other characters’ quotes about rin&haru through !es
This is long overdue, but I just couldn’t resist because there were some really good ones this season, too :D This is the companion to my S1 list, which covered the comments Makoto, Nagisa, Rei, Gou, and Nitori made about RinHaru.
Season 1 List: Makoto’s, Nagisa’s, Gou’s, Rei’s & Nitori’s Quotes
Now Sousuke, Lori, and Russell (among others) join the ranks of the RinHaru commentators! Just like before, I will group the quotes by character and chronologically. And of course, also include screenshots; so the post is image-heavy!
As per usual — please do let me know if I missed any! :D
- SOUSUKE’S (including both quotes and knowing looks - at least those I can remember)
“From a director’s POV, it was merely supposed to be Sousuke giving his honest opinion” (x)
“Sousuke does have reason to be bitter at Haruka because Sousuke already knew he would not be able to go pro anymore, so seeing Haruka waste his potential really irked him. He was jealous of Haruka. [x]”
MAKOTO’s
So are you saying that, by the time he saw Haruka and Rin swim an amazing race that left all others in their wake, Makoto had already settled his feelings?
Yokotani: “Exactly. Makoto begins to embrace the realization that he has to give up, that there’s no place for him to fit in between Haruka and Rin.”331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZ6djYLU4K
Hatta: “But even before he raced Haruka, I think Makoto already understood that.”331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiqrnx1hHma
Yokotani: “Yep, right. So [his race with Haruka] was a race to finally make things clear.”331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5BalBdDTAC
Hatta: “Seeing Haruka and Rin’s race made him realize all over again just how different they are from him.”331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2kBEUeN7RQ
Yoktani: “And I think that must be…a very bittersweet feeling.”331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkUtDVIUexe
Hatta: “It means that he won’t be able to stand in the same arena as they will.” (X)
Rei: What could he [Rin] possibly be hoping to achieve?
“[…] And I feel he [Rin] was the only one who could do that [move his heart, awaken something within him] for Haruka; it was a very “Rin” approach to the issue.” - Utsumi [x]
GOU (+ bonus Ama-chan-sensei)
Gou IRL:
Gou in Haru’s subconsious:
Ama-sensei: Is there something different about Nanase-kun? Until just recently, things were kind of strained between all of them.
“From the scene where something inside Haruka slowly begins to awaken thanks to the words Rin speaks to Haruka’s heart in their bedroom scene (haha) to Haruka finding his dream at the international pool—that represented the core axis of Season 2. Those scenes were the most important ones for Haruka’s future […]” - Utsumi [x]
NAGISA
Rei: Do you think Haruka-senpai will come to us feeling better?
(Including this one because it shows that - just like Makoto - he had faith Rin would manage to help Haru. And it ties with Rin being “the one who’s always able to move / stir feelings in Haru’s heart”. [x])
KISUMI
LORI & RUSSELL
BONUSES:
MIKOSHIBA (extra touching because of the symbolic ‘passing on the torch’ going on in here)
THE SHOW (for the second year in a row)
Person you’re waiting on: “They’re on their way” (X)
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