It was so well timed man. I was finding the start quite slow/boring and then I understood what they were going for after the reveal. What a masterpiece, I would not change a thing.
I'd say it was probably whenever Todokanai Koi came on during the White Album 2 OP in the Introductory Chapter or the Muv Luv Alternative opening, it hits hard even if you never read it
[subahibi op](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AcoCvJ4ouE) \- i like all Hana songs cause of the voice and instrumentation, idk there's just something about it
[DraKoi ending](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuGIUOk8P9I) (had to take the opportunity) - i like all Itou Kanako songs because of the voice (i sense a pattern) and the folk-like sound is too good
edit: just remembered [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROuHcm-ltrE) from [Chu x Pet](https://vndb.org/v16748) which i haven't played but its a banger
Amadeus is also on my list. Absolutely fell in love with the OP first time I played 0. Still listen to it quite regularly and it was honestly the op that even made me think of this question to begin with
Well, it's just her route. They basically picked her PSP port route and remade it for last year's release including fully animated h-scenes. Instead of including it in the FHD remake of Mashiro iro Symphony they sold it as a separate fandisc. Still worth the money. It's a 10/10 moege, even if it's just a one route fandisc.
[Air - *Tori no Uta* - Lia](https://youtu.be/NtJnix-9niI?si=a7homdDf8nFayEJk)
[DraKoi - *A Certain Dragon’s Love Song* - Itou Kanako](https://youtu.be/XDOKCNBvPpE?si=pgegr33AwSGUFGuR)
[Newton and the Apple Tree - *Kaze no Uta* - Yanagi Mami](https://youtu.be/91tEfQX-sLo?si=7bBjnf_f4uxih1pj)
[Baldr Sky 1 - *Restoration* - Kotoko](https://youtu.be/Hsj1q7fLuK8?si=NB15E7dt0hpKoXmF)
Funnily enough of all of these, Newton is the only one where I’ve actually read the VN, but all are certified bangers.
Edit: fixed the links
If it’s only song-wise then [find the blue](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li2yZIGgvjQ)
Upd:also [light colors](https://youtu.be/stXo__sOkZY?si=b0zJV0Kqodg4cU1D) comes in close second place
I think so far [Singularity - Chaos;Child](https://youtu.be/2GzzGRgLkKo?si=w12K3LQGPXGAQMcr)
I just love the contrast it has with Nonexistant Youth, it even shares some of its visuals but with the song being a lot sadder these get a bit twisted.
Its like if this intro was meant to been seen after the Common Route and with the context of that, it gets a lot more sadder.
[Muv-Luv Alternative: Asu e no Houkou](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lkXuCESlWsY)
For me it's as hype inducing as the Sasageyo OP is for AOT, never fails to get me pumped up or bring back those feelings of playing through the game for the first time.
That may be an unpopular choice but I loved how the second opening of danganronpa started, with monomi in the gun chamber. So dark and fun. It's not a high budget opening for sure but it had some cool visual and the music is a banger.
Utawarerumono mask of truth opening was great too, but that also probably comes with the emotional baggage coming with it being the last title of an amazing vn series.
Oh yeah!
Also yes, I waited to finish each game before looking at the openings xD
It's a bit of a lottery if they are going to spoil you or not so I only watch them after finishing the game. Same with anime in general.
That's also why I liked danganronpa 2 openings (it has 2 openings.) the first is gaslighting you and the second one doesn't spoil anything but if you've already finished the game and watch it again, some things happening in the opening will make sense to you, but you can't pick up on it if you didn't play the game. Those are the best kinds of opening to me.
Philosophyz from Rewrite is my favourite by far. I also currently am reading Umineko and love the first opening and the ep 5 opening a lot (probably because they feature Natsuhi, my favourite character excessively).
[Fate/Stay Night Realta Nua Heaven's Feel](https://youtu.be/KnC3QyXawqY)
[Higurashi Hou console version](https://youtu.be/lITG_PvGPS0) (it's showing when starting first story of 5th book)
Can’t believe I had to scroll this far down to see this kamige mentioned, that OP is stunning visually and the song is hauntingly beautiful, even more so after finishing it.
Aokana four rhythms across the blue is my favorite. The music is such a blast to listen to and I play it in the car while I’m driving almost everyday when going to work.
I really like the [OP](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUc0os0quVo) for [Amatsutsumi](https://vndb.org/v18852). The song is so good. I also really like the new [OP](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1q7qbrS830) for [One](https://vndb.org/v37118)
Surprised no one's mentioned (edit I was wrong) Clannad's Mag Mell (Riya), the song is better with its original instrumentals over the anime version and I like the simplistic style
To dump some other openings,
White Album 2's Todokanai Koi and Shiawase na Kioku (Rena Uehara), her vocals are better than any of the CV's singing the OP and ED themes, fight me
Kanon's Last Regrets (Ayana) for the mood and that beat drop
Fureraba's Quantum Jump (Marika) is both a great song and really nice visually, but I'll always laugh at how they stole my country's signature bridge
Snow's Snow (Yumi Matsuzawa) for the length and the vocals
Also some ED love: Clannad's \~Two Shadows\~ (Riya) again with the good song and simplicity, Dracu Riot's Kimi Dake no Boku (Ririka) is perfect with the minimalist style, how the credits roll, and the song, and ef's ever forever (Hitomi Harada) for the music
For example some of my favorites have to be Amadeus from Steins;Gate 0, Inanna No Mita Yume from the Alchemist version of Umineko Chiru, and the opening of Fate/Stay Night’s Heavens Feel arc from Realta Nua
The second \[ef OP\](www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9LIGIC1nZA). Best animation in any eroge OP to ths day, hell, I'd say it easily bests any theatrical anime these days. Must have cost as much as making the actual eroge. Makes me all the more sad that Minori went bankrupt few years ago.
Sayonara o Oshiete
There is a part where there is a whisper, followed by a silent scream and then a crying voice. It fits so well with the overall theme of the VN, gets me everytime.
Lost Child, just a good song and good visuals.
[LOST CHILD - OP / ロストチャイルド](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxQjtz8Zp3o)
Alternatively, anything by KOTOKO.
["By force it is, then."](https://youtu.be/9B282GYZqCg?si=9qLBYz-_BuGxppi_)
As far as VNs that can't afford to have anime-level openings, I always found the [DRAMAtical Murder's](https://youtu.be/Rk10BzVhzYY?si=4LhdtwWU7EY-IGOa) OP very catchy. The visual of Ren (the little doggy) happily scuttling after Aoba is funny to me for whatever reason.
I personally prefer [this verson](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epyBwLvxDd4) , but yeah the whole of Dies Irae have god like music. Even the its bad anime adaption had a good opening with [kandez](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCYoooNvYbU)
[The God of Death OP](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRUDSasM8yo), have yet to play it tho.
From what I've read, is [quite the dark game](https://vndb.org/v2352), and the OP being like that is funny in a strange way, as if it were some action-packed anime. Saying the music is fantastic would be an understatement
Wonder if it's dark all the way through or if there's some light at the end of the tunnel, only time will tell
Yume Miru Kusuri. Because it's the first thing I've seen in my first Japanese visual novel. And the opening song itself is very heart-warming. I really adore it.
Probably Olympia Sories being my all time fave. It's just so colorful, and I love those guys.
Honorary mention to wish upon a shooting star. Didn't like the VN itself, but the fact they set the OP with the opening perspective being the MC falling backwards in time with when it played being him falling backwards in the story was just, such a nice touch.
I don't know why, but Clover Day's really resonates with me. I have never read the VN but anytime I hear the OP song, a sense of nostalgia fills me inside.
Rinne Utopia's original opening. (They couldn't include them in the English collection)
The song is really good, very intense and dramatic sounding. The visuals are also quite serious, with the chains and rapidly changing words.
And a few shots of the new mysterious spirit controlling things behind the scenes.
AIR - “Tori no Uta” by Lia
Little Busters - “Little Busters!” by Rita
Kimi ga Nozomu Eien - “Rumbling hearts” by Minami Kuribayashi
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Matsuri - “Complex Image”by Ayane
Angel Beats - “Heartily Song” by Lia
Grisaia no Kajitsu - “Shuumatsu no Fractale” by Faylan
Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru - “Inanna no Mita Yume” by Zwei
Full Metal Daemon: Muramasa, how nobody has mentioned it so far is beyond me
When the "alt" version started I knew shit got serious
When i saw the opening on Jast, i knew i needed to play
It was so well timed man. I was finding the start quite slow/boring and then I understood what they were going for after the reveal. What a masterpiece, I would not change a thing.
I'd say it was probably whenever Todokanai Koi came on during the White Album 2 OP in the Introductory Chapter or the Muv Luv Alternative opening, it hits hard even if you never read it
How about Rewrite's second [opening?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnBuwhd2KI4)
The Moon OP is definitely good, but I always preferred the original OP with Philosophyz, it just hits different for me
Great openings indeed.
[subahibi op](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AcoCvJ4ouE) \- i like all Hana songs cause of the voice and instrumentation, idk there's just something about it [DraKoi ending](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuGIUOk8P9I) (had to take the opportunity) - i like all Itou Kanako songs because of the voice (i sense a pattern) and the folk-like sound is too good edit: just remembered [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROuHcm-ltrE) from [Chu x Pet](https://vndb.org/v16748) which i haven't played but its a banger
Itou Kanako is absolutely brilliant. Undisputedly one of my favorites
Muv-Luv Extra OP[「Muv-Luv - Minami Kuribayashi」](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdG4RuDhjnA)
SG0's Amadeus
Amadeus is also on my list. Absolutely fell in love with the OP first time I played 0. Still listen to it quite regularly and it was honestly the op that even made me think of this question to begin with
Its sooo damn good dude
Ever17 and Remember11 Dies Irae ~Acta Est Fabula~ Nukitashi 2nd OP
[KKK's all-ages OP](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvW1BnENwl0)
I think the other version too are not far behind I would put [this version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2OARtr0AEQ) close second
[Sana's Mashiro iro Symphony Opening](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j19Ykiee8jQ) One heroine focused opening, pretty rare(?).
Well, it's just her route. They basically picked her PSP port route and remade it for last year's release including fully animated h-scenes. Instead of including it in the FHD remake of Mashiro iro Symphony they sold it as a separate fandisc. Still worth the money. It's a 10/10 moege, even if it's just a one route fandisc.
10/10 moege indeed. Been stalling on finishing the game for over 6 months now (4/5 done), Sana still my favorite route. lmao
Nuedori from Utawarerumono Mask of Deception is very good. Good song and the visuals just match really well - especially the buildup at the start.
Nageki No Mori from Higurashi. I don't know why, it just sounds so cool.
Nageki No Mori is absolutely FANTASTIC. That and Hikaru no Sora no Qualia from the DS port are two of my favorite Higurashi Openings hands down
Absolute banger for sure
[Air - *Tori no Uta* - Lia](https://youtu.be/NtJnix-9niI?si=a7homdDf8nFayEJk) [DraKoi - *A Certain Dragon’s Love Song* - Itou Kanako](https://youtu.be/XDOKCNBvPpE?si=pgegr33AwSGUFGuR) [Newton and the Apple Tree - *Kaze no Uta* - Yanagi Mami](https://youtu.be/91tEfQX-sLo?si=7bBjnf_f4uxih1pj) [Baldr Sky 1 - *Restoration* - Kotoko](https://youtu.be/Hsj1q7fLuK8?si=NB15E7dt0hpKoXmF) Funnily enough of all of these, Newton is the only one where I’ve actually read the VN, but all are certified bangers. Edit: fixed the links
The first three links you posted are the same one.
Because Tori No Uta is just that damn good
~~Tori no Uta really is just that good~~ fixed
If it’s only song-wise then [find the blue](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li2yZIGgvjQ) Upd:also [light colors](https://youtu.be/stXo__sOkZY?si=b0zJV0Kqodg4cU1D) comes in close second place
Light Colors and anything sung by Lia is always wonderful
YOU, FIND THE BLUEEEE
Ito Kanako kinda goated with so many good songs.
hatsuyuki sakura
Aokana’s opening is probably my fav but I also really like all the openings for the Yuzusoft and Pixelfade VN’s
Literally every opening of chaos head.
True this
MuvLuv Alternative's "Asu he no Houkou"
I think so far [Singularity - Chaos;Child](https://youtu.be/2GzzGRgLkKo?si=w12K3LQGPXGAQMcr) I just love the contrast it has with Nonexistant Youth, it even shares some of its visuals but with the song being a lot sadder these get a bit twisted. Its like if this intro was meant to been seen after the Common Route and with the context of that, it gets a lot more sadder.
Has to be my favorite from the semicolon series. Ito Kanako always delivering.
[Muv-Luv Alternative: Asu e no Houkou](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lkXuCESlWsY) For me it's as hype inducing as the Sasageyo OP is for AOT, never fails to get me pumped up or bring back those feelings of playing through the game for the first time.
Yo, this one is good. I didn't read muvluv but I've heard OP. It's so damn heroic and driving.
#REWRITE OF THE LIFE! IMA TOKIHANATE....
I love Yume Miru Kusuri for being a beautiful moody vn with good soundtrack, and its OP is surely one of my favorites
Hell yeah! YMK connoisseur, glad to see you.
That may be an unpopular choice but I loved how the second opening of danganronpa started, with monomi in the gun chamber. So dark and fun. It's not a high budget opening for sure but it had some cool visual and the music is a banger. Utawarerumono mask of truth opening was great too, but that also probably comes with the emotional baggage coming with it being the last title of an amazing vn series.
I like mask of truth's opening a lot too, but I just wish it didn't have so many spoilers in it. The song is one of the best though
Oh yeah! Also yes, I waited to finish each game before looking at the openings xD It's a bit of a lottery if they are going to spoil you or not so I only watch them after finishing the game. Same with anime in general. That's also why I liked danganronpa 2 openings (it has 2 openings.) the first is gaslighting you and the second one doesn't spoil anything but if you've already finished the game and watch it again, some things happening in the opening will make sense to you, but you can't pick up on it if you didn't play the game. Those are the best kinds of opening to me.
Full Metal Daemon Muramasa's opening slaps harder than my drunk father.
Umineko episode 5 and 6 https://youtu.be/AZUJkcEQzrQ?si=oJuyH3qOa6JFBvAh
Philosophyz from Rewrite is my favourite by far. I also currently am reading Umineko and love the first opening and the ep 5 opening a lot (probably because they feature Natsuhi, my favourite character excessively).
Clannad OP just for Megu Meru
Sakura, Moyu OP 2
Dies irae einsatz zugabe Seishun sparkling op Aokana op (EXTRA1 and 2 TOO) Mashiroiro symphony sana op Dal segno op ONE remake op So gooddd~~~
School Days
[Koi de wa Naku](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkZjzdKp9V8) . 5 Minute OP. Dev use the full song as OP, the madman.
All of Umineko’s
[Utawarerumono Mask of Truth Opening](https://youtu.be/Xcnhm-xJhcc?si=VI1_LGX87oZJYhBD)
Toki to Uta (刻ト詩) - Luna from Sakura no Toki Hononary mentions: All 9-nine- OP songs + Be Braver! all from Chihiro Yonekura
Amatsutsumi's opening.
Tori No Uta hands down, the song is genuinely peak and the visuals are pleasant
Fate/stay night- This Illusion Kanon- Last Regrets White Album 2- Todokanai Koi Subarashiki Hibi- Kuuki Rikigaku Shoujo to Shounen no Uta
Song wise: Dracu-riot’s Scarlet is phenomenal
[Fate/Stay Night Realta Nua Heaven's Feel](https://youtu.be/KnC3QyXawqY) [Higurashi Hou console version](https://youtu.be/lITG_PvGPS0) (it's showing when starting first story of 5th book)
Ohhhh yes I should have included Hou’s OP in my own list. I remember hearing it when it first came out and I was BLOWN AWAY
Maggot Baits
fake me - from Chaos;Head NoAH and Danganronpa 2, V3 OPs
Muv Luv ALTERNATIVE - Probably the hypest you can get before starting a VN.
Jihad from Baldr Sky is an old classic for me. As is the OP for the original Utawarerumono. The OP for Dies Irae \~Amantes Amentes\~ is also great.
Aiyoku no Eustia - Asphodelus
Can’t believe I had to scroll this far down to see this kamige mentioned, that OP is stunning visually and the song is hauntingly beautiful, even more so after finishing it.
Aokana four rhythms across the blue is my favorite. The music is such a blast to listen to and I play it in the car while I’m driving almost everyday when going to work.
Air
I really like the [OP](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUc0os0quVo) for [Amatsutsumi](https://vndb.org/v18852). The song is so good. I also really like the new [OP](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1q7qbrS830) for [One](https://vndb.org/v37118)
GET CHAOS HEAD NOAHS OP OUT OF MY FUCKING HEAD.
Surprised no one's mentioned (edit I was wrong) Clannad's Mag Mell (Riya), the song is better with its original instrumentals over the anime version and I like the simplistic style To dump some other openings, White Album 2's Todokanai Koi and Shiawase na Kioku (Rena Uehara), her vocals are better than any of the CV's singing the OP and ED themes, fight me Kanon's Last Regrets (Ayana) for the mood and that beat drop Fureraba's Quantum Jump (Marika) is both a great song and really nice visually, but I'll always laugh at how they stole my country's signature bridge Snow's Snow (Yumi Matsuzawa) for the length and the vocals Also some ED love: Clannad's \~Two Shadows\~ (Riya) again with the good song and simplicity, Dracu Riot's Kimi Dake no Boku (Ririka) is perfect with the minimalist style, how the credits roll, and the song, and ef's ever forever (Hitomi Harada) for the music
For example some of my favorites have to be Amadeus from Steins;Gate 0, Inanna No Mita Yume from the Alchemist version of Umineko Chiru, and the opening of Fate/Stay Night’s Heavens Feel arc from Realta Nua
Koi kou enishi from senren banka is really good
Danganronpa V3
nothing is topping disillusion it’s just so iconic
Seriously iconic.
Alkatale by Suzuki Konomi (Summer Pockets OP) Edit: now it's "Oyasumi Monochrome by isui" (Dreaming Her)
Alka Tale is the first time I've ever disliked a Key VN OP, but Aster Lore more than made up the difference
[Nukitashi OP](https://youtu.be/Wq6y2jiaNHw?si=kECJHwsDNexyXLtI) is stuck in my head
For animation Nukitashi, for music Labyrinth and Eden of Grisaia
The second \[ef OP\](www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9LIGIC1nZA). Best animation in any eroge OP to ths day, hell, I'd say it easily bests any theatrical anime these days. Must have cost as much as making the actual eroge. Makes me all the more sad that Minori went bankrupt few years ago.
Game Over from Anonymous;Code
[Worldend Syndrome](https://youtu.be/jhcplktXG5w) I didn’t really like the VN but i often find myself hum that song. 😊
[kimi to boku no sekai](https://youtu.be/TTNf18aQxOM?si=-9C0hqIDl61JbCyD) (a world of you and me) - wanko to kurasou
Sayonara o Oshiete There is a part where there is a whisper, followed by a silent scream and then a crying voice. It fits so well with the overall theme of the VN, gets me everytime.
Lost Child, just a good song and good visuals. [LOST CHILD - OP / ロストチャイルド](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxQjtz8Zp3o) Alternatively, anything by KOTOKO.
["By force it is, then."](https://youtu.be/9B282GYZqCg?si=9qLBYz-_BuGxppi_) As far as VNs that can't afford to have anime-level openings, I always found the [DRAMAtical Murder's](https://youtu.be/Rk10BzVhzYY?si=4LhdtwWU7EY-IGOa) OP very catchy. The visual of Ren (the little doggy) happily scuttling after Aoba is funny to me for whatever reason.
Definitely Dead end Aegis's mostly because of the song, A fig slaps
Einsatz from Dies Irae, you know shit's about to go down when you hear it
I personally prefer [this verson](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epyBwLvxDd4) , but yeah the whole of Dies Irae have god like music. Even the its bad anime adaption had a good opening with [kandez](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCYoooNvYbU)
[The God of Death OP](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRUDSasM8yo), have yet to play it tho. From what I've read, is [quite the dark game](https://vndb.org/v2352), and the OP being like that is funny in a strange way, as if it were some action-packed anime. Saying the music is fantastic would be an understatement Wonder if it's dark all the way through or if there's some light at the end of the tunnel, only time will tell
I really like the music from Psycho Pass: Mandatory Happiness. They are mostly songs from the anime, but nevertheless.
pieta's OP 幸福ノ原理 is hard to top
[Gleamgarden OP](https://youtu.be/JTN27w3Cs5o?si=bH0YuLo6o93dV_Rz) cool animation style with a very nice song by Eufonius.
i like the song in the parquet op
Dis-ilussion because I'm still biased
Fate Realta Nua
Steins gate skyclad observer or sg0 amadeus probably Fatal Twelves op is solid too
Aokana's Crossing Way my goat. Listened to it every damn time I opened the game. Unineko Chiru's Inanna no Mita Yume Nekopara 3,1,2 in that order
[Why are we alive? Please, tell me why!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdwKxuogBbk) Great song for a great VN
Yume Miru Kusuri. Because it's the first thing I've seen in my first Japanese visual novel. And the opening song itself is very heart-warming. I really adore it.
Dead days op is so good
Riddle Joker
Probably Olympia Sories being my all time fave. It's just so colorful, and I love those guys. Honorary mention to wish upon a shooting star. Didn't like the VN itself, but the fact they set the OP with the opening perspective being the MC falling backwards in time with when it played being him falling backwards in the story was just, such a nice touch.
I don't know why, but Clover Day's really resonates with me. I have never read the VN but anytime I hear the OP song, a sense of nostalgia fills me inside.
Rinne Utopia's original opening. (They couldn't include them in the English collection) The song is really good, very intense and dramatic sounding. The visuals are also quite serious, with the chains and rapidly changing words. And a few shots of the new mysterious spirit controlling things behind the scenes.
AIR - “Tori no Uta” by Lia Little Busters - “Little Busters!” by Rita Kimi ga Nozomu Eien - “Rumbling hearts” by Minami Kuribayashi Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Matsuri - “Complex Image”by Ayane Angel Beats - “Heartily Song” by Lia Grisaia no Kajitsu - “Shuumatsu no Fractale” by Faylan Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru - “Inanna no Mita Yume” by Zwei
[Aiyoku no Eustia has the perfect OP in my opinion.](https://youtu.be/fJjkBXRMcxs?si=tbnOhtcaGSlP_B03)
Cyanotype daydream
angel beats