Youth is Like Fireworks (青春は花火のように Seishun wa Hanabi no you ni?) is the opening of the Attack on Titan: Junior High anime, and is sung by singer-songwriter Revo of Linked Horizon.
A full version of this song was included on the limited edition of Linked Horizon's Shingeki no Kiseki album, which was released on May 17, 2017.
Lyrics
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空を征く鳥よ 戦場に散った
其の花弁わ何色なのか？
他愛もなに （ラブもあれば）
大切な物もの (コメもある）
取り戻したいと 君は願った
Spin-off! Spin-off! Spin-off! School life!
不条理な校則 無理な拘束
教室の扉蹴り破って
飛び出す青春 永遠の一瞬を
ばか騒ぎ祭典 奇跡は咲いて
夜空を舞う花火のように
鮮やかな
奇跡を描く
嗚呼 進撃！
進撃！中学校！
Bravo!
Sora o yuku tori yo Senjō ni chita?
Sono hanabira wa nani iro nano ka?
Taai mo nai (rabu mo areba)
Taisetsu na mono (kome mo aru)
Torimodoshi tai to Kimi wa negatta
Spin-off! Spin-off! Spin-off! School life!
Fujōri na kōsoku Murina kōsoku
Torikago no doa keri yabutte
Tobidasu seishun Tora no isshun o
Baka sawagi saiten Kiseki wa saite
Yosora o mau hanabi no you ni
Asayaka na
Kiseki o egaku
Aa shingeki!
Shingeki! Chugakkou!
Bravo!
War against drowsiness, junior high classes!
O bird, ruling the skies
What was the color of those flower petals
Which scattered across the battle field?
It's something silly (If there's love)
But is just as important (There'll be comedy)
Something you had wished to regain
Spin-off! Spin-off! Spin-off! School life!
Kick apart the door of the cage-like classroom
Of absurd school rules and unreasonable restrictions
The sudden youth lasts for an eternal moment
A festival of fooling around, with miracles blooming
Like the fireworks dancing in the night sky
We will paint down
Our vivid footprints
Ah, advance!
Attack! Junior High School!
Bravo!
Complete version
スイマセン ソノ チーハン クイテーガー
Die Jugend ist ein Feuerwerk
空を征く《鳥》よ
戦場に散った その花弁は何色だった？
他愛も無い → 《愛》（ラブ）もあれば？
大切なモノ → 《米？喜劇？》（コメ）もある？
取り戻したいとキミは願った？
Spinning, spinning, spin-off, school-life
不条理な校則 無為な拘束
鳥籠の 《扉》（ドア） 蹴り破って
飛び出す青春 《永遠》（とわ）の一瞬を
馬鹿騒げ祭典 奇跡の再転
夜空を舞う 花火のように 鮮やかな《軌跡》を描き
風渡る空を
誰かが見上げた 星を探して《よだか》は燃えた？
自由の無い → 《校門》（かべ）の中で？
無慈悲なセカイ → 終わらせる？
打ち壊したいとキミは願った？
Spinning, spinning, spin-out, school-days
随順な態勢 強いる体制
紅蓮の火種 蒔き散らして
終わらぬ戦闘 何時も先頭で
駆け抜ける喧噪 まるで幻想
夜空を縫う 花火のように 想い出を 季節に刻み
この傷口は痛々しいか？ 誰が中二だって？
身の程なんて 大人のように 弁えてなんか やらないぜ
俺達は中一だ！
夢見た光景 熱い憧憬
弱気な心 振り払って
前のめり前進 絶えず漸進を
泥塗れ《回転》（ローリン） 開け大輪
夜空を恋う 花火のように 燃え上がる 希望を歌う
嗚呼… 進撃 → 進撃 → 中学校！！！
ブラボー！！
Suimasen Sono chiihan kuiteegaa
Die Jugend ist ein Feuerwerk
Sora wo yuku <tori> yo
Senjou ni chitta sono hanabira wa nani iro datta?
Taai mo nai → <Ai>[RABU] mo areba?
Taisetsuna mono → <Kome? Kigeki?>[KOME] mo aru?
Torimodoshitai to kimi wa negatta?
Spinning, spinning, spin-off, school life
Fujourina kousoku muina kousoku
Torikago no <tobira>[DOA] keriyabutte
Tobidasu seishun <eien>[towa] no isshun wo
Baka sawage saiten kiseki no saiten
Yozora wo mau hanabi no you ni azayakana <kiseki> wo egaki
Kazewataru sora wo
Dareka ga miageta hoshi wo sagashite <yodaka> wa moeta?
Jiyuu no nai → <koumon>[kabe] no naka de?
Mujihina sekai → owaraseru?
Uchikowashitai to kimi wa negatta?
Spinning, spinning, spin-out, school days
Zuijun'na taisei shiiru taisei
Guren no hidane maki chirashite
Owaranu sentou itsumo sentou de
Kakenukeru kensou marude gensou
Yozora wo nuu hanabi no you ni omoide wo kisetsu ni kizami
Kono kizuguchi wa itaitashii ka? Dare ga chuuni datte?
Mi no hodo nante otona no you ni wakimaete nanka yaranai ze
Oretachi wa chuuichi da!
Yumemita koukei atsui doukei
Yowakina kokoro furiharatte
Mae no meri zenshin taezu zenshin wo
Doromamire <kaiten>[Rolling] hiake dairin
Yozora wo kou hanabi no you ni moeagaru kibou wo utau
Aa… shingeki → shingeki → chuugakkou! ! !
BRAVO!!
Excuse me, but I’d like to eat that cheese burger!
Youth is like Fireworks
O, bird that soars across the skies
What color did the flower petals have when they scattered on the battlefield?
(If you have <love>?)
These are precious things
(Will you also have <rice? Comedy?>)*
As childish as they may be
Did you wish to regain them?
Spinning, spinning, spin-off, school life
Absurd school rules, senseless restraints
Kick down those <doors> to your bird cage
Youth leaps out in one moment of <eternity>
A silly and boisterous festival, a miraculous turn of events
Like the fireworks that adorn the nightsky, it leaves behind brilliant trails
Who was it that looked upon the windy skies?
Did the nighthawk burn brightly in its search for a star?
(Within the school gates[walls]?)
There is no freedom to speak of
(Will you bring an end to it?)
In this merciless world
Did you wish to destroy such a world?
Spinning, spinning, spin-out, school days
Meek obedience, enforced by the system
Sow the seedlings of crimson fire
Always right at the head of this endless battle
All the hustle and bustle, it’s like a fantasy
Like the fireworks that paint the nightsky, it engraves these memories upon passing seasons
Can’t bear to look at these wounds? Who has 8th grade syndrome now?
I’m not gonna ‘know my place’, cuz that’s the job of adults!
We’re in 7th grade!
A scene we dreamt of, such passionate adoration
Rid yourself of your weak hearts
And move forth, steady in your advancement
Roll around in mud and open up those blossoms
Like the fireworks that are drawn to the nightsky, it sings of a flaming hope
Ah…attack…attack…on junior high!
BRAVO!![3]
Opening animation
Similar to the standard first opening, it opens with the crest and gate of the wall of Attack Junior High School until it explodes, revealing the title card bound in rushing chains.
On a dark day, the chibi versions of the 104th Cadet Corps stand amid a field of corpses and fallen blades. Eren, Armin, and Mikasa Ackermann stand with their gazes to the ground. Mikasa glances at Eren until he closes and opens his eyes and lifts his head up to inspect his blade. The blade suddenly shakes until it magically turns into a green colored pencil. It shifts to Eren waking up and finding himself near the tree outside the walls with Armin and Mikasa looking at him. Eren looks and finds out that its school and begins rushing to school with Armin and Mikasa, just as they approach a classroom with Marco, Sasha, Conny Springer and Jean waving by. They then rush by a fountain with Ymir pushing Reiner to the side of the fountain along with Bertholdt who watches while Ymir holds Christa, with Annie Leonhart watching nearby. As they continue to run, they are seen by Ian Dietrich and Rico Brzenska, which is cleaning a wall. Inside the school, Petra Rall, Gunther Schultz, Ekd Gin, and Oruo Bozad can be seen in a classroom. Oruo bites his tongue as Petra notices the trio running in the corridors behind them. The trio runs on their way upstairs, casually noticed by Levi, Miche Zacharius, and Hange Zoë, which points at them.
After they reach the roof's door, a shot of schoolbooks being thrown up in the air is briefly shown, before cutting to the students using the omni-directional mobility gear to soar through the desks of a Titans' classroom (although Armin tries to use his futon, only to be saved by Conny). Wielding cleaning tools, Eren runs along the desks before soaring upwards and prepare an attack on a Titan. A shot of Eren's class and their homeroom teacher and one of Levi forcing Eren to clean the floor are shown, before cutting to a running Eren that reaches his classmates on the top of a wall. There, they gaze upon the school complex of the Attack Junior High School. A bird flies in front of the camera, which follows it until it overlaps with the sun.
The shot cuts to a close-up of Erwin Smith, before zooming out to include Levi and Hange on the sides, while a Attack Junior High Scout Regiment wind-swept flag appears on the background. The three figures fade out and the flag remains the only thing to be seen.
Several students, wearing the omni-directional mobility gear, fly upwards as the Colossal Titan grips the wall that separates the Titans' side of the school and the humans', cracking it. Back atop the Wall, Eren charges through a cloud of smoke and jumps off the edge of the wall, cleaning tools ready to strike at the Colossal Titan below.
As the students soar into the sky by the dozens, a cheesburger falls down, only to be caught by Eren with a fork. He then ecstatically soars upwards, surrounded by his friends.
Under a bright midday sun, Eren's classmates look up to the sky in a moment of peace. Conny then squats down and looks at the camera.
Video clips
Characters in order of appearance
- Eren Jaeger
- Mikasa Ackermann
- Armin Arlelt
- Jean Kirschtein
- Conny Springer
- Sasha Braus
- Marco Bodt
- Annie Leonhart
- Christa Lenz
- Reiner Braun
- Ymir
- Bertholdt Hoover
- Rico Brzenska
- Ian Dietrich
- Gunther Schultz
- Oruo Bozad
- Petra Rall
- Eld Gin
- Hange Zoë
- Levi
- Miche Zacharius
- Thomas Wagner
- Milieus
- Samuel Linke-Jackson
- Nac Tierce
- Mina Carolina
- Keith Sadies
- Erwin Smith
Trivia
- In his first appearance in the opening animation, Gunther Schultz is reading the Attack on Titan: Junior High manga.
References
- ↑ "青春は花火のように". kyojinchu.tv. Retrieved on November 30, 2020.
- ↑ "Romaji of Seishun wa Hanabi no Youni". putrilaurant. Retrieved on April 10, 2019.
- ↑ "Translation of Seishun wa Hanabi no Youni". marchen-v-friedhof. Retrieved on April 10, 2019.