Kaikai Kitan

Kaikai Kitan is the first opening theme song of the anime adaptation. It was composed and performed by Eve.

TV Version
Rōmaji= Uzō muzō hito no nari Kyosei shinshō jingai mononoke mitai da Kyoshin tankai inochi yadoshi Ato wa pappara pa na nakami naki ningen

Yoseru kitai fubyōdō na jinsei Sainō mo nai daijō hi nichijō ga Onshin byōdō ni botsu kosei Tadoru kioku boku ni ibasho nado nai kara

Yume no hazama de naitenai de Donna kao sureba ī ka wakatteru Dakedo mada kotaete kure yo

Yami wo haratte yami wo haratte Yoru no tobari ga oritara aizu da Aitai shite mawaru kanjōsen Zaregoto nado wa hakisute ike to

Mada tomenaide mada tomenaide Dare yori mo satoku aru machi ni umareshi kono shōtai wo Ima wa tada noroi norowareta boku no mirai wo sōzō shite

Hashitte koronde kienai itami daite wa Sekai ga matteru kono isshun wo Kanji= のり のみたいだ し あとはぱっぱらぱななき

せる　な もない　　が に る　になどないから

のでいてないで どんなすればいいか　わかってる だけどまだえてくれよ

をって　をって のがりたらだ して　る などは　きていけと

まだめないで　まだめないで よりもくる　にまれしこのを はただいわれたのをして

って　んで　えないみいては がってる　このを English= The crowding mass, the human nature Deceiving, manipulating, unmerciful, just like a ghost With an empty heart carrying life And so, it results in mindless empty persons

Uneven expectations to a unfair life An unusual and talentless tradition And a lack of personality in mutual grudges Are memories I explore 'cause there's no other places I fit in

Don't cry in between your dreams Even knowing how I should express myself Please, give me an answer

Cleanse the darkness, cleanse the darkness Once the night descends, that's the sign Facing each other in a revolving loop Let's spit all this nonsense away

Don't stop yet, don't stop yet Born in a town with a true self more powerful than anyone And now, I can only imagine my future taken away by a curse

Running and falling, embracing these wounds that won't disappear The world awaits for this moment

Full Version
Rōmaji= Uzō muzō hito no nari Kyosei shinshō jingai mononoke mitai da Kyoshin tankai inochi yadoshi Ato wa pappara pa na nakami naki ningen

Yoseru kitai fubyōdō na jinsei Sainō mo nai daijō hi nichijō ga Onshin byōdō ni botsu kosei Tadoru kioku boku ni ibasho nado nai kara

Yume no hazama de naitenai de Donna kao sureba ī ka wakatteru Dakedo mada kotaete kure yo

Yami wo haratte yami wo haratte Yoru no tobari ga oritara aizu da Aitai shite mawaru kanjōsen Zaregoto nado wa hakisute ike to

Mada tomenaide mada tomenaide Dare yori mo satoku aru machi ni umareshi kono shōtai wo Ima wa tada noroi norowareta boku no mirai wo sōzō shite

Hashitte koronde kienai itami daite wa Sekai ga matteru kono isshun wo

Jojōteki kanjō ga yuraide iku bagu Jūjun ni shitagatta kekkan no batsu Shishu sentaku shika nai ai ni jōki Koe mo dasenai mama

Kugutsu na chikai no naki hyakki yakō Jujutsu naki naraku no hate made mo Gokuraku ōjō genjitsu kettenai de Inochi wo nagedasanai de

Uchi no moro sa ni hitatte Donna kao sureba ī ka wakannai yo Ima wa tada kotaete kure yo

Gojō wo toite gojō wo toite Futashika na koe wo tsumugu idea Sōsai shite mawaru kanjōsen Sono saki ni ima tachiagaru te wo

Tada oikakete tada oikakete Dare yori mo tsuyoku aritai to negau kimi no unmei sura Ima wa tada honogurai yoru no soko ni Fukaku fukaku ochikonde

Bukakkō ni mieta kai Kore ga ima no boku nanda Nanimono ni mo narenai dake no shikabane da warae yo

Me no mae no subete kara nigeru koto sae yameta Imēji wo kurikaeshi Sōzō no saki wo ike to

Yami wo haratte yami wo haratte Yoru no tobari ga oritara aizu da Aitai shite mawaru kanjōsen Zaregoto nado wa hakisute ike to

Mada tomenaide mada tomenaide Dare yori mo satoku aru machi ni umareshi kono shōtai wo Ima wa tada noroi norowareta boku no mirai wo sōzō shite

Hashitte koronde kienai itami daite wa Sekai ga matteru kono isshun wo Kanji= のり のみたいだ し あとはぱっぱらぱななき

せる　な もない　　が に る　になどないから

のでいてないで どんなすればいいか　わかってる だけどまだえてくれよ

をって　をって のがりたらだ して　る などは　きていけと

まだめないで　まだめないで よりもくる　にまれしこのを はただいわれたのをして

って　んで　えないみいては がってる　このを

が　らいでいくバグ にったの しかないに もせないまま

ないのなき ぎなこのてまでも って　いで をげさないで

のさにって どんなすればいいか　わかんないよ はただえてくれよ

をいて　をいて かなをぐイデア して　る そのに ちがるを

ただいかけて　ただいかけて よりもくりたいとう　のすら はただ いのに くくちこんで

にえたかい これがのなんだ にもれないだけのだ　えよ

ののてから　げることさえやめた イメージをりし のをいけと

をって　をって のがりたらだ して　る などは　きていけと

まだめないで　まだめないで よりもくる　にまれしこのを はただいわれたのをして

って　んで　えないみいては がってる　このを English= The crowding mass, the human nature Deceiving, manipulating, unmerciful, just like a ghost With an empty heart carrying life And so, it results in mindless empty people

Uneven expectations to a unfair life An unusual and talentless tradition And a lack of personality in mutual grudges Are memories I explore 'cause there's no other places I fit in

Don't cry in between your dreams Even knowing how I should express myself Please, give me an answer

Cleanse the darkness, cleanse the darkness Once the night descends, that's the sign Facing each other in a revolving loop Let's spit all this nonsense away

Don't stop yet, don't stop yet Born in a town with a true self more powerful than anyone And now, I can only imagine my future taken away by a curse

Running and falling, embracing these wounds that won't disappear The world awaits for this moment

A bug where the feelings are taken Punished by flaws in our obedience Having no option but to choose an uncertain love Just as I can't voice it

As oathless puppets parading in the night Even deep in the abyss and powerless Stuck in the paradise or kicked by reality Don't abandon your life

Shining through these frail lips I don't know how I should express myself Please, answer me now

Preach your philosophy, preach your philosophy Those revolving ideas with uncertain voices Opposing ways in a revolving loop Let's raise our hands beyond that

Just chase after it, just chase after it This wish to be stronger than anyone else Your future begins even now Drowned deep down in the dark night

Do I look awkward? This is who I am now A corpse that can't be anyone, just laugh

I quit running away from everything before my eyes Those repeating images Go past your imagination

Cleanse the darkness, cleanse the darkness Once the night descends, that's the sign Facing each other in a revolving loop Let's spit all this nonsense away

Don't stop yet, don't stop yet Born in a town with a true self more powerful than anyone And now, I can only imagine my future taken away by a curse

Running and falling, embracing these wounds that won't disappear The world awaits for this moment

Trivia

 * In the scene where Yuji and his friends are in the park, more characters are added as the series continues.
 * In Episodes 1 and 2, only Yuji, Junpei, Megumi and Gojo can be seen.
 * In Episode 3, Nobara and Masamichi are added.
 * In Episode 6, Toge, Maki, Panda, Shoko and Kiyotaka are added, and Nobara changes positions to stand next to Maki.
 * In Episode 10, Nanami and Todo are added.
 * The scene is also based on Claude Monet's Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe (1867), the earlier version of which is unfinished.
 * In Episode 9, the opening reveals Gojo's eyes. Prior to this episode, the shot cut away before Gojo uncovered his blindfold.
 * In Episode 13, the last scene in the opening shows tears coming from Yuji's eyes.
 * Kaikai Kitan was nominated for the "Best Opening Sequence" award in the Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2021.

Kaikai Kitan