What's the timeline?

Aug 25, 2022 9:39 PM

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Does anyone know what the timeline for both The Final Stroke 1 and 2 are? I've been trying to figure it out but I'm really confused.

At the end of S3, the guys qualified for a World Tournament via the All Japan Invitational. From what I read (I haven't watched TFS1 yet), the World Tournament in Sydney is the main event for TFS1. I'm assuming they're referencing the FINA World Championships, since other than the Olympics that's the main world swim event.

But then in TFS2,

, which we can assume is alluding to the real life FINA World Championships happening in 2023. So that's two All Japan Invitationals for two World Championships...

The catch: the World Championships happens once every two years, and Free! tends to try and be faithful to real world swim events. Which means that TFS1 and TFS2 takes place over TWO YEARS?? I doubt that, so if anyone who has watched the movies or knows more about the timeline can explain it to me, I'd greatly appreciate it!

Aug 26, 2022 11:42 PM

seantan797

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from what i remembered. tfs1 didn’t start where you expected it to start. it was at a school festival of all places and then Albert appeared and basically “shook” Haru. That’s all i can tell you without spoiling the movie too much. In the second movie, the “plot” did get resolved but it was geared towards giving fans closure, since it’s been running for 9 years and it’s finally come to an end. I would definitely recommend you to watch it.

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