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A warm, gentle watch about friendship and finding your path, with beautiful swimming scenes and soft emotional beats.

Created by

Eisaku Kawanami, Hiroko Utsumi

Genres

Animation, Comedy, Drama

Starring

Nobunaga Shimazaki, Daisuke Hirakawa, Akeno Watanabe

Overview

The story revolves around Haruka Nanase, a boy who has always loved to be immersed in water, and to swim in it. Before graduating from elementary school, he participated in a swimming tournament along with his fellow swimming club members, Makoto Tachibana, Nagisa Hazuki, and Rin Matsuoka. After achieving victory, each of the boys went their separate ways. Time passed, and in the middle of their uneventful high school lives Rin appears and challenges Haruka to a match, showing Haruka his overwhelming power. Not wanting it to end like this, Haruka, gathers together Makoto and Nagisa once again and brings a new member named Rei Ryugazaki to create the Iwatobi High School Swimming Club in order to defeat Rin.

How it feels

Warm, earnest, melancholic and light. Measured and easy to follow.

About

Friendship, coming-of-age, identity, sport

Content

Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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