Out of all the wonderful Free! characters

Haru is my personal favorite

And I think KyoAni deeply appreciates him too, 

otherwise they wouldn’t grace us with this

or this 

or this

and certainly not this.

But besides the fanservice, Haru is also such a symbol of strength.

He has his eccentricities,

like this

and this

and this

and of course, this.

But he still stands by his desires

demands his personal space

and does whatever the fuck he wants

no matter what other people think.

But it doesn’t mean he doesn’t struggle

and suffer either.

 But people admire him anyway

for his swimming

amongst other reasons…

But maybe it’s also because

 in more ways than one

Haru is