so i missed rinharu but had no time to rewatch the franchise or final stroke movies.
luckily for my depraved ass, someone compiled all the rinharu scenes from both the final stroke movies and i watched it, only to notice so much shit that i didn't notice the first time i watched the last two movies.
so many of rin's—yes, specifically rin's—lines in the movies point at something brewing deeper than the surface.
him constantly pointing out that his relationship with haru "isn't that simple" when asked about it by ikuya or anyone else,
him fighting with azuma and azuma practically screaming in his face to get his shit together if he really cares about haru that much,
both haru and rin constantly thinking back on how they both needed each other to get to where they are,
all the scenes of rin's reflection in haru's eyes,
haru looking so depressed while sousuke is driving him around in his car (and haru's weak "i hope so" after sousuke tells him he and rin will be fine),
rin being so worried about his relationship with haru and asking asahi if haru really would ask about him if haru knew rin was hurting like this,
rin's monologue where he goes, "that's right. i'm always selfish. i pretend i don't notice how you feel. i took advantage of your strength" as he runs through the city desperately searching for haru (where there's also rinharu-centric flashbacks, in particular that scene from the special ES episode where both the samezuka and iwatobi teams are drying their clothes over a bonfire, rin is laughing and haru looks at him gently, smiling—yes, this confirms that it was rin haru had been looking at; not anyone else like people were insisting)
...and so much more.
what does all of this insinuate? you be the judge.
