S1E08 Revenge in the Medley!/Plot

The episode begins from where the previous one left off, with Rin winning the race and telling Haruka that he'll never swim with him again.

Next race starts. Goro finally finds the group watching races and apologizes for being late. Nagisa gets angry with him for showing up late, but Miho interferes thanking Goro for helping them the other day. Goro says once again that he thinks that he knows her from somewhere, but Miho denies and turns away from him. After Nagisa scolds Goro for trying to hit on Miho (which Goro immediately denies), Rei tells him that Haruka had already swam him freestyle heat. Goro feels disappointed that he didn't see the prelims, but being certain that Haruka passed them, he says that he can at least watch the final. Makoto then tells him that Haruka didn't pass to the final.

The scene switches to Haruka taking a shower and questioning himself after a long time about his desire to win. He asks himself if he was or was not supposed become free after racing Rin. The scene then switches to Rin sitting in the hallway. Aiichiro runs towards him and congradulates him for beating Haruka. Rin smiles and wishes that Aiichiro go kick some butt, too.

Back to the competition, Seijuro races in his heat and sets a new tournament record. After Goro comments that that was impressive, Nagisa realizes that 'Mikoshiba' is actually Samezuka's captain and says that he thought that Seijuro was just an enthusiastic person, and that he didn't thought that he was actually a good swimmer. Rei points out that Haruka still didn't come back and that he'll go check on him. Makoto decides to go with Rei, and Nagisa follows them.

Miho notices that Gou isn't very happy and tells her not to dwell on it, but Gou replies that that's not it and that she wanted to see her brother and Haruka swim together, not against each other. Makoto, Nagisa and Rei seem to run into Rin in the hallway. Nagisa asks him if he saw Haru anywhere, but Rin just smiles and asks them if losing to him was that big of a shock to Haruka. Rei says that it sure wasn't about winning and it must be something else. Rin snaps at him asking him what else matters in swimming other than winning, but Makoto interferes and says that there actually is something more, that at least Haruka thought so and that that was probably the reason why he wanted to race with Rin. Rin tells him that nothing else than beating Haruka matters to him and leaves. The group decides to go and prepare themselves for their own races.

Back to the competition, Makoto prepares himself for his race. Goro asks Nagisa and Rei where Haruka is, but Rei tells him that they couldn't find him. Nagisa runs away telling them that he's gonna find Haruka because he wants him to watch them swim. He finds Haruka sitting in the hallway wondering if things would be different if Rin won the race they had before he went abroad. He tells Haruka that Makoto's race is about to start and that he should go and watch him swim. Haruka then tells him that he'll pass, but Nagisa grabs his hand and runs with him to the pool. When they stop, Haruka sees Goro, Miho, Gou and Rei cheering for Makoto and Makoto swimming his last sprut. He stands there speechless as Makoto finishes the race being second. As he gets out of the water, he sees that Haruka was watching him swim and smiles warmly.