Seishun wa Hanabi no You ni

青春は花火のようにSeishun wa Hanabi no You niYouth Much Like Fireworks
EN RO JP RE LE DX FC DVD Blu-Ray
Information
Length	3:59
Type	Vocal
Release Date	17 May 2017
Band	Linked Horizon
Label	Pony Canyon
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Youth Much Like Fireworks (in Japanese 青春は花火のように, Seishun wa Hanabi no You ni) is the fourteenth track on the limited edition of Linked Horizon's second album Shingeki no Kiseki. It is the full version of the opening theme to the anime Attack on Titan: Junior High.

Lyrics

Japanese transcription pending

Romanized transcription pending

Excuse me, but I’d like to eat that cheese burger!

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 night sky, 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 night sky, 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 night sky, it sings of a flaming hope

Ah...attack → attack → on junior high!

Bravo!!

Translated by Defade.

Information

Summary

Vocals

• Revo

Narration

• Sascha

Musicians

Electric Guitar, Steel Strings Acoustic Guitar, Nylon Strings Guitar & Steel 12-Strings Acoustic Guitar: YUKI
Bass: Atsushi Hasegawa
Piano, Electronic Organ, Pianica & Cembalo: Koji Igarashi
Drums: JUN-JI

Harp: Tomoyuki Asakawa
Latin & Classic Percussion: Mataro Misawa
Solo Violin: Gen Ittetsu Recorder & Tin whistle: Hideyo Takakuwa

＜Gen Ittetsu Strings＞
Gen Ittetsu, Shigeki Ippon, Osamu Iyoku, Leina Ushiyama, Kirin Uchida, Nobuko Kaiwa, Yoshiko Kaneko, Yuko Kajitani, Cameroun Maki, Daisuke Kadowaki, Azusa Kawasuso, Kaoru Kuroki, Kazuha Takahashi, Yoshinobu Takeshita, Masahiro Tanaka, Yuki Nakajima, Chikako Nishimura, Yayoi Fujita, Masayoshi Fujimura, Yu Manabe, Shouko Miki, Toshiyuki Muranaka, Takuya Mori, Kaori Morita, Tomoshige Yamamoto

＜Masanori Suzuki Brass Section＞
Trumpet: Masanori Suzuki, Shiro Sasaki, Takeyuki Yoda, Shinichi Yamashita, Yuki Urata, Hitomi Niida
Trombone: Satoshi Sano, Gakutaro Miyauchi, Gen Ishii, Hiroki Sato, Shinsuke Toridsuka, Makoto Igarashi, Koichi Nonoshita, Ryosuke Koshino, Tomomi Ueda, Masashi Sasaki
Tuba: Masashi Kina, Atsushi Matsunaga, Yuki Nito, Ryosuke Kashiwada
Horn: Takashi Naitoh, Naoki Ishiyama, Takato Saijyo, Minoru Hirokawa, Yasushi Higa, Takahiro Unno, Shinji Kobuna, Makoto Yanagiya, Kazuyuki Akasaka, Toyohide Watanabe, Satoshi Matsuda, Mitsuru Oomikawa, Takashi Kimura, Masaki Tanaka, Mina Muranaka

＜Hideyo Takakuwa Woodwind Ensemble＞
Flute & Piccolo: Hideyo Takakuwa
Oboe: Satoshi Shoji
Clarinet: Kimio Yamane & Hidenito Naka
Fagotto: Toshitsugu Inoue & Masao Osawa

＜Choir＞
Choir -Kyo- (Ritsuyukai), Ensenmble OtonoHa & Voces Tokyo
Choir Director: Yoshinori KOBA

Coordinator: Eiko Konoo 【Legato music】, Reina Sasamoto 【Legato music】, Masaki Imai 【CRESCE】 & Mitsugu Nakamura 【TEAM Entertainment】

Computer Programmer: Revo

Sound Effects Editor: Hirokazu Ebisu
SE Voices: ZEN SHOUJI 【DIFFERENCE】 & KANA ISHII 【DIFFERENCE】
SE Recording Studio: MEDIAGATE STUDIO

Production

The song was Written, Composed, Arranged and Produced by Revo

Recording Engineers: Suminobu Hamada 【SOUND INN】, Hiroyuki Akita & Akihiro Tabuchi 【RAP-PRODUCTS】
Assistant Engineers:

• Taiyo Nakayama 【Sound City】
• Haruki Saito 【Sound City】
• Fumio Hoshino 【PONYCANYON YOYOGISTUDIO】
• Masahiro Kobayashi 【PONYCANYON YOYOGISTUDIO】
• Kosuke Abe 【RECORDING STUDIO green bird】
• Yosuke Maeda 【RECORDING STUDIO green bird】
• Eriko Iijima 【RECORDING STUDIO green bird】
• Shigeharu Nakauchi 【ONKIO HAUS】
• Norihiko Katsumata 【ONKIO HAUS】
• Taisuke Uchino 【ONKIO HAUS】
• Wataru Shigyo 【SOUND INN】
• Kyo Kakinuma 【AVACO CREATIVE STUDIOS】

Mixing Engineer: Suminobu Hamada 【SOUND INN】
Mastering Engineer: Yasuji Yasman Maeda 【Bernie Grundman Mastering】

Art Direction & Design: IWATA ROOM/7STARS DESIGN
Photographer: Takashi Hirano 【MEMENT】
Stylist: Yoshiaki Takami
Hair & Make-up: Tomoya Enatsu 【raftel】

Producer: Mayumi Takagi 【RAP-PRODUCTS】
Director: Akihiro Tabuchi 【RAP-PRODUCTS】
A&R: Hideki Tanaka 【PONY CANYON】 & Motomi Oiwa 【PONY CANYON】
A&R in Chief: Naoki Koizumi 【PONY CANYON】
Public Relations: Ryoko Biyajima 【RAP-PRODUCTS】
Artist Manager: Shoko Aoyagi 【RAP-PRODUCTS】
Marketing: Masanobu Fukuyama 【PONY CANYON】
Release Operation: Tomomi Ozawa 【PONY CANYON】
Media Promotion: PONY CANYON Promotion Team
Promotion Support: Bial and the Communication Squad 【The Linked Horizon Corps】
Fan Club Administration: Misaki Negishi 【RAP-PRODUCTS】
Production Assistant: Chinami Ohara 【RAP-PRODUCTS】

Executive Producers: Koji Takahashi 【RAP-PRODUCTS】 & Kazuo Ishikawa 【PONY CANYON】

Live Performances