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Free!	comment	Free! is an anime by Kyoto Animation that is a Sports Story surrounding the lives of High School swimmers. It premiered on July 3, 2013 and it is based on High☆Speed! (2013), a novel by Kouji Ouji. The novel was originally entered into the 2nd Kyoto Animation Award contest and received an honorable mention. A commercial released before the series was officially announced gained a sizable fanbase on both Tumblr and Pixiv due to the shirtless Bishōnen featured. The show was quickly dubbed "Swimming Anime" before its actual name was revealed. It is co-produced by Animation Do (the Osaka subsidiary of KyoAni), and is directed by Hiroko Utsumi (marking her directorial debut) with Masahiro Yokotani serving as series composer, and Futoshi Nishiya as character designer and chief animation director.When he was young, gifted freestyle swimmer Haruka Nanase competed in an elementary school relay team with his childhood friends Makoto Tachibana, Nagisa Hazuki and Rin Matsuoka. After winning a championship together they parted ways, with Rin leaving the country to follow his dream of reaching the Olympic level.When Rin returns years later with a nasty new attitude and a major grudge against Haruka, his reappearance sets in motion a series of events that lead to the founding of the Iwatobi High School Swimming Club. Along with Makoto, Nagisa, rookie Rei Ryugazaki and the club's manager as well as Rin's younger sister Gou Matsuoka, Haruka reawakens his passion for competitive swimming in the hope of getting through to Rin.The media distribution service Crunchyroll is streaming the series under the name Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club (they've also sub-licensed the show to Discotek Media for a DVD release, but this seemed to change, due to Crunchyroll announcing at Anime Expo 2016 that they are doing their own Blu-ray and DVD releases), while Funimation has licensed the second season Eternal Summer. An English-dubbed version for the second season being done by FUNimation has been announced, and an English-dubbed version for the first season began streaming on Crunchyroll starting in December 2015 (Discotek's DVD release remains sub-only, while Crunchyroll announced at Anime Expo 2016 that they are bringing the dubbed version of Season 1 to Blu-ray and DVD themselves).The series was successful enough to include sequels and movies, which include: Free! (2013): Original TV series Free! Eternal Summer (2014): 2nd TV series High★Speed! - Free! Starting Days (2015): a film adaptation for Highâ˜…Speed! 2, premiering in December 2015 Free! Timeless Medley (2017): recap movies focusing on the main plots of Eternal Summer from the perspectives of Haru and Makoto and Sousuke and Rin respectively, with new scenes and cameos from Asahi and Ikuya added to tie into Take Your Marks and Dive to the Future Free! Take Your Marks (2017): the last part of the Timeless Medley trilogy containing an original movie in four parts that focuses on what happens to the cast after the events of Eternal Summer and Timeless Medley. Ikuya, Asahi, Natsuya, and Nao from Highâ˜…Speed! make cameos as well. Free! Dive to the Future (2018): 3rd TV series following Haru, Rin, and Makoto in their college years Free! Road to the World (2019): Dive to the Future recap movie with new scenes, which was set to be released in summer 2019. Focus characters are Makoto, Rei, and Nagisa. Also celebrates the franchise's sixth anniversary. Free! The Final Stroke (2021-22): The reported final installment, a movie duology meant to be released in 2020 but was postponed to releases in September 2021 and April 2022.Equally well-known for giving rise to the parody series 50% OFF.
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Free! / int_1328b853	comment	Team Spirit: There's a whole lot of it.
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Free! / int_13646b1b	type	My Friends... and Zoidberg
Free! / int_13646b1b	comment	My Friends... and Zoidberg: AKA the Iwatobi High School Swim Club. And Rin. Rin is the only member of the main cast that doesn't go to Iwatobi High School. Sure he was their classmate in middle school, but now he just sticks out like a sore thumb in promotional artwork with his Samezuka uniform [1] (cue thoughts of, "He doesn't even go here."). Fortunately, now that he's got his own entourage that follows him wherever, he looks like he's in a complete set.[2]
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Free! / int_141b5985	type	Morning Routine
Free! / int_141b5985	comment	Morning Routine: We get to see Rin's in episode 3 of Dive to the Future.
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Free! / int_14beeefd	type	Darker and Edgier
Free! / int_14beeefd	comment	Darker and Edgier: Episodes 5 and 6. Five ends with Rei being out in the ocean and a storm picks up. Episode 6 has everyone safe and sound but still, nobody saw this coming unless you had read Highâ˜†Speed! or the episode summaries beforehand. Most of the second season (past the first few episodes), but especially Episode 9.
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Free! / int_18d15922	type	Title Drop
Free! / int_18d15922	comment	Title Drop: Episode 1: Rin's Badass Boast is actually one of the original working project titles for the series. Later, Haruka drops the title when referring to his preference for freestyle. Episode 3: Haruka tells Rei to use the English word "free" instead of the Japanese "jiyuu" meaning freedom.
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Free! / int_1af31988	type	Logical Extreme
Free! / int_1af31988	comment	Logical Extreme: Takes the Homoerotic Subtext and Female Gaze common in many sports anime and brings them to the forefront.
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Free! / int_1b6f11d2	type	The Cutie
Free! / int_1b6f11d2	comment	Heck, when even the nerd and The Cutie are ripped, you know you're watching a great show.
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Free! / int_1ee33a59	type	Sequel Series
Free! / int_1ee33a59	comment	Sequel Series: The entire premise is one to the light novel that Makoto, Haru, Nagisa and Rin came from, Highâ˜†Speed!. The novel basically explains the backstory and relationships of the boys (sans Rei, but including Sousuke). The anime picks up after the events of the books, some odd years later.
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Free! / int_1fe9e22	type	Childhood Friends
Free! / int_1fe9e22	comment	Childhood Friends: In elementary school Haruka belonged to the same swim team as Makoto, Nagisa and Rin, but once they won a tournament they'd strove toward improving for, they all went their separate ways (except for Haruka and Makoto)...until Rin came back to challenge Haruka many years later, anyway. The same could be said about the Iwatobi middle school team, which groups Haruka and Makoto with Asahi and Ikuya, however, all of them were forced to resign from their swim club due to varying issues and events.
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Free! / int_20152e12	type	Real Place Background
Free! / int_20152e12	comment	Real-Place Background: In episode 12 of Eternal Summer , Rin and Haru visit real life locations in Sydney, Australia including Hyde Park and Bondi Beach. Even the generic locations are real locations and matched what buildings, features & stores were located there at the time of production.
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Free! / int_20b5cce7	type	"Do It Yourself" Theme Tune
Free! / int_20b5cce7	comment	"Do It Yourself" Theme Tune: OLDCODEX, the band that does all of the Free! openings, has Suzuki Tatsuhisa (Makoto) as their frontman. As for endings, all of them are sung by the Style Five, which consists of the seiyuu of the five main boys of the first two seasons.
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Free! / int_275d19ee	type	Birds of a Feather
Free! / int_275d19ee	comment	Birds of a Feather: Nagisa and Ama-chan-sensei mirror each others behaviour adorably-creepily well.
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Free! / int_2882c8c1	type	Career-Ending Injury
Free! / int_2882c8c1	comment	Sousuke is unfriendly (even threatening in Haru's case) toward everyone except Rin and eventually the rest of the relay team. Turns out he has a Career-Ending Injury that has eliminated any chance he once had to swim professionally, and he can only bring himself to put on a nice face for Rin.
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Free! / int_2d38b139	type	Different in Every Episode
Free! / int_2d38b139	comment	Different in Every Episode: The Timeless Medley movies, in their original showings, had four of the characters provide an opening monologue and talk to each other before the movies proper started. Every week of the movies' running time had a different set of four.
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Free! / int_2e154495	type	Shower of Angst
Free! / int_2e154495	comment	Shower of Angst: Haru has one after losing to Rin. Rei, contemplating his position on the swim team and his inability to swim any stroke but butterfly in Eternal Summer episode 3. Brief, but very important one in Eternal Summer Episode 9 with Sousuke when his shoulder hurt after practice in regionals.
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Free! / int_2e6a41e0	type	Gratuitous English
Free! / int_2e6a41e0	comment	Gratuitous English: Look up the lyrics to the opening song "Rage On" by OLDCODEX. A lot of the English isn't grammatically correct and doesn't really make sense. The pronunciation isn't great, either. But the song is still awesome. The two B-sides for the opening single are almost completely in English (that's just as poor as Rage On's). "Now I Am" throws in some Gratuitous French as well. The trend continues: one of the B-sides on the Anime edition of Dried Up Youthful Fame, Abendsonne, is actually entirely in English (and has a German title. Go figure). "SPLASH FREE" also contains its fair share of Engrish. "FUTURE FISH" is no exception, either. The season finale ending songs, "Ever Blue" and "Clear Blue Departure", keep up the tradition. The "SPRASHU FES" poster is an In-Universe example.
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Free! / int_2f3b0d6d	type	Big Storm Episode
Free! / int_2f3b0d6d	comment	Big Storm Episode: The above-mentioned Beach Episode turns into one.
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Free! / int_30f7df9d	type	Rummage Sale Reject
Free! / int_30f7df9d	comment	Rummage Sale Reject: The Butterfly Swimsuit. Oh dear. That Rainbow Thing isn't all that...stylish either.
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Free! / int_32c7a2a3	type	Symbolic Blood
Free! / int_32c7a2a3	comment	Symbolic Blood: Played for Laughs in the OVA when Nagisa "kills" Rei in a gout of water, who even coughs up water despite having only been shot with a ''squirt'' gun.
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Free! / int_32d3397	type	Waterfall Shower
Free! / int_32d3397	comment	Waterfall Shower: Haru met his first love this way. The waterfall, not the naked woman.
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Free! / int_33d5b7f2	type	Adapted Out
Free! / int_33d5b7f2	comment	Adapted Out: Finally averted with Aki Yazaki, a female classmate in Haru and Makoto's class during elementary school and middle school. She didn't make it to any of the anime adaptations until making a cameo at the end of the second part of The Final Stroke.
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Free! / int_34f8042a	comment	The two B-sides for the opening single are almost completely in English (that's just as poor as Rage On's). "Now I Am" throws in some Gratuitous French as well. The trend continues: one of the B-sides on the Anime edition of Dried Up Youthful Fame, Abendsonne, is actually entirely in English (and has a German title. Go figure).
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Free! / int_3c0a4666	type	Noodle Incident
Free! / int_3c0a4666	comment	Noodle Incident: Whatever Amakata's history with swimsuits is. Later, we find out she used to be a swimsuit model.
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Free! / int_3ed23024	type	Surprisingly Realistic Outcome
Free! / int_3ed23024	comment	Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: When Haruka encounters Rin in their old abandoned school, they immediately start gearing up for an epic swimming match. This is interrupted when they discover why their friends were trying to stop them: the pool that hasn't been used in years has no water in it. They narrowly avert Empty Swimming Pool Dive. In episode 5, the group wanted to go to a deserted island to train, but they couldn't go right off the bat because of their lack of money. Even Ama-chan mentioned that clubs automatically having money to go places only happens in anime and manga. The Iwatobi members only had a few weeks to train before their first tournament. None of them make it past their individual prelims. In Episode 12, Rei gives his spot in the Butterfly leg of the relay to Rin. The Iwatobi team wins, but they're disqualified for putting another school's swimmer on their team. During the beginning of Season 2, the gang tries to market their club to the incoming freshmen, but they're not quite sure how to do it. Gou suggests (and implements) the swim team showing off their strokes and their " charm points" to get people interested. Which would be fine itself, but with the added bonus of stripping onstage to do the aforementioned actions. It only puts potential hopefuls off, and they turn their attention towards other clubs. In fact they only start getting results after Iwatobi's swim team wins nationals, showing that the team is capable and worth their time. You can't win everyone over with Fanservice. For a more dramatic turn, Sousuke's shoulder injury only got worse and worse the more he pushed himself and worked harder at swimming. Even going to physical therapy didn't help much, because at that point his shoulder was beyond repair. It continued until he basically wrecked his shoulder and dashed any hope of making it back to professional swimming ever again.
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Free! / int_42fe0cde	type	Festival Episode
Free! / int_42fe0cde	comment	Festival Episode: Episode 9 was this.
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Free! / int_4394b4be	type	Messy Hair
Free! / int_4394b4be	comment	Messy Hair: Nagisa, Rei, and Gou have this when they woke up from their individual beds in Episode 8.
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Free! / int_44e64e96	type	Female Gaze
Free! / int_44e64e96	comment	Female Gaze: All over the place, this is probably the first non-yaoi anime series to employ this trope to such an extent. Gou does this herself a few times when she starts admiring the boys' muscles.
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Free! / int_44f6517d	type	Beach Episode
Free! / int_44f6517d	comment	Beach Episode: Both inverted and deconstructed in episode five. The inversion comes in where it's only the guys dressed in swimsuits - though Gou is seen in one at one point, albeit still relatively covered up - but this is justified in that they're there to train. The deconstruction comes in at the end, when the weather turns sour...the minute Rei decides to have a sneaky practice swim at night.
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Free! / int_4583a262	type	Shirtless Scene
Free! / int_4583a262	comment	Shirtless Scene: All the time. Justified, because they're swimmers.
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Free! / int_469e3e2f	type	In-Universe
Free! / int_469e3e2f	comment	The "SPRASHU FES" poster is an In-Universe example.
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Free! / int_497bdeec	type	Sexy Surfacing Shot
Free! / int_497bdeec	comment	Sexy Surfacing Shot: One particular scene has a scene with Haru slowly climbing out of the pool with a close up shot of his abs.
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Free! / int_4e3decd5	type	A Friend in Need
Free! / int_4e3decd5	comment	A Friend in Need: The Iwatobi team chooses to help Rin instead of taking a shot at nationals. What's more, it's Rei, the new guy who wasn't one of the Childhood Friends, who suggested the idea to give up his spot in the relay for Rin.
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Free! / int_4e7c4536	type	Wham Line
Free! / int_4e7c4536	comment	Wham Line: In episode 8 of season 2:
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Free! / int_5313c266	type	Bookends
Free! / int_5313c266	comment	Book Ends: The ending of Eternal Summer has scenes from the original launch trailer for the anime that came out before it aired. Also the last episode takes many cues from the first episode of Eternal Summer, all with a little twist - Makoto fetching Haru from the tub so they wont miss their flight from Tokyo to Iwatobi, the Good-bye tradition of Samezukas third years, now with Rin challenging his club, the pool with cherry blossoms, now prepared by Rin. And this time they actually get to swim in it. All in all it very nicely conveys the idea that some things, even with all the change are very probably eternal. The intro of season 1 has a Mirrored Confrontation Shot of Haru and Rin as kids in the beginning, where Rin has a pleasant smile on his face, reflecting his nature as a sweet kid. By the end, we have another Mirrored Confrontation Shot of Haru and Rin, now as teenagers, this time Rin's smile is replaced with a frown, reflecting his changed attitude.
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Free! / int_53694d39	type	Bishie Sparkle
Free! / int_53694d39	comment	Bishie Sparkle: Just look at the page picture! Justified since it's mostly pool water.
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Free! / int_55473bc9	type	CPR: Clean, Pretty, Reliable
Free! / int_55473bc9	comment	CPR: Clean, Pretty, Reliable: Zigzagged in episode 6. On one hand, the head tilt/chin lift to open Makotoâ€™s airway is animated realistically, and Haruka correctly moves the victim to safety, checks for responsiveness, and attempts to call for help. And it certainly wasnâ€™t a Kiss of Life ploy on Makotoâ€™s part. On the other hand, Haruka uses a Walking Assist on an unconscious victim note which would be difficult if not impossible, though it may have been that that was the only way he could carry him in the water. Supporting from the side only works if the victim can walk on his own , and Makotoâ€™s breathing is just about the last thing he checks. Then Haruka almost gives rescue breaths while Makoto is clearly still breathing. And it ends with no mention of Makoto going to the hospital although he nearly drowned.
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Free! / int_564c1500	type	Red String of Fate
Free! / int_564c1500	comment	Red String of Fate: When the group notices that they've been in the same events with Rin even before they met, Ama-sensei mentions this. Gou asks if they call it that when it's between boys.
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Free! / int_598ad6e2	type	Even the Guys Want Him
Free! / int_598ad6e2	comment	Even the Guys Want Him: Rin, as stated by the Word of God here.note original text.◊
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Free! / int_59e5940e	type	AnimalMotif
Free! / int_59e5940e	comment	Every single opening sequence, including the movies, starts out with a hawk as an Animal Motif.
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Free! / int_6056f853	type	Homoerotic Subtext
Free! / int_6056f853	comment	Also strongly implied to have happened to Nagisa for Rei.
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Free! / int_6293c185	type	Sequel Hook
Free! / int_6293c185	comment	Sequel Hook: See you next summer!◊ Before the credits of episode 12 rolled, the Iwatobi team make it clear they're going to be back to compete next year. Unlike other anime examples of this, it did sell more than well enough for another season. The Timeless Medley films end with "SEE YOU NEXT STAGE".
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Free! / int_65d658f	type	Putting the Band Back Together
Free! / int_65d658f	comment	Putting the Band Back Together: Nagisa wants to do this with Haruka, along with a whole mess of things Haruka doesn't want to bother with.
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Free! / int_6b35bdff	type	Serious Business
Free! / int_6b35bdff	comment	Serious Business: Swimming.
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Free! / int_6dcda37a	type	Organization with Unlimited Funding
Free! / int_6dcda37a	comment	When they plan their beach training, the characters remark that this isn't an anime where clubs have unlimited funds.
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Free! / int_71152dd	type	One Dialogue, Two Conversations
Free! / int_71152dd	comment	One Dialogue, Two Conversations: Between Momotarou wanting Rin's Lucky Meal toy and Rin believing Momo wants to marry Gou in the movie Take Your Marks!, which leads to a whole cavalcade of rumors and misunderstandings.
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Free! / int_716c0b1b	type	And the Adventure Continues
Free! / int_716c0b1b	comment	And the Adventure Continues: During the Continuity Cavalcade while Haru, Makoto and Rin have all gone to college, the swim teams still keep on existing as Rei and Nagisa instruct the new generation on Iwatobi's side and Aiichiro does the same with Momotarou on Samezuka's side. Also, Gou still manages the Iwatobi team with Miho.
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Free! / int_73173245	type	Mirrored Confrontation Shot
Free! / int_73173245	comment	The intro of season 1 has a Mirrored Confrontation Shot of Haru and Rin as kids in the beginning, where Rin has a pleasant smile on his face, reflecting his nature as a sweet kid. By the end, we have another Mirrored Confrontation Shot of Haru and Rin, now as teenagers, this time Rin's smile is replaced with a frown, reflecting his changed attitude.
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Free! / int_7360806f	type	In-Series Nickname
Free! / int_7360806f	comment	In-Series Nickname: Haruka gets this from his old friends, simply called "Haru" by Makoto and "Haru-chan" by the one-year-younger Nagisa. Makoto also goes by the name "Mako-chan", another token of Nagisa's affection. Contrary to Haruka, he doesn't seem to mind. Amakata is nicknamed "Ama-chan" by, once again, Nagisa. Makoto sometimes calls Haruka "Haru-chan", but Haruka doesn't particularly like it. Rei once called Haruka, "Haru-chan-san" because Nagisa kept referring the latter as "Haru-chan". Haruka was a little annoyed. Seems to be a habit - in episode ten he calls Rin "Rin-chan-san". From the Highâ˜†Speed! novel, Haru and Nagisa came up with the nickname "Rin Rin" for Rin in order to pester him. Nagisa brings the nickname Rin Rin back in the last episode. Also in the last episode, Rin finally stops referring to Nitori by his surname and starts calling him Ai, short for his full name, Aiichiro.
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Free! / int_741e8e7	type	The Cast Showoff
Free! / int_741e8e7	comment	The Cast Show Off: Apart from singing the opening themes, Tatsuhisa Suzuki does his character songs as Makoto. Applies to the main cast to some extent: All EDs are sung by the boys' voice actors, and they all have their respective character songs too. Rin has the most character songs, with a total of nine.
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Free! / int_7464705c	type	Arc Words
Free! / int_7464705c	comment	Arc Words: "I'll show you a sight you've never seen before."
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Free! / int_76dc4f31	type	"Arabian Nights" Days
Free! / int_76dc4f31	comment	"Arabian Nights" Days: The first-season ED sequence of Free! gives us the Iwatobi guys plus Rin dressed in Arabian-styled outfits. Nagisa's in particular makes him look a lot like a belly dancer.
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Free! / int_79b16b48	type	Japanese Ranguage
Free! / int_79b16b48	comment	Japanese Ranguage: In Season 2 episode 2, Sasabe holds a Splash Fest in his new swimming club but the poster says "SPRASHU FES". Even Rei points this out.
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Free!	hasFeature	Free! / int_79b16b48
Free! / int_7a4013f3	type	Deuteragonist
Free! / int_7a4013f3	comment	Deuteragonist: Rin serves as this for the first two seasons, while Ikuya takes over for the third season.
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Free!	hasFeature	Free! / int_7a4013f3
Free! / int_813e694d	type	Continuity Cavalcade
Free! / int_813e694d	comment	Continuity Cavalcade: About every named character (and some unnamed ones) in the show comes back for Eternal Summer and Dive to the Future's finale and credits sequence respectively.
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Free! / int_838748cb	type	Sour Outside, Sad Inside
Free! / int_838748cb	comment	Sour Outside, Sad Inside: Much of Rin's jerkassery and his obsession with beating Haruka stem from his self-loathing for not being able to improve his swimming in Australia, thus failing to live his father's dream. He gets better. Sousuke is unfriendly (even threatening in Haru's case) toward everyone except Rin and eventually the rest of the relay team. Turns out he has a Career-Ending Injury that has eliminated any chance he once had to swim professionally, and he can only bring himself to put on a nice face for Rin.
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Free! / int_8411ab92	type	Red Oni, Blue Oni
Free! / int_8411ab92	comment	Red Oni, Blue Oni: Rin and Haruka. Rin's more fiery personality and red hair contrast Haruka's cool, quiet attitude and blue eyes. Nagisa and Rei could also qualify, though Nagisa's more of a happy-go-lucky red oni to Rei's bookish blue oni. The uniform colors of both swim teams complement this as well.
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Free! / int_867f06de	type	Duck Season, Rabbit Season
Free! / int_867f06de	comment	Duck Season, Rabbit Season: Nagisa successfully pulls this off with Gou in regards to her name.
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Free! / int_86b21114	type	Badass Boast
Free! / int_86b21114	comment	Episode 1: Rin's Badass Boast is actually one of the original working project titles for the series. Later, Haruka drops the title when referring to his preference for freestyle.
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Free! / int_87b8f581	type	Refusal of the Call
Free! / int_87b8f581	comment	Refusal of the Call: Haruka doesn't originally seem too enthusiastic about creating a swim team. Same goes for Rei. Justified, since he was already in track and field and doesn't know how to swim.
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Free! / int_87ce0385	type	Series Mascot
Free! / int_87ce0385	comment	Series Mascot: Iwatobi-chan. The part-rock, part-bird creature with a Thousand-Yard Stare. It was somehow selected as Iwatobi Town's mascot from over 900 entries, and Nagisa enjoys sticking it on everything.
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Free! / int_88384522	type	Reflective Eyes
Free! / int_88384522	comment	Reflective Eyes: Happens quite often, most frequently Rin being reflected in Haru's eyes. In fact the series likes to reflect just about everything in Haru's eyes, especially the sparkle of water.
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Free! / int_8e20979	type	Wham Episode
Free! / int_8e20979	comment	Wham Episode: Eternal Summer! Episode 9, boy howdy.
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Free! / int_8efd3a2e	type	TheCaseyEffect
Free! / int_8efd3a2e	comment	The Casey Effect: Averted. We only see the preliminary medley relay at the Nationals. It's not until the credits we see they placed 6th in the finals. Not that it really mattered.
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Free! / int_90e2b7b4	type	Theme Twin Naming
Free! / int_90e2b7b4	comment	Theme Twin Naming: Makoto's younger siblings, Ran and Ren.
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Free! / int_959cb9aa	type	One Degree of Separation
Free! / int_959cb9aa	comment	One Degree of Separation: With so many characters, all of them are surprisingly connected together in some way, especially in Dive to the Future. Haru and Makoto probably don't know that Asahi and Rei have met before in Starting Days. Highâ˜…Speed! 2 reveals that Asahi and Rin were friends when they were little but they don't remember each other. Sosuke warns Rin about Ikuya in Timeless Medley, who also happens to be Haru and Makoto's friend in middle school. Mikhail, Rin's coach in Dive to the Future, is Nitori's uncle. Natsuya, Haruka and Makoto's swim club captain from middle school, hung out with Rin in Australia.
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Free! / int_98f2361a	type	FairyTaleMotifs
Free! / int_98f2361a	comment	Fairy Tale Motifs: The Little Mermaid features very hard into Ikuya and Hiyori's character arcs during Dive to the Future, and their different interpretations of it also factor into their outlook on life.
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Free! / int_99b22790	type	The Knights Who Say "Squee!"
Free! / int_99b22790	comment	The Knights Who Say "Squee!": Having admired Haruka's swimming since they were kids, Nagisa enters the same high school as him so that he can be on the same team. (Not that Haruka's in the swim team, since the school doesn't have one to begin with.)
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Free! / int_9a1de231	type	School Festival
Free! / int_9a1de231	comment	School Festival: A drama track shows that Samezuka has a maid cafe each year.
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Free! / int_9a6990	type	Skinny Dipping
Free! / int_9a6990	comment	Skinny Dipping: Nagisa jumps in naked in the first episode after breaking into Samezuka Academy's pool. Makoto is not amused.
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Free! / int_9cede50e	type	Toplessness from the Back
Free! / int_9cede50e	comment	Toplessness from the Back: Makoto
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Free! / int_9cede50e	featureConfidence	1.0
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Free! / int_9d3b4703	type	This Is Reality
Free! / int_9d3b4703	comment	This Is Reality: When they plan their beach training, the characters remark that this isn't an anime where clubs have unlimited funds. When they're stranded on a deserted island at night, Nagisa says they should go fish-spearing and pick mushrooms. Rei retorts that this isn't a TV show.
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Free! / int_9dbf9610	type	World of Technicolor Hair
Free! / int_9dbf9610	comment	World of Technicolor Hair: Haru, Makoto, and Sousuke have relatively realistic dark hair, but many of the other Japanese characters have technicolor hair. The Matsuoka siblings have purplish-red hair, Nagisa has bright blond hair, and the Mikoshibas all have red hair.
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Free!	hasFeature	Free! / int_9dbf9610
Free! / int_9ecbcb36	type	ComicallySerious
Free! / int_9ecbcb36	comment	Comically Serious: Haruka, Haruka, HARUKA. Rei as well.
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Free!	hasFeature	Free! / int_9ecbcb36
Free! / int_a35b3fe5	type	Audio Play
Free! / int_a35b3fe5	comment	Audio Play: While the series does have extra drama tracks featuring anecdotes, Dive to the Future is planned to release some that resolve the lingering threads of the third season.
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Free! / int_a35b3fe5	featureConfidence	1.0
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Free! / int_a4c37cbe	type	Mood Whiplash
Free! / int_a4c37cbe	comment	Mood Whiplash: The endings of the later Eternal Summer episodes tend to go like this: angst, at least one character crying, HEY FUTURE FISH!!
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Free! / int_a536f3a3	type	Gender-Blender Name
Free! / int_a536f3a3	comment	Gender-Blender Name: All of the main five swimmers, plus Rin's sister Gou (who prefers to go by "Kou" for that very reason). Lampshaded in the very first episode...and many more times after that. Nagisa specifically tries to recruit Rei because he has a feminine name. Rei is not amused. Dive to the Future introduces an Iwatobi first year girl named Ayumu.
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Free! / int_a7382a73	type	Imagine Spot
Free! / int_a7382a73	comment	Imagine Spot: Makoto has a hilarious one when the question pops up whether or not Haru would be a fit captain for the about-to-be-founded swim club. The answer is a clear "No!"
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Free! / int_a8dcb1d7	type	Love at First Sight
Free! / int_a8dcb1d7	comment	Love at First Sight: It is implied that Mikoshiba, the captain of the swim team in Samezuka, falls in love with Gou at first sight when she came to look for Rin before he joined the swim team. With Mikoshiba graduating in season 2, his brother Momotaro makes his appearance in Episode 2 and falls in love with Gou at first sight as well, even saying the same thing his brother said when he first saw her. Poor Rin. Also strongly implied to have happened to Nagisa for Rei.
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Free! / int_abdc0b3f	type	Held Gaze
Free! / int_abdc0b3f	comment	Held Gaze: Good god yes. Happens nearly every time Makoto and Haru have a personal moment together. Haru has his moments doing this with Rin, too.
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Free! / int_b1e8a3b3	type	Coming of Age Story
Free! / int_b1e8a3b3	comment	Coming of Age Story: The crux of the second season, Eternal Summer.
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Free! / int_b2af79fb	type	Leave the Camera Running
Free! / int_b2af79fb	comment	The elevator scene in episode 9 of Eternal Summer can't be anything but a reference to the infamous scene from Neon Genesis Evangelion, with Haru in the place of Rei and Sousuke in the place of Asuka.
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Free! / int_b77808f2	type	"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue
Free! / int_b77808f2	comment	"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue: How Season 2/Eternal Summer ends.
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Free! / int_b77808f2	featureConfidence	1.0
Free!	hasFeature	Free! / int_b77808f2
Free! / int_bb660963	type	Color-Coded Characters
Free! / int_bb660963	comment	Color-Coded Characters: Haruka is blue, Makoto is green, Nagisa is yellow, Rei is purple, and Rin is red. However, in some material, like the promotional poster above, Haruka and Rei's colors are stylistically swapped.
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Free! / int_c205e4d5	type	Empty Swimming Pool Dive
Free! / int_c205e4d5	comment	When Haruka encounters Rin in their old abandoned school, they immediately start gearing up for an epic swimming match. This is interrupted when they discover why their friends were trying to stop them: the pool that hasn't been used in years has no water in it. They narrowly avert Empty Swimming Pool Dive.
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Free! / int_c205e4d5	featureConfidence	1.0
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Free! / int_c335b301	type	Cute Little Fangs
Free! / int_c335b301	comment	Cute Little Fangs: Rin, as a child. He outgrows it as a teen because ALL his teeth become sharp and pointy. In episode 4 his shark teeth were much less prominent for whatever reason, returning his cute fang status for the time being.
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Free! / int_c3b51fa9	type	Loon with a Heart of Gold
Free! / int_c3b51fa9	comment	Loon with a Heart of Gold: Nagisa is arguably the friendliest of the group, but has a definite chaotic/anarchic streak that shows up more than a few times.
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Free! / int_c3c77510	type	There Is Only One Bed
Free! / int_c3c77510	comment	There Is Only One Bed: In episode 12 of Eternal Summer, the room Rin and Haru book in Australia has only a one double bed, much to Rin's chagrin.
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Free! / int_c4e3afda	type	Mum Looks Like a Sister
Free! / int_c4e3afda	comment	Mum Looks Like a Sister: Makoto's mom and Gou and Rin's mom look like they can still be their children's siblings for women whose children are approaching their 20s.
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Free! / int_c5d50cb0	type	Opposing Sports Team
Free! / int_c5d50cb0	comment	Opposing Sports Team: Samezuka looks intimidating but is one of the more friendly variety.
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Free! / int_c5fe6c81	type	Strong Family Resemblance
Free! / int_c5fe6c81	comment	Strong Family Resemblance: If you accept the theory that this photo◊ shows the Iwatobi team's parents, then you can see that all of the boys resemble their mothers a lot. Even Rin and Gou take after their mothers.
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Free! / int_c660bc15	type	Fan Disservice
Free! / int_c660bc15	comment	Fan Disservice: Some fans (female and male alike) view the closeups of Rei's tiny yellow penguin speedo as this. Thankfully, he blames his inability to swim on it and goes out of his way to get a more...covered swimsuit later on.
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Free! / int_c660bc15	featureConfidence	1.0
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Free! / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
Free! / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: Rei in his butterfly swimsuit◊ made many Buso Renkin fans wonder if he was the Free! universe's version of Papillon Mask.◊ To Sky High in episode 9. In the first special, the game Haruka and Makoto were playing is an underwater version of Animal Crossing. The elevator scene in episode 9 of Eternal Summer can't be anything but a reference to the infamous scene from Neon Genesis Evangelion, with Haru in the place of Rei and Sousuke in the place of Asuka. The title of the film series, A Rat's Life, is basically a combination of Pixar films A Bug's Life and Ratatouille.
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Free! / int_c75df49a	featureConfidence	1.0
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Free! / int_ca32539e	type	Charm Point
Free! / int_ca32539e	comment	During the beginning of Season 2, the gang tries to market their club to the incoming freshmen, but they're not quite sure how to do it. Gou suggests (and implements) the swim team showing off their strokes and their " charm points" to get people interested. Which would be fine itself, but with the added bonus of stripping onstage to do the aforementioned actions. It only puts potential hopefuls off, and they turn their attention towards other clubs. In fact they only start getting results after Iwatobi's swim team wins nationals, showing that the team is capable and worth their time. You can't win everyone over with Fanservice.
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Free! / int_ca32539e	featureConfidence	1.0
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Free! / int_ccb2a89c	type	Melancholy Moon
Free! / int_ccb2a89c	comment	Melancholy Moon: After the first day of prefectural, Makoto looked to the moon worrying about Haruka. Haruka was gone swimming in the Iwatobi school pool reminiscing about his resolve for swimming and changed relationship with Rin.
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Free! / int_ccb2a89c	featureConfidence	1.0
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Free! / int_cd83fa5b	type	Spoiler Opening
Free! / int_cd83fa5b	comment	Spoiler Opening: Any suspense over whether Rei would join the team or not in episode 3 was pretty much dissipated by the opening (and ending) animation, which shows him alongside the others.
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Free! / int_cd83fa5b	featureConfidence	1.0
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Free! / int_ce68d46b	type	Next Sunday A.D.
Free! / int_ce68d46b	comment	Next Sunday A.D.: Inverted as of Dive to the Future. The series started out set in real time, which was 2013. Dive to the Future aired in 2018 but is set approximately two years after the beginning, placing it around 2015.
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Free! / int_cfdb9e17	type	Cerebus Syndrome
Free! / int_cfdb9e17	comment	Cerebus Syndrome: Happened severely in season 2 with the amount of comedy shrinking, as well as the fanservice. It takes a much sadder, dramatic tone in general too. This remained the norm in season 3.
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Free! / int_cfdb9e17	featureConfidence	1.0
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Free! / int_d148b019	type	Mundane Made Awesome
Free! / int_d148b019	comment	Mundane Made Awesome: Swimming.
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Free! / int_d148b019	featureConfidence	1.0
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Free! / int_d39e327f	type	What the Hell, Hero?
Free! / int_d39e327f	comment	What the Hell, Hero?: Haruka starts to unleash one on Rei in episode 6, but Nagisa heads him off.
Free! / int_d39e327f	featureApplicability	1.0
Free! / int_d39e327f	featureConfidence	1.0
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Free! / int_d53ad027	comment	Cheerful Child: Rin, before he went off to Australia. Nagisa was the same. It never really changed when he grew up though.
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Free! / int_fca96b8e	comment	Cherry Blossoms: Used a lot in this anime, most of the time to symbolize Rin and Haru's relationship. When they were kids, Rin declared to Haru he was going to show Haru a sight he had never seen before while they were standing under a cherry blossom tree. Though it was out of season, when he said that the tree was symbolically in full bloom. In the last episode, Haru finds a cherry blossom tree that looks like the one in their elementary school. Later, when Rin is missing, Haru is the only one to realize that Rin probably went to see the tree also. After their fight, Haru repeats the words Rin told him when they were children, "I'll show you a sight you've never seen before," and once again the tree appears to be in full bloom. Rin tells Haru when they're children that he wants to swim in a pool full of cherry blossom petals. Unfortunately, he leaves Japan before the tree blossoms. In the current time, Haru is seen looking at some cherry blossom petals floating in the newly renovated Iwatobi pool. One of the songs that plays during a Rin and Haru flashback is called Cherry Blossoms on the OST. In the first episode of Eternal Summer, the Iwatobi team fills their pool with cherry blossoms, then abducts Rin to show him. They urge him to swim in it, but it starts raining. In the finale of Eternal Summer, Rin surprises the Iwatobi team by filling the Samezuka pool full of cherry blossoms and everyone swims in it.
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Free! / int_fda23a3b	comment	Spear Counterpart: Commonly seen as one to K-On! (replace the cute girls with a Cast Full of Pretty Boys, the light music club with a swimming club, switch some Always Female tropes with their male equivalents and you've got very similar shows), but it also has parallels to Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha. Just like Nanoha catered to the Periphery Demographic of adult men who watch Magical Girl shows for the Moe and Les Yay, Free! seems designed for fangirls who watch sports anime for the Ho Yay and hot guys.
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