Lovers (ラヴァーズ, Ravāzu) by 7!! seven oops is the ninth opening sequence for Naruto: Shippūden. It began in episode 206 and is still ongoing.
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
English
Now that you have shed your tears
Like a sobbing child
Even if tommorow 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
Desperately, I have out run it
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
Natsu no sora miagete niranda
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
- Madara Uchiha
- Zetsu
- Kabuto Yakushi
- Killer B
- Darui
- C
- Chōjūrō
- Ao
- Kurotsuchi
- Akatsuchi
- Temari
- Kankurō
- Nine-Tailed Demon Fox
- Eight-Tails
- Aoba Yamashiro
- Might Guy
- Kumo Ship Captain
Trivia
- This opening bears several similarities to the second opening, Distance, including Naruto and Sasuke walking towards each other in a blue background.