Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-122.175.142.238-20130821205009/@comment-124.170.1.34-20131025062928

I think nitori is the worst character, what is his purpose? he's so annoying always saying "matsuoka senpai". he's not essential to the plotline.

nagisa sparks the idea to start a swimclub (which is the whole point of the anime XD), makoto encourages haru to swim

haru just swims (again contributes to the whole point of the anime), rin motivates haru to swim + makes the anime interesting

rei makes the swimclub possible, by being the last member to join

ms amakata allows the swimclub to exist, gou provides the link between rin and swim club and seijuro is there for comic relief :D

i don't really think nitori is necessary, and seijuro could easily be rin's roommate :)