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Kaikai Kitan ( (かい) (かい) () (たん) Kaikai Kitan?, lit. "Cycle of Mystery") is the first opening theme song of the anime adaptation. It was composed and performed by Eve.

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Lyrics[]

TV Version[]

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

() (ぞう) () (ぞう)   (ひと) ()
(きょ) (せい)   (しん) (しょう)   (じん) (がい)   (もの) () みたいだ
(きょ) (しん) (たん) (かい)   (いのち) 宿 (やど)
あとはぱっぱらぱな (なか) () なき (にん) (げん)

() せる () (たい)   () (びょう) (どう) (じん) (せい)
(さい) (のう) もない  (だい) (じょう)   () (にち) (じょう)
(おん) (しん) (びょう) (どう) (ぼつ) () (せい)
辿 (たど) () (おく)   (ぼく) () () (しょ) などないから

(ゆめ) () (ざま) () いてないで
どんな (かお) すればいいか わかってる
だけどまだ (こた) えてくれよ

(やみ) (はら) って  (やみ) (はら) って
(よる) (とばり) () りたら (あい) ()
(あい) (たい) して  (まわ) (かん) (じょう) (せん)
(ざれ) (ごと) などは  () () ていけと

まだ () めないで まだ () めないで
(だれ) よりも (さと) () る  (まち) () まれしこの (しょう) (たい)
(いま) はただ (のろ) (のろ) われた (ぼく) () (らい) (そう) (ぞう) して

(はし) って  (ころ) んで  () えない (いた) () いては
() (かい) () ってる この (いっ) (しゅん)

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[]

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

() (ぞう) () (ぞう)   (ひと) ()
(きょ) (せい)   (しん) (しょう)   (じん) (がい)   (もの) () みたいだ
(きょ) (しん) (たん) (かい)   (いのち) 宿 (やど)
あとはぱっぱらぱな (なか) () なき (にん) (げん)

() せる () (たい)   () (びょう) (どう) (じん) (せい)
(さい) (のう) もない  (だい) (じょう)   () (にち) (じょう)
(おん) (しん) (びょう) (どう) (ぼつ) () (せい)
辿 (たど) () (おく)   (ぼく) () () (しょ) などないから

(ゆめ) () (ざま) () いてないで
どんな (かお) すればいいか わかってる
だけどまだ (こた) えてくれよ

(やみ) (はら) って  (やみ) (はら) って
(よる) (とばり) () りたら (あい) ()
(あい) (たい) して  (まわ) (かん) (じょう) (せん)
(ざれ) (ごと) などは  () () ていけと

まだ () めないで まだ () めないで
(だれ) よりも (さと) () る  (まち) () まれしこの (しょう) (たい)
(いま) はただ (のろ) (のろ) われた (ぼく) () (らい) (そう) (ぞう) して

(はし) って  (ころ) んで  () えない (いた) () いては
() (かい) () ってる この (いっ) (しゅん)

(じょ) (じょう) (てき)   (かん) (じょう) が  () らいでいくバグ
(じゅう) (じゅん) (したが) った (けっ) (かん) (ばつ)
() (しゅ) (せん) (たく) しかない (あい) (じょう) ()
(こえ) () せないまま

() (ぐつ) (ちか) いのなき (ひゃっ) () () (こう)
(じゅ) (ずつ) () ぎなこの () てまでも
(ごく) (らく) (おう) (じょう)   (げん) (じつ) () って  () いで
(いのち) () () さないで

(うち) (もろ) さに (ひた) って
どんな (かお) すればいいか わかんないよ
(いま) はただ (こた) えてくれよ

() (じょう) () いて  () (じょう) () いて
() (たし) かな (こえ) (つむ) ぐイデア
(そう) (さい) して  (まわ) (かん) (じょう) (せん)
その (さき) (いま) () () がる ()

ただ () いかけて ただ () いかけて
(だれ) よりも (つよ) () りたいと (ねが) う  (きみ) (うん) (めい) すら
(いま) はただ (ほの) (ぐら) (よる) (そこ)
(ふか) (ふか) () ちこんで

() (かっ) (こう) () えたかい
これが (いま) (ぼく) なんだ
(なに) (もの) にも () れないだけの (しかばね) だ  (わら) えよ

() (まえ) (すべ) てから  () げることさえやめた
イメージを () (かえ)
(そう) (ぞう) () をいけと

(やみ) (はら) って  (やみ) (はら) って
(よる) (とばり) () りたら (あい) ()
(あい) (たい) して  (まわ) (かん) (じょう) (せん)
(ざれ) (ごと) などは  () () ていけと

まだ () めないで まだ () めないで
(だれ) よりも (さと) () る  (まち) () まれしこの (しょう) (たい)
(いま) はただ (のろ) (のろ) われた (ぼく) () (らい) (そう) (ぞう) して

(はし) って  (ころ) んで  () えない (いた) () いては
() (かい) () ってる この (いっ) (しゅん)

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.

Navigation[]

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Music
Opening Themes Kaikai Kitan  •  VIVID VICE  •  Ao no Sumika  •  SPECIALZ
Ending Themes LOST IN PARADISE  •  give it back  •  Ichizu / Sakayume  •  Akari  •  more than words
Soundtracks Jujutsu Kaisen Original Soundtrack  •  Jujutsu Kaisen 0: The Movie Original Soundtrack  •  Jujutsu Kaisen: Hidden Inventory / Premature Death Original Soundtrack  •  Jujutsu Kaisen: Hidden Inventory / Premature Death, The Shibuya Incident Original Soundtrack
Insert Songs Climax☆JUMPING!  •  REMEMBER  •  Stand In The Darkness