{"id":861,"date":"2015-08-23T19:20:11","date_gmt":"2015-08-23T19:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gaminginsurrection.com\/TheStrip\/?p=861"},"modified":"2017-02-18T11:41:33","modified_gmt":"2017-02-18T16:41:33","slug":"861","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gaminginsurrection.com\/TheStrip\/2015\/08\/23\/861\/","title":{"rendered":"Anime Lounge #13: Free!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"Anime-Lounge\"<\/a>Series:<\/strong> Free!<\/p>\n

Episodes:<\/strong> 1 to 12<\/p>\n

Premise:<\/strong> Three friends — Haruka, Nagisa and Makoto — decide to begin a swim club after a fourth in their group, Rin, reappears in their lives after living abroad and rejects their offer to swim together again. The trio recruit another member, Rei, into their club and begin in earnest to resurrect their old swim club and try to make it to Nationals.<\/p>\n

Is it worth watching?:<\/strong> Yes. It’s got competition and friendship, which is standard for most anime these days. Also, if you’re into that sort of thing, the animation used in the muscles in this swimming anime is expertly drawn.<\/p>\n

Breakout character:<\/strong> Rin Matsuoka. Rin comes across as a pretty dark jerk, but he’s got his reasons for staying away from the group. He’s interesting and he’s written well because of the realistic way in which he comes back to his roots after a long absence. The struggle is there but the way he manages it makes it worthwhile to keep watching.<\/p>\n

Funniest episode:<\/strong> Episode 4, \u201cCaptive Butterfly.\u201d It’s all about teaching one of the club members to swim, which is kind of the point of having a swim club in the first place. We won’t reveal which member can’t swim, but the efforts to teach are what make the episode hilarious. Also, searching for the perfect swimsuit in the episode also end in hilarity.<\/p>\n

Where it’s going?:<\/strong> The Iwatobi High Swim Club trains hard to make it to Nationals. Their efforts will not go in vain, we promise, and it remains to be seen if they can patch things up with their former friend Rin. How they go about reaching these two goals is the best and brightest part of acquainting yourself with Free!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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