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| 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! |
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| 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/ |
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| 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. |
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| 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.   |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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* |
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| 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. |
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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. |
| So both Rin and Sousuke prefer to be the bottom... one of you needs to be the top lol. Gou seems to be obsessed with fabulous muscles as per usual. Haru... even though you had a great speech similar to your water one... it seems you're really slow on ground lol... Gou's face... epic... just epic... After all that effort still no new members. Poor Rei... the butterfly stroke is still the only stroke he can manage lol. Gou looked really scary there XD. "Cleavage"?... wtf... Oh c'mon Gou... stop it with that muscles obsession you have... LOL at the looks on the faces of the gang when Rei said that he still has an errand to run XD... and now they're following him! Awww... happy moments :3 |
| "Let justice be done, though the heavens fall." |
| This episode was very cute. I loved that we got Rin teaching Rei how to swim the rest of the strokes, and how the rest of the team was worried about Rei quitting. Can't wait for next week to see Rin and Sousuke's past!!!!!!!!!! |
| Hahaha Rei's first tries of different styles of swimming ended as a fail and made me laugh. XD Aww, Rin is helping him out, that was really sweet :3 And those guys are so terrible at faking a surprise XD All in all pretty funny episode even though I'm not much of a Rei fan. |
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| Damn, that was a cute as hell episode, especially because it featured my favourite swimming boy! :) teehee soccer end card caramel_soul said: Free! just keeps getting better and better it seems. I'm really excited about the rest of this season. It's awesome to see such character development in everyone. Of course seeing the character development of Rin between last season and now is most impressive, but the interactions this season between the Iwatobi guys have also really been refreshing and enlightening. ^ |
| I felt like there was so much of Makoto taking initiative this episode. Grabbing Haru's arm to keep him from diving into the pool and his expression when he told Nagisa he wouldn't allow Rei to leave. Mamakoto is amazing. |
| Really enjoying this anime so far! I couldn't stop laughing at their lack of surprise when Rei was showing them that he could swim all the strokes. They were just hopeless. This season is definitely shining a new light on Rin and he is slowly becoming one of my favorite characters :D |
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wingling said: I felt like there was so much of Makoto taking initiative this episode. Grabbing Haru's arm to keep him from diving into the pool and his expression when he told Nagisa he wouldn't allow Rei to leave. Mamakoto is amazing. ^ |
| WOOT! Good job Rei learning all the strokes. I cannot wait until there is another relay. Great episode!!! |
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| I didn't think much of this episode until I watched it and sobbed within the first 30 seconds. Bless this show. |
| Ughh so cute. I used to dislike Rei in the first season, but I really like him now. He's amazing so far this season. |
| SuzuKen Kouhai and Miyata-san's character being roommate so that shark guy with that new guy. School festival. Using Rei as final part of running relay. Also finally pool time. Track club wanting him back,though. A series of misunderstanding, but it was to get shark guy's instruction. lol @ his cookie!! |
I ♥ Two Syaorans from Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE and TRC!!! |
| enjoyed the interactions between the characters in this episode, decent fillers. Oh, and damnn Rin. U lookin' good, so ffffine |
| everyone is so #killerkawaii this season. Loved episode 3. The character interactions are fabulous. |
| Meeeh, Rin is so seeeexy. But cleavage? Lolwut? |
| Muscle magic spells xD Gou ^^ Rei doing something in secrecy and everybody suspicious about it. The scene at Haru's house, everybody saying what they wanted to. One on one practice with Rin!!! Those 3 trying to act surprised :] |
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| LOL "Cleavage." Really heartwarming episode. Rei's laughter is the best. |
"Komugi, are you there?" |
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