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THIS IS TOO MUCH. I WANT MORE.

Even with the significant changes they did to HS!2 in Starting Days, this scene has a special meaning for me after SD. We’ve seen how much Haru missed Rin and how bitter he was because he left. Also, how reluctant he was to swim with another team and imagined Rin in Asahi’s place (AND how much it affected his swimming in that scene). But then, he somehow accepted this team after spending more time with them. And something that was really important was that his best friend, the one who was always there for him, said very precious words to him, too.

Anyways, even after all these events said above, Rin comes back and this happens (and not less important, he was the happiest, chattiest we’ve seen him… besides the Stage Directions for that part -which are in the same link than for the one for this post- are just so adorable!) and then as we know, Haru stops swimming. 

This is how much Rin means to Haru. And you know what’s what will always hit me the most? At this point, he had known Rin for just a couple of months. That’s it. That was enough to affect him in such way; to have such effect in him. And it was proven years later that it goes beyond feeling guilty, when the tables have turned and still, it was Haru who felt everything became dark and he didn’t care about anything at that point, about anything else.

He could have mope for a time and then gain strength with the help of what he learned with this other team or Makoto’s words (which were basically another “it’s meaningless without you”*); but no, he stopped swimming. For years. Without giving reasons to anyone (not even to Makoto who stopped swimming too? without knowing Haru’s reason, *even after how important his words were in SD). And then Rin came back again… and was the root again for him to gain that strenght along his friends (and just in case, I’ll repeat, since I said it before, that Haru’s the one who says in the last episode of ES, that thanks to what happened with Rin he could understand how his friends were feeling. He’s the one who felt he was saved too by making peace with Rin and is grateful to Rei because of this; this is the reason he gives Rei in S2E03 of why he can’t quit swimming when they think Rei was planning to do that).

So yeah, this is how much Rin means to Haru. Most important, here, it isn’t about swimming and races and all that because the first thing Haru feels is that if he doesn’t stop Rin now, he’ll never see him again.

The Things Rin & Haru Said About Each Other Through !ES

Wrapping up the !ES Quote Compilation list with Rin and Haru themselves, since most of the best quotes actually came from their own mouths.

Other Masterlists:

Just like before, I will group the quotes by character and chronologically.   And… well, since I have a weak will, I caved and included some of the most memorable things said about each other — to each other. So the post is image heavy! It includes some a lot of quotes by the staff and voice actors as well.

As per usual  — please do let me know if I missed any! :D

HARU: 

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this is physically painful to read in the best way

I JUST FUCKING REALIZED HARUS CRYING 

THEY’RE NOT BEADS OF SWEAT, AND IF YOU LOOK AT HIS EYES YOU SEE THE TEARS

HES FUCKING CRYING I JUST 

I CANT MY FUCKING BABIES CRYING ALL OVER THE PLACE I SWEAR TO GOD THEY ARE BREAKING MY HEART

HARU WHO SHOWS ‘NO EMOTION’ IS SHOUTING AND YELLING AND OPENING UP ABOUT HIS FEELINGS AND ITS SENDING ME TO AN EARLY GRAVE 

THIS SHOW GODDAMN

(gif from http://10tails.co.vu/)

#the matching looks of horror #because this person who is supposed to be bigger than life #this person who is supposed to be infallible and unflappable #is breaking down before their very eyes #and they don't know what to do #just that they're willing to do ANYTHING to fix it fencer stop making me cry TAT

No but really. The SouGou. SHE HAS THIS CUTE LITTLE BLUSH.

I just… Hear me out for a second. 

The thing that got me the most about the scene isn’t only how sweet it was (sousuke is such a gentleman and gou is so cute I love them), but the pauses. And Sousuke’s body language through the entire thing.

Continua a leggere

They show me the future where we laugh together

#bringing this back because 02cm’s post is making me drown in a pool of feelings#and this look right here is STILL my favorite thing#you just CAN’T beat the amount of love and adoration in the way Haru is looking at Rin just there#Rin was A MESS and Haru is looking at him as if he had never seen anything more beautiful in his life#because what he is seeing is Rin#his Rin#at last#the Rin he has been missing finally shining through Rin’s issues and insecurities#and the RELIEF that they feel the same way#that their feelings have finally met#that Rin desires to swim with them just as badly as Haru wishes to swim with him#his gaze is so warm#his SMILE is so warm and utterly FOND and that little; content; moved blush#just please place this on my coffin when I die#please#whenever I see those ‘find someone who looks at him the way X looks at Y’#this is what I think of tbh#this look right here#do yourselves a favor and don’t settle for anything less

Tied by the ocean