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what she says: I’m fine.

what she means: If Big Windup was released after Free! it would have been much more popular. The original soundtrack, animation, and originality was ahead of it’s time. Free! drew in a huge fanbase that allowed other sports anime to gain popularity and prevail in the anime industry, however; Big Windup emerged in 2009 when Fantasy & Sci-fi were dominating the entire industry. If Ookiku Furikabutte, also known as Oofuri, was released after the swimming sports anime, it would have had a much larger fanbase thus significantly increasing the likelihood of having multiple seasons. Unfortunately, the animation studio A-1 produced this refreshing slice-of-life/Shounen/Comedy too early which resulted in its downfall. Will studio A-1 ever produce the third season? Have they truly given up on animating Higuchi Asa’s artwork?