traumerrei:

What dream? What future? It’s you who cares about all that, I’m not you! I don’t have any of that!

Also (since I have so many thoughts on this episode) shout out to Free! for showing this kind of situation.  Sometimes, people see so much in us (Rin seeing the potential in Haru), and people want us to go so far and know we can.  However, sometimes, we’re just not ready for that, sometimes its too much to handle, and sometimes we just break.

This is probably a particularly hard blow for Rin because he’s said time and time again that Haru and the others have saved him.  Without Haru, he wouldn’t even be swimming right now.  So to see someone you’ve placed on such a high pedestal snap and say something like, “I’m not like you,” and, “What future,” and other such words is painful as hell.

But honestly, Haru is speaking the truth.  Just because everyone is ready for him to take that next step doesn’t mean that he is, and that much pressure can really, really effect you.  And let’s face it, high school is when you’re expected to know what you want to do, not just after high school, but for the rest of your life.  You’re supposed to have a plan for yourself, but that’s not the case for Haru.  Hell, that’s not the case for a lot of people.  So, you know, kudos to the show for taking the most gifted person and having him say, “I don’t have a plan, o.k.?!”