Lovers (ラヴァーズ, Ravāzu), performed by 7!! Seven Oops, was the ninth opening sequence for Naruto: Shippūden. It began in episode 206 and ended in episode 230. It was replaced by Newsong.
Lyrics
Rōmaji
Kimi wa ima namida nagashita
Nakijakuru kodomo no you ni
Tatoe asu ga mienaku natte mo mamoru yo
Natsu no sora miagete niranda
Tsuyogatte bakari de namida wa misenai
Hontou wa kowai kuseni
Taisetsu na mono wo ushinawa nu you ni
Hisshi de hashirinukete kita
Itsu datte nagai yoru wo futari de norikoeta
Kono mama issho ni iru kara
Tsuyogatte naide ii nda yo
Kimi wa ima namida nagashita
Nakijakuru kodomo no you ni
Tatoe asu ga mienaku natte mo susumu yo
Natsu no sora miagete sakenda
Natsu no sora miagete niranda
Kanji
君はいま涙流した
泣きじゃくる子供のように
たとえ明日が見えなくなっても守るよ
夏の空見上げてニラんだ
強がってばかりで 涙は見せない
本当は怖いこせに
大切なものを失わぬように
必死ではしりぬけてきた
いつだって長い夜をふたりで乗り超えた
このまま一緒にいるから 強がってないいんだよ
君はいま涙流した 泣きじゃくる子供のように
たとえあすがみえなくなってもすすむよ
たとえ未来が見えなくなっても進むよ
夏の空見上げてサケんだ
夏の空見上げてニラんだ
English
Now that you have shed your tears
Like a sobbing child
Even if tomorrow is unforeseeable I will protect you
It looks like the summer sky is crying
Just to pretend to be strong you couldn't show your tears
Despite that you were really scared
In a way with out losing important things
I have out run the inevitable death
It's always been a long night and the both of us have climbed over it.
Because of how we are now together
It's okay for you to stop pretending
Now that you have shed your tears
Like a sobbing child
Even if tommorow is unforeseeable I will go forward
It looks like the summer sky is holding out
It looks like the summer sky is crying
Rōmaji (Full Version)
Kimi wa ima namida nagashita
Nakijakuru kodomo no you ni
Tatoe asu ga mienaku natte mo mamoru yo
Natsu no sora miagete niranda
Tsuyogatte bakari de namida wa misenai
Hontou wa kowai kuseni
Taisetsu na mono wo ushinawa nu you ni
Hisshi de hashirinukete kita
Itsu datte nagai yoru wo futari de norikoeta
Kono mama issho ni iru kara
Tsuyogatte naide ii nda yo
Kimi wa ima namida nagashita
Nakijakuru kodomo no you ni
Tatoe asu ga mienaku natte mo susumu yo
Natsu no sora miagete sakenda
Dare ka ga tsubuyaita kotoba no wana ni
Odoru youni madowasa rete
Taisetsuna mono wa kokoro no naka ni
Wakatteta kiminanoni
Shinjiru koto ga kowa kute namida o wasure teta
Kaze ga senaka o oshita futarinara kitto yukeru yo
Kimi no te wo tsuyoku nigitta
Mujakinaru kodomo no youni
Tatoe toki ga ima wa ubatte mo susumu yo
Natsu no sora mi zashite hashitta
Natsu no sora mi zashite hashitta
Konnanimo hiroi sekai de
Itou ni natte yuku nodarou
Afure souna omoi uketomete ageru yo
Kimi wa ima namida nagashita
Nakijakuru kodomo no youni
Tatoe asu ga mienaku natte mo mamoru yo
Natsu no sora miagete sakenda
Natsu no sora miagete niranda
Characters
The characters in order of appearance:
- Naruto Uzumaki
- Sasuke Uchiha
- Sakura Haruno
- Kakashi Hatake
- Neji Hyūga
- Tenten
- Inoichi Yamanaka
- Yamato
- Chōji Akimichi
- Sai
- Shikamaru Nara
- Kiba Inuzuka
- Ibiki Morino
- Hinata Hyūga
- Shino Aburame
- A
- Danzō Shimura (First Version)
- Tsunade (Second Version)
- Gaara
- Mei Terumī
- Ōnoki
- Karin
- Suigetsu Hōzuki
- Jūgo
- Kisame Hoshigaki
- Tobi
- Zetsu
- Kabuto Yakushi
- Killer B
- Darui
- C
- Chōjūrō
- Ao
- Kurotsuchi
- Akatsuchi
- Temari
- Kankurō
- Kurama
- Gyūki
- Aoba Yamashiro
- Might Guy
- Kumo Ship Captain
- Mui (Movie Version)
- Satori (Movie Version)
- Gamabunta (Movie Version)
- Maroi (Movie Version)
- Ryūzetsu (Movie Version)
- Akamaru (Movie Version)
- Rock Lee (Movie Version)
- Shizune (Movie Version)
- Muku (Movie Version)
Trivia
- This opening bears several similarities to the second opening, Distance, including Naruto and Sasuke walking towards each other in a blue background.
- After Tsunade awakens from her comatose like state, she replaces Danzō as Hokage in the second version.
- This song was also used in a movie version opening of Naruto: Shippūden anime.