Free!

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Free! Timeless Medley 絆 (Bonds) focusing on Makoto, Haruka, Rei, and Nagisa, a mash-up of anime and new scenes, released 4/22/17

Free! Timeless Medley 約束 (Promises) focusing on Rin and Sousuke, a mash-up of anime scenes and new scenes, released 7/1/17

Free! Take Your Marks: Completely new full-length feature movie about what happens after Haruka graduates, released this Autumn 2017

Ikuya and Asahi will be in the movies

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>>154774054
I'm hyped for MakoHaru but it's kyoanus so I don't even know.

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Fuck that rin movie nobody wants that

THANK GOD TAKEMOTO ISNT THE DIRECTOR!!

Not that he is a bad director but he is too good for a shitty franchise. I have no idea why ppl think he does well with male casts. I think his forte is more along the lines of ecchi of comedy gags.

>>154774054
Is Rin relevant again? I might give it a watch then.

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>>154775226

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>>154775272

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I only watch it for makoto

Seriously, when we're gonna get Free from this shit?

>>154775625
It's the only Kyoani's property to make real money, give them a break.

>>154774054
GET BACK INTO THE OVENS, FAGGOTS

>>154775625
Never, when gay swimmers end, they'll do gay archers, and when that shit ends too, they'll have prepared another gay novel and so on.

You'll have to deal eternally with some portion of the staff working in some shit series. I miss the good days where we didn't have to share Kyoani with the dirty fujos.

>TAKE YOUR MARKS is actually taking place a little BEFORE graduation, not after

Why.jpg

>>154776082
You mean this season? Or last season? Or the season before that?

KyoAni hasn't done any fujo shit since High Speed, a year and a half ago.

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>>154776082
You sound mad

Is Utsumi back?

>>154776291
C'mon it's three movies. Probably they never have stopped working on something Free related since it began.

>>154776497
Unlikely. Kawanami is directing.

>>154774054
>more Rin

I already moved on and I don't want to watch it and yet, I will watch it for Rin. Fuck you kyoanus.

>>154774054
>Rincentric anything
Nope, not then and not now that it's 20 ft under either

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>>154775172
Promises is about him and Sousuke, so yes. He should feature heavily in TYM too.

>>154776127
If that's the case, it's so they can get everyone together without having to accommodate the Australia problem. It kinda sucks because I'd like to see the Frees somewhere other than Iwatobi.

>>154776635
He's worth it.

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They better give Sousuke a proper happy end, not this "if Rin is happy so am I" bullshit.

>>154776516
First two are recaps, kek.

>>154776915
Yeah but I'll not expect too much since it's Kyoani.

>>154776915
Depends on whose behind it. Utsumi's boner for his suffering isn't there anymore.

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>>154774165
Nanase Haruka, a young boy with a special relationship with water, quit swimming because of a certain circumstance.

Haruka wanted to be free and not tied down to anything, but Makoto was with him no matter what, and he reunited with his underclassman Nagisa at Iwatobi High School, and then he met Rei who reminded him of the importance of friends, and so he begins swimming again.

Then comes his final summer of high school where he wants spend it with the best of friends. Even though Haruka says he wants to swim for his friends in the moment, he couldn’t concentrate to do it.

Haruka couldn’t see himself in a future after this and was lost. This puts him at odds with Makoto and the rest who are worried about him.

This is the story of Haruka being able to form strong ‘bonds’ with his irreplaceable friends, leading him to see a new sight standing on a new starting block.

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>>154774207
Matsuoka Rin is a young boy who has decided to pursue his dead father’s dream of swimming competitively on the world stage. Rin, who holds special feelings towards the medley relay that his father also swam in, has a fight with his best friend Sousuke over their difference in opinion after swimming together in a relay. In the end, Rin decides to go find new teammates in order to swim in the best medley relay.

Determined to go to an even higher place Rin heads off for Australia. There he learns the true level of swimming on the world stage, and suffers a bitter setback. After returning home, in order to obtain his true strength at Samezuka Academy, he needs a team.

In the spring of his third year of high school, he is suddenly reunited with Sousuke. Rin is happy to be able to swim on the same team as him again, but Sousuke has a reason he’s decided to spend his final year of high school at Samezuka Academy that he won’t tell anyone…

Rin is swimming straight forward to pursue his dream, but this is the story of him facing his ‘promise’ to his one and only best friend.

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>>154776072
On a scale of 1 to 10 how mad would you be if after the three movies, there was a Free S3?

>>154776915
>Entire movie builds up to him finding a future for himself.
>Rin asks him to come back to swimming.
>I'll think about it.
>Last scene is him watching Rin's plane fly away to Australia.
>I guess I'll figure out something eventually.
Cut to credits.

Anyone thinks they will try to outgay YOI with these?

So where does this leave Violet Evergarden?

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>>154777051
Good. Pls, Kyoani, don't be assholes.
>>154776963
It's not too late to change their ways
>>154777144
>I guess I'll figure out something eventually.
So pretty much nothing chnages in comparison with S2?

>>154777139
Why no original movie recap?

>>154777151
Nah. Kyoani doesn't have the balls. They will up the gay but won't go all the way.

>>154777144
>Cut to credits.
I won't be surprise if that's the ending for the 2nd movie than we get actaul updates in the last movie. Good thing the last movie is in Fall this year so the wait isn't long.

>>154777151
They'll never have one canon couple. Even Makoharu love story had RinHaru focus.

>>154777302
Kyoanus really fucked up by having conflicting ships. Now they have to pander to everyone without angering anyone if they want more money.

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>>154777151
There's not reason for them to.

>>154777139
>but this is the story of him facing his ‘promise’ to his one and only best friend.
Nice.

>>154777206
They're still working on it. Don't remember if there's a set release date for it though.

>>154777226
Being Sousuke is suffering. Even though his suffering gives me boners I would like for him to have a concrete conclusion if possible.

>>154777250
We still have to wait for the BD to be released. Or for camrips.

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>>154774276
>Free! Timeless Medley 約束 (Promises) focusing on Rin and Sousuke
I'm ready

>>154777418
>We still have to wait for the BD to be released. Or for camrips.

At least we will be spoiled ahead.

>>154777395
It can be done well. The magical boy anime had a conflicting ship and in the end everyone was pretty happy with the outcome.

>>154777484
What happened in that anime? I didn't watch it.

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>>154777484
You have to remember that Freegots are retarded when it comes to shipping. Boueibros seemed pretty relaxed about it from what I recall of the threads. Speaking of, I need to get back to Boueibu at some point. I kinda liked it but I never watched past the second episode because I was watching a shitload of other stuff at the time.

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>>154774054
They're really milking this hard, huh? Funny how a few years back people were saying Kyoani won't do this.

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They're going to do more Eupho after this right?

>>154777139
>to his one and only best friend.
Iwatobi BTFO

>>154777235
This honestly

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>>154777734
Violet Evergarden isn't going to pay for itself and everything about the archery animu points to it being dull generic shit (someone who read the LN described it as 'fanfic tier' in the other thread and the character designs are bland as fuck) so it can't be helped until they find a new hit.

>>154777838
Is there anything left to resolve? I haven't watched it yet, but if it does, it might get a movie. See: Tamako Love Story

>>154777838
More Eupho is guaranteed at this point. KyoAni always chains movie recaps with new content

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MAKOHARU IN UNIVERSITY WHEN???

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>>154777860
Having a best friend doesn't mean that you can't have other good friends.

>>154778156
Never, if the thing about TYM being set before graduation is true.

>>154778156
Third movie

>>154777615
It's a little hard to explain. Basically the main bad guy was jealous because he had a falling out with his best friend in childhood and instead of trying to make up, his best friend just got another best friend. So the two conflicting ships were between that guy x his new friend and him x his old friend. Eventually they all worked things out. Most people ship all three of them now.

>>154778182
Makoto was already in university in the ES.

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>>154778211
>had a falling out with his best friend in childhood and instead of trying to make up, his best friend just got another best friend
Oh fuck, I know that feel. Also reminds me of Phi Brain.

>>154777395
They could easily insinuate Rei and Nagisa are together and nobody would give a fuck or be surprised. Then they can claim their gay quota.

>>154778325
>Oh fuck, I know that feel. Also reminds me of Phi Brain.
Feels bad man.

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>>154778255
I didn't forget, but if OP is like me, then he was hoping for more than the thirty second Powerpoint ES gave us.

Mob x Makoto where he's being taken advantage of at a drinking party when?

>>154777838
Shuuichi love story will be amazing

>>154777395
Never in while happen but reading about how bat shit shipping war was. If kyoanus fuck up again thing could be worse.

>>154777838
A recap movie of season 2 is already happening - so there's still hope.

Kawanami was promoted?

>>154777643
They're getting an OVA soon

>“The season of March when Haruka is about to graduate from high school. His days in early spring until he moves onto the next standing block told in 4 stories. What will happen to Haruka and the others, as they begin taking their steps towards the future…?”

>>154779706
>tfw no college Makoto

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>Whole show depends on homolust
>They'll never have the balls to make anything canon

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Canon when?

>>154780136
MakoHaru is canon.

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>>154780561
anon pls..

>>154780561
>canon

Watch YOI to see what a canon ship really looks like.

>>154780781
>her
Also Coppelia's never getting adapted

>>154780711
Boring?

>kawanami
God damn, and I was hoping her debut would be better than this.
I hoped her debut was something like coppelia

>>154780711
>YOI
>canon
ayyy another fujobait show

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Canon when?

And fuck you Jewgle, making me solve five fucking puzzles to post. I didn't even fuck any of them up.

>>154780711
YOI will soon be forgotten now that Free is back from the dead.

>>154780883
Wait, I thought he was a girl.
I mean something like coppelia, anon. I don't mind it's not coppelia.

>>154780968
>inb4 makoharu exchanges rings

>>154780968
YOI is bigger than Free ever was.

>>154780983
Nope. KyoAni's only female directors are Fujita and Yamada now.

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>>154780968
>50k volume 1 sales
Gou = Fandom
Mikoshiba = Free

I don't like YOI either but people aren't going to abandon it for Free, of all things. It's just the waifufags and autistic shippers who are left.

>>154777100
Honestly would rather he never went professional because that made more sense.

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>>154781041
Because they went full homo, something Free will never have the balls to do.

>>154780988
As good luck charms?

>>154781147
Gotta do it in a church for extra good luck.

>>154775625
You can't blame them for trying to squeeze as much money out of it as they can. Fujosports is very lucrative and Free! was one of the first and most successful in that area.

>>154781175
Make sure the receipt says "wedding ring" for superluck.

what happened to Utsumi?

>>154781280
Ded

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>>154781280
Became a freelancer. I think she was working on Yu Gi Oh last I heard.

>>154781317
Does this mean no more RinHaru?

>>154781280
Doesn't swim.

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>>154780136
Why make something canon when they can keep milking all that bait?

>>154777100
An Oscar worthy script.

>>154781353
RinHaru was bad for both.

>>154781353
That was ded since ES.

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>>154781353
Why does everything have to be about shipping?

>>154781428
Beats me, but there's not much else to talk about.

>>154781428
Shipping is for affection-starved people

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>>154777151
>>154777151
Kyoanus really are lucky.

HighSpeed didn't do well because it's kids and, while its cute, fujos do not want to fap to underage kids. Sales are decent but it aint shit.

Then YOI comes and leaves so you have a bunch of thirsty fujos wanting more cute homos so Kyoanus decides to make bank.

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>>154781375
Because I want to see the characters kiss and hold hands

>>154781041
YOI proved you don't have to give vague bait to be successful and, if anything, it just attracts more attention. Kyoani is the better studio with higher animation quality so if they just went for it like YOI did there would be nothing that could stand in their way.

However they'll never do it because that would defile their purity or whatever.

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>>154774054
>RinHaru this
>MakoHaru that
Fuck that, SouHaru is where it's at

>>154781590
Disgusting.

>>154781590
That's kind of gay, anon.
You'll take the no homo confessions and celebratory hugs and you'll like it.

I wonder if maybe I should watch Free after all. Decisions.

>>154781685
Watch Maid Dragon

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>>154781626
Haru with Nagisa is the best though.

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>>154781626
Get out

The truth is that fujo's who left Free for Yoi won't come back unless they really up the homo. Yoi spoiled them with actual gay, the Free guys are just asexuals moeblobs in comparison.

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>>154781730
Does it have its version of pic related?

>>154781804
No

>>154781804
That artist ships a Free paring that is going to be the focus of the 2nd recap movie. I guess you can watch it for them.

>>154781785
>asexual moeblobs
So that's why I liked Free so much more than YOI, makes sense now.

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>>154781626
It's grown on me a lot since the show has ended and I don't know why. I don't think I've seen this doujin before. I thought I'd seen all four of them out there.

>>154781685
S1 is eh but it has its moments, S2 is pretty fun throughout and they settled on a less edgy artstyle, which is nice.

>>154781740
Lin pls go

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>>154781785
This. Fujos got a taste of it and now they will not be satisfied with anything less gay anymore, I can forsee this getting shat on with "YOI did it better" unless they step up their homogame

>>154781910
The question is if they have the balls to risk losing fujos due to making one couple canon, when there's more than one pairing. I know RinHaru aren't as big of a ship as MakoHaru but it still very much exists and they are aware of it.

>>154781785
You're right but one of the things I preffered about Free! was there was more variety in the characters, friendships, and doujins. In YOI it was just Victor and Yuuri which I found kinda dull.

>a free! thread with more than 3 replies
>in 2014+3

NANI

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>>154781910
Twitter people were already doing that because "MUH REPRESENTATION IN CHINESE CARTOONS".

>>154782031
Every other character in YOI was more interesting than Yuuri and Victor.

>>154782068
Three movies is big news for any series. Aside from that, shipping autists and waifufags.

>>154781626
Makes more sense than SouMako.

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>>154781804
>>154781864
Right, LongingBlue. They only appear from the 2nd season of Free onwards, well the dark hair dude anyway.

>>154781120
>>154781616
YoI is still vague hints comparing to real canon gay.

>>154782271
To the typical fujo audience that watches sports anime YOI was about as subtle as a baseball bat to the head.

>>154781280
Became a freelancer, did homo short manga in Animage or Animedia, worked in Days ED2, Bungo Stray Dogs ep8 and the last year's Yugioh movie

>>154782419
Still not canon though. Even the authors are very ambiguous and not direct about the homo in their interviews.

>>154782137
I agree it's big news, it just feels weird to see relevant Free and it not being 2014.

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Igoned this shit since the ova, gotta been a while since then.
Does this show really warrent 3 movies?

>>154782031
Nah YOI have variety more in the characters and relationship than Free.

>>154782271
If not even yoi is canon by some peoples standars, what the hell do you actally consider canon? That isn't BL.

>>154782570
I doubt actual canon matters to the typical fujo shipper. They just want to be spoiled by fanservice or hints which YOI definitely gives them freely.

It's not like the writers are gonna fuck them over by saying the shippers are delusional about it either.

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>>154782194
80% of SouMako's popularity stems from an incomprehensibly popular shitty fanfic and everyone hopped on the bandwagon once it started picking up steam.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/2367680 Look at this fucking hit count. Look at all these fucking stats. It ranks as number one in the entire Free fandom in terms of hits, kudos, comments, and is in the top 5 for bookmarks. It'd probably be even more ridiculous and dominating if the author hadn't been bullied by assmad MakoHaru/RinHaru/SouRinfags so bad that she quit writing it.

>>154782691
Outside of Victor/Yuuri and Otabek/Yuri what else is there?

>>154782712
Retards deserve to be bullied.

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>>154782697

>>154782712
>popular because of fanfic

That's why the ship and the shippers are trash.

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>>154781626
My nig

>>154782237
>>154781864

Yeah, I know guys. That's exactly why I was contemplating watching it. Even though I kind of swore not to before.

>>154782802
Just watch the 2nd season if you're curious.

>>154782797
But the fanart is too good.

>>154782712
Maraparte also did a doujin on it, but it was delicious cucking of Mako and Sousuke because they were having pityfucks.

I never knew about that fic to be honest.

>>154782710
Well they said that the hug/kiss could be interpreted either way.

>>154782848
What fanart? Nips bearly give a fuck.

>>154782860
Fuck off.

>>154782881
No, she said people were free to interprent it the way they wanted, but also compared it to a drama where the mains kissed for the first time the same week it aired, and laughed about people wanting confirmation about it being a kiss when it was obvious it was.

>>154782712
I thought people shipped them because both were big muscle guys

>>154782749
Yuuri/Yurio Victor/Yurio Victor/Chris JJ/Yurio JJ/Victor Yuuri/Phichit Phichit/Seung-gil JJ/Seung-gil Emil/Micky Phichit/Guang hong Leo/Guang hong and more.

>>154782697
>If not even yoi is canon by some peoples standars
Because it isn't. You could easily no homo most of the fanservice by saying it's only coach-student relationship.

No need to apply extraordinary mental gymnastics to see it's only a little more advanced bait.

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>>154782712
>click Free tag
>14,150 works
>like 10 added or updated every day
I only read Eupho fanfics and didn't realize how tiny it is

>>154782881
>>154782936
She said both.

>>154782936
>No, she said people were free to interprent it the way they wanted
My point exactly

>when it was obvious it was
source: your fanwank

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Stop talking about shit pairings.

>>154783024
Your post is advanced bait you reaterd.

>>154783012
I mean in the actual show no relationship besides Victor and Yuuri got any attention despite having so many characters you could have worked with.

>>154783079
Stop talking about YoI more like it.

>>154783012
>98% are literally who

>>154782137
JJ was shit.

His finances cute though.

>>154783024
No homoing the Victor and Yuuri relationship takes some serious mental gymnastics. I'm really sceptical to actual homo in anime but yoi is canon, no question about it. The only thing left to argue about is if they're already in a confirmed relationship or "just" in love with eachother without labeling eachothers as fiancees.

>>154783098
Are you triggered by the essence of your favourite fujobait show?

>>154783012
>Phichit/Seung-gil JJ/Seung-gil

These didn't even get any interaction.

>>154783069
Source: I watched the anime. They're gay.

>>154783128
This is the future of free threads from now on. The faster you accept this the better.

>>154783079
Stop talking about shit sho-
Oh wait, it's Free thread.

>>154783188
Why? Don't YoIfags have their own threads?

>>154783181
So you stopped denying this >>154782881
Good for you, let go and move on.

>>154783158
The thing is if you make on of you friends (who don't watch anime) watch yoi, they will have no doubt that victor and yuuri are really gay for each other. Only people who know that fujo bait exists will be sceptical.
So yes, if I'm looking at them without thinking about writer's intentions, I will say they are couple for sure. Becasue that's how humans in love behave.

Hope there's more than 5 minutes of Rei screentime, other fuck this shit.

>>154783242
There are probably a lot of people who watch both, that's the problem.

>>154778375
Rei straight.

>>154783434
And? Why are YoIfags whinning here since they've moved on to the show with "canon homo".

>>154783363
Oh well, that might be true. But the point is that we(you and me on the matter) know what fujobait is and we can see through author's intentions. We can recognize main cliche and situations from an infinite number of long forgotten fujobaits. The fact that they did go a little further in YoI doesn't make it any less fujobait.

>>154783550
You're lost.

>>154783550
Nah

nah. im not gay
but i wanna go see the lines to see all the fujoshit line up

Reminder
>As for Haruka and Rin, after doing that together and being next to each other, as well as committing to the same thoughts of swimming, you would think that they are two complements of each other, but what are your thoughts?
>Utsumi: Well…I would not say that Haruka and Rin are halves of each other. If anything, I think that Makoto would be the other half of Haruka.

>>154783655
>not gay
Sure

>>154783363
>>154783567
My point is - YoI is on the same level with Free and Kuroko on the level of fujobait with just a little more advanced mechanics.

>>154774276
>Rin and Sousuke movie
>after graduation story

Looks good. I am ready.

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>>154782940
There's that too, but only gay male fans seem to be willing to admit that. Most SouMakofags get real defensive if you say they only like it because it's two beefy guys and will insist they have "great charisma" together despite talking maybe twice in the entire series.

>>154783046
It's slowed down a lot since its airing days but it shits all every almost other franchise in the anime/manga section in terms of volume of content. SnK is the only thing that really trumps it. (Fun Fact: People were writing fics for Free even before it was properly announced, so if you go way back in the catalog you'll see fics where authors thought that Rin was a returnee from America because no one knew about Australia yet.)

Granted, AO3 is more Western source material oriented, so you might think "wow that's a lot" and then you look at fucking Avengers and it has 95k+ fics. Most series regardless of source struggle to get to even 100 fics, so if you want content, you have to make it yourself. Even in fandoms with thousands of fics like Free, you probably won't find the exact thing you want (and a whole lot of garbage to boot).

>>154783079
Post more SouHaru.

>>154783567
Watchers/readers have their own interpretation of the text and it isn't any less valuabale than the author's one. I just can't look at what's happening on my screen and think "yeah, it looks gay but I know they are just friends". Yoi pushed borders so far that they can't expect me to just ignore all the "advanced bait" anymore. And that's how many other feel, I believe.

>>154783710
YOI is shit. You don't have two naked guys is Free touching each other in a sauna.

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>>154783550

>>154784070
> onsen = sauna
kek

>>154783454
You sure about that buddy?

>>154783983
The depths of this site are blowing my mind right now
http://archiveofourown.org/tags/Political%20RPF%20-%20US%2021st%20c*d*/works

>>154782137
>>154782691
My issue with YoI is that it did indeed have better relationships overall than Free! with more variety, but they chose to focus on the most boring one Victor/Yuuri for the majority of the show. Such a waste.

>>154782680
No, unless they go full on gay.

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>>154783983

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>>154784252
Rei is a respectable young heterosexual man.

>>154784315
You can think it, you can post it. RPF always skeeved me out, but I guess somebody likes it.

>>154783536
This. It's fine if you watch both shows, but YoI-fags should stop coming herw to cry. They have their 24/7 shitposting threads for that.

>>154784167
The point is the same. YOI is disgusting.

>>154784252
Yeah, he likes women.

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>>154784315
>Have you ever wondered what the 2016 presidential race would be like if it were all set in one mess of a highschool? Probably not, but here you are.
>Comments: 137
>Kudos: 142

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>>154784394
Rei is too good for this show, good thing he's shafted and doesn't need to suffer anymore ;_;

>>154784449
> YOI is disgusting
kek

>>154784394
Victor Nikiforov is more heterosexual than Rei.

>>154784042
>>154784070

>Bait:
shitty: Show has hot guys (basically anything, say danganronpa)
mediocre: Hot guys interact (Free)
good: Includes ship tease (SSY)
advanced: includes obvious gay tease that is ambiguous at the same time (can include gay interactions on the level of canon and still not being one) (YoI)

>Canon:
Is canon: includes mutual love confessions, gay interactions (kissing, hand holding, blushing, implied sex etc.), authors confirmation of gay relationship/interest

Is that concept so hard to grasp? Are you willingly so delusional?

the Frees didn't act like guys, more like midddle school girls.

Will Kyoani get it right this time?

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>>154784712
That's what makes the show so charming

>>154784712
>more like midddle school girls.
>more like midddle school moeblob anime girls.
ftfy

>>154784536
It is.

>>154782271
If yoi isn't gay then I guess it's fine if I proclaim my love for my bro on tv, kiss him on tv, buy us wedding rings we exchange in front of a church and announce our engagement in front of friends and collegues without anyone assuming we're gay. I might even do it in Russia since it's normal for platonic mates to do all these things.

>>154784703
>good: Includes ship tease (SSY)
But they guys from SSY were an actual couple, because muh bonobo genes but an actual couple

>>154784703
Kek, yoi includes all those things you consider canon.

>Kyoaniggers will defend this

>>154784810
See >>154784703
Also >>154782881

Also fun thing of you to compare real life to YoI's successful loop.

>>154784703
YoI is still fujobait. They didn't show the "kiss".

>>154784753
>that's what makes it charming

So you don't like your guys acting like guys but drama ridden girls instead?

>>154777734
Yeah and then YoI happened, Kyoani want their fujobucks back.

>>154784883
No, it doesn't they could easily be interpreted both ways and Kubo never actually confirmed the romantic gay.

Still your fanwank.

>>154784703
You just made this scale up, are like some fujo scientist or something? Everyone has their own standarts.

>>154784905
Doesn't make it not a kiss.

>>154784961
>some people are daft enough to interpret baldfat as platonic clubmates

Really makes you think

>>154784961
Oh yeah it was a friendship kiss. On the lips, on the hand, and that one on the booth.

>>154774054
Kyoani scared of YOI huh? Fujos have gone through so many series since free ended do they still even care enough to support 3 films? Kyoani should have tried a new fujobait series instead. I think yoi characters were bland but they were better than the "people" in free.

>>154784325
See, this is why Free is homobait. You said Victor and Yuuri are boring when the truth of the matter is that when couples become canon they get boring.

>>154785060
Brain damage from all the ambiguous fujobait they had to endure for years.

>>154784993
Whatever it was they didn't show it. Fujobait.

>>154785065
>friendly interlocked fingers

>>154784909
Yes.

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>>154784905
>>154784989

That was my point. But crazy young fujos will deny that.

We, the fujo veterans, know fujobait when we see it. Since we're fed up with these. No more we say, no more. And we're in a mission to open the eyes of our young, inexperienced and yet so very impressionable sisters.

So we will no homo everything and anything that could be and will fight that battle with the greedy companies that think they could get our bucks so easily.

>>154785107
Nah, Victor and Yuuri are just boring characters. Victor himself is barely a character

>>154785060
I dare them to try and make the same arguments to Adam Rippon or Johnny Weir.

>>154785143
friendly feeling like you might get pregnant becasue the other guy is so hot

>>154785206
kek

>>154785143
>Golden bro wedding rings for you and your bro.

We didnt get married, we're just bro-engaged.

We'll get bro-married after proving we are the broest bros to ever bro.

>bro...

>>154785107
How is Free is homobait?

>>154785065
Show me that kiss please.
Then I'll say it was a hug.
Then you'll spasmodically look for Kubo's tweet and find out she said it could be both.
Then you'll shut up and cry yourself to sleep.

When will Haru and Makoto exchange friendship rings with eachother?

>>154785304
After you read her tweet about pararells in yoi that week and her favourite drama where the main couple kiss for the first time.

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>>154784909
>>154784712
Out of curiosity, what do you consider to be guys acting like guys? I see this complaint get bandied around a lot but I've never seen anyone who elaborates on it.

>>154785107
They become boring only if the characters are shit.

>>154785270
No one is saying they aren't gays but they clearly left it ambiguous so is still fujobait.

>>154785336
Nichibros

>>154785135
They showed it though.

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Why is this playground so shitty?

>>154785318
They have other ways to show their love. Like Makoto saying he loves Haru.

>>154785336
Victor is a pretty good example of a flaming homo still acting like a man.

>>154785334
>vague parallels
The only thing that keeps you living. Too bad she will never explicitly say it was a kiss or that they're in a romantic relationship and we both know it.

>>154785381
Show me the lips touching. Sure, you can't.

>>154785500
It's not yoi's fault your ship hardly touch except for celebratory hugs.

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>>154785374
>>154785485
I don't mean name a show or a specific character, I mean give a short list of characteristics or behaviors you think are missing in Free that you would expect to be there. What would have made Free more 'manly' in your eyes?

>>154785270
>Lucky charms

>>154785634
You think touching proves that two persons love each other?

>>154774276
>Rin and Sousuke movie
>it's a masshup of scenes we have already seen a dozen times
>still no resolution for Sousuke
Kill me pls.

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>>154785500
No homo though.

>>154785603
All the cinematic choices show you it was a kiss. Only a braindead would think it's not.

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Why you're all bringing YOI in a Free! thread when there's a YOI thread up?

>>154785741
Yeah why the fuck are YoIfags pushing their shit here?

>>154785634
My ship is canon, but that doesn't matter if your last bastion of defence is attack ad hominem.

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>>154785698
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzvXBFwcyek

>>154785741
>not expecting shi taste fujoshit in a shit taste fujoshit thread

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>>154785741
Gets even gayer full context.

>>154785853
Nobody asked your opinion, Reddit:Zerofag.

>>154785732
Doesn't matter, they didn't show the kiss.

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>>154785741
Combination of YOI shitposters and viewerbase crossover.

Thread needs more Rei.

>>154785741
Garbage flocks together, and I guess YOIfags would like to brag about how it has upstaged Free to an certain extent. I find it amusing as I dislike both.

>>154785741
That's more interesting this way.

>>154785868
Meant to qoute >>154785731

>>154785936
why the fuck are you here then?

fellow ghostfags, what should we do about ghost dying because of the shitty archive?

>>154785936
>I find it amusing as I dislike both.
What are you doing in a Free thread then?

>>154785966
I still don't know what ghost even mean.

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>>154785933
Everything needs more Rei

>>154786002
Good

>>154785936
get out then we don't want you here

>>154785962
>>154785976
I was just surprised to see a Free thread in 2017, chill out m8.

>>154785933
Rei is too good for this series.

>>154785936
You're the biggest shitposter here then, go back to your homo threads you cunt.

>>154786002
Good

>>154785107
Nah, Victor and Yuuri are just shit boring characters.

>>154785915
Are you incapable of understanding what's going on the screen without somebody spelling it out?

>>154786097
See this >>154784703 and fuck off to your cancerous thread.

>>154786052
Get out

>>154786019
What the fuck are the twins doing in this scene. The animation here always bothered me.

>>154786141
That's funny you think this scale is valid and somehow proves your point.

>>154786097
Fanwank still doesn't count as canon, no matter how hard you try.

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>>154786147
They were looping minimal frames there.

>>154786204
That's funny how you're unable to see your show is just an advanced bait. At least be honest with yourself.

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>>154786147
Jumping at Rei for his attention.

>>154786204
They didn't show the kiss so you can only say it was pretty obvious but still they didn't show anything.

>>154786224
Why is he so perfect bros?

>>154785741
YoIfags need our validation for some bizarre reason. I though they're smug and assured about their "canon homo". Guess not.

Sourin is love, Sourin is life.
Rin is the miracle of Sousuke's universe.
Lolirin is the sun of Shotasuke's life.
Rinrin may have been an asshole in S1 but he is still Sousuke's beautiful waifu inside out.

>>154786324
Because he's straight thus unattainable.

>>154786262
I'm honest though. I think you are a braindead.

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>>154786324
>best boy is irrelevant

>>154786341
Nostalgic

>check /a/
>relevant Free!thread
>it's not 2014

MAKE US FREE NA SPLASH KASANETA

>>154786336
They need validation because their bait is a little more advanced than yours.

However, you are infinitely better, since you don't lie to yourself about Free being what it is.

>>154786388
Where is the 'me and my bitch' Sousuke copypasta when you need it.

>>154786374
>>154785798

RinHaru will become canon in the 3rd movie

>>154786464
No doubt, it will.

>>154786464
>Harufag still hasn't committed sudoku.

>>154786391
>Free! thread on /a/ in 2017.
>But it's getting shat up by a more relevant anime.

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The real question is will we get more Right-kun and Left-kun?

>>154786499
But it's YoIfags that want our approval.

>>154786464
Utsumi is jobless, don't think your RinHaru shit has any chance.

>>154786499
Still buttmad that your bait show being called out?
>>154786336
>>154786401

That truly shows the difference between canon and bait. Bait always seeks for validation trying to convince itself it's not one.

I only watched Free for Gou and the little brothers.

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>>154786544
Never.

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>>154786595
Acceptable taste.

>>154786605
Dammit, fuck Kyoanus then.

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>>154786707
Dreams can only get you so far.

>>154782712
>80% of SouMako's popularity stems from an incomprehensibly popular shitty fanfic and everyone hopped on the bandwagon once it started picking up steam.
Anon that's iditoic, the ship is popular in Japan too.

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>Still liking Free in 2017
Your series is BUSTED.
Get on with the new hotness, plebs.

>>154786956
No it's not. Go look up doujin stats and pivix

>>154787003
I mean, they draw arts of it, so what the fuck has a fic to do with it.

>>154786996
>Not being able to handle the pressure
>>154786577
>>154786556

>>154786956
Nah even souharu is more popular.

When KyoAni will adapt full bl series?

>>154787032
There's not much art or doujins from the nips.

>>154786956
>Characters barely look at each other
>Ship is popular
Why the fuck?

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>>154783024
>Because it isn't. You could easily no homo most of the fanservice by saying it's only coach-student relationship.

Yeah and you could no homo Eva by saying Shinji love him as a father and No.6 because they are European and with different social standards and IBO because Shino is straight.

You can do anything as long you perform mental gymansys and bury your head into the sand screaming "BAAAIT".

>>154787078
It's not in Japan were the fujos are relevant.

>>154787113
>Eva by saying Shinji love him as a father
What the actual fucking fuck? Are you medically diagnosed as retarded? Wait, don't even respond, that was rhetorical question.

>and No.6
№6 is YoI level of bait and bad show overall, so yes.

>>154787327
>What the actual fucking fuck? Are you medically diagnosed as retarded? Wait, don't even respond, that was rhetorical question.
That's not what I believe, fucking idiot.

>>154787327
>№6 is YoI level of bait and bad show overall, so yes.
>No.6
>Bait
>SHOW
Idiot.

>>154787113
They were not ashamed to show a kiss in No6.

>>154774276
Holy fuck just give us the last one who cares about the recaps.

Fucking JewAni.

>>154787358
>That's not what I believe, fucking idiot.
>fucking idiot
>Idiot.
You're retarded, stop posting.

>>154787327
>No.6
>b8

>>154787403
That's because it's a novel adaptation.

They censored and downplayed shitonsof things, though.

>>154786544
Kek, I fucking missed free-threads.

>>154787465
What? I was parroting hetfags' arguments.

>>154786544
>when he tells you about his day and you enjoy it because you love him

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>>154787478
It is.

>>154787526
You can't no homo Eva and №6 is bait too so everything is according to the scale >>154784703

>>154787688
How is no6 bait? It's actually a pretty good anime.

Why do Free threads always attract the worst shitposters?

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>>154787688
>You can't no homo Eva and №6 is bait too so everything is according to the scale >>154784703
You can, that's what I'm telling your moron.

Pic related it what people called bait years ago.

>>154787818
It's a bad show and resurrecting it means resurrecting the shitposters?

>>154787818
No idea why fags of a canon homo show that sold more than Free need our approval so badly.

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Will Momo ever get the attention he deserves?

>>154787842
Eva is called bait because of the rabid waifufags, and they'll never leave Eva.

>>154787818
Because they're insecure faggots.

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>>154787901
He will never be acknowledged by Kou. So no.

>>154787842
No that's not no homoing that's denying reality.
Anno and Sadamoto explicitly confirmed the homo.