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| Free probably has the best English I have ever heard from an anime, ever! Not kidding, it was really good, usually I just hear attempts at it. I'm really impressed with the homestay parent's English as well, sounds really realistic. |
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| "Hah-roo, yu only swhim fhrey?" "Eh-Ehyesu" "Waouh, so eits trooh!" LOOOL that engrish was painful. Good lord that was difficult to get through. I couldn't tell if they hired a really bad and awkward english voice actor, or if it was a Japanese person trying to speak english in an Australian accent. Either way it was terrible. I think this episode was just an excuse for some Kyoani people to go on vacation in Australia and take pictures to use as locations and background pieces. Meanwhile, Haru's entire dilemma is completely gone now. Oh. Woo hoo I guess. Everybody says to him "I want you to swim", he says "No", so they get angry at him, and say to him again "I want you to swim". And then he goes "Ok". I think that's an accurate summary of Haru's character arc. Fucking riveting. Can't wait for yet again more teary speeches about friendship next episode. |
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| That was really great to see Rin take Haru to Australia and let him meet the family he stayed with, it was nice that they spoke English and to see Haru not understand lol. Poor little kid Rin, people making fun of his accent. Yes, it'd be nice to go to Australia some day. Nice to see that taking Haru to the pool made him want to carry on swimming! |
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| That was very jarring to hear English. Whoever did it certainly tried their best, especially with an Australian accent. |
| "If you feed me, Seymour, I can grow up big and strong!" |
| Lovely episode--a fresh of breath air in the feels department. Good try with the English, Miyano Mamoru. |
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| Nice episode. But Japanese and their talent for English...I almost died laughing :D It never gets old. |
| Someone play this episode this episode at my wedding. Like I LOVED this episode, I am a huge RinHaru shipper which means bias. I know this episode split the fandom but I still loved it The engrish and Haru being happy, like people getting annoyed at Haru 'finding a dream' always pissed me off, like did you WANT him to stay upset and lost? Like at least he is happy and as he is probably one of my fave anime characters I wanted to be happy so he did. I will never forget this episode and it's beauty |
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| Nice , Australia looks nice :3 English is good as well ! Great episode ! |
| Mini-Rin is literally my favorite thing in the world. God he was so adorable as a kid... what happened!!!! |
| I like that KyoAni at least makes attempts at getting the English right. There were people with British accents in the K-On movie, and now, Australian accents in Free. |
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| I really liked hearing the different accents. It makes it more realistic, and I thought it was neat to see Rin learn English through school and everything. His English sounds about right from the people I've met where English isn't their first language. It's a heavy tone, but you can understand it easily enough. Also, I would really love to visit Australia some day. It seems amazing. *^* |
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| I'm glad Haru finally found his dream |
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| i really enjoyed this episode, australia seems like a very cool place and rins english was the cutest thing ever ❤ i would totally rewatch this episode |
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| I also enjoyed the episode. Too bad 1 episode left. That feels when an anime ends T_T Get ready for the last episode! |
| This episode was awesome. Australia, I've been to all the places that were shown in the anime. Which makes the anime even better. I really enjoyed it. Also the accents were right. Seeing australia in an anime is so surreal, it makes me really happy they based the trains and everything perfectly right. They just made it look good since the trains do have rubbish and graffiti so they just based it on the basic model and not give a bad impression of australia. Rens277 said: omg hahaha I found this ep really fascinating because I live in Sydney, Australia XD The aussie accents were a tad bit over exaggerated but still pretty spot on. I was really amazed by the scenery and attention to detail that was put in this episode. Its so surreal to see locations such as Hyde Park, Lidcombe Station, Sydney Harbour Bridge and Sydney Olympic Park in anime form! Its even more weird when you've been to those locations on a regular basis XD I'm probs gonna like have a freakout next time I'm at Olympic Park XD I don't why but seeing them made me really happy lolol probs because it makes the anime feel a lot closer to home I couldn't stop laughing at Rin's english, it was too adorable XD I felt exactly the same way as you did. |
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| So... I guess they decided to make RinHaru totally canon. Lovely episode! <3 |
| I was so happy I live in Australia and I love Syndey When Rin started speaking English I died and his school life just :,) "Mai neimu is Rin Matsuoka"  This was just perfect |
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| I was almost convinced that I preferred SouRin but nope, RinHaru best ship. Very nice episode but full of fanservice, goddamn. |
| The accents were actually pretty good. Rin's English is so adorable. I'm glad Haruka finally found his dream. |
 “Even if the attention isn’t forever, I’ll keep singing.” |
| this was an adorable episode. with all the feels and the details. i was smiling through the whole thing. but it was the most predictable thing they could ever do. we all know as soon as the preview came up in the last episode that haru would come back to japan having decided what his dream was. then, wtf that was all it tool for haru to make up his mind and choose a future just like that? |
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| Nice and refreshing episode. I think Rin fits to be in Australia. I just hope he won't disappear again from his friends. And about Makoto, somehow I feel he'll keep swimming with his friends even if he'll go to Tokyo. |
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| Ugh, I cringed so much during the entire episode. I am sorry to say this, but the English in this episode annoyed me big time. I just felt uncomfortable listening to it, because it felt so unnatural to the characters and kind of awkward. Also, the small talk at Rin's homestay house xD wtaf xD If they don't have anything of actual importance to say, not to mention their guest not understanding them anyways, why are they wasting so much time? Rin's talking this episode also was sappy af. And Haru hardly said anything the whole trip! I mean, I get that Haru is...an introvert, but spare me them repeted monologues about swimming and friendship. I got it already >.< I'll probably not watch the next episode. I just didn't like the whole course this season was taking, and the characters became less likeable to me. Sorry, I had to rant this somewere, since I liked the first season of this show quite a bit and I'm feeling cheated now :S |
| L had a poster of Norman in his room |
| The best Free! ep ever and forever, no doubt. |
 "Please stop talking about math when I'm eating." |
| Omg such a great episode! Man I wish I had someone like Rin who could just take me to Australia ... sigh lol. The English was surprisingly awesome, they must have hired some native speakers or something? :O Plus I love the Rin and Haru time, they didn't interact much this season so I'm glad we saw them together here :D Plus so many shipping moments ... the single bed ... "who's always in such a hurry to take their clothes off?" Yeah you would know wouldn't you Rin XD I'm glad that Rin was able to inspire him, plus when he said that stuff about always looking up to him I was like omg BAE, this is why you are the best character Rin LOL :P Last episode next! We'll have one more race between them ... then what will happen? :O Rin's gonna go back to swimming in Australia ... maybe we'll have a timeskip to when they meet at the international stadium again :O |
| It was a nice episode. It explained more about Rin living in Australia. Also, Haru's issue was solved. |
| BANZAI NIPPON. Nippon is the Land of freedom. Nippon is the Land of Peace. Nippon is the Land of Justice and Prosperity. In Nippon, we trust. We love Nippon, we love Anime. Anime love us, Nippon love us. 日本 I believe in freedom of expression. |
| Well, that receptionist was quite rude... Anyways, this was a pretty good episode. I really liked the way it was executed and man, gotta love Rin for the great development he has had since season 1, such a likeable character. The scene with his homestay parents was also quite sweet to see. They really considered him as their own child, such a really cute sequence, honestly. And it seems Haru has finally found his dream. Now all that remains is for him to properly apologize to Makoto and co. in the next ep. |
| A change of normal episode to this made it so refreshing and that jump when he found his dream was great. |
| That's it? The episode was good and refreshing and I really liked it until Haru just made up his mind like that. It was a beautiful moment but it fell flat because it didn't convey any more reasoning for Haru than before. He just wanted to be free but suddenly imagining interational stage made him find his dream while the image wasn't all that different from anything he'd seen before including scouts and other people cheering for him. I'm glad Haruka gets some character development but it's so messy and confusing, I don't know anymore. |
| Haruka and Rin slept together, lol. Haruka has finally realized what he wants, to the point where he actually smiled. |
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| This was a wonderful episode! Definitely one of my favorites in the entire anime. This episode truly made me smile... The realistic scenery in this episode was impressive. I haven't been to Australia myself, although I have seen pictures, and from what I've seen and read in the other comments here, it seems to be spot on. Onto on one of the other highlights of this episode...the English! Or, perhaps, Engrish. The voice actors for Rin's home-stay parents were impressive and crystal clear, and this is one of the very few times (so far) that I've seen an anime been able to very clearly differentiate between Japanese people and Caucasian people. Who knows, maybe I just like thick Australian accents too much! Aha. I've seen people complain about Rin's Engrish. Here's my view: It's not NEARLY as bad as it could be, and it's realistic. As nice as it would be to hear Rin speaking with a clear Australian accent, it wouldn't make sense. And, considering he doesn't constantly use his English now, and that he's obviously not a native - his Japanese accent when speaking English is obviously going to sound like that. Sucks for you that you cringed at it. I thought his English (and Haruka's!) were both cute. After reading some of the comments on this forum, it really does seem like people are being a little more harsh than they need to be. Seeing as they clearly didn't like the series up 'til this point, of course they're going to watch this episode, expecting to hate it. Can't blame the natural bias... OVERALL! This episode was a nice change of tone. It was well done, in my opinion. Put a huge smile on my face. Oh. And can't forget: Haha, Rin and Haruka slept in the same bed. |
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| This show sure doesn't let up on sentimental value. Rin's Aussie family ;.; !!!!!! They're soooo sweet. Then there's Rin's admiration for Haru. Despite being a hot-headed mess, Rin's a big softie and just loves Haru with all his heart. Then the show balances things out with a bit of comedy. Hahaha, their girly names and the hotel. But then...by the end I'm crying again... |
| Rin and Haru speaking English was so adorable |
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| It was cool that the characters spoke English so much. Overall a fun episode and an interesting change in mood. |
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| Australia is a beautiful country. All that English in this episode was funny. |
SerafosMay 20, 2024 6:43 AM
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| They slept in the same bed........ |
| THE ONE BED TROPE LMAOOASFO |
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| So Haruka- his best friend wants to have a conversation with him and- "Fuck off! Bye!" But Rin comes over and wants to travel to Australia- it'll only take 10 hours to get there and it's a foreign country where nobody understands our language and- "Sure whatever." I love the 'Strine accents in this I know others will make fun of it but I enjoyed them and it really set the mood. The generosity of Aussies inviting you over "any time" you're in the country is also real- my parents were pen-pals (pre internet) with a family there and yup- they were welcome, literally. The twin bed thing was some more fojushi baiting!! But I can't help but see how much a wonderful guy Rin is, and am glad Haruka opened up and didn't act like a bitchy sniveling snot the whole time. |
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