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!
A two part theatrical release, Free! – The Final Stroke – has been announced today (Free!’s 8th anniversary). Part 1 will premiere on September 17, 2021, and part 2 on April 22, 2022.
It’s really going to be the last Free! thing ever. ;_; I’m crying already.
There will be two movies (or one long movie broken into two parts, depending on how you look at it). First comes out Sept. 17, 2021; second comes out April 22, 2022. If you buy advance tickets, you get a free Free! clear file.
JUST LOOK AT THE MOTHEFUCKING POWER OF MY OTP!!!! THEY GOT A WHOLE FREAKING SHOP JUST FOR THEM!!! I CRY, LOOK AT THEM!!!!
I TOLD YOU IT’S ALL ABOUT MY IDIOTS, AHHH I STILL CAN’T BELIEVE THEIR DREAM CAME TRUE, THE POWER OF LOVE! AND NOW THEY’RE OLYMPIC BOYFRIENDS, REPRESENTING JAPAN AND ADVERTISING THE OFFICIAL TOKYO OLYMPICS PARTNER’S SPORTSWEAR. LOOK AT THE SHOP TWEETS. TEARS ARE REAL.
AND IT’S JUST THEM T_T KYOANI, ILY! I… CAN’T EVEN. BYE.
P.S. Rin, we know you’re possessive and Haru’s shoulder is your free real estate since forever, but you can’t just grab someone’s tities like that in public. lmao.