Nov 15, 2024
It all started with a relay and it ended with a relay. The last send off for the series didn't disappoint with it's indefinite conclusion. While there was some drag on the pacing, the tension that was created for Haruka and the struggles that we've never seen beforehand is quiet fitting from what we know of him. We have seen him grow as a kid to an adult making bonds through swimming, and reconciling inevitable feuds with his peers. The last send off for him to overcome his own struggles with loneliness, especially from his lack of familial relationships has left a mark on him
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that even the unwavering Haru can crumble from if ever his friends "abandoned" him, and gave us a glimpse of who he really is, under all that cool composure since the beginning.
This series has always been about him, his relationship with swimming and how it defines the relationship and dynamic he has with his friends.
It may follow a very loose plotline, and nothing about the series was as grandeur as what we've seen from others, but that's the beauty of Free! A refreshing progression of following what you love and what path you can take influenced by the people around you. Growing with them, and learning from them. It evoked that feel from the get-go and it never strayed too far from it.
One of my griefs about this movie and the entire series was how they handled Makoto from S3 to here. He's very unrecognizable from who he started as, and just became a shell for fanservice. Otherwise, it was a good finale.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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