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Character: Nagisa Hazuki
Series: Free! Iwatobi Swim Club
Character Age: 16

Canon: Free! is an anime about swimming, teamwork, and shirtlessness. But mostly swimming and teamwork. (But also shirtlessness.) When three former childhood relay teammates end up at the same high school, they decide to start up a new swimming club, hoping to compete against--and reconnect with--an old friend-turned-rival.

Nagisa, the resident breaststroke specialist, was the one who both came up with the idea of forming the club and the one who finally managed to rope in an unsuspecting fourth member, mostly through sheer persistence and over-enthusiasm. With his seemingly endless energy and lack of respect for personal space bubbles, Nagisa is a big personality in a small, bright, bubbly package. He's talkative, open and friendly with strangers and friends alike, and isn't afraid to speak his mind--he can be blunt and impulsive, and rarely takes no for an answer. Despite his occasional teasing, he's an earnest, sensitive person who cares deeply about his teammates, although they sometimes seem a little overwhelmed by his intensity.

Sample Entry:

Tell us about yourself in a few words.
A few words? Ehhh, I feel like a brand new transfer student! It's always hard having to make a good impression in such a short amount of time... Well, if you're curious, you can always ask more questions later! Nagisa, first year high school student, Leo, favorite food: shortcake! --How was that, was it short enough? Should I have said it faster?

Why are you joining our happy community?
Oh! I knew I forgot something! What I meant to say was, "I'm Nagisa, and I'm here to be your swimming instructor! Let's all work hard, okay?" That's much better. But now that I say it out loud, "instructor" seems so stiff and official... Let's call it tutoring! For the record, though, I meant what I said about my favorite food, so keep that in mind! You want to stay on your tutor's good side, don't you? Aha, I'm kidding, I'm kidding! Mostly.

Anyway, I thought volunteering here would be a good way to spend my break! This way I won't get out of shape, and I'll be able to help motivate a new generation of swimmers...! That's pretty romantic, don't you think? But we're going to start with the basic-of-basic-of-basics, so don't worry. I'll be gentle!

What do you expect from the campers here?
Dedication! Swimming is a whole-body, whole-mind sort of sport, so you should be ready to concentrate and start training yourself physically and mentally with everything you have! ... That's the kind of thing a coach would say, anyway, and then they'd probably go into some complicated explanation about diets, and drinking enough water, or something like that. But I don't really keep track of that kind of thing, so whatever! You can eat whatever you want! I won't tell anyone if you have ice cream for breakfast. The dedication part is important, though! It's okay to swim casually, but if you really want to be able to do laps and everything, getting into shape is hard work. Usually there's lots of jogging and weight training on top of learning all the different forms in the water... Hmm, that all sounds a little intimidating, doesn't it? That's no good, I don't want to scare anyone off. Maybe I'll leave that off the posters and just write, "Come swim with us! It's fun. ♥" The rest can be a surprise!

What do you expect from the counselors?
Support, of course! You're supposed to be role models, so don't think you can get away with just standing around supervising! You have to lead by example and take a hands-on approach, or else the campers will get into all kinds of trouble and lose their motivation and start skipping their activities and we can't have that! Who knows what kind of trouble they might get into? Not that I'm speaking from experience, of course! The point of a summer camp is to do all kinds of outdoorsy adventure-y things, so it's a counselor's job to encourage that, you know? Especially since you have wifi here. That's really risky! You know how us kids are these days! You don't want the campers to think you're less interesting than the internet, do you? That would be pretty embarrassing, so make sure you try your best!

Besides that, though, I heard one of the counselors was supposed to get together some models to help grab people's attention and convince them to sign up for swimming lessons, but... Even if gorillas are the mascots here, should they really be the ones in bikinis? That's not sexy at all.

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