#harurinralia

[shiruba-tsuki]

Rinharu Week - Day 2: Eternal Summer (Red)

Haru. I bought us some drinks. Something wrong? Don't just run off like that. Sorry. Sorry for what I said at the tournament, too. I ignored how you felt and just forced my own feelings you. I'm sorry. But I do want you to understand this. I've always admired you.

#free!edit #rinharuweek #free! #sharkbait #matsuoka rin #rin matsuoka #nanase haruka #haruka nanase #rinharu #harurin #free! eternal summer #dailyanime #fysportsanime #fyanimegifs #rhWeek #fr!quote #harurinralia #fr!gif #all gifs

[shameless-fujoshi]

#free! #harurinralia #rinharu #harurin #sharkbait #free! eternal summer #my post

[tomakehimfreeart]

#rinharu #my art #color #gif #2015 #cuddles #harurinralia #that australia episode actually killed me physical #I’m a ghost

[sharkinlovewithadolphin]

#free! #harurin #rinharu #sharkbait #harurinralia #rinharuralia #free! iwatobi swim club #free! eternal summer #shark's vine collection #vines #vine #vine compilation #vine compilations #anime #anime vines #vine edits #anime edits

[thenightpool]

rinharu wrapped 2023

We almost can't believe it's already time to bring out the kadomatsu again! 2023 just raced by, didn't it…?! Let's take a moment to look back on everything Rin & Haru (and their fans!) have achieved this year.

🌸 Archive of Our Own

The Matsuoka Rin/Nanase Haruka tag on AO3 now holds 3,674 works!

That means 173 new fics were posted this year. (There might've been more than that, but it's hard to keep track of creators privatising their older fics!)

And the Night Pool's AO3 collection is up to 90 works!

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🌸 The Night Pool

Here at TNP, we revived @sakurathon, a cherry blossom-centric event! This year, the event received 40 works by 19 lovely participants.

Since it was such a big success, we're bringing the event back on April 27th & 28th 2024.

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We also held the aquatic-themed Unleashed Blue, during which 20 participants created 51 (!!) otherworldly works for us.

With permission of the creators, we lovingly collected them in a 400+ page commemorative zine. You can download it on linktree

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Writers filled an impressive 35 prompts during our prompt meme Make a Splash! that we held in honor of Haru's birthday.

Read the fills on AO3

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Rin & Haru's Big Warm-Up, our monthly prompt event, received 16 new works on AO3 across the year & more on socials.

Check out our collection on AO3

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We also kicked off rinharu fandom's very first bang: MEDLEY!, a mini + reverse hybrid bang that will start posting in March!

(Psst. Sign ups are still open for a few roles!)

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We held 3 training camps – super fun writing retreat weekends – over on our Discord. We have 4 more retreats planned for 2024!

If you'd like to join us for the next one(s), here's the info

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We posted 33 new fanart translations!

Here's the link to our masterlist

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And finally, The Night Pool beat out Harurinralia to win our Ultimate Rinharu Moments Tournament that we held back in April on both Twitter and Tumblr!

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🌸 Other Fandom Events

It's been a busy year!

In July, @starstarfairy hosted Wave Of Memory (@rinharumemories) to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Free! The event ran in two wave on tumblr and Twitter and combined polls, fan memories, and all types of fanworks.

@sweetheavenfics helped us run the RH-friendly @soumako-week in September!

@ryu-outsider hosted the month-long daily prompt event Free!cember here on Tumblr. It welcomed the entire fandom. The event was promoted by eleanorenchanted and run via hashtag.

And @rinharuweek ran for a full 10 days this year in celebration of the show's anniversary! They are just wrapping up.

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🌸 Official News

Free! turned 10 in 2023. Omedetou gozaimasu!

Free! The Final Stroke Part 2 broke all of the series' previous records in the box office, bringing in over 1 billion yen

It also finally made it to Crunchyroll.com for the US & select others

Miyano Mamoru & Shimazaki Nobunaga fed us (+ fanartists' inspiration) well by shouting "HARU!!" and "RIIIN!!" at each other before hugging passionately during the 10th anniversary event at the Saitama Super Arena

We got tons of amazing new art; including a cover illustration for Free! The Band Live's Ever Blue performance in Yokohama, Animedia's July W-cover, Sweets Paradise's promotional art, and Kyoani's 10th anniversary event's illustration

Rin's ripped jeans (+ THE ANKLETS) in the Matsukiyo & Cocokara's Top Of Summer collaboration launched a thousand fanworks

Matsuoka-senshu, Nanase-senshu, Kirishima-senshu & Yamazaki-senshu represented Mizuno at the World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka

Spoon2Di recently restocked volume 78 & 85 on their webshop, and Akiba Pass Shop opened pre-orders for some gorgeous tapestries featuring said art

Karatz, Bikkuriman Choco, Iwami & DECOL all bumped Rin up to 2nd place in character listings (where he belongs!!)

Last but not least, KyoaniShop bankrupted us all by releasing amazing new merchandise (and also did not try to hide that Rin is the Free! series' 2nd protagonist, either…)

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Thank you so much for being here with us in 2023. We hope it has been a wonderful & creative year for you. Here's wishing you an even more rinharu-filled 2024!

#MOD MUSE IS SO SORRY #SHE ACCIDENTALLY NUKED THE OG POST #she made up for it with new formatting and emojis and the event graphics #she apologizes for the deja vu #rinharu #harurin #rinharu wrapped 2023

[museaway]

2 and 17?

tysm for the asks!

a headcanon you weren’t sure about at first but have come to like!

you would think, since I made up the list of questions, that I would have an answer for this. honestly, when I encounter a headcanon I don't vibe with, I usually just sit with it for a bit and try to see the perspective.

oh, perhaps the headcanon is Rin's mom being a member of the Yakuza. I didn't dislike it or anything, just kind of went "huh!" when I encountered it. and now I am borrowing it for a Free!/DMMd crossover.

the thing in canon that everyone loves and that you also love

harurinralia. Rin literally shows up at Haru's house like "Get in, loser. We're going on vacation." And then whisks him away to Australia where they visit a park and sit by the fountain, sit on the beach together for a while, go meet Rin's host family (who tell Haru just how much Rin talked about him the entire time he lived with them and even know Haru's fish of preference), and sleep in the same bed for a couple nights while Rin gushes about admiring Haru as they lie side-by-side—all so Rin can help Haru to find his Dream~

very very typical thing to do for your childhood rival

(who paid for Haru's ticket? Rin, I have questions)

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{ love your fandom ask game }

#lyf ask game #replies #rinharu #f: free x dmmd

[dragon-of-timeless-blue]

When you get this, please respond with five things that make you happy! then, send to your last ten people in your notifs (anonymously). you never know who might benefit from spreading positivity <3

Not doing this anonymously cuz i dont want to

Hi Lev!! ⊂⁠(⁠･⁠ω⁠･⁠*⁠⊂⁠)

Lets see...

Rewatch episode 12 of Free! S1, the Harurinralia episode and "Eternal Blue of Setting Off!" (the last chao of the TYM movie ;) ) They give me so much serotonin, it makes me laugh and makes my heart beat with such a nice warmth o⁠(⁠(⁠*⁠^⁠▽⁠^⁠*⁠)⁠)⁠o

Dance!! Like, simply put headphones on and start moving with some sweet tunes (extra points if includes acting dramatic songs from musicals)

Sleep on a sunny day, the sub makes me happy and i always wake up with peace in my soul

work on my scrapbook

Go swimming (i only do it like twice a year but it just makes me so so happy)

[redxblueihateloveyou]

Hello there! I was rewatching Harurinralia (right after watching Free! FS movie <333) and I couldn’t help but notice this one specific detail. idk if this has been addressed before or if somebody has already pointed this out but this seems a bit hard to go unnoticed.

As you can see, during the hotel scene, the receptionist had claimed that they no longer had any other rooms available but… look at the row of keys behind her. THEY HAD PLENTY OF ROOMS!!!

I haven’t been able to follow this series for a while and I’m curious if there’s some sort of explanation to this. This is just so funny to me, I had a good laugh for a solid five minutes, I’m not even kidding. LOL. The animators either probably overlooked this one particular detail or basically just implied that the harurin bed scene agenda must be pushed through NO MATTER WHAT. LMAO.

Just wanna drop this here cuz this has been bugging me for quite a while now. Hope you’re having a nice day! 🤓

About that haha I think it just could be that those all are in fact just keys for single rooms. But its her clear annoyance with Rin for no reason always makes me question things xD Like her face just shows how done she's with him and that makes me laugh all the time. I remember there were lots of fan theories about this and I don't remember all the details the original real life story, but she looks at him like he's some idiot and I'm not quite sure why lol

There were jokes about Rin doing that on purpose, but obv like its a joke, to me its more likely that she either thinks they had a fight or she most likely just doesn't get the problem of what's wrong with sharing a double bed with your bro and thinks Rin's some sort of macho man and hence the face lol

I think she's either done with ppl in general like me or thought he was being extra or smth cause they were literally here for one night. Rin was just a bit agressive about it too and I don't think she could've guessed the real reason of his panic lmaaao

But her face is really the mood haha

P.S. I'd be also scared of waking up with a hard-on, hugging my crush, cause I can't control myself during sleep :D

#answered #zoevihan-deactivated20220417 #rinharu #harurin #free! #free! eternal summer #I really tho do not get what's the big problem its like one night and a huge bed #normally for anyone it wont be any problem #but since all the feelings its ofc is haha

[siinlight]

Harurinralia was a real thing I still can't believe it ...

#then they really had the only ine bed in the hotel trope aughhhmmm

[piss-pool-nerds]

HIIIII hiii does anyone know if this coffee shop actually exists in Australia? UGH I HAVE TO GOOO it looks so cute!!!!

#rinharu #harurin #sharkbait #rin matsuoka #rh #free! #haruka nanase #free eternal summer #free iwatobi swim club #free the final stroke #makoto tachibana #nagisa hazuki #australia #harurinralia #rei ryugazaki #tagging for exposure

[shiruba-tsuki]

Rinharu Week - Day 5: Strength (Heart)

From the moment we met, my world has kept expanding. This great big world that goes on forever... If you just look up, I know you'll see it too, Haru.

#rinharuweek #free!edit #free! #rinharu #harurin #matsuoka rin #nanase haruka #sharkbait #free! eternal summer #dailyanime #fyanimegifs #harurinralia #rhWeek #fr!gif #all gifs #dailyfree

[fencer-x]

So I went to see “Free! The Final Stroke” part 1, and now you all have to hear me scream about it

I was scared to see this movie. I didn’t enjoy Season 3, the High Speed! movie was a monumental disappointment, and I hadn’t been active in the fandom for a long while. Maybe I was over it. Maybe there was no getting back that heart-pounding excitement and adrenaline rush of watching these episodes week after week with a server full of equally excited friends.

But I knew I wouldn’t forgive myself if I didn’t see this. If I didn’t at least close this chapter of my life. I needed to see how they wrapped everything up. Even though I knew it was going to be a train wreck, it was a train wreck I needed to see.

So I bought my ticket, double-masked, and waited for the lights to go down.

When they came back up, after it was said and done....I wanted to cry. I wanted to cry real big fat tears of happiness because this was what i had been waiting for and missing. This. THIS WAS SO GOOD. This was SO FULFILLING. And even though it ends on a spectacular emotionally gut-wrenching cliffhanger, I WAS GLAD FOR IT.

Wanna know what’s in store for you when this finally comes to your neighborhood? Want to know if it’s something you can allow yourself to get excited for now, instead of worrying it won’t live up to your expectations? Then get behind this cut and see!

I assume if you’ve made it this far, you want to be spoiled.

Good. You’re gonna get spoiled. Know that I love you all enough that I’m not making you parse my chickenscratch notes I took in the dark without looking at the paper and will instead attempt to decipher them myself.

What this is not: A 100% detailed and faithful retelling of what went on in the movie. I was too busy watching and enjoying to get more than the broad strokes, and while I’m quite confident in my Japanese, it’s difficult to catch everything AND write it down AND allow myself time to enjoy it all at once.

What this is: My screaming about the best parts and trying to give a broad overview of what happens in this movie. There will be copious highlighting of shippy moments, and me being me, they’re 97% gonna be focusing on Haru and Rin, so strap in.

But before I get into all that, let’s get to what you really want to know: WHICH SHIPPERS ARE EATING WELL WITH THIS MOVIE?

First, it goes without saying, given my excitement, but: HARU AND RIN WIN THE MOVIE. They just do. This movie is 90% focused on Haru, Rin, and Ikuya, as they’re the characters whose futures are the focus of this entire movie. The movie is about them, and everyone else is set dressing (important set dressing in the case of Makoto and less so Sousuke, but 100% secondary characters at the end of the day). 

That being said, there is something for everyone here, really. Any of the main ships? They’re snacking decently. You like SouHaru? You eat. You like MakoRin? Pull up a chair! You like HiyoIku? Dig in!

But the big winners after HaruRin in this movie are: MakoHaru (obviously! It’s not Free! without quiet close conversations between them lol except god y’all get gutpunched in a very important scene when instead of finishing giving advice to Haru, Makoto remembers he promised to play video games with the twins and leaves RIP), NatsuNao and SouMako (these get a joint highlight because Makoto and Nao are taking more formal places as Natsuya’s and Sousuke’s official-unofficial trainers--there’s a whole scene where Natsuya and Nao watch over Sousuke and Makoto and draw parallels between themselves, and Sousuke and Makoto are together as they watch Haru, Rin, and Ikuya compete together), and (a new challenger appears) IkuRin??? (was this really a thing before? idk but MAN does it get a huge boost to its credit in this movie, as they share multiple conversations together about their future and dreams, though with the caveat that those conversations are always about Haru and what he means to them really XD)

Now, with that out of the way...highlights from the movie!

The gist of the movie overall is that Haru, Rin, and Ikuya fly to Australia to compete in an international tournament. There, they face off against each other as well as Kinjou and Albert--the scenes from the tournament are largely about the 100-meter Freestyle event, with few scenes of other strokes and no mention at all of the relay.

Because of what happens at that event--who places where--decisions must be made, largely about Haru, Rin, and Ikuya’s futures (because they’re still in college; these boys aren’t professionals yet), and that causes a LOT of drama, because this is Free! XD

The movie opens very cutely with Haru’s friends recording videos about him, mostly about how they met him and what impact he’s had on their lives. Even Rin is dragged over by Iwatobi and asked to put in a few words too. Given that Makoto is still wearing his Iwatobi uniform, I’m guessing this is before they graduate.

Cut next to Haru with that old familiar mantra: “When you're ten, they call you a prodigy. When you're fifteen, they call you a genius. But once you hit twenty, you're just a normal person.”

Yup: Once you hit 20, you’re just a normal person. Nanase Haruka is on the cusp of his 20th year, and he can hear his time to reach his dream ticking down.

We get a brief flashback to baby Hiyori on the playground getting bullied by a baby Kinjou who wants to see him smile. He asks Hiyori what’s a memory that really makes him happy, and Hiyori mentions swimming. Kinjou rushes home, bright and excited, asking to go to a pool, but when he returns to the playground with swim gear in hand and a huge smile on his face, ready to invite Hiyori to go swimming, Hiyori is gone, and we learn that he moved away. Baby Kinjou is heartbroken.

In the present, Haru’s college is having a joint cultural festival with their rival school, and everyone’s come to help and/or check out the booths. Rin and Sousuke make their rounds, eventually coming upon Ikuya reluctantly selling sweets. They tease him about it and give him shit, and Ikuya whips out his phone that has a picture of Maid!Rin and says, "WELL MY BROTHER TOLD ME YOU DID THIS WHEN YOU WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL SO YOU HAVE ZERO LEGS TO STAND ON MISTER," and after Rin recovers from his minor heart attack, he whips out his own phone with a picture of Ikuya on it, though we can't see it (it’s cut off), and uses it to embarrass Ikuya saying, "YEAH WELL I KNOW YOUR BROTHER MADE YOU WEAR THIS SO STUFF IT." I have to assume it's an embarrassing crossdressing episode of his own.

Kinjou drops by the festival too and crosses paths with Haru. Words are traded, and the gist is: they’re going to settle who’s better in Sydney, where Haru, Rin, and Ikuya are heading to compete in their next international tournament.

Yup, it’s that time again ladies and gents: HARURINRALIA 2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO (THIS TIME WITH 100% MORE IKUYA). There’s very cute callbacks to S2′s Harurinralia episode, but the highlight is their arriving at the pool the boys visited in S2 and Ikuya seeing the pool himself for the first time. Haru comments that, “This is where I found my dream,” and Ikuya agrees he can understand why it’s important to him, then.

Back in Tokyo, Sousuke is in the midst of rehabilitation, with Makoto helping him train. Natsuya is training as well, and in a conversation with Nao, he remarks on how far Sousuke has come. Nao notes that it’s thanks to Makoto’s help, and that Nao and Makoto are both dedicated to helping Natsuya and Sousuke, respectively, get stronger. MAD DOUBLE-DATE VIBES HERE.

The day of the preliminaries in Sydney arrives, and Haru’s in the first heat. Ikuya and Rin watch from the sidelines and talk about Haru’s influence on the both of them, what his presence their means to them, and where they plan to go in the future.

Haru wins his heat handily, swimming one of his best times, but Rin and Ikuya both choke in their races and only come in 5th, not moving on to semi-finals. Haru is horrified watching Rin swim the way he does, and after Rin leaves the pool, he races off to find him but is unsuccessful.

Albert and Kinjou make it through their heats as well, and in the 100-meter Free semifinals, it’s Haru vs. Albert vs. Kinjou (and some randos). Haru trails the two at first, but he eventually finds his stride and manages to take (IIRC) second to Albert. He’s absolutely exhausted from the effort, though, shaken both physically and emotionally, and nearly falls down a flight of stairs before being caught by Ikuya. He rushes to find his coach, and immediately asks, panicked, how he can get better, how he can win.

Something fishy is up with Albert, though, and we see that he doesn’t have any passion at all for winning, only ‘doing his job’ with a cool detachment. After seeing the way Haru nearly caught him in the semi-finals, though, something clicks for him, and he...goes home. Albert skips the finals. I’m not entirely clear on what happens in the finals itself tbh -- Kinjou is asked how he feels about getting a ‘double medal’ (as in sharing a medal with someone), but Haru laments that he didn’t get a medal while Makoto reassures him he did place and that’s what matters. I’ll have to watch again to see if I can get a better gist, but if anyone has clarity on this point, I’m curious!

Haru, Rin, and Ikuya all leave the tournament with the singular goal of getting stronger, though, and go through their individual ways of making sure that happens. Ikuya decides to go to a training camp Natsuya invites him to, Rin wants a harder training regimen from his coach, and Haru?

Haru goes to talk to his coach, who tells him there’s only one way to get stronger: he has to be prepared to give something up. Haru refuses--everything he has, his friendships and bonds, are precious to him. He’ll become the best without losing anything.

Sousuke, Makoto, and Hiyori burn off the anxiety of watching their friends struggle in Sydney by having a backstroke race, with the losers being forced to do something embarrassing. We’re later treated to SouMako kitty-ear selfies together. This is a very important scene, so I have made sure to include it in my report.

As the year is winding down, all the Tokyo friends get together for an end-of-the-year party. Natsuya and Nao are the only ones of legal drinking age, and Natsuya gets absolutely plastered. 

Rin and Haru sit together at the end of the table, and Rin begins pressing Haru about his future--what he’s decided to do after college. When Haru admits he’s still thinking over his options, Rin gets a bit irritated and leaves the party. Makoto rushes after them and they talk about Rin’s own plans; Sousuke moves over to where Rin was sitting and similarly chats up Haru, reminding Haru that he’s doing really well and should keep up the good work. We learn that RIn has made a decision--but not what that decision is yet.

Talk at the table turns to ages, and it’s remarked that they’re all going to be 20 soon. Here again, Haru hears the mantra in his head: “When you're ten, they call you a prodigy. When you're fifteen, they call you a genius. But once you hit twenty, you're just a normal person.”

He’s almost 20. Almost a normal person. 

The boys return home for New Years, and while there, Ikuya has a talk with Natsuya. He’s made a decision as well.

Haru finds his way one evening to Iwatobi Elementary School, where the sakura tree still stands, including its little brick wall with painted words. I swim. Free. For the team.

The sound of crunching gravel calls his attention over: Rin is there too. They talk about their time in Sydney, and where they’re going from here. Haru's experience in Sydney confirmed for him that he wants to keep swimming with Rin.

There’s just one problem.

Rin’s made a decision himself, and it’s this: he’s not going to swim freestyle anymore. He wants to be a professional swimmer, and he knows that to get scouted, he has to swim his best. He has to focus on Butterfly, so that’s what he’s going to do. Ikuya has made the same decision and will only be swimming Breasstroke going forward. They’re both going to go pro--what about Haru? Rin wants him there, standing on the international stage with him, so will he join him?

...Haru’s been feeling strange since he swam with Albert. A cold, dark emotion is beginning to settle in him, a ruthlessness, swimming single-mindedly and without any love for the water. It’s infected him, and it manifests here in a cold, cruel accusation: “You’re just scared of Albert. How nice for you, since he doesn’t swim Butterfly. You won’t have to face him.”

Rin is taken aback, snarling, “You think I made this decision lightly?”

Haru: “Yeah, I do. Just like you make all your decisions.”

Haru watches himself have this exchange with Rin, as if a separate person, a soul watching someone else pilot his own body and say terrible, horrible things to someone he cares about.

Haru: “You always leave. You always disappear without a word.”

Rin rushes him, grabbing Haru’s jacket and shaking him, “I thought you’d get me now! I thought you’d understand! I was so happy I got to swim the relay with you!”

But he realizes Haru is gone, that this is it--and then releases him, turns his back, and walks away. Haru watches, horrified, from somewhere outside of time, and all he can see is Rin running away from him again, like before. Rin has left him yet again.

Still, though, he can’t wrestle control of his body back, and whatever cold emotion is driving him now takes a cellphone out of his pocket. It’s a cellphone his coach gave him that connects directly to his office.

Azuma picks up, and Haru only says: “I did it. I cut him away.”

Now Rin isn’t there holding Haru back anymore, just like his coach told Haru he would need to be prepared to do if he really wanted to be the best. He flashes back to Rin himself saying, “You think you’re the best there is in the water, right?” with that characteristic leer.

End Part 1.

#free! #free! the final stroke #harurin #harurinralia #HOW ABOUT THAT ANGST FEST???? #OH GOD I ALREADY WANT TO GO BACK AND SEE IT AGAIN.

[rinmatsuokatrash]

Season 1 Rin being a total asshole.

Me: I love him. 🥰

Finding out at the end of season 1 and the other seasons that Rin is actually a softie and a total fucking cry baby.

Me: 🥰🥰🥰 I love him. even. more.

#Rin do be really hot when hes mad tho #i just really like Rin ok #hes definitely my fave #i dont understand how anyone could not like him #hes precious #rinharu #free! #free! iwatobi swim club #free! starting days #free! road to 2020 #free! eternal summer #harurin #harurinralia #rin matsuoka #haruka nanase

[tomakehimfreeart]

#rinharu #my art #color #2015 #harurinralia

[sharkinlovewithadolphin]

I finally finished it! I hope you all like it! ♥

#free! #rinharu #harurin #sharkbait #rin x haru #haru x rin #rinharuralia #harurinralia #rinharu amvs #haruka nanase #rin matsuoka #amvs #fanvids #my posts #my fanvids #lots of mistakes here and there but i will throw it into the universe anyway #pls enjoy #👉 👈 #i added subtitles!! eyyyh

[thenightpool]

TNP's Ultimate Rinharu Moments Tournament Winner: The Night Pool from Free! The Final Stroke Part 2

When we brainstormed this tournament, we didn't think anything had a chance against harurinralia, but you proved us wrong! It was a tight race, but tumblr voted the night pool scene from Final Stroke 2 the Ultimate Rinharu Moment.

#ultimate rinharu moments #rinharu #harurin #fs2 spoilers #ty to everyone for voting!! #this was really fun #all rinharu moments are good moments