Free! (2013) s01e03 Episode Script

Theoretical Dolphin Kick!

1 This is a work of fiction.
Any resemblance to real persons, groups or events is purely coincidental.
That was loud.
Haru, are you okay? My late grandma used to say that you sneeze when someone else is talking about you.
Here.
It must be Rin! No, I'm pretty sure he's just sick.
It's because you were swimming in the pool in April.
I'm not a baby that gets sick from swimmi— It's too early for swimming in outdoor pools.
We'll just have to work out until it's warmer.
Oh, I heard from Gou that Rin joined the Samezuka swim team.
Huh? Is something wrong, Mako? No, it's nothing.
But this means we might run into him in a tournament.
Yep, we should enter tournaments! Then we can do relays again.
I only swim freestyle.
Does that mean you can't swim relays? Don't say that! Come on Besides, we can't swim a relay with three people.
That's true.
Which means We have to find one more member?! Rage on, until you have to look away from the blinding light You showed me a city as in a twisted mirror I dive toward the faint blue With my hand I felt a world I had known nothing of When we race I feel I'm pulled into a maelstrom I only chose the drop point Show me the truth Now's the time for our dreams, but we're ready for grief Say goodbye r Freedom machine r Rage on, until you have to look away from the blinding light The sun is blazing on my world I don't feel like turning around On your mark There's no going back on our path Get set, here we go Theoretical Dolphin Kick ! We need one more member.
But it'll be hard to find one now.
I was turned down by everyone I asked last time.
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Oh, by the way I wanted to ask you a favor, as a classmate I won't join the swim club.
Huh? How did you know before I said anything? It was easy enough to guess.
Huh? Considering the recruiting posters in your bag, and those swimsuit Iwatoby straps you probably plan to give to new recruits.
As I mentioned before, I already joined the track team.
Goodbye.
Huh? Why? The school is the next station! Wow! He runs the last stretch every day! I want to swim already.
Wow We can swim here in the off-season? A free environment where you can reinvent yourself at your own pace.
Spring Recruitment Campaign Awesome! A free environment where you can reinvent yourself at your own pace.
Spring Recruitment Campaign Spring Recruitment Campaign Spring Recruitment Campaign A free environment where you can reinvent yourself at your own pace.
Spring Recruitment Campaign Spring Recruitment Campaign A free environment where you can reinvent yourself at your own pace.
Right? I'm thinking that schools like us without indoor pools probably use facilities like these.
Way to go, Gou! Our super manager! You're supposed to call me Kou! Haruka.
How do we pay for it? With our club budget, of course.
I see.
This gym costs quite a bit to join.
If our club budget will really cover that This is the real reason we started a swim club.
That's probably what you're thinking.
Shut up.
This means we can swim year round! That's not happening.
What? Why? The school isn't going to give that much money to a brand-new club with no accomplishments.
There is an aphorism from the Bible.
He who does not work, neither shall he eat.
I don't think you're using that correctly.
You can't eat a pool.
So we'll get the money if we deliver accomplishments? I suppose.
That's the best way to secure lots of money for your club.
Accomplishments So what if we can place in a summer tournament? Your request might be approved at the second term budget review meeting.
But you'll need at least four swimmers to bolster your case.
Swimmers So it's meaningless if we can't find another member One more and I can swim all I want! Huh? Haru? Haru sounds motivated now.
Haru? Oh, he stopped.
That was a trick question.
Yeah, I thought the same— Hey.
I'll give you this.
So join the swim club.
No, thanks.
Ouch.
It's hopeless.
That's the best Haru can manage.
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Wait, Ryuugazaki! Let's go home together.
We can talk about swimming.
I have practice now.
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Ryuugazaki You're so cold.
Ryuugazaki This way! What is it? I found the perfect person! The track team? He can't join us, then.
Look.
Over there.
It's his fate! Was he on the swim team in middle school? Does he hold a record? It's his name! His name? Yep.
Ryuugazaki It's Ryuugazaki Rei! Ryuugazaki Rei He's the same as us! A boy with a girly name! That's your reason? But I have to agree.
Look at those deltoids That's your reason?! You really think those reasons are enough? My reason is very good! Next, Ryuugazaki.
That's right, Mako.
Okay.
Go with your gut on these things.
Hey, it looks like he's about to jump.
Bar height: 4.
20 meters.
Set takeoff speed to v.
Set acceleration to a.
Gravity is g.
If the center of gravity after taking into account pole length is h, then the angle of approach His form was beautiful.
He's probably a great diver.
Absolutely! And his biceps are also beautiful! Is that all you care about?! I miscalculated the angle of approach.
Hey, Rei! Rei?! Oh, you can call me Nagisa.
I won't.
We aren't that close.
We can get closer once you join the swim club.
I'm not going to join.
I'm only interested in sports that are beautiful.
Like track? Yes.
It's a sport known for beautiful events such as pole vaulting.
You can attain the perfect form through theory and calculation! That sounds too hard for me to understand, but you can be in both clubs at the same time.
You use your arm muscles for pole vaulting, right? So doesn't swimming sound perfect? I'm not going to join both.
After all, humans evolved to live on land.
Why would you go backward and play sports in water? It defies reason! Don't forget that water has 12 to 13 times the viscosity of air! No luck.
He wouldn't say yes.
I don't think Rei likes water.
We don't need anyone like that.
Don't let him in the water.
If you say that, nobody will join! We'll have to spend all winter lifting weights and jogging! Are you okay with that, Haru? Are you really okay with that?! No.
I think we need to ask Ama to strip down for us.
That won't happen.
She said that she won't wear a swimsuit.
Then we should reverse it! Reverse it? If you join, you get to show off your swimsuit to Ama! Does anybody want that? Wait, don't write that down.
Excuse me, boys.
We're sorry! Hey, Haru.
It sounds like we'll be entering tournaments.
Are you really okay with that? Even if you end up racing Rin again and beating him? Who told you? I happened to run into Coach Sasabe the other day.
It's in the past.
Besides He's swimming again.
That's enough.
Bar height: 4.
30 meters.
Set takeoff speed to v.
Leave a, acceleration, unchanged.
But factor in the potential energy from any shifts in the pole's center of gravity.
Ryuugazaki.
Are you running calculations in your head before jumping? Your form is perfect, but that's all you have.
You're too focused on the technical side.
But I I understand that's your style, but you're not going to improve at this rate.
I have good news for everyone today.
Amazingly enough, I was able to schedule a joint practice with Samezuka! What? Really?! Did you ask Rin? My brother won't listen to me, so I went straight to their captain.
Joint practice? Yes.
That sounds great! Let's do it! That's our super manager, Go— It's Kou.
That means we have permission to swim in Samezuka's indoor pool now.
But Since it's a joint practice, we need to bring four members at a minimum.
That means we have to recruit a new member before the practice.
Especially since Gou used her sex appeal to get us this chance.
I didn't use sex appeal! Huh? You didn't? Of course not! Nobody told me there would be a joint practice.
The captain made the call.
Your little sister is a member of the Iwatobi swim club, right? Their members are Nanase Haruka, Tachibana Makoto, and Hazuki Nagisa.
They all have girly nam— Sorry.
How do you know? I participated in that tournament.
I believe that was your last tournament as a grade-schooler, Matsuoka.
My team lost in the prelims.
That race was amazing to watch.
Somebody's talking about me.
Wait, Rei! What do you want? Can I run with you? If you can keep up.
Okay! This brings back memories.
I used to run with Haru to the swimming club like this in grade school.
Haru always played it cool and said, "If you can keep up.
" Who's this Haru? Oh, you go this way? What do you want? What do I want? I want you to join the swim club.
We really need another member before our joint practice.
Why does it have to be me? Because you're a boy with a girly name? That's your reason?! Yeah.
But the main reason is because you looked beautiful.
Huh? When you were pole vaulting.
Your jump looked really beautiful, Rei! Well I was just following theory and calculation.
That's not something everybody can do.
I suck at that stuff.
So I want you to use theory and calculation to look good swimming.
That's impossible.
A swimmer must flap his arms and legs underwater, while struggling to break the surface for a gasp of air.
You can't look good while doing that! Really? But Haru is a beautiful swimmer.
Haru again? Hey, wait! What are you doing? Haru, Mako.
Oh, Rei.
So you're Haru? What's that supposed to mean? Is something up? I'm willing to participate in your joint practice as a trial member.
What? Really?! But only on one condition.
I won't do any swimming.
Samezuka Academy Indoor pools are so nice! Easy to see they're from a champion school But ours are just as good! It's been a while.
Hey, thanks for coming.
Thank you very much! Sure.
You're Nanase, right? You won a bunch of regional tournaments in grade school.
Yeah Oh, Matsuoka.
I've heard a lot about you.
What's wrong? You may not remember, Nothing.
but when you won the Iwatobi regional, I was second.
I still remember how you beat me on the 50 meter turn.
Samezuka Academy Oh.
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Together? You guys are a waste of my time.
Big brother What's his problem? Yeah, there's some history there.
I was thinking that you could practice with our first-years today.
Okay! Let's start with individual time trials.
You there.
Get in your swimsuit.
Uh, I'm not Sorry! He forgot to bring his swimsuit! What? Why is he here, then? You can use one of our spare swimsuits, so go get changed! Huh? Hey, Nitori! Yes! Come with me.
Uh, I'm not Hurry up! Hey! Uh-oh You'll get in trouble again! I'm not swimming! The deal was that I wouldn't have to swim.
Don't worry.
These time trials are just for practice, so it doesn't matter if you're slow.
That's not the issue! Oh, it's Mako's turn.
Are you listening to me? So he's curious.
I'm up next.
Ready! Keep it coming! Next swimmer, get ready.
You're up next, Ryuugazaki.
I told you, I'm not— Hey, next swimmer! Move to the starting block! Can the next person get over here? Well You might as well.
Fine! Don't underestimate the water.
I'm not! It'll be fine.
It's about 50 centimeters from the surface to the starting block.
Set acceleration to v.
Set entry angle to theta.
Assuming that the water viscosity is equal to r Calculate the power I should use when kicking off Ready! His form is beautiful.
Set! What angle should my arms be at? What?! What?! U-Uh He hasn't come back up.
Um, this looks bad Is he okay? Whew So Rei You can't swim? Yeah Are you saying it's my fault?! I told you I wasn't going to swim! You should've said something earlier.
I wasn't going to admit I couldn't swim.
That would go against my sense of beauty! Rei I'll clear things up with Samezuka.
Sorry about forcing you into this situation.
Oh, it's Haru's turn to swim.
Ready! Set! It's so beautiful to watch! Is something wrong? No, it's just that See? I told you so.
Haru is an amazing swimmer.
He doesn't use theory.
No calculation, either.
He has something much stronger that I do not.
Much stronger Can I Can I learn to swim like that? You haven't given up yet? Of course not.
But it looks like Rei Ryuugazaki! Yes! is feeling much better.
No theory No calculation Be free! What?! He fell.
Huh? He's coming over here.
I want to be like you, Nanase.
What do you mean? I want that kind of freedom.
It's not freedom.
It's freestyle.
Fr-Freestyle Anyway, I would like to formally join the swim club! What? Really? If you want to swim, go ahead.
That's that, then! Yep! Haru! However, you were the one who initially invited me to join.
I expect you to take responsibility, Nagisa.
Sure! You can count on me! Hey! Watch it! Make us feel the splash Bathe in the radiant light Let's be free and enjoy the day This is our private pool Be ready for love Kick as suits you I want to feel the pool I can feel the splashes I cry that I can't see the evening sun I can feel the butterfly Our chances of winning are based on trial and error (in the future) Let's jump in later (take it easy) Our throat is wet (throw water on your face) with the surge of emotion (and feel your breathing go rough) Let's do something leisure mode (I stay cool) Show your heart Make us feel the splash Bathe in the radiant light It will never end Look hard at summer Be ready for love, love I held out my hand and felt the splashes Hey, so why can't you swim, Rei? That's a foolish question.
The fluid mechanics of human physiology show that Enough of that complicated stuff.
I'll show you what to do.
Come with me.
Haru's fired up! This is how you hold a carving knife.
He's teaching him how to make Iwatobys.
You're not done with those yet?! Captive Butterfly ! Next time: Captive Butterfly.
That's easy enough.
I'll have the theory down by next week.

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