AKA "The Swimming Anime".

I watched the first episode yesterday. Love it! Yes, I drooled over the anatomy. It looks very promising and the animation is amazing.

Can't wait for episode two next week!

For those who want to watch:

Gonna watch thisssss

omg thank you so much for posting this wow!! i've wanted to see this ever since i saw the gifs and stills on tumblr. i'm so stoked to watch this yay!

It will forever be the Swimming Anime to me. Like I said it looks promising and I've been looking for new series to watch lately too.

yaaay hope they don't ignore the plot because the art is so well-done.

Okay. Opinion time *rubs hands together*

This is totally going to be one gay anime. There is no way about that.

First of all, all the guys act like girls, just in guy bodies.
Second, Rin looked at Haru and was like "isn't it romantic?"
Third, as mentioned, they all have "girlish" names.

And it's just plain obvious that Rin and Haru are totally into each other, Mako is like...well...super feminine, and the blonde one is just into all of them.

All in all, I hope this will basically be a fan-service anime with actual real shipping and just be a pretty drama anime with boys. XD

 PS -- two Sailor Moon names are in this show. WIN.

Basically. But I love it mostly for the gorgeous animation.

Wait until next week. The glasses one is going to make his debut and from what I read he apparently gets manipulated by the blonde one quite a bit.

AND there's gonna be a boy named Rei???????????????

WHAT IS THIS, SAILOR MOON?

Hanasakuya wrote:

AND there's gonna be a boy named Rei???????????????

WHAT IS THIS, SAILOR MOON?

 THAT TOO! WHEN I FOUND OUT THERE WAS HARUKA AND MAKOTO I WAS... wait... WHAT?!

AND THEN THERE IS REI!

Though with Haruka's name, his is written in kanji. While Haruka Tenou's given name is plain hiragana.

But still. Sailor Moon names. Win. Just win.

My personal crossover headcanon is that Free's Haruka is Haruka and Michiru's alternate universe son since he acts like Haruka and loves the water/ocean as much as Michiru.

We'll just go with that! 

Works for meeeeeeeeeee. Wheeeeeeeeee

oh man i'm watching this tonight. yes.

I liked the first episode I cant wait to see where this going. I dont mind it turning into a gay anime as long as they focus on the swimming! XD

So far I like everyone, but the blond boy. >.>

I mean he's cute, but I find him a bit annoying.

I definitely like Haruka and Makoto's friendship a lot. Be a gay anime by like everyone has been saying focus mainly on the swimming!

Yeah I like Mako and Haru's relationship much better.

Well, totally not going to lie here, but I didn't find the first episode very....interesting. It was a little more on the boring side.... x.x

Most first episodes are boring. And it was at some parts, others were funny.

yeah, not much happened, but enough to keep interested and wanting to continue watching! rin seems a little jerky, hope he's at least a redeemable jerk!

i like haruka a lot! and makoto is funny  

The first episode was a bit slow. I hope things pick up in the next episode.

I have a feeling I'm going to ship HaruxMako. But who knows? That might change when I see more of Rin. >.>

Episode 2:



My own opinions on the ep:
- Very anime cliche, but still enjoyable
- Anatomy "porn"
- Blackmail the new teacher into being your club advisor
- "CRAP! NEED TO FIND A FOURTH MEMBER!"
- Love Kou! She's my favorite minor character.

Still like the series quite a bit even though we're on the second ep.

I enjoy it! I like how it was little more plot driven. Ren's teeth freaks me out. O.o I love Kou as well and I'm glad to see that she will be a frequent character!I forget his name it's the blond headed boy. He's starting to get on my nerves. >.>

Has anyone seen K-on!? Free reminds of it, but with girls and they play music. They had the same set up too. A dead club find 4 members and a teacher. The teachers are both girls. They are cool and have nasty sides to them and their past relates to the club. However at least with Free they are showing swimming. >.> K-on! Barely showed the music which bummed me out because I liked the music.

I was thinking the same thing! Free did remind me of K-On quite a bit. I was alright with K-On not showing music as much since I liked the characters a lot. Though Yui really got on my nerves just as much as Nagisa (the blonde boy) is doing right now.

But obviously from Rin's reaction, Haru held back when they were racing this time around because Haru didn't want to hurt Rin again.

yeah hmm. i was hoping for something a bit more exciting than he didn't want to hurt rin as the reason haru stopped swimming competitively. but. it fuels my love of angst, soooooo.

We'll see if there's anything more developed next week.