rei. Rei himself has grown so much. Before he was insecure about his position in the team. But the fact that he gave up his spot for Rin shows much he trusts his team and how his bond with them has strengthened. I better see a season 2 soon KyoAni! I laughed at the bland storyline and the forced feels when Rin and Haru were 100% going to make out but the other 3 cockblocked them 6/10 I got a good laugh at this one edit: people actually cried over this shit? |
TurnipSep 26, 2013 3:30 AM
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Turnipsia said: edit: people actually cried over this shit? People cry over everything I guess. Everyone cried at the last ep of [K] and although I admit the character that died was badass, I didn't shed a tear. ah well some people are too sensitive more than others |
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Itermin8rX said: Turnipsia said: edit: people actually cried over this shit? People cry over everything I guess. Everyone cried at the last ep of [K] and although I admit the character that died was badass, I didn't shed a tear. ah well some people are too sensitive more than others All it was, was a forced over emotional guy which *very predictably* joined the team to swim and they got disqualified because of how predictable the story was... In other words, real funny shit that they wanted to spam me with "Male friendship" emotions that guys were suppose to have... I still think the hardest part of this show was telling their family members they were gay |
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| Rin so slow, seemed like he had an impact... Now Haru has that bad impact... Rei, you are awesome bro! The most developed character so far, I always loved his character but now I love his character as much as Makoto's, only Gou is ahead now. Hell yeah, Rin is back to normal! Finally stopped his tsundere act, so emotional... The bro feels! Why the hell was my Gou left out? At least she cheered for Makoto, such an OTP! All the goosebumps! Poor Rei, but you are so awesome to give Rin your place. He grinned, hahaha. Hell yeah! THEY WON!! BUT GOT DISQUALIFIED... :/ Bro hug xD I was so excited throughout the race! My Gou looked so cute, looking at her brother. Sei is such a great captain, and good for Nitori, I mean Ai xD Rin and Rei's conversation xD Last time seeing the beautiful visuals, last time hearing the epic ending song, last time hearing the great opening song, last time of expecting anything about Makogou, LAST TIME SEEING GOU!! At least give me a Gou before ending!... I am going to miss their friendship as well, all the brotps... And hell yeah, for a 2nd season! Please 10000x more Gou next summer, please!!! I am going to miss it so so much... 9/10! So anyone still hates Rin? :p I am sure this softened many people's heart. Well, I predicted it all along, so never even bothered doing the work. I knew he was going to become good, he is a nice character anyways. |
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Turnipsia said: Itermin8rX said: Turnipsia said: edit: people actually cried over this shit? People cry over everything I guess. Everyone cried at the last ep of [K] and although I admit the character that died was badass, I didn't shed a tear. ah well some people are too sensitive more than others All it was, was a forced over emotional guy which *very predictably* joined the team to swim and they got disqualified because of how predictable the story was... In other words, real funny shit that they wanted to spam me with "Male friendship" emotions that guys were suppose to have... I still think the hardest part of this show was telling their family members they were gay and yet the guy who almost drowned gets no attention. Invisible force of Akarin and Tadakuni now has Rei. |
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| Solving Issues with Rei Ryuugazaki: Logic > Feels. Too bad they put him on the bus in the last episode, but someone must be the adult I suppose. Nitori, just... go away. And never come back. Please. Overally 7/10, initially I scored it 8, but fanservice was sometimes reaaaaaally cheesy (I was blushing all the time during shopping scenes and not in a fangirly way, mind you), Rin's drama was petty as hell and main characters acted like girls in guys disguise way too often. But it looked nice and kept me interested and fairly entertained so 7 + waiting for the second season but preferably with more believable plot. |
CiaraSep 26, 2013 3:59 AM
| although Kyoani didn't disappoint me in any of free! episodes but still didn't imagine the last episode to be this beautiful! the episode was so much better than what I expected and more beautiful than what I wanted! so much emotions and deep touching moments which make you shed tears x3 glad they reunited again <3 thanks Rei, you did an admirable thing ^___^ I really loved this episode and so happy to know that there's a second season (otherwise, I won't be this fine and ok now) from the depths of my heart, thank you so much kyoani for this uncommon lovely anime 10/10 PS: RinHaru so happy for you <333333333333333 |
phoenixalia said: You see, you're a girl so you wouldn't know what guys do in a guy friendship... none of this shit happens in real life, most guys would screw each other over if a girl was involved so this story was impossibly bullshit and like most anime... Had a bland ending...Turnipsia said: HAHAHAHAH I laughed at the bland storyline and the forced feels when Rin and Haru were 100% going to make out but the other 3 cockblocked them 6/10 I got a good laugh at this one edit: people actually cried over this shit? Fine, it was a bland story to you, ok, we get it. No need to force other people to agree with your opinion. Yes, I cried over it because in my opinion is was an amazing anime. I'm not going to ask you to agree with me or make fun of you for not liking it and I'd appreciate if you'd do the same. |
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| Very corny final episode but still fun. |
| There is no such thing as shit taste. Only idiots who think everyone should have the same taste as they do. |
| Aaannnddd it's over, it was a decent watch overall. Was going to give it a 6, but because of that gorgeous KyoAni animation I'm bumping the score to a 7/10. |
| So second season is at summer I was expecting that they will get disqualified :D |
| Well if your going to get disqualified then do it with style! ^_^ Very good series with some excellent characters. 8/10 |
| I loved this episode, I cried when Rin was crying. Loved the bromance. There better be a next season.. can't miss my swimming boys. I really liked the animation and the story of this anime. overall 8/10. |
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| In the end I'm awfully disappointed in the amount of actual swimming there was. I KEPT ON HOPING. Animation was good though. 8/10. |
| Nice series overall. I hope for a second season. 7/10 |
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Turnipsia said: edit: people actually cried over this shit? well you know.... people cried because the thing they loved just ended, isn't that reason enough? apart from the novel (which is a prequel) and some randoms drama CDs, there's nothing else of Free so yes, it's pretty sad it ended |
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| 7/10 - Best character was Rei. Tried to be tolerant of Rin but his tantrums were so grating that they really pushed it for me where really I couldn't stand it anymore (especially considering how much everyone else tries to comfort and make compromises for him). Rei pretty much saved the entire show with his character and pushed the good score for me. |
ronriSep 26, 2013 2:27 PM
| Well somehow I think this episode was kind of annoying/boring I don't know... And I still don't like Rin |
Lyrisia said: Well somehow I think this episode was kind of annoying/boring I don't know... And I still don't like Rin Hahaa. I've got the same but not Rin - don't like Rei. he make me feel... i don't know ... angry? Confused mayby (of course confused in that bad way .-.) ? I don't even know :P |
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| So they screwed over the best character for Rin?. At least give Rei an magic scene *smh. Disappointed 7/10, was good. Would bump it up to 8 if wasn't for Rin and retard underclass-man. Hopefully Rei will shine in the inevitably S2. |
IciBurnSep 26, 2013 10:06 AM
| damn it the manly feels in this episode. hoping for second season next summer. :) |
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