Nagisa, Rei, and the rest of the Iwatobi Swim Club have come to cheer on their former teammates at the All-Japan Invitational. Makoto tells them the story of how ever since Haruka swam for the first time, he'd been swimming only freestyle. Haruka has always been one with the water...
And rather than rush to 
his best friend's side,
وعوضاً عن المسارعة للوقوف إلى جانب
أعزّ صديق له
Anstatt an die Seite
seines besten Freundes zu eilen,
Y en vez de ir con su amigo,
Y en vez de ir con su amigo,
Il a choisi de disputer sa course
E quella volta, piuttosto 
che correre a fianco dell'amico...
E em vez de correr
para o lado do amigo,
И вместо того, чтобы побыть возле него,