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Hey Future Fish! Today we finally meet the last missing character for this season. Yay! He is a strange but adorable guy. Why “strange” you ask? Because he is not a swimmer… Scary, right? Get to know him better in this episiode and also learn why Haru doesn’t like him that much. You can find our podcast and our hosts here: I only podcast Free! on tumblr , I only podcast Free! on X and I only podca...

Hey Future Fish! Join our host this week while they are analysing the meaning of this cryptic episode titel. Is it related to the relay race? Is "crouching start" a term that our non-swimmer-hosts just don't get? And what about the revenge thing? If you want to enlighten us, leave a comment :-) You can find our podcast and our hosts here: I only podcast Free! on tumblr , I only podcast Free! on X...

Hey Future Fish! Tune in and join our hosts for the first tournament episode of the season though we are nearly halfway through. Because of this circumstance, we get a race and another one and another one and… well, you get the point. But important to notice: We get a race between Haruka and Makoto! That’s unusual and won’t happen often in this series. If you want to know, why Makoto decided to ra...

Hey Future Fish! Join our hosts for the "Nagisa episode" of the series. We learn a lot about his background and what happened during middle school without Makoto and Haruka around. By the way: Why is Haru carrying his ladle around...? You can find our podcast and our hosts here: I only podcast Free! on tumblr , I only podcast Free! on X and I only podcast Free! on discord Yvette | Franzi...

Hey Future Fish! In this episode the Iwatobi Swim Swim Club has only a sub plot, because it's mainly about the Samezuka boys this time. Join them during practice, swim suit shopping, playing rock paper scissors and a lot of trips to Rins and Sousukes past. Meanwhile Gou is teaching Haruka, Makoto, Rei and Nagisa what perfect swimmers should eat - of course only for their lovely muscles. You ca...

Hey Future Fish! Do you remember Rei joining the swim club in Episode 3 in Season 1? Guess what will happen in Episode 3 of Season 2. Right, he will be leaving the swim club! Wait… WHAT?! Maybe there is another reason why he leaves directly after practice and is extremely exhausted in the mornings… A secret passion for baking cookies? A girlfriend? Or is he dating his former club captain from the...

Hey Future Fish! In the second episode of season 2 our hosts get to know the newest member of Samezuka a little bit better and also meet another funny guy, that seems slightly familiar... This season heats up quite fast, with Haru being cornered (again?!?), another applicant for “biggest jerk of the universe”, since Rin was rehabilitated at the end of season 2, and a nerve wracking relay race betw...

Hey Future Fish! As a little special between season 1 and season 2 we recorded an episode on the FrFr! short movies. If you want to watch them, just head to Youtube where there are available for free(!). You will get short glimpses of what happened inbetween scenes in season 1, like Rei daydreaming, Haruka laughing and a real life "Where is Waldo?" in one of the Samezuka dorm rooms. You...

Hey Future Fish! Our hosts finally reached season 2! Join them for some deja-vues from season 1, huge spoilers for this season in the opening and at least one new character in the last few seconds of the episode. You can find our podcast and our hosts here: I only podcast Free! on tumblr , I only podcast Free! on twitter and I only podcast Free! on discord Yvette | Franziska | Anne  

Hey Future Fish! It took us some time, but here we are with our recap episode of sesaon 1 of Free! Iwatobi Swim Club. Join our host Anne, Yvette and Franziska for a short summary, thoughts about shippings, a fanfic recommendation , awards for "best ..." and a review of the OST. You can find our podcast and our hosts here: I only podcast Free! on tumblr , I only podcast Free! on twitter a...

Hey Future Fish! Join our hosts and our guest Anne for an episode at least two of our hosts didn’t even remember it existed, before rewatching. Maybe that’s also a good excuse for why it took us so long to publish it (in April 2023) after recording it in May 2022… But anyway – here it is finally, with spooky goldfish, a cheshire cat Haruka, an angry Nitori and so much more odd stuff. Only thing th...

Hey Future Fish! We can’t believe it, but we reached the final episode of the first seaons of Free! Iwatobi Swim Club. Join our hosts for a very emotional final race with a special sight for all of our favorite swimmers. Also we award the best friend of the swimming universe award tooooooo…. Well, you have to listen to our episode to find out and you probably won’t guess it right before listening...

Hey Future Fish! The end of season 1 is near... But first, we get some really intense scenes between our butterfly swimmers with a lot of questions, a funny trip to a nameless tournament location, insights on Japanese cuisine - especially katsudon (with a short digression to another famous sports anime)  - and a surprisingly talkative protagonist. Also, this series has become a Marvel movie n...

Hey Future Fish! Today we cover propably THE backstory episode of this season. We finally get a better idea WHY Rin "I have a girly name but I'm a boy" Matusoka has become a jerk and some insights on the guys' time as happy children. You can find our podcast and our hosts here: I only podcast Free! on tumblr , I only podcast Free! on twitter and I only podcast Free! on discord Bronte | Yvette | Fr...

Hey Future Fish! Join our hosts and our beloved swimming boys on their trip to the local squid festival! Yes, you heard right: Squid! If you do so, you will learn all about Japanese squid dishes, Rei’s special abilities as a detective, Nagisa’s impressive winking and why Rin still is the biggest crybaby in the whole show. You can find our podcast and our hosts here: I only podcast Free! on tumblr...

Hey Future Fish! In case you wonder where episode 7 is: We are still working on it. Since episode 8 is already finished, we don’t want to make you wait any longer and supply you with the newest discussion about our favorite swimmers. In today’s episode Yvette and Anne talk about episode 8 of Free Iwatobi Swim Club: Revenge in the medley. They take a deeper look into Rin’s and Haru’s thoughts and w...

Hey future fish!  After the dramatic cliff hanger at the end of last episode we finally get some backstory and of course a revelation. Join our hosts Bronte, Yvette, Franziska and their (possibly reappearing) guest Anne as they discuss season 1 episode 6 of Free! Iwatobi Swim Club. They talk about embarrassing stories, merchandise, convenient circumstances when stuck on deserted islands in a...

Our favorite swimmers decide to hold a training camp to improve their stamina and skills. The only problem is they can't afford to go anywhere. The boys have to get creative! What they decide to do, turns out to be more dangerous than they ever imagined. You can find our podcast and our hosts here: I only podcast Free! on tumblr , I only podcast Free! on twitter and I only podcast Free! on discord...

Hey Future Fish! In this week’s episode of Free! Iwatobi Swim Club (Season 1 Episode 4) the top priority is to teach Rei how to swim. All other members try their best, but don’t succeed in the beginning. Maybe they first have to get new swim wear, so Rei's flow dynamics calculations are finally right. Tune in to learn a little bit more about common swimming terms, ridiculous theories why Rei is a...

Hey Future Fish! In this week’s episode of Free! Iwatobi Swim Club Haruka, Makoto and Nagisa finally find a fourth member (because Gou/Kou as a girl and their manager doesn’t really count obviously). And guess who also got a new member: We did! Meet our new host Bronte (B) and listen to her, Yvette and Franziska discussing similarities and differences between the new boy and Haruka, how KyoAni fix...

Hey Future Fish! In this episode Yvette and Franziska talk about Season 1 Episode 2 of Free! Nagisa, Makoto and Haru decide to found a swim club at Iwatobi High but they have to renovate the neglected school pool AND find a fourth member for their club. As house owners, our hosts know which of these task is the harder one. Also you will find out why Rin is a jerk and at the same time the biggest c...

Hey Future Fish! Join our hosts and non-swimmers Yvette and Franziska in their discussion about “the swimming anime” Free! Iwatobi Swim Club. For this week’s episode they watched Season 1 Episode 1 and talk about the four main and some minor characters, fan service camera shots, interesting choices on opening and ending themes, philosophical thoughts on water of an elementary school student and wh...