Reviewing Summer 2014 : Free! Eternal Summer

I got a bit wary of a sequel for Free!. First, because I thought it may be a cash grab that will falter in quality from it predecessor. Second? Well even though I enjoyed the first season, it wasn't a remarkable series. So I was thinking, "I wonder what's in store for the boys?".

Let me start that Eternal Summer is whole lot better than Free!. Although, I still recommended watching both seasons to get the whole, awesome experience. I think it's extraordinary, what Free! became, the big hype of the sexy swimming boys PV last spring had purpose. 

The character development from the first season was a quite minimal for the Iwatobi Swim Club, it was Rin really that had a lot of progress. That's what I dug about this second season, the writer took advantage of the characters' potentials and gave them conflicts and obstacles that show their flaws and ability to cope. Free! Eternal Summer has a more realistic touch, dealing with the third-year characters' decisions after they graduate high school, and how it will affect the people around them. For one, Haruka Nanase (who I am a BIG FAN of) gets pitted so much more and finally shows his vulnerabilities.

The series had some more diversity in settings and the stunning artwork and animation boosted it's cause. Animation quality didn't get better than the first season's but that's because the animation is already excellent. Eternal Summer broadened Free!'s horizons and gave its drama more depth. All in all and back to back, the whole Free! anime series is a fantastic piece of work and it provides its target audience (that is not often catered a lot of anime options) content that is worth thinking of.

You know, though it's a little detail, I loved that they changed their swimsuit designs! Highly recommended if you want to watch a fun and vibrant anime, and if you don't mind shirtless men.