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Feb 16, 2017 2:37 PM
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Hello Guys. I play with the thought start watching Free sometime. But I can´t stand Boys Love. So I wonder me if Free is such a one.
Feb 16, 2017 2:38 PM
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Think of it a--s boys love softcore.
Feb 16, 2017 2:41 PM
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No. If there's no homo, there's no bl.
Feb 16, 2017 2:47 PM
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the people who say Free is filled with gay guys are giant liars or blinded yaoi fan girls
you can watch it without any problems
Feb 16, 2017 2:49 PM
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It's yaoi bait. You won't see dudes kissing, but you'll see... not-so-straight stuff.
Feb 16, 2017 2:50 PM
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No just fan-service for the ladies.
Feb 16, 2017 2:52 PM
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No, just fanservice, and i would say besides swimming, friendship is the main focus of the show.
Feb 16, 2017 2:54 PM
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Jan 2017
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Not really. You could consider it as platonic or as bl. But honestly, there isn't any holding hands or stuff like that.
Feb 16, 2017 3:03 PM
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I fapped to it so it must be BL, sorry OP if you watch this it might make you trans gendered all of a sudden, watch out!
Feb 16, 2017 3:04 PM

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fujoshi pandering , stay away .....
Feb 16, 2017 3:11 PM

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Dec 2015
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If you ignore the rumors. and believed in lifelong friends. Nothing!
Feb 16, 2017 3:25 PM

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Not really, just a lot of drama and friendship.
Feb 16, 2017 3:39 PM
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It's really sad that people can't see that there's actually a good story to Free. It's not all just hot guys >.> and definitely no boys love.
Feb 16, 2017 3:56 PM

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jayhiei said:
It's really sad that people can't see that there's actually a good story to Free. It's not all just hot guys >.> and definitely no boys love.

I second this, the first season actually did have a consistent, conclusive story with steady pace which is already an achivement. It may not be anything ground-breaking, but still.
Feb 16, 2017 4:07 PM

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11992
It's really sad that people can't see the subtle homoerotic nuances.
Feb 16, 2017 4:19 PM
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Sep 2016
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Yes absolutely, I consider it a Shonen-Ai show though.
Feb 16, 2017 4:29 PM

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May 2010
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Not really but kyoani always panders to yaoi and yuri fans

Feb 16, 2017 4:31 PM

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no, it is a shojou-ai anime. feel free to watch it and enjoy, the entire main cast you see in the PV's vanish after episode 3.
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Feb 16, 2017 4:43 PM

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No, not in the slightest- at least not in my opinion.
Feb 16, 2017 4:53 PM
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It's not for gay men, it's for thirsty fujos.
Feb 16, 2017 5:03 PM

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As someone who's not interested in BL and has watched it, I can say it's definitely not a BL show. The emphasis is on friendship and team spirit and all the drama the competitions involve. There's no kissing, no mushy romance or anything like that. Just close bonds between friends. At least I took it as such. Most yaoi fangirls tend to see rabu rabu everywhere anyway and squeal over a lot less.

In conclusion, it's actually a pretty decent anime with some fanservice for girls; after all, it has a lot of half-naked guys in tight swimming attire but then again, the show IS about swimming so you can expect to see that lol.
Feb 16, 2017 5:06 PM

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Yes, good.
Let your prejudices consume you.
Feb 16, 2017 5:08 PM

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Not really. It's a spokon with really attractive guys, and that's it.
I know it gets a lot of hate, but I consider it one of the best things KyoAni has made in recent years.
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Feb 16, 2017 6:05 PM

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Nah, people just like to imagine it that way. There's not really any implication of romance between the characters. Just a lot of half naked dudes going swimming.

I've only seen the first season though, so not sure if it changes much in the second part.
Feb 17, 2017 3:58 AM

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No, it is not BL. People who say its BL are delusional I say.
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Feb 17, 2017 6:51 AM

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There's no love there. There are hints for man-woman look love, but hardly and there's a girl having crush on every shirtless guys (because they are in swimsuit).

That's it. Having strong bonds between guys, doesn't make it love, though there is tendency among fans to ship them (without any real basic)


Feb 17, 2017 6:59 AM

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It doesn't have boys love in it..just ignore people who say free is a bromance anime.They're just a close friends.
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Feb 17, 2017 7:00 AM

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No, its a great story about friendship! This is sarcastic, but I actually enjoyed this when I was younger and it first came out because although having some gay themes, it was built like a shounen anime and for someone that didn't realy realize manservice it was a great show!
Feb 17, 2017 8:21 AM

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Nope, it's not. Fangirls just like to ship the characters and say that they're ''gay'' because they have a really nice friendship. It's a good anime.
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Feb 17, 2017 8:41 AM

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Seriously this again? I thought we were done with these threads when Free aired.
Free is not BL.
Feb 19, 2017 12:12 PM

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Dec 7, 2021 2:22 PM
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nope its a sports anime with alot of fanservice for female audiences.

Jul 4, 2023 4:45 AM
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Well I heard a rumor that says that this anime was originally intended to be a BL anime. Now, if that rumor is true, or not. I dunno. But I lean towards the rumor being real, you just need to see the "girls fan service" to have a hint or two about the rumor being real, or not.

Either way I don't care! I am watching it because I was once in my youth one of them, I am watching it for nostalgia purpose.

I was for several years in a swimming team, and I was super good at it. To the point that the two coaches I had during my "career" wanted me to try out for the US Swimming team, once I reached the minimum age to take the trial that is. FYI back then it was 15-16 y-o
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Jul 10, 2023 11:50 PM

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Feb 2022
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No, it's not. There are no romantic or erotic scenes in it.
It's just extremely fanservicey and it's obvious targeted towards women (actually fujoshis.)
Aug 4, 9:14 PM
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Oct 2022
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Yes. It’s 100% gay.
Aug 14, 12:29 PM

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Feb 2022
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yes! very very gay!

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