S3E01 Sprouting Dive Start!

Sprouting Dive Start! (芽吹きのダイブスタート！ Mebuki no Daibu Sutaato!) is the first episode of season three of the Free! anime and the twenty-sixth episode of the overall series. It aired on July 11, 2018.

Synopsis
Haruka Nanase and Makoto Tachibana are attending nearby universities in Tokyo and reunite with Kisumi Shigino. Haruka, now a freshman at Hidaka University, also reunites with Asahi Shiina, his former junior high school swim teammate. While competing at the Kanto Intercollegiate Newcomer Swimming Tournament, they're surprised to see Ikuya Kirishima, another junior high school comrade with whom they lost contact. Meanwhile, in Australia, Rin Matsuoka captures the attention of professional coach Mikhail Makarovich Nitori.

Characters
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