Nanase Haruka is a sixth-grade elementary school student who loves connecting with the water and feeling the water as he swims, and he attends a local swim club together with his childhood best friend Tachibana Makoto and Hazuki Nagisa, one year younger than the both of them. Then, one winter�s day as graduation draws near, Matsuoka Rin transfers into Haruka and the others� school from another swim club. Through swimming, Haruka strengthens his bonds with Makoto and Nagisa, as well as with Rin�at which point Rin, with his passion for the medley relay, suggests they form a team together and enter a tournament. <br/> <br/>This is the novel that the anime Free! is based on in manga form at last!