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Name: Free! Eternal Summer
Prequel: Free!
Status: Completed
Episode: 13
Release Date (for eng subs): Every Thursday
Summary:
The Iwatobi Swim Club returns! As their third year begins, Haruka, Makoto and Rin are still swimming strong, but choosing plans for their futures loom, and as friends both new and old make their way into the picture, rivalries will take root once again. Will the team make it out stronger than before or sink under pressure?
Summary from: http://myanimelist.net/anime/22265/Free!:_Eternal_Summer
Personal Ratings: 3
So the continuation of the history's best fan service anime! But unfortunately, there wouldn't be a 3rd season.
2 new characters in this anime, though they didn't really play much of a part in the anime itself, which is a good thing because most of the time when there is a new character, the anime usually revolve around the new characters more than the supporting characters.
They started and ended on a nostalgic note. This is probably one of the better thing that they have done with this anime, especially for a full fan service anime. It makes you want to re-watch the first season and the whole of 2nd season all over again.
For this season, there were more serious and more in depth episodes as compared to the first season, which lacked that back bone and story line. This season had more development in terms of family background, and character. Since they had a episode each for Rei and Nagisa, we finally get to know more about them, since they are always the side characters, their not really seen much as a whole, only the small parts.
They also made use of the new characters to actually tell us more about the main characters themselves. Like about how Sousuke kind of told us more about Rin and Gou, while Kisumi told us a lot more about Haru and Makoto.
But I was expecting a little more about Makoto, since he always seems to just be thinking about Haru, so I wanted to see a little more about his worries and stuff like those. However, that didn't really happened. I really wanted to see the part where Makoto actually made up his mind about where to go in life. But it seemed like they focus way too much on Haru when it came to that.
I guess other than the normal problem which most 3rd year high school students face, there wasn't really much scene on normal high school life. I was really looking forward to more of those scenes, since it's also a slice of life anime. And I think that seeing the characters from a different settings, other than when their swimming, and incorporating that similar characteristics in would give a little more information about the characters.
In this season, I really thought that they would show a lot more friendly interactions between Samezuka and Iwatobi (more like Rin, Ai-chan and the rest of Iwatobi swimming club), since the tension between the two groups have subsided. But it seems like in this season they seem more separated as compared to the first season, so I kind of felt a little cheated.
Was also really looking forward to the talent thing that they kept saying about Haru in the first season. Since they kept saying that Haru didn't swam for a long time in season 1, so it was only reasonable that he didn't swim as fast. However, that kind of didn't show up in this season either, so I was really disappointed.
There was also that thing about Sousuke. They said that he is the top 10 swimmer in Japan when it comes to butterfly stroke, but they didn't exactly show his talent, despite taking into account his shoulder injury. I didn't think that there was that consistency in terms of plot, because at the very beginning it seemed that there were a lot of contradictions when it came to his injury. The signs of his injury only came about in the 2nd half.
2 new characters in this anime, though they didn't really play much of a part in the anime itself, which is a good thing because most of the time when there is a new character, the anime usually revolve around the new characters more than the supporting characters.
They started and ended on a nostalgic note. This is probably one of the better thing that they have done with this anime, especially for a full fan service anime. It makes you want to re-watch the first season and the whole of 2nd season all over again.
For this season, there were more serious and more in depth episodes as compared to the first season, which lacked that back bone and story line. This season had more development in terms of family background, and character. Since they had a episode each for Rei and Nagisa, we finally get to know more about them, since they are always the side characters, their not really seen much as a whole, only the small parts.
They also made use of the new characters to actually tell us more about the main characters themselves. Like about how Sousuke kind of told us more about Rin and Gou, while Kisumi told us a lot more about Haru and Makoto.
But I was expecting a little more about Makoto, since he always seems to just be thinking about Haru, so I wanted to see a little more about his worries and stuff like those. However, that didn't really happened. I really wanted to see the part where Makoto actually made up his mind about where to go in life. But it seemed like they focus way too much on Haru when it came to that.
I guess other than the normal problem which most 3rd year high school students face, there wasn't really much scene on normal high school life. I was really looking forward to more of those scenes, since it's also a slice of life anime. And I think that seeing the characters from a different settings, other than when their swimming, and incorporating that similar characteristics in would give a little more information about the characters.
In this season, I really thought that they would show a lot more friendly interactions between Samezuka and Iwatobi (more like Rin, Ai-chan and the rest of Iwatobi swimming club), since the tension between the two groups have subsided. But it seems like in this season they seem more separated as compared to the first season, so I kind of felt a little cheated.
Was also really looking forward to the talent thing that they kept saying about Haru in the first season. Since they kept saying that Haru didn't swam for a long time in season 1, so it was only reasonable that he didn't swim as fast. However, that kind of didn't show up in this season either, so I was really disappointed.
There was also that thing about Sousuke. They said that he is the top 10 swimmer in Japan when it comes to butterfly stroke, but they didn't exactly show his talent, despite taking into account his shoulder injury. I didn't think that there was that consistency in terms of plot, because at the very beginning it seemed that there were a lot of contradictions when it came to his injury. The signs of his injury only came about in the 2nd half.
Partly because this anime is short, I felt like there was no proper development before the competition. It just kind of felt like "oh the competition season is here yay. Lets get over the competition in one episode". Everything about swimming just felt like it was a rush. So compared to season 1, I think that season 2 lacked that development that season 1 sort of had, when it came to the competitions.
Art Ratings: 3
Same as Free!
Thought that they really made use of their animation skills to their advantage. The short and flashy scenes really spices up the whole atmosphere of the anime, even though the scenes were pretty normal.
Recommended for:
Gender: Female
Age: 13 and above
My Ratings: PG-13
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