#free miho

[good-memories-found-here]

Free! - Take Your Marks

[dragon-of-timeless-blue]

in honor of the 10th anniversary of the first episode of Free! It's time for a:

APPRECIATION POST TO:

Gou Matsuoka

Nagisa Hazuki

Rei Ryugazaki

Goro Sasabe

& Amakata Miho

BECAUSE WITHOUT THEM NONE OF THE EVENTS OF FREE! WOULD HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE!! (and because they are very cool characters who deserve more love and recognition)

Gou:

Was literally the one that made possible the reunion in the pool of the Iwatobi gang and Rin

The best manager the swim club could ask for

She always support and lead the boys with a strong hand in their trainin

Knows how to do kanji calligraphy (which is difficult!!!)

She studied and analyzed various training regimens, and her love of muscle fueled her with determination to form the boys in the best of the best

BEST SISTER IN THE WORLD, DID EVERYTHING TO BRING HER BROTHER SMILE BACK

The person responsible for Free! have more than one female character (bless you goddess)

Literally a rinharu stan

"are you that interested in my brothers regimen?" "not really" "so HE IS INTERESTED"

Nagisa:

THE ENGINE AND SOUL OF THE SWIMMING CLUB!!

THE FIRST ONE WHO SUGGEST DOING THE SWIM CLUB IN FIRST PLACE (and persevere even though Haru immediately rejected it)

Organized and took care of most of the paperwork to be able to have the club

HE WAS SO DETERMINED TO GET RIN TO SWIM WITH EVERYONE AGAIN

The most empathetic person in the world, his ability to connect and understand people always helps to unite the group even more

He never gave up and managed to get Rei into the swim club and practically changed his life doing that

He did his best at school to be able to continue swimming with his friends ｡⁠:ﾟ⁠(⁠;⁠´⁠∩⁠`⁠;⁠)ﾟ⁠:⁠｡

His superpower to connect with people created alliances Iwatobi-Samezuka in a stronger way

One of the most enthusiastic when promoting the club in search of new members

another rinharu stan lol

Bonus point: thanks to him there is one scene in TFS2 where I enjoy Kinjou being there (Kin-chan~)

Rei:

He was literally the one who got fed up with the miscommunication problems between Rin and Haru (and well, the rest of the team) and confronted Rin to tell him his truths, and if it wasn't for that NOTHING WOULD HAVE BEEN RESOLVED

He was the one who told Haru the right words for him to realize his feelings ("I want to swim with Rin") and gave in if put in the relay (THE RELAY THAT WAS SO SO IMPORTANT FOR THE TEAM AND AAAAAAH)

THE BEST AND WORTHY SUCCESSOR CAPTAIN OF THE IWATOBI TEAM ಥ⁠‿⁠ಥ

Recruited and inspired new members and didn't let the club disappear!!

Tutored Nagisa to raise his grades so he could stay on the team

His training with Rin in order to surprise his teammates and improve the performance of the team

Do I have to say that he is a rinharu stan? isnt obvious?

Goro-chan:

Great swimming teacher, literally thanks to him is that Nagisa, Haru and Makoto know how to swim well in the first place

Makoto's father figure (this is more of a hc and something I wish would have been explored more but I'm still putting it in)

He always believed that the boys could go far and gave them his full support when the swimming club was just starting

Provided pizza to the team (very important lmao)

He literally witnessed the entire angst moment between Rin and Haru (when Rin camel back from Australia im talking abt THE MOMENT) and if it wasn't for him, Makoto would never have found out what happened

rebuilt the swim club and is literally helping the new generation to enjoy swimming

Thanks to the job he offered Makoto, he found his dream (AND THAT IS SOMETHING SO IMPORTANT 😭)

cool gentleman with goatee

Ama-sensei:

Literally the teacher who gave the swim club the green light and who did all the administrative stuff to make it possible.

She always gave great advice (in the form of a proverb but advice nonetheless).

In most competitions she was there supporting the boys

Like, just imagine seeing that little group of guys that one day asked you for help to make a swimming club grow and see how one of them even reaches international events like LSNDKDN

THANK U ALL OF U

I LOVE Y'ALL SO DEARLY

[saikaberry]

[1346] Miho Amakata from Free!

[sunbloomdew]

thoughts on Free! Iwatobi Swim Club

by your one and only casual anime watcher, who is now dipping their toes in sports anime

god, free! was amazing!

it's been a while since i enjoyed an anime this much, and i think this proves that i should watch more sports anime. all of the ones i watched so far were really good (sk8 the infinity and yuri on ice), something is up with this genre

so anyway, free!. i love swimming and water so it was already an ideal premise for me. the characters are all super likeable and have different sides to them. i wouldn't say they are perfect, but what i can give them, is that they all feel like genuine friends, who enjoy spending time together.

REI WAS THE TRUE MVP. this boy saw that the other three had problems with rin and went "alright, lemme fix this" AND THEN HE DID!! nah, for real tho, i think without him, rin's reconciliation with the rest wouldn't happen. i appreciated that rei did this not only for the sake of his team, but also for himself. i also liked that he openly communicated: "i want to know what happened between you, i am a part of the team and i don't want to be left out". maybe i haven't seen a good anime in a while, but i felt like this openess was really refreshing. i love him sm <3

BUT, i was scared shitless when this mf SWAM OUT INTO THE OCEAN AT NIGHT??!?!?! LIKE BRO. at the start of their training camp i saw where this was going, but i calmed down after makoto reassured rei, i was like "phew, crisis averted" AND IT WAS NOT. they all could have died and i was not okay. and then they just forgot. about that traumatic experience. cool cool

really, every character has something that i like about them. but my favourites are definitely rei and makoto <33

rei cause he is a sweetie, who likes pretty things, is overly logical but very in tune with his emotions and cmon, how could i hate him. he is basically me (i want his glasses). and makoto, cause. ya know. have you seen him??? cutie pie lil blorbo (ᵍʳᵉᵉⁿ ᶜᵒˡᵒᵘʳ ᶜʰᵃʳᵃᶜᵗᵉʳˢ,,,)

and the ending, omg it was so cute!! i was so hyped! THEY WON, and then they got disqualified, BUT THEY WON FRIENDSHIP. seeing rin smiling again with his friends brought tears to my eyes

from supporting characters i rly like Gou and Amakata! Gou is just so determined, supportive and unwilling to give up – she wanted to see her brother happy again and she made it happen! what a good sister <33 for ms amakata i thought she was super funny and sweet. her not always accurate quoting, sunny demeanor and how dead set she was on keeping her past secret lmao

all in all, i enjoyed this series a lot! time for free! eternal summer hehe

peace outttt (❁´◡`❁)

(also, when i started watching i was like hmmmm, yeah haru and rin, then in the middle i went on ao3, saw the haru and makoto fics and was like "HE???" like i didn't think about them before but now i can't stop! but i ship both and also all three of them, that would be fun. in the grand scheme of things it doesn't matter as much to me: i just enjoy the dynamics they have, regardless of if they are romantic or platonic; they all love each other is what im sayin <3)

[shittymihodaily]

List of ships involving Miho I've been able to find so far

Will update if I find more ^^

Pompshipping: Miho/Seto

Coinshipping: Miho/Anzu

Halfshipping: Miho/Ryou

Tieshipping: Miho/Honda

Poemshipping: Miho/Yugi

Slipshipping: Miho/Jonouchi

Vanityshipping: Miho/Ryuji

Glamourshipping: Miho/Mai

Scissorshipping: Miho/Isis

Dashshipping: Miho/Shizuka

Neonshipping: Miho/Noa

Circleshipping: Miho/Honda/Jonouchi

Snapshipping: Miho/Jonouchi/Seto

Walkshipping: Miho/Honda/Ryou

Stalkshipping: Miho/Ryou/Seto

Trendshipping: Miho/Anzu/Shizuka

Ribbonshipping: Miho/Honda/Ryuji

Giftshipping: Miho/Honda/Jonouchi/Yugi

[cycle-hit]

hi tumblr user cycle hit. is this song 0610? because i feel like it is https://open.spotify.com/track/0MuYrUNbxEjEpG3vtXXoCx?si=IZS7qZfCS7KKC-fHRe1OTA&context=spotify%3Aplaylist%3A3mc0ZAKXqacRz6Mw6H2BZy

yeag 👍

im goign 2 use this for kiss ur knuckles thnak u tumblr user anonymous. also the song right above it is this

hehe. so yeah id assume the playlist creator's intent is 0610 with this one even not judging lyric/soundwise

[haru-se]

Friendship bracelets made by Rei and Nagisa in support of Haru and the team

[eclipsedrawsthings]

It’s Christmas time and I’ve got a new set of blorbos I’m hyperfixating on, so! Polar Express AU!

Pro tip: children are HARD to draw.

Like my art? Consider reblogging so more people can see it!

[grassus3000]

Free! The final stroke_Character song mini album_Aditionnal edition 🎤🎵🎶🎧

[ninacchis]

genderbent names and hair for iwatobi

this would’ve posted this much sooner but halfway through coloring up the girls i thought “hey gou and miho are part of the team too, lemme add them real quick :D”

also end of the semester was kicking my ass

SO HERE THEY ARE - TEAM IWATOBI!!! 🐥

(with close ups down below)

as far as names go, i haven’t given it much thought but here’s what i’ve come up with

miho -> mihiro

makoto -> makito

nagisa -> nagito

rei -> reo

gou -> kou

[johannepetereric]

But *just* as Miho was about to kill her girlfriend Téa’s murderer, Bakura, wrapping up all the plot threads…”

[declawedwildcat]

Nobody asked for old art, but fun fact there was a brief period in 2014 or 2015 that I was supposed to do the art for a Free! dating sim game. Obviously the project never went anywhere and I don’t even remember who it was making it anymore, but I got through way more of the sprites than I remembered

[dragon-of-timeless-blue]

THE GORO/AMAKATA DUET SLAPS SO MUCH!!!

It has this vibe of mysticism and a typical song that one would hear in some montage in a training Dojo, the harmonies of both of their voices are great and the voice of Hiroshi Yanaka (Goro's seiyuu) is so cool and ceremonious in the most traditional Japanese style, while the voice of Amakata-sensei (not sure if her same voice actress sings but i guess so) is so sweet and calm and elegant!!

I thought their song would be a bit more simple and fun, but they definitely went all out with this, ITS SO COOL!! (⁠✯⁠ᴗ⁠✯⁠)

me finally hearing a character song by Goro and Ama-chan:

[nikko-the-melody]

It’s my birthday, so it’s time to show off more Diance designs plus the villain of the series ^w^ Gou Matsuoka as Diance Yule Sousuke Yamazaki as Diance Spumoni Momotaro Mikoshiba as Diance Ambrosia Nitori Aiichiro as Diance Creampuff Ikuya Kirishima as Diance Sherbet Kisumi Shigino as Diance Sweetheart Miho Amakata as Diance Pie And the Main Villain of the entire AU Dark Queen Nyx Free! © Kyoto Animation Sweet Swimmer Diance © Me

[hwanghyunjinenthusiast]

Waiting until all the concept photos are out so I don't impulsively change my layout every 3 days is hell.

[shittymihodaily]

A cool thing about being a miho liker is that she's actually a two-for-one deal. If I ever decided to care about Miho "Ribbon-Chan" "Melody" Nosaka from the manga/ddm game I could post all about that extremely different character here and still be on theme!