Free! (2013) s01e01 Episode Script
Reunion at the Starting Block!
1 The water is alive.
This is a work of fiction.
Any resemblance to real persons, groups or events is purely coincidental.
Once you dive in, it immediately bares its fangs and attacks.
But there's nothing to fear.
Don't resist the water.
Thrust your fingers into the surface and carve out an opening.
Then you slide your body through that opening.
Moving your arms, your head, your chest His swimming always looks so smooth.
Yep, like a dolphin! Who's that? Matsuoka Rin.
He transferred into our class last week.
Nobody can beat you when you're in the water, Haru.
Stop calling me that already.
That was so cool, Nanase! I wanna swim like you! You're fast just like the rumors said.
What was your time? I don't care about my time.
That's just like the rumors said too.
Hey, Nanase.
You interested in entering a relay with me at the next tourney? I only swim freestyle.
That's right.
I don't care about getting faster times.
All I want is to feel the water.
With my skin, my eyes, my soul To never doubt what it makes me feel.
To believe in myself.
To embrace the water.
To welcome it.
We accept one another.
Yeah There was some funky stuff going through my mind back then.
There's an old saying my late grandma taught me.
At ten, you're called a prodigy.
At fifteen, a genius.
Once you hit twenty, you're just an ordinary person.
About three years until I'm just that.
Man I can't wait to be ordinary.
Rage on, until you have to look away from the blinding light Why did you show me our city reflected in the water? I stray, but fly true With my hand I felt a world I had known nothing of When we race I feel I'm pulled into a maelstrom I only chose the drop point Show me the truth Now's the time for our dreams, but we're ready for grief Say goodbye r Freedom machine r Rage on, until you have to look away from the blinding light The sun is blazing on my world I don't feel like turning around On your mark There's no going back on our path Get set, here we go Reunion at the Starting Block ! Good morning, Mrs.
Tamura.
Good morning, Makoto.
Take this with you.
Oh, thanks.
See ya around! Take care now.
Good morning.
Oh, come on Excuse me.
Naturally, he's here.
I'm coming in.
Good morning, Haru.
I told you to lay off the nickname.
You were in the bath with your swimsuit on again? Buzz off.
You're gonna be late.
That's my line.
Wait, why are you grilling fish?! I haven't had breakfast.
And you're wearing an apron over a swimsuit.
Aren't you cold? I don't want to get oil on my swimsuit.
Toast and fish? So? Why did you come get me? You didn't show up for the opening assembly yesterday.
I called in sick.
Do you know which class you're in, then? We're in the same class again.
Class 1.
We've got some new lady as our homeroom teacher.
They already gave her a nickname.
She teaches classical lit.
, but she's a little on the odd side.
It needs to get warmer so I can swim in the ocean.
I hope it gets warmer soon so you can swim.
Mr.
Tadokoro Junichi.
Here.
Ms.
Tezuka Kaori.
Here.
Nanase Haruka Um Ms.
Nanase Haruka.
I'm used to being mistaken for a girl.
Ma'am, Haruka's a guy.
Oh, you're right! I'm sorry, Nanase.
You were absent yesterday, right? I'm Amakata Miho, your new homeroom teacher.
Nice to meet you.
I heard Ms.
Ama is from this area.
She went to college in Tokyo and found a job there, but she came back after her dream fell through.
What was her dream? Beats me.
Maybe music? We're supposed to be learning from a woman who became a teacher as plan B? I want to go home.
So, lunch Wanna eat on the roof? He needs to get a clue.
Gou, what are you doing? Hurry up! Hold on! And don't call me Gou! Sorry! I didn't bring lunch.
Gonna buy something, then? Or do you want some of this? Squid.
Haru! Mako! It's been forever! I'll be joining you here at Iwatobi High School.
"Mako"? "Haru"? Nagisa?! How many years has it been? I don't think I saw you after the swimming club was shut down.
Yep, because I went to a different school.
There're cherry trees next to the pool! Weren't there some of those next to the pool at your grade school, Haru? Can you stop calling me that? But that's your name, Haru.
That pool's old and nobody uses it, though.
There's no swimming club, either.
Where do you swim, then? I quit swimming competitively.
What?! Why'd you quit?! I was all excited about getting to swim with you again in high school! We're not little kids anymore.
Things aren't the way they used to be.
Haru Well, he may've stopped swimming competitively, but he still loves water.
Haru can't live without being in water.
During the summer, he swims in the ocean, and he was soaking in the tub this morning.
What does that have to do with swimming? That just means he likes baths.
I know! How about a hot springs club? Let's start a hot springs club! I can't stand the heat.
Nagisa hasn't changed one bit.
Don't be like that! No.
Okay, then I refuse.
I didn't say anything yet.
Aw, I should've gotten the same thing you did.
Hey, did you hear about how the swimming club we went to in grade school is gonna be torn down soon.
So before that happens, how about we drop by? To dig it up? Exactly! We can sneak in at night You can go by yourself.
Don't say that! Come with us, Haru.
I'm not going.
Don't you think it'll be fun? I don't.
Why don't you just humor him? No, it's too much effort.
There's a pool there.
A pool is much bigger than a bathtub.
Wow You live alone, Haru? His mom went with his dad when he had to move because of work.
Wait, fish again? Nobody's forcing you to eat it.
Looks delicious.
Haru was always a good cook.
So, are you sure about this? Weren't you all for it earlier? Getting cold feet? It's not that.
Is it okay for just the three of us to dig it up? Can't do anything about that.
Rin isn't in Japan anymore.
I won't be going to middle school here.
Huh? What do you mean, Rin? I'm going to Australia.
You mean you're going to a different country? Yep, I'm going to a swimming school.
What are you trying to do? I'm gonna become an Olympic swimmer.
Why didn't you tell us? What about the relay? I'll swim in the relay.
I'm leaving the day after the tournament.
So this will be the last time the four of us swim together.
I only swim freestyle.
That's why you have to swim in the relay.
This is our last chance.
Let's swim together, Nanase.
If you swim with me, I'll show you something you've never seen before.
The place is pretty trashed.
Here, just in case.
Purifying salt.
Salt? They say the place is haunted.
Don't scare me.
I'm not lying.
People have been seeing shadows moving around and hearing sobbing voices.
Stand still.
Okay.
You're next, Haru.
Hey.
Wh-What is it? This isn't salt.
It's sugar.
Well, it's all mental anyway, so sugar will still get the job done.
Clichéd as hell.
It is one of the oldest mistakes out there.
What?! My foot hit an empty can.
You're doing this on purpose, aren't you?! You always were scared of the dark.
You're not helping any! Sorry.
This brings back memories.
It's not as trashed inside as I expected.
This is The lounge.
Hurry up! Look.
This is the picture from when we won the relay.
I'll show you something you've never seen before.
The four of us won this together, so it doesn't make sense for one person to take it home.
So let's put it in a time capsule and dig it up when we're grown up.
Romantic, right? Haru Let's go, Haru.
Yeah Think the marker is still there? Can we pick up the pace a little? Yo.
Huh? Who's there? I can't tell.
I didn't think I'd run into you guys here.
Rin! You're back from Australia! What are you doing here, though? This must be fate! Some unseen force brought us all here at this exactâ Haru, you're still hanging out with these guys? You never learn.
What are you talking about, Rin? And what about you? You learn anything? Haru? I'm glad you asked.
Why don't I show you? Let's race, Haru.
Race? Wait, Haru! Did they just ditch us? Looks like it.
Wait! I'll show you how different we are now.
Sure.
Go ahead.
They're gonna swim here? Wait, hold on.
Haru, that's a bad idea! Wait, you've been wearing that the whole day?! Rin too? We have to stop them! Do we really? Hey! Let's do this, Haru! Ready, goâ There isn't any water.
That's why I told you to stop.
Lame.
Oh, yeah.
Did you guys come here for this? Oh, our trophy.
I don't need this thing anymore.
Hey! Rin He's kinda changed.
A dream? No, it wasn't a dream! I don't get it though.
Rin was really weird.
Look-alike.
Why would a look-alike challenge you to a race? A ghost, then.
He wasn't floating.
Doppelganger.
Oh, that takes me back! We used to do that at the swimming club! Super Fusion: Doppelgaâ Keep it down, Makoto.
What's wrong with you guys?! Sorry, I wasn't paying attention.
Hey! Do you know those guys? Uh-huh.
Don't you remember, Haru? Nanase Haruka.
No.
Tachibana Makoto.
What? Why not? Hazuki Nagisa.
What they have in common is that they used to belong to the same swimming club.
Must be a generation gap.
I'm only one year older than you! And Haru's the same age as me! And they're all boys with girlish names.
What's your relationship with them? That's a secret.
That means you also have something in common with them.
Since you're a girl with a boyish name.
Seriously.
Stop calling me Gou! Faculty Office Come on! The place may be abandoned, but it's still trespassing if you enter without permission! You got that? I apologize.
We're sorry.
Huh? Where's Nanase? He left early this afternoon.
Again? Now, now.
I think that's enough.
Think back to what Li Bai once said.
In human life, accomplishment must bring total joy.
Do not allow an empty goblet to face the moon.
You only have one life, so you should do what you want.
It would be foolish not to drink from the glass placed before you.
Right? Huh? Matsuoka Rin, Matsuoka Rin Does he really go to our school? If he's back from Australia, he might've transferred here.
But I didn't see him at the opening ceremony.
Matsuoka Found him! Really? No, wait.
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Don't call me Gou.
Everybody calls me Kou.
Huh? Why? Your name is Gou, like the Sengoku warlord Azai Nagamasa's third daughter, right? Yeah But the typical reading is Kou, so call me that.
That would be the nice thing to do.
Uh, putting that stuff aside That stuff ?! Sorry.
So what were you doing at Haru's place? Oh I wanted to ask him about my brother.
So he's really back from Australia? He returned last month and he's attending Samezuka Academy now.
It's a boarding school, so he hasn't come home.
Samezuka? The swimming powerhouse? No.
Let's visit Samezuka Academy! Don't you want to see Rin? We saw him yesterday.
Here I was thinking you'd finally get to swim if you came.
Samezuka is supposed to have an indoor pool.
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Maybe he's out today.
Hey, Haru Don't take your clothes off here! You're the one who brought me here to swim! Hold on, Haru.
Let's wait until practice is over and everyone's gone.
Okay? We'll still be trespassing.
It'll be fine.
That teacher earlier told us to do what we want with our liâ Keep your pants on! I still think this is a bad idea.
Wait! Come on Haru still reminds me of a dolphin.
Mako, let's swim too.
Hell no! We'll get in trouble if they find us! Anyway, we need to look for Rin.
We can take a little dip first.
Nobody will find us if we don't turn on the lights.
But you didn't bring a swimsuit! A little skinny dip, then.
What?! I can swim! Hey, wait! Mako, come over here.
What now? I'm not gonna join youâ You gotta be shitting me! You looked like an elephant falling in.
Seriously Nagisa Take that! Hey! There! Take that! Take thatâ What are you guys doing here? Rin! We came here to seeâ Get out! Rin Free Huh? Did you forget? I told you that I only swim freestyle.
Haru? Haru About three years until I'm ordinary.
I guess it couldn't hurt to wait a little longer.
I want you to show me that again.
I've forgotten what it was that I saw.
Sure, I can do that.
But it won't be the same this time.
I'll be showing you something completely different.
Make us feel the splash Bathe in the radiant light Let's be free and enjoy the day This is our private pool Be ready for love Kick as suits you I want to feel the pool I can feel the splashes I cry that I can't see the evening sun I can feel the butterfly Our chances of winning are based on trial and error (in the future) Let's jump in later (take it easy) Our throat is wet (throw water on your face) with the surge of emotion (and feel your breathing go rough) Let's do something leisure mode (I stay cool) Show your heart Make us feel the splash Bathe in the radiant light It will never end Look hard at summer Be ready for love, love I held out my hand and felt the splashes So is there a reason Nanase can only swim freestyle? Haru doesn't want to answer.
Mako, can you answer for him? Uh Should I use salt or miso on my fish? He's thinking about dinner! Next time: "Memories in the Distance!" Memories in the Distance ! You even did the preview for him? I'm up for some Meuniere sauce.
This is a work of fiction.
Any resemblance to real persons, groups or events is purely coincidental.
Once you dive in, it immediately bares its fangs and attacks.
But there's nothing to fear.
Don't resist the water.
Thrust your fingers into the surface and carve out an opening.
Then you slide your body through that opening.
Moving your arms, your head, your chest His swimming always looks so smooth.
Yep, like a dolphin! Who's that? Matsuoka Rin.
He transferred into our class last week.
Nobody can beat you when you're in the water, Haru.
Stop calling me that already.
That was so cool, Nanase! I wanna swim like you! You're fast just like the rumors said.
What was your time? I don't care about my time.
That's just like the rumors said too.
Hey, Nanase.
You interested in entering a relay with me at the next tourney? I only swim freestyle.
That's right.
I don't care about getting faster times.
All I want is to feel the water.
With my skin, my eyes, my soul To never doubt what it makes me feel.
To believe in myself.
To embrace the water.
To welcome it.
We accept one another.
Yeah There was some funky stuff going through my mind back then.
There's an old saying my late grandma taught me.
At ten, you're called a prodigy.
At fifteen, a genius.
Once you hit twenty, you're just an ordinary person.
About three years until I'm just that.
Man I can't wait to be ordinary.
Rage on, until you have to look away from the blinding light Why did you show me our city reflected in the water? I stray, but fly true With my hand I felt a world I had known nothing of When we race I feel I'm pulled into a maelstrom I only chose the drop point Show me the truth Now's the time for our dreams, but we're ready for grief Say goodbye r Freedom machine r Rage on, until you have to look away from the blinding light The sun is blazing on my world I don't feel like turning around On your mark There's no going back on our path Get set, here we go Reunion at the Starting Block ! Good morning, Mrs.
Tamura.
Good morning, Makoto.
Take this with you.
Oh, thanks.
See ya around! Take care now.
Good morning.
Oh, come on Excuse me.
Naturally, he's here.
I'm coming in.
Good morning, Haru.
I told you to lay off the nickname.
You were in the bath with your swimsuit on again? Buzz off.
You're gonna be late.
That's my line.
Wait, why are you grilling fish?! I haven't had breakfast.
And you're wearing an apron over a swimsuit.
Aren't you cold? I don't want to get oil on my swimsuit.
Toast and fish? So? Why did you come get me? You didn't show up for the opening assembly yesterday.
I called in sick.
Do you know which class you're in, then? We're in the same class again.
Class 1.
We've got some new lady as our homeroom teacher.
They already gave her a nickname.
She teaches classical lit.
, but she's a little on the odd side.
It needs to get warmer so I can swim in the ocean.
I hope it gets warmer soon so you can swim.
Mr.
Tadokoro Junichi.
Here.
Ms.
Tezuka Kaori.
Here.
Nanase Haruka Um Ms.
Nanase Haruka.
I'm used to being mistaken for a girl.
Ma'am, Haruka's a guy.
Oh, you're right! I'm sorry, Nanase.
You were absent yesterday, right? I'm Amakata Miho, your new homeroom teacher.
Nice to meet you.
I heard Ms.
Ama is from this area.
She went to college in Tokyo and found a job there, but she came back after her dream fell through.
What was her dream? Beats me.
Maybe music? We're supposed to be learning from a woman who became a teacher as plan B? I want to go home.
So, lunch Wanna eat on the roof? He needs to get a clue.
Gou, what are you doing? Hurry up! Hold on! And don't call me Gou! Sorry! I didn't bring lunch.
Gonna buy something, then? Or do you want some of this? Squid.
Haru! Mako! It's been forever! I'll be joining you here at Iwatobi High School.
"Mako"? "Haru"? Nagisa?! How many years has it been? I don't think I saw you after the swimming club was shut down.
Yep, because I went to a different school.
There're cherry trees next to the pool! Weren't there some of those next to the pool at your grade school, Haru? Can you stop calling me that? But that's your name, Haru.
That pool's old and nobody uses it, though.
There's no swimming club, either.
Where do you swim, then? I quit swimming competitively.
What?! Why'd you quit?! I was all excited about getting to swim with you again in high school! We're not little kids anymore.
Things aren't the way they used to be.
Haru Well, he may've stopped swimming competitively, but he still loves water.
Haru can't live without being in water.
During the summer, he swims in the ocean, and he was soaking in the tub this morning.
What does that have to do with swimming? That just means he likes baths.
I know! How about a hot springs club? Let's start a hot springs club! I can't stand the heat.
Nagisa hasn't changed one bit.
Don't be like that! No.
Okay, then I refuse.
I didn't say anything yet.
Aw, I should've gotten the same thing you did.
Hey, did you hear about how the swimming club we went to in grade school is gonna be torn down soon.
So before that happens, how about we drop by? To dig it up? Exactly! We can sneak in at night You can go by yourself.
Don't say that! Come with us, Haru.
I'm not going.
Don't you think it'll be fun? I don't.
Why don't you just humor him? No, it's too much effort.
There's a pool there.
A pool is much bigger than a bathtub.
Wow You live alone, Haru? His mom went with his dad when he had to move because of work.
Wait, fish again? Nobody's forcing you to eat it.
Looks delicious.
Haru was always a good cook.
So, are you sure about this? Weren't you all for it earlier? Getting cold feet? It's not that.
Is it okay for just the three of us to dig it up? Can't do anything about that.
Rin isn't in Japan anymore.
I won't be going to middle school here.
Huh? What do you mean, Rin? I'm going to Australia.
You mean you're going to a different country? Yep, I'm going to a swimming school.
What are you trying to do? I'm gonna become an Olympic swimmer.
Why didn't you tell us? What about the relay? I'll swim in the relay.
I'm leaving the day after the tournament.
So this will be the last time the four of us swim together.
I only swim freestyle.
That's why you have to swim in the relay.
This is our last chance.
Let's swim together, Nanase.
If you swim with me, I'll show you something you've never seen before.
The place is pretty trashed.
Here, just in case.
Purifying salt.
Salt? They say the place is haunted.
Don't scare me.
I'm not lying.
People have been seeing shadows moving around and hearing sobbing voices.
Stand still.
Okay.
You're next, Haru.
Hey.
Wh-What is it? This isn't salt.
It's sugar.
Well, it's all mental anyway, so sugar will still get the job done.
Clichéd as hell.
It is one of the oldest mistakes out there.
What?! My foot hit an empty can.
You're doing this on purpose, aren't you?! You always were scared of the dark.
You're not helping any! Sorry.
This brings back memories.
It's not as trashed inside as I expected.
This is The lounge.
Hurry up! Look.
This is the picture from when we won the relay.
I'll show you something you've never seen before.
The four of us won this together, so it doesn't make sense for one person to take it home.
So let's put it in a time capsule and dig it up when we're grown up.
Romantic, right? Haru Let's go, Haru.
Yeah Think the marker is still there? Can we pick up the pace a little? Yo.
Huh? Who's there? I can't tell.
I didn't think I'd run into you guys here.
Rin! You're back from Australia! What are you doing here, though? This must be fate! Some unseen force brought us all here at this exactâ Haru, you're still hanging out with these guys? You never learn.
What are you talking about, Rin? And what about you? You learn anything? Haru? I'm glad you asked.
Why don't I show you? Let's race, Haru.
Race? Wait, Haru! Did they just ditch us? Looks like it.
Wait! I'll show you how different we are now.
Sure.
Go ahead.
They're gonna swim here? Wait, hold on.
Haru, that's a bad idea! Wait, you've been wearing that the whole day?! Rin too? We have to stop them! Do we really? Hey! Let's do this, Haru! Ready, goâ There isn't any water.
That's why I told you to stop.
Lame.
Oh, yeah.
Did you guys come here for this? Oh, our trophy.
I don't need this thing anymore.
Hey! Rin He's kinda changed.
A dream? No, it wasn't a dream! I don't get it though.
Rin was really weird.
Look-alike.
Why would a look-alike challenge you to a race? A ghost, then.
He wasn't floating.
Doppelganger.
Oh, that takes me back! We used to do that at the swimming club! Super Fusion: Doppelgaâ Keep it down, Makoto.
What's wrong with you guys?! Sorry, I wasn't paying attention.
Hey! Do you know those guys? Uh-huh.
Don't you remember, Haru? Nanase Haruka.
No.
Tachibana Makoto.
What? Why not? Hazuki Nagisa.
What they have in common is that they used to belong to the same swimming club.
Must be a generation gap.
I'm only one year older than you! And Haru's the same age as me! And they're all boys with girlish names.
What's your relationship with them? That's a secret.
That means you also have something in common with them.
Since you're a girl with a boyish name.
Seriously.
Stop calling me Gou! Faculty Office Come on! The place may be abandoned, but it's still trespassing if you enter without permission! You got that? I apologize.
We're sorry.
Huh? Where's Nanase? He left early this afternoon.
Again? Now, now.
I think that's enough.
Think back to what Li Bai once said.
In human life, accomplishment must bring total joy.
Do not allow an empty goblet to face the moon.
You only have one life, so you should do what you want.
It would be foolish not to drink from the glass placed before you.
Right? Huh? Matsuoka Rin, Matsuoka Rin Does he really go to our school? If he's back from Australia, he might've transferred here.
But I didn't see him at the opening ceremony.
Matsuoka Found him! Really? No, wait.
Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka Gou? Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou Matsuoka \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGou That sounds familiar I remember now! That was Rin's sister, Matsuoka Gou! So you also chose Iwatobi High School, Gou.
Don't call me Gou.
Everybody calls me Kou.
Huh? Why? Your name is Gou, like the Sengoku warlord Azai Nagamasa's third daughter, right? Yeah But the typical reading is Kou, so call me that.
That would be the nice thing to do.
Uh, putting that stuff aside That stuff ?! Sorry.
So what were you doing at Haru's place? Oh I wanted to ask him about my brother.
So he's really back from Australia? He returned last month and he's attending Samezuka Academy now.
It's a boarding school, so he hasn't come home.
Samezuka? The swimming powerhouse? No.
Let's visit Samezuka Academy! Don't you want to see Rin? We saw him yesterday.
Here I was thinking you'd finally get to swim if you came.
Samezuka is supposed to have an indoor pool.
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Maybe he's out today.
Hey, Haru Don't take your clothes off here! You're the one who brought me here to swim! Hold on, Haru.
Let's wait until practice is over and everyone's gone.
Okay? We'll still be trespassing.
It'll be fine.
That teacher earlier told us to do what we want with our liâ Keep your pants on! I still think this is a bad idea.
Wait! Come on Haru still reminds me of a dolphin.
Mako, let's swim too.
Hell no! We'll get in trouble if they find us! Anyway, we need to look for Rin.
We can take a little dip first.
Nobody will find us if we don't turn on the lights.
But you didn't bring a swimsuit! A little skinny dip, then.
What?! I can swim! Hey, wait! Mako, come over here.
What now? I'm not gonna join youâ You gotta be shitting me! You looked like an elephant falling in.
Seriously Nagisa Take that! Hey! There! Take that! Take thatâ What are you guys doing here? Rin! We came here to seeâ Get out! Rin Free Huh? Did you forget? I told you that I only swim freestyle.
Haru? Haru About three years until I'm ordinary.
I guess it couldn't hurt to wait a little longer.
I want you to show me that again.
I've forgotten what it was that I saw.
Sure, I can do that.
But it won't be the same this time.
I'll be showing you something completely different.
Make us feel the splash Bathe in the radiant light Let's be free and enjoy the day This is our private pool Be ready for love Kick as suits you I want to feel the pool I can feel the splashes I cry that I can't see the evening sun I can feel the butterfly Our chances of winning are based on trial and error (in the future) Let's jump in later (take it easy) Our throat is wet (throw water on your face) with the surge of emotion (and feel your breathing go rough) Let's do something leisure mode (I stay cool) Show your heart Make us feel the splash Bathe in the radiant light It will never end Look hard at summer Be ready for love, love I held out my hand and felt the splashes So is there a reason Nanase can only swim freestyle? Haru doesn't want to answer.
Mako, can you answer for him? Uh Should I use salt or miso on my fish? He's thinking about dinner! Next time: "Memories in the Distance!" Memories in the Distance ! You even did the preview for him? I'm up for some Meuniere sauce.