Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-24.23.3.218-20130811062647/@comment-24.130.193.89-20171007072415

Yikes lmao what is this thread. Opinions will always be opinions, and to all the rinharu people complaining about makoharu people "invading" the tags, grow up. You have your opinion and they have theirs, and they have every right to come in here and defend their ship and opinion, especially if this thread was tagged makoto tachibana.

Now to the op who thinks that haru values rin more than his other friends, I don't think that this opinion is necessarily implied by the plot and Haru's moments with his other friends. It's very important to realize that free's original plot is about friendship and teamwork, and rei/nagisa/makoto embody that idea. It is even more unlikely that haru places makoto'a importance below rin's, especially with how he responded (broke down and stopped functioning, nevertheless even swim) to makoto leaving him in that firework scene and in starting days. makoto represents something integral in haru that he can't bear to live without (whether that's healthy or not is up to you to decide), which is only natural considering the deep understanding they share. If you still aren't convinced, I can be petty and drop in a few facts like how Haru's greatest fear is losing makoto to the sea despite already forming a deep bond with rin (written in some novelization), and how makoto was the one that convinced haru to swim again even after he thought there was no point in swimming after losing to rin. Makoto has been present for every integral point of Haru's life and guides him through it.

However that being said, I'm not actually implying that haru treats makoto as his most precious thing in the world and would give rin up in a heartbeat. Rin and haru share an extremely strong relationship, and rin brings things out in haru that makoto could not, but it is also true vice versa. The op may have gotten the idea that haru values rin more than anybody else from the fact that season 1 focuses mainly on rinharu dynamic, but the subtle hints in season 2, and the glaring ones in the movies and novelizations may change your mind.

- your friendly college kid