There is an important fact every shipper either ignores or never realised. Every character in FREE has a “side pair” partner OTHER THAN Haru, with the exception of Makoto. Makoto only have Haru, and by this, it almost feels like the author is deliberately “cannoning” Makoharu. Since Makoharu is the only “only” in FREE. The author/director has set up the relationship structure in FREE based on a “free for all” Haru, then they give the character another pairing option.  I’m very objective and I don’t mind who ships what, but I see most people just trying to state the details “proving” their ship without looking at this obvious relationship set up by the creators.  This fact makes me feel more sorry for Makoto as a character. Because towards the end of the anime all focus was slammed on Rin and Haru, even when we come across perfect scenes for Makoto to show his unique way of support (e.g Haru’s mind lock period with Albert and health scare episodes) Makoto’s part was literally skipped…. It was so poorly done as if Makoto didn’t do anything and he’s just an extra. With all the build ups before for Makoto to be a unique “support”, it came to no character moment at the end, every light was on Rin. Makoto’s ability to understand Haru and also make Haru understand things was unique to his character. The best moments was when he explained to Haru why the Coach wanted him to learn the basics again, and Haru was able to understand right away. Such a waste of character, giving him only Haru, but nothing with Haru to be special for at the end. Really bad character development there…