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Free! starts with four boysHaruka, Makoto, Nagisa and Rinbefore they
graduate from elementary school. They all participated in a swimming
tournament and won, though they parted ways. Years later, Haruka and
Makoto reunite with Nagisa when Nagisa enrolls into high school a year
after Haruka and Makoto. Not long after, Rin, who was thought to be in
Australia, turns up and challenges Haruka to a race and wins. Afterward,
Nagisa suggests creating a swimming club and using the run-down outdoor
pool. Haruka, Makoto, and Nagisa, and later on, Rei, create the Iwatobi
High School Swimming Club and work together to make the club a success.
Rin's victory over Haruka means nothing to him as he realizes that Haruka
had stopped swimming competitively and wasn't in top shape. He claims
that he cannot get over the fact until Haruka competes against him for real.
The members of the revived Iwatobi Swim Club later enter a swimming
competition against Rin.
The opening theme is "Rage On" by Oldcodex and the ending theme is "Splash Free" by Style Five
(Nobunaga Shimazaki, Tatsuhisa Suzuki, Tsubasa Yonaga, Daisuke Hirakawa and Mamoru Miyano).
The ending theme for episode 12 is "Ever Blue" by Style Five.
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The single for "Rage On" was
released on July 17, 2013 and sold over 24,281 copies.
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The single for "Splash Free" was
released on August 7, 2013 and sold over 47,646 copies.
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Five character song singles were
released sung by the voice actors of the main characters. The singles for Haruka Nanase (sung by
Shimazaki) and Makoto Tachibana (sung by Suzuki) were released on August 7,
2013.
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Makoto's single sold over 23,487 copies, while Haruka's single sold about 20,371
copies.
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The singles for Rin Matsuoka (sung by Miyano), Nagisa Hazuki (sung by Yonaga) and Rei
Rygazaki (sung by Hirakawa) were released on September 4, 2013.
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Rin's single sold over
18,698 copies, while Rei's and Nagisa's sold over 15,021 and 14,283 copies, respectively.
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Four duet character song singles were released sung by the voice actors of the main
characters.
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The single with Haruka (sung by Shimazaki) and Makoto (sung by Suzuki) was
released on December 18, 2013 and sold over 16,361 album copies.
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The single with Nagisa
(sung by Tsubasa Yonaga) and Rei (sung by Daisuke Hirakawa) was released on January 15, 2014
and sold over 11,980 copies.
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The single with Rei (sung by Daisuke Hirakawa) and Rin (sung by
Mamoru Miyano) was released on February 12, 2014 and sold over 13,389 copies.
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The last
single with Haruka (sung by Shimazaki) and Rin (sung by Mamoru Miyano) was released on March
19, 2014 and sold over 15,866 album copies.
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