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He seemed very upset to hear that [[spoiler: Rin has been scouted by the same university.]] Maybe because he knew that because of that, he couldn't keep [[spoiler: his shoulder injury and subsequent inability to swim professionally]] from Rin much longer.

In the opening of Eternal Summer, you can see a shot of a very angry Haru slamming his fist into a locker. In the previews for episode 9, you can see Haru in the same environment as the above shot, along with someone else I'm assuming to be Makoto. In earlier episodes, Makoto has shown some frustration whenever Haru avoids talking about the future, which is significant in that Makoto has never been shown to be anything but supportive of Haru. He'll confront him again, Haru will try to avoid it as usual, and Makoto will finally call him out on it leading to the argument.

The preview of 09 shows Haru [[spoiler: running outdoors looking angry and determined and hit by car lights, and another part of the preview shows him covering his eyes, being directly hit by a strong light. WMG, and he will jump in front of a car on purpose.]]

He has more than once been shown rolling his left shoulder, or even holding it, and when shown lifting weights he is only lifting with his right arm. Further evidence includes Sousuke's not participating in the butterfly race in episode six, and then lagging in the relay in episode seven. He is also shown to be less than pleased to find out that Rin was scouted by the same university that scouted him, and why he left Tokyo so suddenly to transfer to Samazuka. Maybe this is his last chance to swim with Rin before he physically can't anymore.

It's just always used to sound really romantic and personal.

* The stinger for Episode 4 shows Nagisa playing with fire. Maybe Makoto will have to put it out?

* According to the Drama CD they have a sister in high school.

[[Manga/GekkanShoujoNozakiKun Mikoto "Mikorin" Mikoshiba]], who is the BlackSheep of the family. All of them are red-headed, {{CasanovaWannabe}}s, and {{Adorkable}} to a degree. But unlike the other two, Mikorin is terrible at sports.

She might be an aunt or cousin of some degree but the relation is not that close, so they don't know each other at all. Not to mention that the family utterly refused to talk to or about her due to her past job, so how would Makoto know about her? (I'm basing my theory on the fact that Ama-chan and kid!Makoto share the same voice actress - as do Gou and kid!Rin.)

There are some [[FreezeFrameBonus 'Blink and You'll Miss It']] shots in the new opening of [[{{Keet}} Nagisa]] sitting alone, a [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness very angry]] [[TheStoic Haruka]], Rei walking away from the main cast, what everyone's guessing to be Haruka and Makoto's hands letting go of each other, Rin crying on someone, and Haru crying as you can see someone's silhouette in his eyes. {{Foreshadowing}} at it's finest.

Nitori is secretly Easta Dave.

** It's Rei who has the near-drowning incident, but in episode 12 [[spoiler: when Rin and his friends finally reconcile, Nagisa happily calls him "Rin Rin", his nickname from the novel.

* The 'Nagisa does drugs' meme, anyone? And then there's the version of him from [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNPObKY3AIk 50% Off...]]

* As a person who has both majored in psychology and has Aspergers myself, I would say it is extremely likely that Haru as Aspergers at very least. His swimming and water obession is most likely sensory related, and he seems to take certain things one would not think much of very seriously. Then again, it all depends. I could go in depth, but I don't want to make assumptions, as some people have criteria of one condition, that could easily fill out another. Hard to tell without a real test.

* As a person who has both majored in psychology and has Aspergers myself, I would say it is extremely likely that Haru as Aspergers at very least. His swimming and water obession is most likely sensory related, and he seems to take certain things one would not think much of very seriously.

* I would hesitate to call Haruka 'shy'. He definitely is not. Haruka just seems extremely introverted, which has lead to a lack of social experience and low ability to relate to people. Letting Makoto speak for him probably hasn't helped him either.

* Perhaps one of his parents is/was a mermaid/man who are either splash-style mermaids or became human through the little mermaid method. While Haruka didn't inherit the tail, he still has the love of water.

** Also notice how his behaviour got much less erratic (stripping down and trying to swim in a fish tank f. e.) when the club actually started, he could swim in a pool (that he got more friends than just Makoto who accepted his quirks might have helped too, but again, I'm not familiar with Aspergers, so I'm just shooting in the dark here.)

* It's a popular name on their planet, evidently.

* In any case, it's likely they died in the same storm.

* In any case, it's likely they died in the same storm.

[[WMG: Haru will win against Rin [[spoiler: at the regional tournament]] ]]
Since Rin [[spoiler: decided to swim in the regional tournament at the end of episode 9,]] he and Haru are pretty much bound to race again. Only this time, Haruka will win, otherwise Iwatobi probably won't make their goal to reach nationals.