Day 52: October 26
What did I read?: ใใคโในใใผใ!
How much did I read?: 3 pages
How long did it take me?: 1 hr 18 min
No, I did not forget to update the page/time count, it was actually dead same xD Weeeird.
Time to gush about Rin because I love him
I know very little about swimming technique/form but honestly, I would listen to Rin talk/think about it forever. I love it. The dedication of this kid <3 The way his thought process is written, the way he tries to analyze his form and his swimming and find those possible weak points, just oozes passion and dedication to me. I can just imagine him thinking like this as he gets older too, studying up on all the swim theory books so he can perfect his swimming technique, and I just <3 Iโm living for swim nerd Rin.
Heโs alone at the pool this time, and heโs not practicing his butterfly for the relay :o No, what heโs doing is swimming freestyle and trying to beat Haruโs time from the last time they matched up at a tournament xD It bugs him so much, that he canโt seem to catch up to Haru - whenever he gets faster, Haru gets faster too. And heโs trying so hard to figure out why. And you can just see, that heโs going to practice and practice until he can finally beat Haru in the 100m free. That obsessiveness, which (sort of anime spoiler) turns a bit toxic and destructive later onโฆI feel like you can see it taking root here.
Also I stopped before getting too much into this next scene because I knew I wasnโt going to be able to finish it right at this moment but Gou is here this is not a drillllll
Gou = Rinโs little sister and she is heeeeerrrrreee, what new Matsuoka sibling moments await ahhhh
Good words
- ๅผพใ (ใฏใใ) - to flip; to snap; to flickโ (as in, the thing Rin does with his goggle strap)
- ้กใๅใใใ (ใใใใใใใ) - to be matched; to face against; to meet; to face someone
- ใฉใใใ - far from; anything but; not at all
- ็ฆ็ฅๆ (ใใใใใใใ) - irritability; feeling of impatience; sense of uneasiness
- ๆถ่ (ใใใใใ) - exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
- ใใ ใใพใ - to lurk; to hover in the backgroundโ
- ๅฟ็ฝฎใใชใ (ใใใใใใชใ) - freely; frankly; without reserve
- ็ฎๆ (ใใใ) - place; point; part; spot; area; passage; portion
- ใใชใ - bending; warping; flexibility; pliabilityโ
- ๆใซๅ ฅใใ (ใฆใซใใใ) - to obtain; to procure
- ใใฟไธใใ (ใใฟใใใ) - to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to fill oneโs heart; to overcome one