S2E13 The Eternal Summer of Beginnings!

The Eternal Summer of Beginnings! (はじまりのエターナルサマー！ Hajimari no Etaanaru Samaa!) is the thirteenth and final episode of Season 2 of the Free! anime, and the twenty-fifth episode of the overall series. It aired on September 24, 2014.

Synopsis
Upon returning to Japan, Haruka Nanase and Rin Matsuoka are met by Makoto Tachibana at the airport. Haruka thanks Rin Matsuoka before rejoining his teammates, telling them that he will start focusing on his new dream, which is to swim in the wide open world. Privately, the two childhood friends make amends and Makoto reveals that he is going to a Tokyo university in order to become a swim coach. On the night before the national tournament, the group reminisces about the past two years together, with Nagisa Hazuki and Rei Ryugazaki becoming emotional, though Haruka assures them that they will always be connected. Following a memorable experience at the nationals, in which the Iwatobi High School Swim Club wins their heat and places 6th overall, it is graduation for Haruka and Makoto. Rin passes the position of captaincy of the Samezuka Swimming Club to Aiichiro Nitori before telling Sosuke Yamazaki that he'll wait for him to return to the world of swimming. Meanwhile, the team buries time capsule containing the sights they saw at the nationals, then join Rin in a petal-filled pool at Samezuka Academy.

Characters
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