S1E11 Furious All-out!/Plot

Rei has some questions that he wants to clarify with Rin. He asks the reason for Rin’s participation in the relay. Rin simply replies that he changed his mind, but Rei is not convinced. Rei continues with his second question, asking Rin his feelings towards Haruka. Rei knows that the four of them used to be close friends as it is evident in the photographs so he did not understand how things came to be this way. However, Rin gets angry and states that he did not have to explain anything to Rei. Rei says that he is a victim and that he joined the swimming club after seeing Haruka swim. Having swum the relay, Rei was really happy and it felt like they were united. However, the rest of the team keeps harping on about Rin. Grabbing him by his collar, Rei tells Rin that it is his fault that Haruka stopped swimming. However, Rin has no idea what Rei is talking about and is shocked at the revelation that Haruka felt guilty for beating him. After enduring Rei’s questions, Rin turns them back on Rei. Without hesitating, Rei replies that he wants to swim with them as a member of team.

The rest of the team visits Rei at his house since he missed practise. Rei is surprised that everyone was worried about him. After observing him, Haruka asks Rei if he went to find Rin. Rei confirms it and says that he has his own reasons for wanting to meet Rin. The team then reassures that Rei is part of the team, and that everyone is irreplaceable.

At night, Makoto and Haruka cannot fall asleep. Haruka tells Makoto that he appreciates him always being there for him and thanks him, before going out for a run. Makoto is shocked at first but gets really happy. In the next room, Rei finds out that Nagisa sleep talk. He notices that he has a text. While running, Haruka meets Nagisa, who tells him that he is out looking for Rei since he is not in his room. At a playground, Nagisa tells Haruka that he is nervous about tomorrow, surprising him. Nagisa explains that he is scared of screwing up tomorrow, and ruining the relay for everyone. However, Haruka tells Nagisa that it is all thanks to him that they are racing Rin tomorrow since he came up with the idea of creating a swim club. Nagisa agrees and jokingly tells Haruka that he should show more gratitude to him. When Haruka agrees and thanks him, Nagisa is taken aback before being overjoyed and jumps on him.

Elsewhere, Rei is meeting Rin. Rin wants to give his answer to Rei. He reveals that it is not Haruka’s fault that he quitted swimming. In fact, it was because when he was in Australia, he could not swim the way he wanted to and felt that the Olympics were completely out of his reach. After he returned to Japan, he did not contact the rest of the team. However, after the race with Haruka, Rin wanted to start swimming again. Watching the Iwatobi swim club at the prefectural reminded him of his relay with them. Rin then tells Rei that he is going to swim in Samezuka’s relay, wanting to show him how good he can be, and asks Rei to do his best.

When Rin returns back to his hotel, he meets up with his captain and is horrified to find out that he is being taken off the relay as he was not focusing on his own team and is preoccupied by something else.