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bloomingforerza · 9 months

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May I please request headcanons for what kind of wedding and honeymoon the Style Five would have?

notes from bloom: hi!!!! im sorry this took so long. ive been stressing out and i could give u all of my excuses and tragedies but instead i’ll reward ur patience with ur request 🫶🏻🫶🏻

also for general notes please know not all of this is 100% accurate to japan’s marital laws and traditions, i just doubt some of our boys are destination wedding type men, and this is my idea of what they would enjoy.

Haruka Nanase

🫧 You better like water.

🫧 Maybe you won’t have to like it as much as Haru does, but be prepared for Haru to argue for the two of you to be wed in a pool.

🫧 Instead, you may settle for a beach. Haru would be able to rip his tux off after the wedding and take a dip, and you’ll join him as his bride.

🫧 It’s something that’s probably not normal for most people, but for those that know Haru, they know you’re partaking for the same reason you’re marrying him.

🫧 Meeting his elusive parents almost seemed like it was something you had only dreamt. It wasn’t like they were bad or weird people, they were just never home.

🫧 The wedding reception is super awkward for Haru. After being stared at by loads of people, talking to not just his friends and family about the same things and then to your friends and family about the same things was really socially exhausting for him.

🫧 Especially when his ridiculous best friends put together a speech that was actually pretty embarrassing thanks to Nagisa

🫧 So when it’s time to leave for your honeymoon, he’s more than relieved.

🫧 The two of you planned to set out to Okinawa for your vacation. Not too far from home, but also very beautiful and a great place to swim.

🫧 After getting married and not having a moment alone with you all day, all he wanted to do was swim with his wife.

🫧 And the moment you guys were able to set your suitcases in the hotel room after checking in, you changed and raced to the ocean.

🫧 Haru loves that you can bring a slight child-like sparkle when it comes to normal things.

Makoto Tachibana

🫧 This beautiful man is READY to marry you. He was ready the day he proposed and he couldn’t believe it when the day finally came.

🫧 Mako seems like the type to have a traditional Shinto-style wedding. He’d want to have it at a shrine too

🫧 (But if Mako’s fiance is foreign, he would also want to have a wedding that was traditional to your country.)

🫧 Considering it’s a traditional Japanese wedding, you had found the most beautiful white kimono for your wedding day, and it gave you chills looking at it morning of.

🫧 Ren and Ran were 15 now, so thankfully they were allowed to attend the wedding. Makoto purposely waited until they were older so they could behave they way they needed to (and they did great he was such a proud big brother)

🫧 The gift giving ceremony was definitely the most emotional part for you both. Aside from the goshugi, both of your parents had made you both matching aprons.

🫧 He definitely would love to honeymoon with you somewhere you two can be alone. He’s tired of being bothered by everyone

🫧 Probably somewhere in the mountains, in a cabin

🫧 He seems like the wholesome kinda man that’d wanna go camping, sit by a fire and stargaze with you

🫧 He’d dote on you the entire time, just appreciating the fact that you’re his wife now

🫧 He cooks all your meals for you the entire time you’re out there. He doesn’t want you to have to lift a finger after singlehandedly planning the entire wedding.

🫧 He just loves you so much and wants you to know he’d do anything for you. Never hurt him please

Nagisa Hazuki

🫧 Nagisa would love to get married in a penguin aquarium. He isn’t super religious I would (personally) think

🫧 Which mean’s his wedding would probably be more western style. Most traditional weddings aren’t at the penguin aquarium

🫧 He loves the idea of giving you pebbles like penguins do on the days leading up to your wedding

🫧 He’s so excited. And considering he went with the western style approach, he wanted Rei to be his best man

🫧 He almost said no, but Makoto convinced him with a whole “This is so important to him Rei you don’t understand” argument

🫧 Nagisa’s older sister Nanako is just as amazing as your husband. She offered to do your hair for the wedding; and she helped make your day special.

🫧 Since his parents aren’t always the most supportive of everything or everyone, he’s so happy that they love you. His mom greets you with a “I’m going to have another daughters!” the minute she walks into the room.

🫧 He’s sooooo excited for the honeymoon! One of the best places to scuba and snorkel in the world. Koh Tao, Thailand.

🫧 Between the penguins at your wedding and your deep-sea adventure honeymoon, he’s more obsessed with you than ever.

🫧 He’ll find your cute knickknacks while out and about and just buy them; seashell necklaces, little plushies of sea animals, and even some cool pieces of sea glass he’ll occasionally find on the beach

🫧 He’d honestly love to have picnics on the beach every night of the honeymoon. He always says it’s because ‘loves the view’

🫧 He’s so grateful for you and he’s so happy that he can enjoy the things he loves with the woman he loves

Rei Ryugazaki

🫧 Rei’s the kind of man that would love a destination wedding.

🫧 He’ll work hard for it. He wants a beautiful spot for it, and in his mind the best place for him to marry you in Paris.

🫧 He’s a man of beauty, and I personally feel like he’s an art man. He’d appreciate classic and timeless art.

🫧 I think he’d love to tour Italy for your honeymoon and spent a few days in Paris together. He’d need time alone with you eventually.

🫧 But he would 100% plan sightseeing trips for you and both of your families for your wedding week.

🫧 He would love to spoil you when it comes to the wedding and honeymoon. He’d love to just dote on you and show you amazing sights just to see the look of amazement on your face.

🫧 And when it came to the honeymoon, Rei had planned wine tours in Verona, art in Rome, food focuses in Bologna, fashion exhibitions in Florence, and of course a gondola ride in Vienna.

🫧 He’d tell you how amazing it is to be able to call you his wife now.

🫧He loves you so much and wants to give you the world but he can’t, so he’ll show you everything the world can offer instead

🫧 He wants to give it all to you. He would bring down the stars and hand them to you if he could.

Rin Matsuoka

🫧 Rin obviously wants a destination wedding, no questions asked.

🫧 He’d LOVE a Hawaiian wedding. As cliche as it may sound, he loves the way they look in western movies.

🫧 He’d invite his host family from Australia as well. They played a big part in his life, he couldn’t wait for you to meet them.

🫧 Gou was your maid of honor. Ever since you’d first met Rin, just a little while after he came back from Australia, she was always asking if you were dating her big brother yet

🫧 You both want everything to be perfect. You chose millennial pink for your color theme to match some of the flowers at your wedding. The bridesmaids all had flower crowns if hibiscus, baby’s breath and plumeria.

🫧 The cake was his favorite part. He’d always dreamed of a western style wedding that he had seen in movies, but he never imagined he could live his dreams right here with you

🫧 His mom cried the whole time about how much she’s going to miss her baby boy, but also told you she was glad she was entrusting him to you. She knew she could count on you to make sure this silly athlete takes a break once in a while.

🫧 The honeymoon was set to be in Hawaii, but Rin’s the type of husband who’d love to spoil you. He’ll book a side trip for just the two of you in Bora Bora.

🫧 One of the cute little island houses and everything, with a little wine-stocked fridge. He’d love a night swim with you under the stars

🫧 You’re his real dream come true. Swim is his passion and first love, but he swears you are the key to helping him succeed at everything he does

🫧 He’s going to big spoon you all night, and give you kisses on the back of your head and shoulders before going to sleep every single night he spends with you.

🫧 My personal favorite boy please never hurt him, he would fight off an orca whale for you if it really came down to it

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kinbari14 · 6 months

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Free! 10th Anniversary Memories of Summer Happy Birthday, Makoto Tachibana! 🎂 🍰💚🎊🎉

#free!#free! eternal summer #free! dive to the future #free! starting days #free! take your marks #free! the final stroke #makoto tachibana #official art

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eleanorenchanted · 8 months

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When you’re as much of a monkey as he is

#free!#free! high speed #free! starting days #asahi shiina #ikuya kirishima #asaiku #they really are the free! equivalent of making fun of your crush on the playground #then they grow up and asahi’s like 🥹 i am your biggest fan #my gifs #my edit

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shounenlord-sama · 7 days

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[translation] Rin and Sousuke and Kisumi's Letters PART 6 & 7

Drama CD from High Speed! -Free! Starting Days movie

I have read the translation for parts 1-5 many years ago, but I have never seen translation for parts 6-7, so I tried translating it!

Disclaimer: Some parts may be inaccurate, as I will be translating this from a Spanish source, which has been translated from the Japanese source. I never found the original Japanese source, so I will be using the translated Spanish translations as basis of my translation.

English Translations Part 1-5:

[Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4] [Part 5]

Spanish Translation w/ Audio Part 1-7:

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Rin and Sousuke and Kisumi's Letters PART 6

Part 6 starts at 13:04

*Sousuke runs after Kisumi*

Sousuke: KISUMI!!!

*Sousuke grabs Kisumi tightly*

Kisumi: Ow, ow, ow, I give up, Sousuke! I give up!

Sousuke: So you’re the one who wrote all those nonsense to Rin, huh?

Kisumi: Nonsense? What do you mean? Wait a minute, let me go.

*Sousuke throws Kisumi to the ground*

Kisumi: You’re so mean, Sousuke. No need to get so angry, you know?

Sousuke: This is no laughing matter! Tell me, who EXACTLY was crying at the dock?! And who was the one who wanted to swim all the way to Australia for Rin?!

Kisumi: Ah, so Rin sent you a letter? But Sousuke, you DID look like that. The last time I saw you, you had a really sad look on your face. I bet you were thinking about Rin, and knowing you, you would never tell him, that’s why I did it for you!

Sousuke: SHUT UP! You didn’t have to do useless stuff like that! If I really needed to tell Rin, I’d tell him!

Kisumi: Ehh~ for real? But being separated by such distance is a big problem, right? I only did what I thought was best for the both of you.

Sousuke: It’s your fault! Because of your unneeded meddling, Rin thinks I’m all of those ridiculous nonsense!

Kisumi: Eh, did I really write something strange? What did Rin say?

Sousuke: That I was crying at the dock, and that I wasn’t eating properly. It sounded like I was dying! That’s ridiculous!

Kisumi: Woah! It seems like Rin took it too seriously. What an imagination!

Sousuke: Why you little… Prepare yourself!

Kisumi: Uhm… Sousuke? This is bad, don’t be too mad… yeah?

Sousuke: Oh, you’re really annoying! TAKE THIS!

*Sousuke grabs Kisumi once again*

Kisumi: NO, THAT HURTS~! Sousuke, you’re going to break my neck, please let go of my neck!!

Rin and Sousuke and Kisumi's Letters PART 7

Part 7 starts at 15:07

Sousuke: Rin, how are you doing? I’m still doing what I usually do, so please don’t worry about me. By the way, about the muscle training regimen we discussed, I have already reached the advanced level, so I think I won this challenge, don’t you think? As promised, you owe me a cola when you get back. Don’t you forget it! One more thing, the times when we competed over who could get to the train station first, or when we played soccer or other games, for me none of them were real competitions. There are many things we have yet to experience. Surfing sounds good. Keep at it! As for me, I only keep swimming. My time in butterfly improved, and I’m eating and sleeping properly. It’s getting pretty hot here, which means it must be getting cold where you live. You’ve always liked the winter season. You go crazy with the Christmas and New Year seasons. Anyway, let’s keep working hard together. See you soon.

P.S. I already dealt with Kisumi.

Rin: Eh? What about Kisumi? Nevermind! Let’s write back!

Rin: Sousuke~! Too bad for you but I reached the advanced level before you, which means our match isn’t over yet!

THE END

I know it's a little too late, and no one would prob need this anymore, but still... I did it anyway!! I hope you all like and appreciate this translation! Please like and reblog!

#free!#free! eternal summer #yamazaki sousuke #sousuke yamazaki #matsuoka rin #rin matsuoka #kisumi shigino #shigino kisumi #sourin #free! high speed #free! starting days #free! iwatobi swim club #high speed #starting days #free! drama cd #drama cd #translation #my translations #free! translation

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nagisa-cchi · 2 years

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✧*:･ﾟ2k Followers Request *:･ﾟ✧

↳ requested by @krvpika

Natsuya Kirishima | High☆Speed! (桐嶋夏也)

#free!edit #Free!#free! iwatobi swim club #free! starting days #free high speed #natsuya kirishima #kirishima natsuya #myworks #f!mine #cgsmine #2k follower celebration #wifeyyy thank you so much for requesting!!!#Couldn't resist editing a baby natsuya for you #I hope you like it!! ❤️❤️

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favficbirthdays · 6 months

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Happy Birthday

Makoto Tachibana (17th November)

Free!

#free!#free! iwatobi swim club #free! eternal summer #free! high☆speed #free! high speed #free! starting days #free! timeless medley #free! take your marks #free! dive to the future #free! road to the world #free! the final stroke #free! makoto #makoto tachibana #tachibana makoto #fictional birthday #november #november 17th

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sharkinlovewithadolphin · 8 months

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I started working on this a few months back, then abandoned the project for a while in favor of various fanfic WIPs, then realized the video fit perfectly with the Wave of Memory event by @rinharumemories which celebrated the 10th year anniversary of our beloved Free! 🌊💞 I tried to finish it in time, but only had a couple of days until the event would end, days which were interrupted by my chronic wrist pain, so back into abandonment it went. I lost motivation due to missing the event deadline, but then they announced the Next Wave in which late submissions can be entered, so after finishing another project I dived right back into this and finished the second half, and well... this is the result. I made myself tear up several times throughout making it, especially when I watched the final result of all my hard work paying off as my vision had come to life ;-; I absolutely love this video and I hope you will, too! Without further ado... Happy 10th year anniversary and thanks to all the friends and mutuals I've made along the way in this incredible fandom ❤️💙

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haru-se · 1 year

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The way Uchiyama Kouki always voices a younger brother character in sports anime (Rin, Ikuya, Kei)

AND that younger brother idolized their older brother who played the same sport

BUT THEN their older brother betrayed their expectations:

For Rin, it was his brother deciding to become the world’s best midfielder instead of world’s best striker together with Rin

For Ikuya, it was his brother distancing himself from him after they promised to one day reach the world stage together

For Kei, it was his brother lying about being the team ace back in high school

And then:

Rin becomes obsessed with surpassing his brother and having Sae acknowledge him

Ikuya overworks himself until he drowns because he thinks everyone abandoned him and he only has himself to rely on

Kei stops caring about volleyball because it’s just a club

Edit: I knew Itoshi Sae’s VA was Takahiro Sakurai, but it totally slipped my mind that Tsukishima Akiteru is ALSO voiced by him!

#sports anime #blue lock #free! dive to the future #free! starting days #haikyuu #itoshi rin #itoshi sae #kirishima ikuya #kirishima natsuya #tsukishima kei #tsukishima akiteru #uchiyama kouki #takahiro sakurai

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iblocevgum · 1 year

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haru?? haru :( haru!!! haru ♡

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ridingthewhitechocobo · 1 year

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Beautiful haru

kyoani official art buy the fanbook here

#haruka nanase #free! the final stroke #free! haru #free! dive to the future #free! road to the world #free! iwatobi swim club #free! starting days #official art #kyoani official art #kyoani #sports anime #swiming #anime #bishonen #bidanshi

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dragon-of-timeless-blue · 11 months

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The Free! soundtrack art and the evolution of Haruka Nanase 🐟

aka: Dragon is obsessed with the Free! soundtrack and finds symbolism in everything

Ok, here I am again, overanalyzing aspects of the official art of Free! and finding symbolism too obvious or taken from heavens knows where, Specifically, and in honor of Haruka's birthday, I'm going to be talking about a subject that drives me completely crazy in a good way:

The album cover art of the soundtracks of the different seasons/films of the series

🏊‍♂️*** 🏊‍♂️

The Free! soundtrack makes me immensely happy, and for that matter, not only the music perfectly conveys the feelings and motives of each season and scene, but also the art of the album does it, in addition to showing the stage of the series and especially the character development of Haruka

Ever Blue Sounds

The first music album of the entire franchise,

In this first art we can see Haru with headphones made of bubbles in what appears to be an underwater environment.

I really like the shades of blue and the fragmented and triangular shapes, because despite giving a feeling of "imprisonment" due to the shades of colors, we have a kinder aura, the blue that surrounds Haru is bright and shinny, as if that light came from the surface...

And precisely we have Haruka, with an expression softly amazed and even nostalgic looking at the surface, that is to say: the origin of light

I think you already know where I want to go with this, Haru underwater, still sunk in the waters of the past, longing for the light that is on the surface

All this concept of Haru submerged and being guided to the surface by "the light" reminds me a lot of this specific part of the opening

it's too obvious the headphones are there because this is the soundtrack art, but imagining they had some kind of hidden meaning I would like to think that they symbolize how alienated and isolated that Haru was with his own feelings, stopping swimming as he usted to even tho he longed to swim again with his friends like that time,

Clear Blue Notes

The soundtrack of the second season (and of the following ones) is at times basically a variation and reference to the most important melodies of the first season, and the concept of art is also similar and seems to refer to the previous one but with a completely different attitude.

The environment is already more "watery" if we can say it that way, the darker shades of blue no longer occupy part of the the foreground and blend very nicely with the other tones, The same goes for the bubbles that hardly appear anymore.

However, we still have the light, here, in fact, way more clearer and more visible, the surface feels closer and the light surrounds everything. Haru here has an expression of amazement, that light getting closer, waiting for him, so coarse and beautiful, his attention is totally focused on that brightness, and from the pose he is in he gives us the feeling that he is about to follow it, to swim after it as freely as he can, as if he were about to reach out his hand towards that light, that light in a brand new scenery

JUST LOOK AT THE BRIGHTNESS IN HIS EYES, HES FINALLY KNOWIING THE FUTURE HE WANTS TO FOLLOW, THE WORLD HE WANTS TO BE PART OF IS JUST SO SLXNOENXLSNX

Deep Blue Harmony

I'll have my opinions about DTF but something undeniable is that the soundtrack is just so cool (i mean, this is where "Rhythm of a new sensation" appears), but, anyways, the intentions in this one are quite clear...

The surface is positioned right above Haruka, a smile is drawn on his face, the future its just around the corner, I feel that those circles In addition to being used to emphasize the light that now directly bathes Haru, it also gives me the feeling of "being accompanied" all of Haru's friends will be there to support him and he has returned to meet old "circles" of friends.

Over Blue Refrain

The soundtrack of the first part of The Final Stroke, unlike what happens with the soundtrack of the first and second season, here the music of the first part is actually a reference to the second part (specifically to the main melody "the final stroke"), and something paradoxical that I think happens with this art is that the pose, expression and environment seem to be a reference to the art of another album... but i'll talk about that in a moment.

HARU IS FINALLY ON THE SURFACE!!

The blue of the sky and the blue of the water that splashes they unite and contrast, Haru observes something, as if analyzing his new horizon, amazed and finally at the starting point to fulfill the dream...

Now, The reference and parallel I was talking about earlier is this:

Pure Blue Scenes

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

This is the art of the "Starting Days" soundtrack, and i love it so so much, Haruka's uncertainty, entering a new phase of her high school life and the inevitable changes that entails, his look, with a hint of nostalgia precisely turning to see the cherry blossom petals (aka: memories of the relay and specifically of Rin)

The parallel here is very straightforward, the entrance to the "new world" and changes and remember the true core of swimming (swim with friends / be free)

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I could talk about the artwork for the character songs or the other movies, but to keep this short, I'll end with a quick mention of the artwork for The Final Stroke vol. 2 because it's literally the one that breaks the chain that I've been trying to explain and that threw me off when I first saw it, but hey, here I go

Never Ending Blue

To be honest as much as i totally adore the TFS2 soundtrack the cover of this latest album makes me quite boring compared to the others, but it still has its charm...

A determined expression, Haruka in a more "sketch style" as if implying that it is the beginning of a new era.

I think that one of the reasons why this cover doesn't cause me much emotion is because it looks more like a cover that one could find on some music record without thinking that has to do directly with a series or something like that is how I feel, and precisely thinking about this was that I remembered what album it vaguely reminded me of:

This is the OLCODEX album in which Rage On (the opening of the first season of de Free!) can be found (there is also the single but conveniently let's ignore that), the design of their albums is similar to each other and, idk, im probably reading too much into it but my theory is that by having an OLCODEX song for the anime one last time, the soundtrack art is a tribute to the album where the first song comes out...

ANYWAYS, THAT WAS MY RAMBLING OF THE DAY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY HARUKA, THANK YOU AS ALWAYS FOR EVERYTHING I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO LEARN AND SMILE THANKS TO FREE!, I HOPE I CAN FACE THE FUTURE WITH THE SAME RESOLUTION AS YOU, U R LITERALLY BEST BOY LOVE U 😭💙🐟🌊❤️

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kinbari14 · 9 months

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