What did you think of this episode?
5Loved it!
68.1%
228
4Liked it!
21.8%
73
3It was OK
7.8%
26
2Disliked it
0.9%
3
1Hated it
1.5%
5
Average 4.5
335 votes
DO NOT discuss the source material beyond this episode. If you want to discuss future events or theories, please use separate threads.
DO NOT ask where to watch/download this episode or give links to copyrighted, non-fair use material.
DO NOT troll/bait/harass/abuse other users for liking or disliking the series/characters.
DO read the Anime Discussion Rules and Site & Forum Guidelines.
DO NOT ask where to watch/download this episode or give links to copyrighted, non-fair use material.
DO NOT troll/bait/harass/abuse other users for liking or disliking the series/characters.
DO read the Anime Discussion Rules and Site & Forum Guidelines.
| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Lol, that was funny especially with Rei. Not too much swimming this episode though so the episode felt more relaxing than usual. Never thought the day I get to see swimmers on land. A lot bromance moments though. Oh and Rei was the superstar of this episode. "HAHAHAHA". |
Stark700Jul 16, 2014 8:37 AM
 |
| I really loved the interactions between Nagisa and Rei this episode! Nagisa is just too cute!! I like Rin so much more this season! |
| This episode made me adore Rei even more! Though I was hoping to see more of Sousuke. And LOL with Momotarou obsessing over Gou |
| That was nice of Rin helping Rei practicing on getting better at swimming strokes. |
| rei is not my favorite, but still nice to see an episode centered around him! the comedy was A+ this episode. especially this face:  |
 |
| Episode dedicated to Rei, I approve~ But yeah, it was like a filler episode, but still enjoyable. |
| Didn't expect Rei to be taking swimming lessons from Rin. It's nice to see that he can swim all of the strokes now. Momotaro's face after he learned that the cookies weren't made by Gou was hilarious. He looked so disappointed. |
| Whooo! Episode with Rei as MC! I don't really fan of him, but this was pretty cool! Nagisa is such troll xD But that scene with him and Rei was just awkward to watch xD Mikoshiba JR. <3 Rin is also big troll like Nagisa :D But really like him in this episode :) Iwatobi team is just so funny! That acting! xD Lot of good moments in this episode! Even when I thought I will dislike this episode, I really liked it and start to like Rei xD |
| This episode was hilarious. That relay lol. It was focused on Rei, but it had a lot of the other members too, especially Gou, which pleases me a ton since she's my favorite character. She was really funny this episode with the love books and assuming Rei was in love with the track captain XP I liked the scene between her and Haru at the pool since it mirrors a similar scene in Season 1. She may not know exactly what he wants but it's nice she's trying to help. Rei started learning other stroke styles, so I'm interested in how that will play out later. We got a lot of Iwatobi in this episode, but it seems like next episode will take a different focus. |
| "Oh yeah, you prefer the bottom too, don't you?" Great episode, Rei was one of he chars I disliked (along with Nitori) in the first season but I'm starting to like him more and more. His swimming was so hilarious, in the bottom of the pool :D Glad to see they didn't ruin this show with the coming of second season which sometimes happens to other series :) |
| Definitely got a bit scared when I saw the title of the episode, glad Rei's sticking around! And Rin helping him out was really sweet, I'm finally starting to like him more. Funniest part for me was definitely Nagisa, Haru and Makoto trying to seem 'surprised' by Rei's swimming LOL don't go into acting, boys! |
episkeysJul 16, 2014 1:52 PM
| REI DESERVED THIS BEAUTIFUL EPISODE. God I am so emotionally invested in this sweetheart. He definitely needed to be in the limelight after what he has done last season. I'm so happy that they finally brought up Haru and Rin's gratitude to Rei. Especially Haru! We all know that he doesn't talk much when it's not about water but he expressed a lot of things this episode... for the sake of Rei. Oh friendship! I love Rei so much. Hnngh. |
| The comedy was brilliant in this episode! xD This season I'm loving Rin sooo much more too! I'm still rolling laughing at Momotarou too xD OTPs: Makoto x Haruka Rin x Rei Nagisa x Gou |
| "Cleavage" x'D And like everyone else I love Rin so much more this season~ |
| Despite his jogging practice, Haru is just very slow on land. Loved all the misunderstandings in this episode, especially Gou thinking Rei is dating the track team captain. Momotarou ogling Rin's "cleavage" xD |
| meh comedy felt like a filler |
 |
| Nice to have an episode centered around Rei, he was so cute at the end. |
 |
| Glad to see a little Rei appreciation. This episode was actually pretty funny, I'm already enjoying this season a lot more than the first. |
| I would've never guessed what Rei was up to after practice. That was neat. *swoons* Rin and Sousuke sharing a room together?? Give me another fantasy please! |
| Demi Valentine Website: Nika 'n Asia Follow me on social media! Facebook | Instagram | Twitter |
| haha I knew those cookies were made by Rei when I first saw them (poor devastated Momo). Despite that I was surprised Rin was teaching him to swim the other strokes, nice that he's able to learn them. Favorite characters ftw~ And yay Sousuke backstory next week. Maybe I'll actually like him o/ |
MonochromeJul 16, 2014 10:52 AM
 |
| Are they ever ever gonna get new members for the club? |
| How do I signature? |
| I really enjoyed this episode. I'm glad that episode was mostly about Rei, he's so cute haha :D And I had OTP moments at the end when I saw that Rei was secretly training with Rin <3 |
| Awesome quotes from this episode: "The wind is also alive." "I only swim freestyle and relays." "Cleavage!" I don't know what would happen if they actually gained new members. Dem cookies. I therefore conclude, Gou may represent the female fans while Momotarou may represent the male fans. More Rei in this episode! So nice of Rin to help him out! (^_^) Although it seems like a tense episode coming up focused on Sousuke. |
I’m always searching for something, for someone. This feeling has possessed me I think, from that day… That day when the stars came falling. |
| Rei's precise calculations are always amazing! Too bad, still no new members for the swimming club.. That misunderstanding of Rei having a girlfriend was pretty funny, especially how Gou brought him an arsenal of love related book! Emergency meeting scene was nice with how everyone wanted Rei to stay in the team. Such good teammates. (^^) Nice seeing Rei taking lesson from Rin and that he got the hang of different stroke styles. Haru and the others trying to emphasize their amazement of Rei doing the strokes was hilarious! Poor Momotarou.. Thought those homemade cookies were made by Gou. XD Good episode. Still not liking the Sousuke guy. Next episode will feature their past. Should be interesting. |
 |
| I really loved this episode! Seeing more of Rei, feels like we rarely get to see him. And not to mention what he did for Rin & Haru, finally it was addressed.   |
 |
| Finally another Rei-centric episode! I didn't expect that Rin would be training him. |
I absolutely love how the characters are becoming more multifaceted in this season. The character development is a huge plus to this. The expansion upon the basic personalities that were introduced to us is really giving me a sense of these characters having personalities that could be real. Nagisa isn't just bright and bubbly, but also determined to keep the team together [ tries to get to the bottom of problems and resolve any issues ]. Rei isn't just serious, he's also determined and he can have fun, too [ asks Rin to help him, really wants to train hard so that he can do the best he can to contribute to the team]. Makoto was introduced to us as caring and somewhat submissive, but now we see him as prepared to take initiative [ he stops Haru from jumping into the pool, tells the swim club what to do, is the one to decide to confront Rei about whatever he happens to be doing]. I'm probably most impressed with Haruka's character development. In season one, I thought his character was alright, but lacked more to it than a basic tsundere personality. However, now we see him actually talking, and encouraging others, as well as trying to solve some problems on his own. I feel as though the team became a lot closer, overall. Momotarou Mikoshiba is still as adorable as always. And I'm glad we get to see a different side of Rin, which is really just a side to the determined and somewhat bitter personality he had in the first season. Now he still has that passion to train hard and succeed, but it's reflecting upon others, too. While I still don't like Sousuke as a character, I do have to appreciate the close friendship between him and Rin; I mean, shipping and whatnot aside, this anime really does focus a lot on the bonds of friendship, and Sousuke and Rin convey that idea pretty well. Sometimes, though, I wish I wasn't a swimmer when I watch this. Looking at everyone's gorgeous swimming makes me jealous and I feel massive amounts of pity for Rei because in my opinion, butterfly is a difficult and tiring stroke, and he's stuck doing it for the rest of his swimming career. But compliments to KyoAni for switching things up a bit and making this into a story with not only beautifully animated water and people, but also characters with vibrant and interesting personalities. It's much more than muscles and shipping this time around. I don't believe that Free! is the best anime, but it's most certainly a good one this season. |
 ［ ａ ］ ［ ｉ ］ ｗｏ ａｔｓｕｍｅｔｅ たくさん の あい お あつめたら ≽ tumblr ことば で きみ に とどけよう ≽ deviantart みえない きもち お かたち に したら ≽ last.fm こころ の なか まで とどく から |
| Momotarou is hilarious, he's such a spaz that even Nitori doesn't know how to deal with him lol. Wow, what a surprise that Rei's "errand" was taking lessons from Rin! I like how Rin considers Rei as a friend too ^^ Everyone's forced surprised reactions was so great, good thing Rei was too excited to show them that he didn't realize they already knew. So happy for Rei that he finally learned to swim different strokes~ |
| I loved this episode! I haven't been the biggest fan of Rei before, but I'm growing to like him more and more this season! I was worried about the angst to come this episode, but surprisingly, I enjoyed it a great lot. I honestly didn't expect Rin to be helping Rei, thought Rei was going to that newly opened swim club, but I loved this part. And also Rei baking cookies (and then Mikoshiba jr enjoying them) for him! I can see a lot of character development this season, especially Haru. My heart melted when he said "I only swim free... and relays"! Also lol @ Rei feeling like Picasso during arts class: |
| Nice job of Rei being able to do all of the swimming strokes. Lol'd at the cleavage part. |
 |
| Yay, Makoto development! Captain desu yo! Rei and Rin, actual pals??!!? Yes. (⌒▽⌒)～☆ Demerits for lack of Sousuke. RAGE. i kid tl;dr cute episode. Though I hope this isn't the extent of Nagisa's development. Abandonment issues? talk to Sousuke I thought this episode would curb the crave for the next, but the next looks even more relevant. |
 |
| This episode was pretty funny because of Momotarou. He's no doubt going on one of my favorite characters list in Free!. |
| Rin is such an awesome character this season! He and Haru are in a tie for my favorite, he's developed so much from Season 1. |
| Man I love it when Rei laughs out loud Great episode, Rei's importance to the team needed to be adressed. And I love Rin for helping him out |
| *thinking about Rin's cleavage* |
 |
| Track Rei is best Rei. |
| This episode brought back so many hilarious memories from the first season when they tried to teach Rei to swim the first time, i just don't know why he kept sinking! Rin was so nice helping Rei to swim! Really didn't expect that from him. Rei is such a cutie too, working hard so he didn't let the team down. |
| "Even if we lose by 100 points, there's still a chance a meteor will strike the other team's bench in the last second" - Kuroko Tetsuya |
| I'm so happy whenever we see a side of Nagisa and Rei that we don't usually see. Nagisa actually getting upset (instead of his usual smiling face) was great to see! And Rei's character development, showing how he really wants to do his best for the team (not just to be beautiful), was very refreshing. |
| Well at least it was funny at some parts. |
 |
kyasai said: This episode was pretty funny because of Momotarou. He's no doubt going on one of my favorite characters list in Free!. Seems like Gou and Momo would make the perfect match xD Nice episode in all :) Now I'm looking forward to getting to know more about Sousuke. I already like him a lot, he seems to be such a loyal friend to Rin. I really like that. Maybe SousukeRin (how to call this ship btw?) will win the first place in my shipping preferences list next week? :D |
| L had a poster of Norman in his room |
| nagirei is real. |
| you dare deny that i'm one kawaii ass bitch? |
| This episode gave me feels. It was nice to have an episode about Rei. A nice change. I love Makoto in captain mode hhahaha. |
More topics from this board
Poll: » Free!: Eternal Summer Episode 2 Discussion ( 1 2 3 4 )Stark700 - Jul 9, 2014 |
180 |
by pegasystem
»»
Nov 23, 6:38 PM |
|
Poll: » Free!: Eternal Summer Episode 13 Discussion ( 1 2 3 4 5 )Stark700 - Sep 24, 2014 |
247 |
by LizIsListing
»»
Nov 22, 11:28 PM |
|
Poll: » Free!: Eternal Summer Episode 11 Discussion ( 1 2 3 )Stark700 - Sep 10, 2014 |
136 |
by irohiro
»»
Aug 13, 12:08 PM |
|
Poll: » Free!: Eternal Summer Episode 12 Discussion ( 1 2 3 4 )Stark700 - Sep 17, 2014 |
190 |
by mayoise
»»
Jun 15, 7:15 PM |
|
Poll: » Free!: Eternal Summer Episode 10 Discussion ( 1 2 3 )Stark700 - Sep 3, 2014 |
126 |
by mayoise
»»
Jun 15, 6:52 PM |