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SouFem!Mako ••• “Makoto?” Sousuke questioned walking into him and his girlfriend’s house. He threw his jacket on the sofa after an awful day at work. He had to stop some petty criminals from taking a little girl and the sleaze bags thought it would be quite funny to question his authority. Then, Rin kept complaining about anything and everything and that was not helping. Long story short, Sousuke had a crap day as a cop and all he wants is some comfort from his wonderful girlfriend. “Yes?” He hears the sweet voice of his beloved coming from the bedroom. He enters, as soon as he crosses the threshold he hastily takes off his uniform leaving him in an undershirt and briefs. He looks to see Makoto on the bed cuddled up in one of his shirts, wearing her cute little glasses while reading a book. Sousuke climbs on top of the bed and lies down, Makoto marks her spot and gently set the book down sensing her boyfriends distressed state. She sits sideways on the bed and lies Sousuke’s head on her lap, weaving her hands through his hair in a calming matter.”What went wrong today?” She asked calmly, looking down at him with olive green eyes full of love. Sousuke starts off with a sigh,”Some sleazebags put up more of a fight than needed, then Rin was being a shit and nothing at the station was getting done. Everybody’s been so on edge lately with the murders, and the homicide department is starting to get pissy about it. It’s their job to catch them and their giving us BS on out duties.” Makoto knows that Sousuke loves his job, he really does, but it gets quite stressful when thing just don’t go as planned.”I’m sure today was just an off day, Sou. I’m sorry.”Makoto apologizes even though she knows Sousuke hates when she does that.”What are you apologizing for? It’s not like you’re the one pissing me off.”This would come off as rude to some, but he means it. Makoto always apologizes for others and it lets people walk all over her. Had a fight with your bestfriend? Tell Makoto, she’ll apologize for you and solve the problem. He sighs once more,”You keep apologizing for everyone, they’re gonna walk all over you, babe.”He states.”I-I know, but I feel like I should apologize if you’re in a bad mood, I’m supposed to be your happiness.”Makoto tries to reason.”You are, and I love you for that.”Sousuke mumbles. Makoto lets out a quiet giggle.”I love you, too Mr. SappyPants.”She laughs. Sousuke pulls Makoto in for a kiss which started out innocent, but turned quite heated.It wasn’t until a crash of thunder was heard that they broke apart. Makoto’s eyes widened and she quickly hid her face into the crook of Sousuke’s neck, the scent of him keeping her from getting too scared. Sousuke draped a protective arm over her and the two lovers drifted off. • • • Sorry it sucked ass • • • Not really

Happy Birthday Sousuke!!!!

Sousuke In Hot Mode On!!!

Makoto & Haru (♡´艸`)  || FREE! Starting Days

I CANT BELIEVE THIS ANIME IS 10 YEARS OLD AND I ALSO CANT BELIVE THAT I HAVE ONCE AGAIN FOUND MYSELF STARING AT THE WIKI PAGE FOR IT

Free! Eternal Summer

It is 5:30 am. I have not slept. Here is a compilation of my mlm anime ships for future reference. Have a nice day.

Now excuse me while I pass out bc this took me almost seven hours to make.

I tried. ¯\(◉‿◉)/¯

These sketches were done by Tiger & Bunny mangaka, Hiroshi Ueda.

『Future Fish』

Rushed to scribble after watching the final ep! pouring out feelings

Otsukare Free!ES!!  ( nஇωஇ n) Thank you for the best summer Wednesdays! Now begins our ETERNAL SUMMER. 

𖣯 . .⛓️ 𝑭𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒔 𖥻७ ✦ ֶָ֪ׄ

free.

a question I’m always asked,

is why do I choose free?

the answers not that simple,

it’s one you cannot see.

you’d think it’s cause it’s easy,

you’d think it’s cause it’s safe.

you’d think it’s cause it’s calming,

you’d think it’s just my taste.

i’ve never felt completely comfortable,

in my ranking no matter how high.

everyone says I’ve got it good,

even though I don’t try.

what most people don’t know,

is I test even myself.

a lot of those I know,

think it’s bad for my health.

i’d say I agree,

but they don’t know my story.

they don’t know the reason,

i’m in the bath every morning.

“he just loves water”

“a swimmer is all he wants to be”

i know that love it,

but is that how you see me?

i never liked emotions,

so the water drowns them out.

somehow the water understands,

that swimming’s not all I’m about.

that’s why I love racing,

cutting through the tide.

because their’s raw emotion,

in competitors I find.

i feel more like myself,

not putting in a mask.

cause the second I speak out,

all I hear are gasps.

why does it surprise you?

that I have more to say.

do you think I’m that weak?

am I really ok?

when I swim freestyle,

these questions never come.

though with every other stroke,

comes precision, tight lungs.

when I swim free,

i know where I belong.

the water actually listens,

to my dad swan song.

so when I never tell you,

the reason I swim free.

it’s not because there’s no answer,

it’s because you’ll never see.

-NJ

I give up..

Sooo... About Free!

I need to talk to other people who don’t necessarily like Free! Like, don’t get me wrong, Free! is good. It’s good. It has really adorable characters, who are sweet, and angsty, and fun, and you can really immerse yourself in the anime and feel connected to the characters when they win their tournament or whatever...

When you watch it as a Slice of Life anime (in my opinion)

But if you watch it expecting a Sports anime, it... It’s not the best. (I’m sorry, but that’s my opinion, if you don’t like it, I understand. Seriously. You’re entitled to your opinion, and your opinion matters!) But, like, I think Free! isn’t a... Incredible Sports anime. Mainly because of the plot. (LEMME EXPLAIN)

So! Free. Free has this pattern of setting up story arcs/character arcs for the characters that seem really serious and Sports anime-y, but then the pay off isn’t as serious/realistic??? FOR EXAMPLE: Makoto’s fear of the ocean. On the Free! Wiki, it says that he has Thalassophobia (a fear/phobia of the ocean and/or deep bodies of water) which sounds serious, and I’d expect, since he and Haru walk home on the beach every day he’d be anxious then. So why didn’t they show that? Like, why did they set up Makoto’s Thalassophobia ONLY during the training camp arc? Wouldn’t there be instances during swim practice, that he felt anxious? I don’t expect he’d be very anxious during high school, but when he swam in elementary, I feel like he’d be nervous to swim. Y’know since the experience is still raw at that time. 

And, (spring-boarding off of that query,) How long did it take for him to cope? Did Haru help him overcome his fear in the beginning? Or did they drift apart a little, since Makoto couldn’t swim/be comfortable in the water anymore, and Haru was fine with it? 

Then, finally, at the end of the training arc & his arc, Makoto is just... FINE. Like WHAT? Why is he just OKAY with the ocean after it all, just because “he wants to swim with his friends” and “he’s okay if his friends are with him”, like...

What I’m saying is, living with a phobia since childhood and then suddenly being fine, just because your friends swim with you (Not only in high school but also in elementary, probably, because he was swimming with his friends then, no problem) doesn’t sound realistic to me. But I get it. I can understand the counter-argument: “But Makoto is okay with swimming in the ocean with his friends because he feels protected by them/empowered when they’re with him.”

But it doesn’t sound realistic, when you consider the set up.

OR! How quickly the swim club was created. Like... REALISTICALLY it’d take a lot to create a swim club. It’d take more than finding & recruiting all the members, getting a manager, and fixing the pool. (I have no experience, but I feel like it’d take more than that.) And, the characters, despite their built physique, probably would struggle to get back into swimming/start swimming. Realistically speaking. Like, besides HARU (because I’m sure he swam whenever he could) Nagisa and Makoto probably would have struggled to get into swimming again. Because Makoto hasn’t swam in three (school) years because he and Haru quit swimming after their first year in middle school. And Nagisa hasn’t swam since elementary school. And Rei, I think should’ve struggled to learn how to swim butterfly correctly. (Not just swim butterfly, but swim butterfly correctly. Because learning to swim is one thing, but swimming correctly is another. Like, refining your stroke in consideration of drag, and endurance and all that) 

So, I say this all to say that Free! is a Sports anime and Slice of Life... that doesn’t juggle the two genres as equally as it could've... I think.

For reference, I'd recommend watching Bamboo Blade: another sports and slice of life anime.

The reason I recommend this anime as a way to see how Sports/Slice of Life anime can be effectively executed is because:

(a): It’s plot doesn’t revolve around a character arc (getting Rin to love swimming again) or nostalgia (building the swim club), but it instead is literally about a coach who gathers together a Kendo team to win in a competition to get free dinner. That’s it. And it’s a simple plot, a simple goal, because its a slice of life anime. And slice of life anime shouldn’t be held to the same emotional/deep plots as sports anime. (not to say that Free!’s plot isn’t good. it is. It just needs to pick a lane: either slice of life with little to no consequences, or sports anime with realistic consequences, struggles, and emotions.)

(FOR EXAMPLE: (sorry, I promise this one will be short,) When the boys break into a swim club, that’s the kind of behavior you’d expect from an emotionally charged sports anime. But when they get their just desserts, when the random teacher scolds them for breaking and entering, they get let off the hook without any disciplinary punishment or a call to their parents or anything. Just like slice of life. And the reason why this doesn’t work, (again, in my opinion) is because breaking and entering is a felony. So it’d hard for me to believe these characters can just be let off the hook for a crime like that. (Sorry again, this rant wasn’t short at all))

and (b): The anime (Bamboo Blade) just isn’t very serious in general. Perhaps I’m only saying this, and am more accepting to the kind of shenanigans that happen in this anime, because it’s all girls instead of all boys, and girls in slice of life anime tend to act silly and childish, which is supposed to be seen as cute. However, that doesn’t really work with boys, especially when, in Free, the plot is so emotionally charged and serious, it makes the silliness out of place?

What I’m saying is that Free should’ve been a sports anime with a serious plot and deep character growth, OR primarily a silly slice of life anime with casual sports to make the plot interesting. I think it’s main issue is that it’s trying to be both.

Yay, another #SouMako doujin. God bless you for this. <3 

Hello! This is my new Soumako doujinshi [anthology] 

If you guys interest to order pls follow this link >> Buy now

Thank you! 

What's better than one neko Makoto? Two neko Makoto and Sousuke Yamazaki. 😍

twins meowkoto

A Free! Collage I made