Niji (虹 lit. "Rainbow") is the opening theme of the anime movie Rurouni Kenshin: Requiem for the Ishin Patriots, performed by the japanese rock band L'Arc-en-Ciel.
Characters in order of appearance[]
Lyrics[]
Movie Version[]
Toki wa kanadete
Omoi wa afureru
Togiresou na hodo
Toumei na koe ni
Aruki dashita
Sono hitomi e
Hateshinai mirai ga
Tsuzuite ‘ru
Hontou wa totemo
Kokoro wa moroku
Dare mo ga
Hibiwarete iru
Furidashita ame ni nurete
Kimi wa mata
Tachidomatte shimau kedo
Shinjite kureru kara
Setsunai hito yo
Kanawaru negai yo
Naze kono mune kara
Ai wa umarete iku?
Aruki dashita
Sono hitomi e
Owaranai
Mirai wo sasageyou
It's bedlam
And memories are brimming
To the unalloyed voice
Almost deserting
To my dear
Who have just started walking
Never ended future
Is eternal
In reality
Belief is easy to shaken
Everybody
Get hurt (cracked)
I get wet
By the just come on rain
And you halt up again
But you still be faithful to me
Oh my dearest
Oh my hopeless wish
Why love is born
Of my heart?
To my dear
Who have just started walking
I'll tribute
Never ended future
Insert if available
Full Version[]
Toki wa kanadete
Omoi wa afureru
Togiresou na hodo
Toumei na koe ni
Aruki-dashita
Sono hitomi e
Hateshinai mirai ga
tsuzuite 'ru
Hontou wa totemo
kokoro wa moroku
Dare mo ga
Hibiwarete iru
Furidashita ame ni nurete
Kimi wa mata
Tachidomatte shimau kedo
Shinjite kureru kara
Dare yori takaku
Sora e to chikazuku
Kagayaki wo atsume
Hikari wo motomeru
Moetsukite mo
Kamawanai sa
Subete wa
Shinjitsu to tomo ni aru
"Shounen wa hito no kage de
Yuganda nikushimi wo mita"
Sonna sekai nante mou
nani mo mitaku nai yo
Nani mo! Nani mo! Nani mo!
Sore demo
Omou anata no koto wo
Kisetsu ga
Nagarete ite mo
Me wo tojite itsu mo mite 'ta
Fuukei no you ni
Nando me ga
Ame mo agatta
Setsunai hito yo
Kanawanu negai yo
Naze kono mune kara
Ai wa umarete iku?
Sakimidareta
Hana wa yurete
Shizunda
Daichi ni furisosogu
Ai wo toki wa kanadete
Omoi wa afureru
Togiresou na hodo
Toumei na koe ni
Aruki-dashita
Sono hitomi e
Owaranai
mirai wo sasageyou
It's bedlam
And memories are brimming
To the unalloyed voice
Almost deserting
To my dear who have
Just started walking
Never ended future
Is eternal
In reality
Belief is easy to shaken
Everybody
Get hurt (cracked)
I get wet by the just
Come on rain
And you halt up again, but
You still be faithful to me
Higher than anyone
Closer to the sky
I'm gathering the brightness
Seek for the lights
If I burn out
It's all very fine
Everything is
With a truth
"The boy see the enmity
In the human's inside"
That way I don't want
To see anything
Anything, anything, anything
Still
I'm thinking about you
Even
The season goes by
Close my eyes
And always think of you as scenery
Any number of times
Rain has been stopped
Oh my dearest
Oh my hopeless wish
Why love
Is born of my heart
Blooming flowers
Are swinging
It comes down to
Dusky mother earth that is love
It's bedlam
And memories are brimming
To the unalloyed
Voice almost deserting
To my dear
Who have just started walking
I'll tribute
Never ended future
Insert if available
Trivia[]
- After L'Arc-en-Ciel's member Sakura was arrested for illegal drug use, the band's career came to a halt. But the band came back from the halt with this song, so it is said that the lyrics may be related to the issue.
- With this song, L'Arc-en-Ciel became the only artist who contributed with two songs to the 1996 anime era of the franchise:
- The other song is The Fourth Avenue Cafe, the fourth ending of the 1996 anime.
- Later, japanese rock band "One Ok Rock" contributed with several singles to the Live Action movies done in the 2010s - 2020's.
- There are a couple of cover versions of this song, done by other artists:
- American R&B group "TLC" recorded an English-language cover titled "Rainbow", as part of their L'Arc-en-Ciel's tribute album in 2012.
- Female heavy metal japanese band "Show-Ya" recorded a cover of the song on their album "Glamorous Show - Japanese Legendary Rock Covers" in 2014.
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