Free! is an interesting anime for me to talk about. While I do think the anime is good, it feels a little overrated to me, well at least the first season. The amount of fanservice and ab-shots in the anime really took away from my suspension of disbelief. I think every episode has at least one scene of the main character, Haruka Hanase who is actually one of my favorites in terms of characters, shirtless. Don't get me wrong, I did understand WHY it was used, but I felt it was slightly overdone.
On a another note, I think the anime overall was good. It had a questionable story, but I liked the characters and artwork. The sound was also great with the effects sounding like splashing water and all, and the show was somewhat enjoyable for me. I will have to say though, I did like the second season much better, in fact that's the season where my favorite character in Free! was introduced, Sosuke Yamazaki. Anyways, I hope you liked my review!
