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| I thought it was pretty cool.the opening was hype and the music was rly good too. Makoto is my favorite so far |
Takuan_Soho said: I wasn't aware of such laws.. damn Japan censors are weird.Sourire said: Face_Faith said: well they aren't usually shown as much as in this so its still a weird sight.. I guess we could talk about the no-bulge also but its a pg-13 show so I can understand.Sourire said: Edit: AND THEY DON'T HAVE NIPPLES! WTF? Aren't there more guys in anime who don't have them as compared to the ones who do? I honestly don't get why this is being brought up so often... I am pretty sure that any TV show in prime time cannot show male nipples. So it isn't a fault of the show, just an unavoidable imposition of a rather meaningless law. I am sure this will be "fixed" when they sell the BDs. |
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| It was ok, average episode |
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Colascka said: Am I the only one who want to see more Rin`s sis, Gou? Alsoo I don`t like when people state that is gay/yaoi anime. Its not that I hate yaoi as a genre, but called every sports anime, which is about rivalisation and friendship between men, gay is rather exaggerated. I think she's okay, but I hope we can see more from her friend~ |
Ajunky said: Really? Because it was the opposite for me XDIt wasn't as "gay" as I thought it would be |
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ainky said: It's like watching a new series with Gray Fullbuster as the main lead. The first episode was interesting enough. Curious how it will develop. |
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| Well, I gave it a chance despite all the fun making I honestly thought it wasn't that bad. Apart from the obvious fujoshi catering fan service, I'm kinda interested in the setting. Let's see where it goes. Kinda weird hearing dubstep near the end. To all the haters: there are millions of ecchi anime for guys in the world, stop being assholes. |
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| Oh god, its AMAZING, i expected it to be good, but it surpassed my expectations by far. Even if it was shonen ai now, id watch it. Great anime, cant await the next episode. |
| I fund it surprisingly enjoyable, the animation was really well done, what more do yu expect from kyoto ani. I'l watch the rest of the season. it' shaping up to be good. |
| First ten seconds: gamer2710 said: Why do they sound like girls? *starts crying in horror* |
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| It's actually really entertaining. Both the OP and ED are catchy. The characters have their own quirks and it really is somewhat parallel to Kuroko no Basket. Haruka reminds me of Gray Fullbuster for his stripping antics hahaha xD Nagisa reminds me of Hunny from Ouran High School Host Club Among the leads, I think Makoto might be my favorite... The name-gender reversals are also hilarious as well as the homoerotic undertones... The only thing I wonder is that how many stories are they gonna fit in only 12 episodes... Hopefully a second season will be commissioned... *Fingers Crossed* |
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| THEY WERE SO GAY FOR EACH OTHER OH MY GOD they were wearing their swimming gear under i ca ntbreath oh mY GOD THAT ENDING WAS THE BEST ENDING I'VE EVER SEEN |
Scarlet_Rain said: Bishies + Abs + H2O = Perfection Since it's quite common knowledge that all abs benchmarks start at Mikasa I thought they were somewhat lacking definition. |
| Not bad, if only Mamoru Miyano (Rin) did the voice acting for Makoto, I kind of would have liked that a little more. Perfect timing, being summer and all. Very relaxing just to watch xD and with the soundtracks as well. Can't really say much else as it's only one episode in, but it doesn't seem bad. |
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| Am I the only one? Because I hated the OP... I couldn't stop cracking up because the fanservice was so blatantly obvious sometimes, but that aside, I actually think this has the potential to be a good series. I kind of liked the main lead's indifferent attitude and personality (minus the excessive obsession with pools which seemed weirdly contorted for the sake of fanservice), and I think the dynamic between Haru and Rin can become a good point of interest for the story. At least I don't think this will just end up being the male version of K-On. I mean, at least the guys here are actually doing something and work with the swimming theme. I could barely make it through an episode of K-On without finding myself starting to fall asleep. The lack of actual music was disappointing, and as a musician myself, I felt like raging after seeing a character with little passion in music pick up a guitar and suddenly become some sort of genius on it after like a week of half-hearted practicing. From what I see in the first episode, this show doesn't seem to be going that route. |
| My eyes can't take the beauty. THAT WATER. IT'S BEAUTIFUL. I don't really see the clothes flying anywhere that much of a fanservice either. It's about SWIMMING. What, are they going to swim with their clothes on? The only one really guilty of this is the lead, but for some reason i accept it more because my guy friends do this all the time so it seems like a guy thing to me, even with the swimming obsession. Anyway, this was entertaining. I like the music, the animation, and the characters. Can't wait for more. Oh yeah, and the guys were hot. This series is as gay as you perceive it. I read Yaoi a lot and i didn't really get any gay vibes from this aside for the green haired tall guy- but he's more of the feminine type like Shun in Kimi to Boku than full-blown 'i love dicks.' Even if it was gay, so what? : Anyway, i'm rambling. This show isn't about gay; it's about swimming. And friendship. Hopefully not about romance. |
VyudaliJul 4, 2013 3:36 PM
| Woah, KyoAni never lets me down. (¬‿¬) |
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| It's okay. I'm undecided if the characters basically being copy and pasted off of archetypes used by Kyo-Ani before is them being lazy or if it's just an experiment. I guess I'll keep watching. |
| "Yes, I have been deprived of emotion. But not completely. Whoever did it, botched the job." - Geralt of Rivia |
| The OP was okay but the ending is just great. |
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| As a male ex-swimmer i am not interestet in the fancervice stuff. i want to see these guy swim. =) its okay that the swimming stuff comes later, it was the first episode ... i liked the way they rpped of their clothes, i should have done this at the pool more intense like theese guys. xD was very nice animated. these parts were animated well, but i think the whole episode in general was not. tamako market was better drawn, also chuunibyou and hyouka. maybe the water scenes are too complicated so thrre is not enough time for the staff to draw awesome other scenes. so for me with my Y chromosome this show is at this point a 6/10 or so. for me as a sports anime show chihaya has much more "fighting atmosphere". but lets watch the next episodes first. ^^ ah, OP ... i dont remember anithing except the underwater scenes. so pretty bad ... the idea for the ED was nice, with the desert and the search for water. but the dancing stuff? cmon ... music was the typical boy group stuff, in other words boring and not recognisable. buuut ... i think i have to visit the pool tomorrow after month absence and swim again some km. =D so the show wad quiet useful. ^^ |
| I was definetly turned on during this episodes XD Damn you body for reacting to hot animated guys in swim trunks!! |
| This was better than I expected, people are blowing the fanservis out of proportion, only the apron scene was slightly awkward imho. I love the opening to this show. |
| Pretty good first impression. Great visuals, especially of the water. The fan service is a little apparent at times but otherwise it was enjoyable and hilarious with the characters wanting to strip so badly. Sometimes the pacing was slow during the flashbacks but I enjoyed the parts which included actual swimming. There's some nice effects in the OP but the song made it forgettable for me, The ED had a better first impression with the dancing at the start but I wasn't too interested in the desert and oasis scenes. I've big expectations for the series so I hope it delivers. |
| Ok i have a thing to say. A lot of people are getting angry at the fan service AND ITS MOSTLY GUYS. You came to an anime about swimming, so there's GONNA BE A LOT OF FRICKIN NAKED MALE BODIES YA DOUCHE. Everytime there's fan service about females nothing happens, thats what pisses me off. There wasn't even that much fan service to calm your fricking balls. |
| loooooved itt |
| I'm not a big otaku but this seems interesting so I'll keep watching it~ |
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| This is quite the surprising start. Very high quality as expected and the plot was there. I came in expecting a total fan service show which for some parts it was but it was more for humor sake. I can't wait to see the competition heat up! This looks to be a good anime IF they don't overflow it with fan service (which im a fan for but not too much that would mean like half an episode) and they stick to the plot. Everyone's character is also very likeable and.... A GIRL!? |
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| DAT BGM Also, I can't be the only one laughing at the irony of casting Akeno Watanabe as Gou. |
| Don't forget. Always, somewhere, someone is fighting for you. As long as you remember her, you are not alone. |
merurin said: blowing the fanservis out of proportion LovingHate said: There wasn't even that much fan service to calm your fricking balls. Really!!! Are you blind!? The whole damn show was overflowing with fan service and homosexual undertones (which I love by the way) I agree that people shouldn't hate on it but you must admit that it's there so they aren't completely without reason. If they don't like this shows themes then that is their loss, who honestly cares!? If you don't like it, don't watch it! that's what I always say. I will continue to watch Free! Why you ask? Because I LOVE the fan service! Yes.. it's true I can already hear the annoying screams of MAL users everywhere with their torches and pitchforks in hand! Well DO YOUR WORST!!! |
| This is soooo gay. Like... I've watched yaoi porn, and it doesn't even top this. Not complaining, though. XD Just... How can they make it gay without anyone actually doing anything -gay-? |
| The animations are amazing I mean just beautifully stunning, but this anime has so many gay scenes!!! AAAHHH!!! |
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| Gonna LOVE THIS!!! >///< its been a while since I watched reverse harem (not harem i think^^) anime with interesting story, KyoAni Sankyu~ |
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livingdeadkat said: not sure if actually serious or just plain dumb? you compared gay sex with men touching their hands and taking their shirt off.. yup, soooo gay.This is soooo gay. Like... I've watched yaoi porn, and it doesn't even top this. Not complaining, though. XD Just... How can they make it gay without anyone actually doing anything -gay-? The characters act like girls I'll give you that, but it aint really gay. |
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TrezyotaShane said: Gonna LOVE THIS!!! >///< its been a while since I watched reverse harem (not harem i think^^) anime with interesting story, KyoAni Sankyu~ It's not reverse harem...thank god. I guess the best way to explain would be if you look at it this way: There may be a group of guys, but it doesn't mean they're all going to fall for one girl, at least this is not what this anime is about. |
garydx25 said:  Dropped LOL figured it would be like this |
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| "Don't call me haru." "Don't call me Gou." Most annoying two line of the season. Ugh ... and they will do it EVERYWEEK. animation was good but other than that, nothing interested me. one more ep to go. |
TrezyotaShane said: Gonna LOVE THIS!!! >///< its been a while since I watched reverse harem (not harem i think^^) anime with interesting story, KyoAni Sankyu~ reverse-harem? are we even talking about the same show? |
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Sourire said: Not dumb. You just don't understand subtext.livingdeadkat said: not sure if actually serious or just plain dumb? you compared gay sex with men touching their hands and taking their shirt off.. yup, soooo gay.This is soooo gay. Like... I've watched yaoi porn, and it doesn't even top this. Not complaining, though. XD Just... How can they make it gay without anyone actually doing anything -gay-? The characters act like girls I'll give you that, but it aint really gay. |
| Amusing reaction vid. |
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| Good OSTs Great animation Interesting story so far A lot better than I expected! |
BullsNBears93Jul 4, 2013 11:13 PM
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| The OP and ED are awesome. I really like this anime so far. I think it looks really funny when they take off their cloths and I like it when Haruka shakes his head and his hair goes whoosh! Also, its hilarious whenever cloth starts flying. They were so cute when they were kids. When the anime went from the past to the present at the very beginning and I saw the main character in the bath, I was like, oh, he became so boring, but his one track mind was so funny. |
| OP is nice The absurdity of the amount of muscles hurt my eyes. |
| Just lol. But yeah, will continue watching, I guess. This anime kinda makes me wanna work out, with all these muscles... |
| The only thing you can rely on is that you can't rely on anything. |
| -> Am straight male -> Enjoyed first ep and lulzy ed -> Will continue to watch -> Haters gonna hate~ |
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Demonspeed said: Nagisa in a KyoAni show again. And this time its a GUY! |
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