The brilliance of everything in turn causes me to shine. The sparkling windows, the fluttering butterflies weaving their way through the school garden. All of it dazzles and makes me shining
That is where I also found my other Shining.
If one day we can fly to the ends of the earth together,
then the light that spreads infinitely will…
This is relevant again now that we know Rin made Haru promise to go pro when they were young.
Go see the world with me, Haru. Go see the world with me, Haru. Go see the world with me, Haru. Go see the world with me, Haru. Go see the world with me, Haru. Go see the world with me, Haru. Go see the world with me, Haru. Go see the world with me, Haru.
2) How did it take me six yearsto realize 02/02 is 2020 backwards ? ?? ???!??? Did they do it on purpose? They HAVE to have, right?? Tokyo wasn’t announced to be the host city for 2020 until September 2013, and Free! started airing earlier that summer (and the novel had been around before that), but IIRC the candidate cities had already been announced before that, so perhaps they were banking on it? And even if it fell through they could pretend it was an arbitrary choice for date??
Reminder that I have free PDF summaries of HS1 and HS2 (the latter of which introduces Ikuya and was the basis for the very very loose adaptation that is Starting Days), so if you’ve never read the books and wanted a quick run-down, have at!