hey friends did you know that each silver spoon opening and ending represents one of the four seasons? as well as hachiken's character arc as time goes on?
kiss you (op1) represents represents summer. like it's straight up a summer love song, mentioning going to the beach and whatnot. the sunlight is emphasized in the visuals too. hachiken is shown building some confidence but making mistakes from not being used to his environment (stepping into poop, walking into electric fence, etc.).
hello especially (ed1), then, represents spring, the first half of season 1. it shows hachiken literally Warming up alongside the weather, starting off in the cold morning hour and progressing through the day and the season (as seen by the wheat growing and maturing)
life (op2) is pretty obviously fall. the leaves are turning red, hachiken has a more confident demeanor, he's accustomed himself to this new life, but colder days are coming.
oto no naru hou e (ed2) represents winter! (sad that the rest of the Tales of winter saga won't be adapted..) lots of cold pastel colors, and a few shots depicting characters warming up and/or in winter clothing. you see their cold breath as well.
the song itself is about supporting a friend, extending "warmth" to them as it were, which is what hachiken does for mikage and komaba during season 2.
and that's all! this is a crosspost of a thread ive already made on twitter and bluesky. i don't like using tumblr very much but it is the best place to post art and character analysis without getting swallowed by the 'algorithm' within a few hours. i may post in depth analysis of each opening and ending on their own eventually, but i'm hesitating because of how inconvenient it is to analyse movement in text form. lots of gifs to be made, probably.
stay cool, and read silver spoon :)
