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--> "The reason we put so much into swimming is because swimming is all we've ''got''. You think that [[DysfunctionJunction most of the stuff we do]] would fly at the German Club?"

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--> "The reason we " We're all here because ''we're not welcome anywhere else.'' You think that [[DysfunctionJunction these antics]] would fly at the German Club? We put so much everything into swimming is because swimming is all we've ''got''. You think that [[DysfunctionJunction most of the stuff we do]] would fly at the German Club?"''got''."

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* HiddenDepths: As noted in IdiotHero below, Makoto is a ''lot'' more perceptive of his team's situation than he lets on.

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* HiddenDepths: As noted in IdiotHero SmarterThanYouLook below, Makoto is a ''lot'' more perceptive of his team's situation than he lets on.


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* SmarterThanYouLook: He's fully aware that the Swim Club is made up of nuts, and also fully aware that everybody has nowhere else to go if they ever decided to leave.
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* BadassBaritone: His voice is much lower than his original counterpart. But ''badass'' is debatable, considering how dorky he is.

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* BadassBaritone: His voice is much lower than his original counterpart. But ''badass'' is debatable, considering how dorky he is.



* BadassBaritone: Rin has a lower voice than his

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* BadassBaritone: Rin has a much lower voice than his canon counterpart, whether sub or dub. But ''badass'' is debatable, considering how dorky he is.
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* BadassBaritone: His voice is much lower than his original counterpart.

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* BadassBaritone: His voice is much lower than his original counterpart. But ''badass'' is debatable, considering how dorky he is.
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* CanonCharacterAllAlong: Turns out he is an actual character... Just not from Anime/{{Free}}. [[spoiler:He's [[Manga/FairyTail Makarov]] from [[TheAbridgedSeries Fairy Tail Abridged Parody.]]

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* CanonCharacterAllAlong: Turns out he is an actual character... Just not from Anime/{{Free}}. [[spoiler:He's [[Manga/FairyTail Makarov]] from [[TheAbridgedSeries Fairy Tail Abridged Parody.]]]]]]
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* CanonCharacterAllAlong: Turns out he is an actual character... Just not from Anime/{{Free}}. [[spoiler:He's [[Manga/FairyTail Makarov]] from [[TheAbridgedSeries Fairy Tail Abridged Parody.]]
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* UnsoundEffect: A creepy sound effect starts right whenever he says anything with a serial killer vibe to it.

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* UnsoundEffect: A creepy sound effect starts right whenever he says anything with a serial killer vibe to it.
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* ScaryBlackMan: He has the personality and speech patterns of one.

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* ScaryBlackMan: He Obviously he isn't black, but he still has the personality and speech patterns typical of one.this trope.
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* DepravedHomosexual/ DepravedBisexual: Nagisa's flirting with Rei strongly comes off as this.

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* DepravedHomosexual/ DepravedBisexual: DepravedHomosexual[=/=]DepravedBisexual: Nagisa's flirting with Rei strongly comes off as this.



* VocalDissonance: Most folks really wouldn't expect the voice of a ScaryBlackMan to come out of a small blonde teenager.

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* VocalDissonance: Most folks really wouldn't expect the voice of a ScaryBlackMan to come out of a small blonde blond teenager.
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* LovableSexManiac: Gou is still a likable character, but her love for muscles is [[{{Flanderization}} exaggerated]] [[PLayedForLaughs for comedic effect.]]

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* LovableSexManiac: Gou is still a likable character, but her love for muscles is [[{{Flanderization}} exaggerated]] [[PLayedForLaughs [[PlayedForLaughs for comedic effect.]]
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* LovableSexManiac: Gou is still a likable character, but her love for muscles is {{Flanderization exaggerated}} [[PLayedForLaughs for comedic effect.]]

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* LovableSexManiac: Gou is still a likable character, but her love for muscles is {{Flanderization exaggerated}} [[{{Flanderization}} exaggerated]] [[PLayedForLaughs for comedic effect.]]

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* IdiotHero

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* IdiotHeroIdiotHero:



* BadassBaritone

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* BadassBaritoneBadassBaritone: His voice is much lower than his original counterpart.



* DepravedHomosexual/ DepravedBisexual
* {{Gayngster}}

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* DepravedHomosexual/ DepravedBisexual
DepravedBisexual: Nagisa's flirting with Rei strongly comes off as this.
* {{Gayngster}}{{Gayngster}}: He speaks and acts like a gangster and is head-over-heels for Rei.



* AxCrazy: Heavily downplayed in comparison to most examples. However, he seems almost ''obsessed'' with the idea of taking a life.



* TheStoic

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* TheStoicTheStoic: Most of the time he's this.



* DeadpanSnarker

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* DeadpanSnarkerDeadpanSnarker: More so than in the original show.



* LovableSexManiac

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* LovableSexManiacLovableSexManiac: Gou is still a likable character, but her love for muscles is {{Flanderization exaggerated}} [[PLayedForLaughs for comedic effect.]]



* BadassBaritone

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* BadassBaritoneBadassBaritone: Rin has a lower voice than his



* {{Jerkass}}

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* {{Jerkass}}{{Jerkass}}: Just like his counterpart, he's dismissive and rude towards his former friends.



* {{Fratbro}}

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* {{Fratbro}}
{{Fratbro}}: He talks like this.



* FauxAffablyEvil

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* FauxAffablyEvilFauxAffablyEvil: She tends to threaten the swim team in a polite tone.
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* PsychicPowers: Not Haru himself, but his [[SplitPersonality Personalities]] are capable of leaving his mind and entering other peoples', like the one that ended up in Rin's dream. [[spoiler: This also seemingly creates some kind of psychic link that Haru-That-Can-Read/Supreme-Overlord-Haru later uses to taunt Rei.]]

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* PsychicPowers: Not Haru himself, but his [[SplitPersonality Personalities]] are capable of leaving his mind and entering other peoples', like the one that ended up in Rin's dream. [[spoiler: This also seemingly creates some kind of psychic link that Haru-That-Can-Read/Supreme-Overlord-Haru later uses to taunt Rei.Rin.]]
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* PsychicPowers: Not Haru himself, but his [[SplitPersonality Personalities]] are capable of leaving his mind and entering other peoples', like the one that ended up in Rei's dream. [[spoiler: This also seemingly creates some kind of psychic link that Haru-That-Can-Read/Supreme-Overlord-Haru later uses to taunt Rei.]]

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* PsychicPowers: Not Haru himself, but his [[SplitPersonality Personalities]] are capable of leaving his mind and entering other peoples', like the one that ended up in Rei's Rin's dream. [[spoiler: This also seemingly creates some kind of psychic link that Haru-That-Can-Read/Supreme-Overlord-Haru later uses to taunt Rei.]]
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* CrazyCatLady: Implied in episode 19.

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* CrazyCatLady: Implied in episode 19.19, when she says she only goes to swim meets to get away from her cats.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: Although he usually shows attraction towards males while on-screen, his sexuality is described as "a shrug with a wiggly hand motion". Can possibly mean he is pansexual as well.

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* AmbiguouslyBi: Although he usually shows attraction towards males while on-screen, his sexuality is described as "a shrug with a wiggly hand motion".motion" and he says that he "doesn't even consider himself a gay person" even though he's dating Rei. Can possibly mean he is pansexual as well.

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* ConspiracyTheorist: PlayedForLaughs.
-->'''Coach Sasabe''': [''through a megaphone''] The hole in the ozone layer was caused by the magic bullet that killed JFK!
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* CusterBleepBomb: Has one when he wakes up from nearly drowning in episode 14

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* CusterBleepBomb: ClusterBleepBomb: Has one when he wakes up from nearly drowning in episode 14
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* CusterBleepBomb: Has one when he wakes up from nearly drowning in episode 14
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* FauxlosophicNarration: What most of his [[InnerMonologue thoughts]] are.


* GenreSavvy: He has enough clear conscience to know where any of his [[BelligerentSexualTension conversations]] with Rin will end up, at the very least.
--> "And then you get mad, and then [[INeedToGoIronMyDog some stuff happens]], and then you have to go."
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* BookDumb: Surprisingly averted. Judging by his knowledge of modern artists, and his meta-discussion about similes and metaphors in Bonus 14, he's just as book smart as he is street smart

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* BookDumb: Surprisingly averted. Judging by his knowledge of modern artists, and his meta-discussion about similes and metaphors in Bonus 14, he's just as book smart as he is street smartsmart.
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* TheManBehindTheMan: Apparently the Council of Nine Harus are the ones in control of Haru [[spoiler: at least until they're all killed off by Haru-That-Can-Read who takes control for himself.]]


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* PsychicPowers: Not Haru himself, but his [[SplitPersonality Personalities]] are capable of leaving his mind and entering other peoples', like the one that ended up in Rei's dream. [[spoiler: This also seemingly creates some kind of psychic link that Haru-That-Can-Read/Supreme-Overlord-Haru later uses to taunt Rei.]]
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* BiggerOnTheInside: There is an entire world in his head full of multiple Harus that can take control of him.


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* NeverLearnedToRead: Only one Haru ever bothered to. Then he gets shot and all the other Harus have to improvise.


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* NotQuiteDead: The Haru that can read gets shot and left in a dumpster by Impulsive Haru. He manages to survive, avenge himself, and regain the competence that Haru had been slipping from.
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* AndThenWhat: Has this moment after finally beating Haru in a race, and is unable to figure out what he could aspire to aferward, even with Nitori reminding him hat he didn't accomplish much.

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* AndThenWhat: Has this moment after finally beating Haru in a race, and is unable to figure out what he could aspire to aferward, afterward, even with Nitori reminding him hat he didn't accomplish much.
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* GuyOnGuyIsHot: Her love of slash basically seems to stem from this trope. She goes beyond shipping fiction and decides to take random handsome men she sees and pair them up together, enough to have a whole ''binder'' of shipping material even. She even anticipates all of the confrontations Rin and Haru have together because she finds it attractive. Nagisa discusses it in Episode 19 and gives her a long speech about why her attitude's creepy.
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* TheCynic: She has absolutely no faith in the team he's supervizing. She only comes to the meets because she needs some alone time from her cats.

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* TheCynic: She has absolutely no faith in the team he's supervizing.she's supervising. She only comes to the meets because she needs some alone time from her cats.
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* ThwCynic: She has absolutely no faith in the team he's supervizing. She only comes to the meets because she needs some alone time from her cats.

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* ThwCynic: TheCynic: She has absolutely no faith in the team he's supervizing. She only comes to the meets because she needs some alone time from her cats.
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* ThwCynic: She has absolutely no faith in the team he's supervizing. She only comes to the meets because she needs some alone time from her cats.

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* AndThenWhat: Has this moment after finally beating Haru in a race, and is unable to figure out what he could aspire to aferward, even with Nitori reminding him hat he didn't accomplish much.



* CloudCuckoolander: He's not that different from Haru in the end, especially apparent when they start communicating telepathically.



* DoggedNiceGuy

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* DoggedNiceGuyDoggedNiceGuy: Stalker elements aside, Nitori is a pretty decent person who can't get Rin to notice him.
* OnlySaneMan: When put next to Rin and all of his baggage, Nitori comes of saner than him, and exasperated by his antics.

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