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Jan 8, 2014 11:41 AM
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I don't know why you people say that free! is a gay anime.
Describe if you have a reason! If you don't have a reason, then please shut up.
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Jan 8, 2014 11:42 AM
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Was this thread really necessary? Honestly?

Can't wait to prove everybody wrong though.
Jan 8, 2014 11:55 AM
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Red_Keys said:
Was this thread really necessary? Honestly?

Can't wait to prove everybody wrong though.


Of course, there is one girl and few guys said that free! Is a gay anime.
Jan 8, 2014 1:08 PM
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Your avatar makes this thread hilarious.
Jan 8, 2014 1:11 PM
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That fucking anime list, fujoshi alert
Jan 8, 2014 1:11 PM
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ohh mang.

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That fucking anime list, fujoshi alert


yep, looks like it by this post. 0_0
Jan 8, 2014 1:13 PM
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It isn't a gay anime but the op has a gay avatar of the characters from Free!.

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Jan 8, 2014 1:13 PM
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It's more gar than Fist of the North Star.
Jan 8, 2014 1:22 PM
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If Free! is gay, every anime with a breast fondling bath/hot spring scene must be the epitomes of yuri.
Jan 8, 2014 1:23 PM

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"OP's avatar is gay, so the anime must be gay!1!"

NSFM:
Jan 8, 2014 1:28 PM

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Red_Keys said:
"OP's avatar is gay, so the anime must be gay!1!"

NSFM:
grats you wasted your time on something that wasn't even my implication

just pointing something out

about the anime's obvious target audience

gay men and fan girls
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Jan 8, 2014 1:29 PM

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Ratohnhaketon said:
If Free! is gay, every anime with a breast fondling bath/hot spring scene must be the epitomes of yuri.

They are both fan-service. Free being gay is fan service since it's not relevant to the plot like a yaoi title.
Jan 9, 2014 1:07 AM

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Korrvo said:


gay men and fan girls


Gay men and girl stuff have different content fyi.

And hasn't this gay talk ended like 5 months ago?
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Jan 9, 2014 4:46 AM
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tsudecimo said:
Your avatar makes this thread hilarious.
BEEFSTIX said:
That fucking anime list, fujoshi alert
DarknessOfEmo said:
ohh mang.

BEEFSTIX said:
That fucking anime list, fujoshi alert


yep, looks like it by this post. 0_0


I've asked you a question, I didn't say "is free! is a gay anime...pls look at my avatar"
I can show u thousand anime, which Is nut Yuri but it has Yuri photo like this

http://www.zerochan.net/1653598
Jan 9, 2014 4:51 AM
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Itermin8rX said:


And hasn't this gay talk ended like 5 months ago?


If it already ended, then y I'm asking dis question??
only few days ago i saw ppl r talking about it!!
Jan 9, 2014 5:16 AM
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Ratohnhaketon said:
the "gay" controversy surrounding this is a result of fujoshi hype and wailing combined with people mistaking man-service for yaoi.


So we Fujoshi made Free gays??
Jan 9, 2014 7:11 AM

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lol

Does it really matter? Some people say guy on guy is gay, and some people say guy on guy is manly. I don't even know why you're asking this.
Jan 9, 2014 7:39 AM

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Frost_Kiss said:
Ratohnhaketon said:
the "gay" controversy surrounding this is a result of fujoshi hype and wailing combined with people mistaking man-service for yaoi.


So we Fujoshi made Free gays??
No he's saying that dumbass insecure people project what they want to see onto the show (gayness). And then they take their projections and use it as a basis for criticism or judgement.

And, well, "fujoshi hype" would include things such as your avatar which, while fan art, if that's your only exposure to the series (gay fan art), I think you'd have some pretty strong predetermined opinions and expectations as to what it's about before actually watching it.
Jan 9, 2014 7:42 AM

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Red_Keys said:
Was this thread really necessary? Honestly?

Can't wait to prove everybody wrong though.
OP is fucking butt hurt.
Jan 9, 2014 7:44 AM

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It's not a gay only anime, but I'd say it is one of the more popular animes among gay men and women who want manservice, for obvious reasons. So that's why some might call it "gay anime"
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Red_Keys said:
Frost_Kiss said:
Ratohnhaketon said:
the "gay" controversy surrounding this is a result of fujoshi hype and wailing combined with people mistaking man-service for yaoi.


So we Fujoshi made Free gays??
No he's saying that dumbass insecure people project what they want to see onto the show (gayness). And then they take their projections and use it as a basis for criticism or judgement.

And, well, "fujoshi hype" would include things such as your avatar which, while fan art, if that's your only exposure to the series (gay fan art), I think you'd have some pretty strong predetermined opinions and expectations as to what it's about before actually watching it.

Okay! Arigatou key chan.!!!
Jan 9, 2014 4:41 PM
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Frost_Kiss said:
Ratohnhaketon said:
the "gay" controversy surrounding this is a result of fujoshi hype and wailing combined with people mistaking man-service for yaoi.


So we Fujoshi made Free gays??

Even though this topic looks like it's just a means to accuse people of being homophobic, under SOME schools of literary criticism this is actually correct.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reader-response_criticism
In some forms of reader-response criticism a "reader" "interprets" a "text" and adds "meaning" to it. As opposed to a text having an inherent meaning independent of outside forces.

In the case of Free! a "reader" can look at the "interactions" of the teammates and assign them the meaning of "sexual" and/or "romantic" "attraction". Under these forms of reader-response criticism such a reading can be considered "valid". (Of course one can look at the characters interaction and NOT assign them a meaning of "sexual and/or romantic" attraction, or even look at the interactions between male/female pairs and assign THEM a meaning of "sexual and/or romantic" attraction.)

Anyway it's more complicated than that but this is the important stuff about whether Free! is a "gay" anime.

Anyway most people usually look at texts from lots of different angles so they also take stuff like "authorial intent" (I.e creator interviews and marketing) or "greater context" (I.e comparisons with other works and the greater market) into account.

So most of the time people's thoughts about a work are a messy chimera of intentional subjectivity and attempted objectivity. Which they use because they still want their interpretations to remain grounded in reality. They do this by looking for "evidence" of the "correctness" of their views (often both in and out of the text).
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Jan 10, 2014 10:00 AM
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Ash-Falls-Town said:
Frost_Kiss said:
Ratohnhaketon said:
the "gay" controversy surrounding this is a result of fujoshi hype and wailing combined with people mistaking man-service for yaoi.


So we Fujoshi made Free gays??

Even though this topic looks like it's just a means to accuse people of being homophobic, under SOME schools of literary criticism this is actually correct.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reader-response_criticism
In some forms of reader-response criticism a "reader" "interprets" a "text" and adds "meaning" to it. As opposed to a text having an inherent meaning independent of outside forces.

In the case of Free! a "reader" can look at the "interactions" of the teammates and assign them the meaning of "sexual" and/or "romantic" "attraction". Under these forms of reader-response criticism such a reading can be considered "valid". (Of course one can look at the characters interaction and NOT assign them a meaning of "sexual and/or romantic" attraction, or even look at the interactions between male/female pairs and assign THEM a meaning of "sexual and/or romantic" attraction.)

Anyway it's more complicated than that but this is the important stuff about whether Free! is a "gay" anime.

Anyway most people usually look at texts from lots of different angles so they also take stuff like "authorial intent" (I.e creator interviews and marketing) or "greater context" (I.e comparisons with other works and the greater market) into account.

So most of the time people's thoughts about a work are a messy chimera of intentional subjectivity and attempted objectivity. Which they use because they still want their interpretations to remain grounded in reality. They do this by looking for "evidence" of the "correctness" of their views (often both in and out of the text).

OK.
Jan 12, 2014 7:25 PM

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Ratohnhaketon said:
If Free! is gay, every anime with a breast fondling bath/hot spring scene must be the epitomes of yuri.


SOME people should Stop being such a bitch. MEN AND WOMEN HAVE DIFFERENT TRAITS , why can people realize this? Of course such of an act IN this particular anime would leads SOME people into thinking it homosexual .
It is normal behaviour for a girl holding a girl , but a man to man is different . There are HUGE different between reality and OVERLY fantasy 'gay'-friend thinking. Just accept it.
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Sebastian333 said:
Ratohnhaketon said:
If Free! is gay, every anime with a breast fondling bath/hot spring scene must be the epitomes of yuri.


SOME people should Stop being such a bitch. MEN AND WOMEN HAVE DIFFERENT TRAITS , why can people realize this? Of course such of an act IN this particular anime would leads SOME people into thinking it homosexual .
It is normal behaviour for a girl holding a girl , but a man to man is different . There are HUGE different between reality and OVERLY fantasy 'gay'-friend thinking. Just accept it.
You make no sense.
Jan 12, 2014 7:34 PM

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Sebastian333 said:
Ratohnhaketon said:
If Free! is gay, every anime with a breast fondling bath/hot spring scene must be the epitomes of yuri.


SOME people should Stop being such a bitch. MEN AND WOMEN HAVE DIFFERENT TRAITS , why can people realize this? Of course such of an act IN this particular anime would leads SOME people into thinking it homosexual .
It is normal behaviour for a girl holding a girl , but a man to man is different . There are HUGE different between reality and OVERLY fantasy 'gay'-friend thinking. Just accept it.
Gender doesn't make that much of a difference.

If I kissed one of my friends on the cheek it would probably come off as heterosexual. It depends on the people, not the gender.
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Jan 13, 2014 9:26 AM
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Sebastian333 said:
Ratohnhaketon said:
If Free! is gay, every anime with a breast fondling bath/hot spring scene must be the epitomes of yuri.


SOME people should Stop being such a bitch. MEN AND WOMEN HAVE DIFFERENT TRAITS , why can people realize this? Of course such of an act IN this particular anime would leads SOME people into thinking it homosexual .
It is normal behaviour for a girl holding a girl , but a man to man is
different . There are HUGE different between reality and OVERLY fantasy 'gay'-friend thinking. Just accept it.

What? I didn't get you. Where is your answer? Yes or no? If yes, then write a reason! Plus no need to write your story life.
Jan 13, 2014 9:53 AM

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I wouldn't say the anime is gay. Well, the way they portrayed some of the characters did seem gay (Nagisa). Nothing wrong with it though, since it had a good story and many other elements that made me give it a good rating

I think people would say it's gay just because the anime was short and we didn't know much about the backstory of everyone. But we can say that they were all close and carefree with each other. All of the characters in Free! were well developed except Nagisa lol... he got annoying at times.
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Frost_Kiss said:
Itermin8rX said:


And hasn't this gay talk ended like 5 months ago?


If it already ended, then y I'm asking dis question??
only few days ago i saw ppl r talking about it!!


Sorry for late reply.
First of all - it's done and that's that.
Secondly, manchildren are just a bunch of insecure fags themselves as well. If they weren't gay, they wouldn't get their boners up and hating on the first place because "they aren't attracted to men".
Thirdly, it being 'gay' doesn't make a difference whether you like it, or if its good or bad unless if it overuses it like Maken Ki does with its panty shots.
Lastly, ignore the fat moefags who count BD ripped torrents as "buying BluRay", just enjoy the damn show.
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Jan 13, 2014 10:18 PM

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because they wanted to be Free!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTHdud-KsUk
Jan 18, 2014 9:59 PM

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honestly i HOPE it is haha but this is just a show between men who have strong friendship bond.
Jan 30, 2014 12:54 AM

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I can feel myself turning gay as I watch.
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Feb 5, 2014 12:57 PM

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I wish it was mwaha.
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i guess officially it isn't, but there's hell of a lot of sexual tension there, especially between rin and haru, so it's both or neither, or sth
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Sasuke and Naruto kissed, show is obviously hardcore yaoi.
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Not at all. Even though I don't mind shipping it's supposed to be about friendship and swimming. Fangirls only see what they want to see and try to make bromance = gay. None of these pairings will ever really happen.

Though to be fair kyoani really panders to the fangirls with ship teases. Did you see those underwater pairing official art? Especially the Rei/Nagisa, Rin/Haru, Makoto/Haru, and Makoto/Rin ones. That's as far as it will go. No one is actually gay for each other despite what the massive shipping fandom thinks. Even though I wouldn't mind, I'm not gonna delude myself.

Leave shipping in fandom because it's only about friendship and bromance in the show.
Feb 10, 2014 8:14 PM

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aimed towards females != gay
Feb 10, 2014 9:29 PM
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it depends on how you see it... as for me it's gay

or maybe the anime was really for girls to begin with.
Feb 12, 2014 8:54 AM
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OKAY! Minna, it's been decided that Free is NOT a gay anime. So all the ppl who have just voted yes without any reason are compulsory jealous.
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Frost_Kiss said:
I don't know why you people say that free! is a gay anime.
Describe if you have a reason! If you don't have a reason, then please shut up.
yes and is sexist to men
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^Maybe not gay, but definitely pandering to thirsty girls.
Nov 27, 2015 9:48 AM
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Free is the most gay thing i ever seen in my life
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Free is the most gay thing i ever seen in my life

i agree
Nov 28, 2015 11:31 PM
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I really wish it were....
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Frost_Kiss said:
OKAY! Minna, it's been decided that Free is NOT a gay anime. So all the ppl who have just voted yes without any reason are compulsory jealous.


absolute yes for gay anime

lately I always workout in the gym and finally have a six pack
and every dude i meet there which has decent body don't behave like this show ...
except he's gay or interested in the same sex.

I guarantee
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Gay is a free anime.

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Few guys showing their skin and people say this show is yaoi. I really hate stupid people.
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gembelela said:
Frost_Kiss said:
OKAY! Minna, it's been decided that Free is NOT a gay anime. So all the ppl who have just voted yes without any reason are compulsory jealous.


absolute yes for gay anime

lately I always workout in the gym and finally have a six pack
and every dude i meet there which has decent body don't behave like this show ...
except he's gay or interested in the same sex.

I guarantee


And that has something to do with this show? No.
So no one's interested.
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It is whatever you want it to be , #Nohomo #Allthehomo ;)
I saw nothing .
Feb 4, 2016 11:26 AM

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What's a gay anime? Yaoi? Are you asking if it's yaoi?

No it's not yaoi, but it is manly moe. Manly moe isn't gay though.
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It's a swimming anime for god's sake.








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