Youth is Like Fireworks

Youth is Like Fireworks (青春は花火のように) is the opening of the Attack on Titan: Junior High anime, and is sung by singer-songwriter Revo of.

A full version of this song was included on the limited edition of Linked Horizon's Shingeki no Kiseki album, which was released on May 17, 2017.

Opening animation
Similar to the standard first opening, it opens with the crest and gate of the wall of Attack Junior High School  until it explodes, revealing the title card bound in rushing chains.

On a dark day, the chibi versions of the 104th Cadet Corps stand amid a field of corpses and fallen blades. Eren, Armin, and Mikasa Ackermann stand with their gazes to the ground. Mikasa glances at Eren until he closes and opens his eyes and lifts his head up to inspect his blade. The blade suddenly shakes until it magically turns into a green colored pencil. It shifts to Eren waking up and finding himself near the tree outside the walls with Armin and Mikasa looking at him. Eren looks and finds out that its school and begins rushing to school with Armin and Mikasa, just as they approach a classroom with Marco, Sasha, Conny Springer and Jean waving by. They then rush by a fountain with Ymir pushing Reiner to the side of the fountain along with Bertholdt who watches while Ymir holds Christa, with Annie Leonhart watching nearby. As they continue to run, they are seen by Ian Dietrich and Rico Brzenska, which is cleaning a wall. Inside the school, Petra Rall, Gunther Schultz, Ekd Gin, and Oruo Bozad can be seen in a classroom. Oruo bites his tongue as Petra notices the trio running in the corridors behind them. The trio runs on their way upstairs, casually noticed by Levi, Miche Zacharius, and Hange Zoë, which points at them.

After they reach the roof's door, a shot of schoolbooks being thrown up in the air is briefly shown, before cutting to the students using the omni-directional mobility gear to soar through the desks of a Titans' classroom (although Armin tries to use his futon, only to be saved by Conny). Wielding cleaning tools, Eren runs along the desks before soaring upwards and prepare an attack on a Titan. A shot of Eren's class and their homeroom teacher and one of Levi forcing Eren to clean the floor are shown, before cutting to a running Eren that reaches his classmates on the top of a wall. There, they gaze upon the school complex of the Attack Junior High School. A bird flies in front of the camera, which follows it until it overlaps with the sun.

The shot cuts to a close-up of Erwin Smith, before zooming out to include Levi and Hange on the sides, while a Attack Junior High Scout Regiment wind-swept flag appears on the background. The three figures fade out and the flag remains the only thing to be seen.

Several students, wearing the omni-directional mobility gear, fly upwards as the Colossal Titan grips the wall that separates the Titans' side of the school and the humans', cracking it. Back atop the Wall, Eren charges through a cloud of smoke and jumps off the edge of the wall, cleaning tools ready to strike at the Colossal Titan below.

As the students soar into the sky by the dozens, a cheesburger falls down, only to be caught by Eren with a fork. He then ecstatically soars upwards, surrounded by his friends.

Under a bright midday sun, Eren's classmates look up to the sky in a moment of peace. Conny then squats down and looks at the camera.

Trivia

 * In his first appearance in the opening animation, Gunther Schultz is reading the Attack on Titan: Junior High manga.

Navigation
Seishun wa Hanabi no you ni Seishun wa Hanabi no you ni