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Free! S1E9 — Hesitant Loosen Up

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Free!•Season 1•Episode 9

Hesitant Loosen Up

7.6/10 · 74 votesSep 5, 201324 min

Ranked #9 of 12 in Season 1•−0.1 vs season avg

Prefecturals are over and the Iwatobi Swim Club members are pleased by the progress they have made. A local summer festival gives them an opportunity to relax. When Nagisa finds out that Rin is also at the festival, he orders Rei to follow

Directed byTaichi Ogawa

Written byReiko Yoshida

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Cast10

Nobunaga Shimazaki

Nobunaga Shimazaki

Haruka Nanase (voice)

Daisuke Hirakawa

Daisuke Hirakawa

Rei Ryugazaki (voice)

Akeno Watanabe

Akeno Watanabe

Gou Matsuoka (voice)

Kenjiro Tsuda

Kenjiro Tsuda

Seijuro Mikoshiba (voice)

Mamoru Miyano

Mamoru Miyano

Rin Matsuoka (voice)

Hiroshi Yanaka

Hiroshi Yanaka

Gorou Sasabe (voice)

Tatsuhisa Suzuki

Tatsuhisa Suzuki

Makoto Tachibana (voice)

Satsuki Yukino

Satsuki Yukino

Miho Amakata (voice)

Kouki Miyata

Kouki Miyata

Aiichiro Nitori (voice)

Tsubasa Yonaga

Tsubasa Yonaga

Nagisa Hazuki (voice)

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Tadashi Kashiwagi

Key Animation

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Mutsuo Shinohara

Background Designer

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Ikuko Tamine

Background Designer

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Nami Iwasaki

Key Animation

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Hana Hosoda

Key Animation

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Yuko Myouken

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Takuya Yamamura

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Shingo Kasai

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Aki Yamatogi

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Haruka Sagawa

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Mariko Takahashi

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Naoki Hosokawa

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Episode Summary

"Hesitant Loosen Up" is episode 9 of Free! season 1. It scored 7.6/10 from 74 votes, ranking #9 of 12 episodes this season (season average 7.7). Directed by Taichi Ogawa and written by Reiko Yoshida, it aired on September 5, 2013.

Next: E10 · Irritated Heart Rate Best of Season 1