High☆Speed!

ハイ☆スピード!
Free!

Light Novel7.8996 votes2 volumes · 21 chaptersFinished

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A prequel to the 2013 Kyoto Animation series Free!. The first novel is about sixth grader Haruka Nanase, who sets up a relay team with his childhood friend Makoto Tachibana, a cheerful junior called Nagisa Hazuki and a newly transferred student, Rin Matsuoka. The second novel is set in Haruka and Makoto's first year at middle school, and tells about their experiences at the swim team along with two new characters, Ikuya Kirishima and Asahi Shiina.

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Jul 8, 2013 to Jul 2, 2014

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Rin Matsuoka5417 fan favorites
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Birthday: February 2 (Aquarius) Height: 177 cm (5'10") Weight: 68 kg (150 lbs) Swimming specialty: Butterfly The rival swimmer from Samezuka Academy. Rin Matsuoka is Haruka's rival who is also in 11th grade. He had gone abroad to study swimming, but his personality changed immensely by the time he had returned to Japan and for this reason he often perplexes his former teammates. Rin goes to all-boys boarding school. While he may not look like a loving brother, he cares for Gou, and is very protective of his sister. In the drama CD, he asked Captain Mikoshiba not to call Gou by her first name, declaring that he'll never give him permission to do so. Despite not being present when Captain Mikoshiba asked Gou out on a date (in which Gou turned him down), he felt like punching Mikoshiba after he has done so, and was wondering why he suddenly felt like that. He is strongly opposed to the idea of Gou dating any males, getting extremely worried and uncharacteristically worked up when he thought that Gou was on a date with a guy every week (or preparing a present for a guy), and he ended up stalking her on one of her 'dates' (although only after promptings from Nitori). Even though it turned out that Gou was buying Rin a present with the help of one of her friends. (Source: ANN)
Makoto Tachibana4928 fan favorites
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Birthday: November 17 Zodiac sign: Scorpio Height: 183 cm (6'0") Weight: 73 kg (161 lbs) Backstroke swimmer of the Iwatobi High School swimming team. Makoto Tachibana is Haruka's inseparable best friend in since before kindergarten. He understands Haruka's good points, and is often forced to speak as his spokesman. He is very kind and considerate, but is also very easily scared and weak-hearted. (Source: ANN)
Haruka Nanase3979 fan favorites
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Birthday: June 30 Zodiac: Cancer Height: 175 cm (5'9") Weight: 63 kg (139 lbs) Freestyle swimmer (crawl) of the Iwatobi High School swimming team. Haruka Nanase is an 11th grader who loves to swim. His strong and quiet swimming style fascinates many, and he holds a strong fixation on freestyle swimming. Haruka's best friend is Tachibana Makoto whom has been by his side since they were children. He met Hazuki Nagisa and Matsuoka Rin in elementary school. Rin joined the Iwatobi swimming club after transferring, and Nagisa was already in the club. The four of them swam in a medley relay together before graduating elementary school, the relay as well as a few words from Rin left a big impact on Haruka. In his second year of high school he creates the new Iwatobi swim club together with Makoto and Nagisa. In episode 3 Ryuugazaki Rei also joins the club. At this point Rin has developed a strong rivalry against Haruka which comes to be the focus point of season 1. He has an obsession with mackerel, and it is pretty much the only thing he eats. (Source: ANN)
Nagisa Hazuki2088 fan favorites
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Birthday: August 1 Zodiac sign: Leo Height: 165 cm (5'5") Weight: 55 kg (121 lbs) Breaststroke swimmer of the Iwatobi High School swimming team, and also the previous breast stroke swimmer of the (public) Iwatobi Swimming Club. Haruka and Makoto's kouhai and a first year. He is a straight-forward person and his actions are faster than his words. He admires Haruka's swimming; and is very enthusiastic about the sport as he is with most things. His friends, and being able to swim with them, are the most important things in the world to him. Nagisa has three older sisters.