#and ryuuji is trying to give him pointers

[everyryuujisuguro]

[ellayuki]

I’ve had this in my head since episode 2 aired and (the one we now know is named) Ryuuji asked Haru about swimming other styles than free, and now it got me thinking again after episode 6 after Misaki’s little quip .

A) If you think about it, no one’s really told Haru “Hey, you should swim something else, too.” until now. Every time he’s been asked what he swims, his answer has always been ‘I only swim free’ and the answer to that has mostly been something along the lines of “......oh-kay? That’s fine, I guess? It’s just Haru being Haru” and that was the end of that. 

So of course that when people start being all “Yes, okay, but how about something else, too?” now, he’d be taken aback. It’s not that the idea never occured to him, it’s that he’s always dismissed it without ever giving it a proper thought. 

And  B)  To be honest, I didn’t think too much about the possibility of Ryuuji coaching Haru (I didn’t think too much of the dude in general, tho maybe I should’ve, I guess), so I kind of had this idea in my head that Haru would try out the different styles in his morning sessions at his local pool with Makoto helping out and giving pointers (thus also helping Makoto get some more practice of his own). Though maybe this also has to do with the fact that I can reasonably see Haru favoring the backstroke out of the other (not-free) styles, and also the fact that no one can handle Haru quite like Makoto can.