Final Result:
OP 3 Blue Bird by Ikimonogakari is the Best Naruto Shippuden OP
1st: Blue Bird by Ikimonogakarai [OP 3]
2nd: Silhouette by KANA-BOON [OP 16]
3rd: Hero's Comeback by nobodyknows+ [OP 1]
4th: Nikawa Ame ni mo Makezu by NICO Touches the Walls [OP 13]
5th: Diver by NICO Touches the Walls [OP 8]
6th: Blood Circulator by Asian Kung-Fu Generation [OP 19]
7th: Sign by FLOW [OP 6]
8th: LINE by Sukima Switch [OP 18]
9th: Lovers by 7!! [OP 9]
10th: Totsugeki Rock by THE CRO-MAGNONS [OP 11]
11th: Hotaru no Hikari by Ikimonogakari [OP 5]
12th: new song by tacica [OP 10]
13th: Karanokokoro by Anly [OP 20]
14th: Closer by Joe Inoue [OP 4]
15th: Guren by DOES [OP 15]
F-Tier: distance by Long Shot Party [OP 2]
Tōmei datta Sekai by Motohiro Hara [OP 7]
Moshimo by Daisuke [OP 12]
Tsuki no Ōkisa by Nogizaka46 [OP 14]
Kaze by Yamazaru [OP 17]
More tournament stats under the cut! I'll be adding my own ranking of Naruto Shippuden OPs in the replies, please add yours too!
The final bracket:
All final match results:
Blue Bird by Ikimonogakari vs Silhouette by KANA-BOON
63.9% // 36.1%
Hero's Comeback by nobodyknows+ vs Nikawa Ame ni mo Makezu by NICO Touches the Walls
63% // 37%
Diver by NICO Touches the Walls vs Blood Circulator by Asian Kung-Fu Generation
68.3% // 31.7%
Hotaru no Hikari by Ikimonogakari vs new song by tacica vs Karanokokoro by Anly
46% // 28% // 26%
The top 3 closest matches were:
Round 2 Losers: Kaze by Yamazaru vs Karanokokoro by Anly
50% // 50%
Round 2 Losers: Hotaru no Hikari by Ikimonogakari vs Tōmei datta Sekai
50% // 50%
Round 1: Lovers by 7!! vs new song by tacica
56% // 44%
The biggest L matches were:
Round 1: Tōmei datta Sekai by Motohiro Hara vs Diver by NICO Touches the Walls
16.3% // 83.7%
Round 4 Losers: Lovers by 7!! vs Totsugeki Rock by THE CRO-MAGNONS
78.6% // 21.4%
The most voted match was Round 3, Match 1: Hero's Comeback vs Blue Bird with 129 votes. The second highest was Round 3, Match 4: Silhouette vs Blood Circulator with 96 votes. The final match had 83 votes.
It comes with no surprises to me to crown Ikimonogakari's Blue Bird as the best Naruto Shippuden OP! So many bangers in the Naruto Shippuden discog and in my mind there were a lot of brutal match ups - however the voting did show some clear faves over others so maybe my nostalgia blurred my judgements. But for example, I do think Closer would have ranked higher if it hadn't been surrounded by such tough competition? Same with distance - that song had to tap out too early (╥_╥) My big takeaway from this is I should have ranked all OPs. At the time I thought it was too much work but after doing One Piece, it actually helps a lot either rank all of them, or only the winners. With that said, F-Tier tourney when; are there any tracks that deserve redemption; and most importantly, Naruto vs Naruto Shippuden OP tourney when?
Thanks so much for voting and following again, love you all 🫶
ps - this gif is crazy to me but also me giving you flowers for participating
Round 5 is just 4 matches long! This is due to the frequency that lower-placed matches were posted.
Two matches will drop daily, with the final match for first place dropping tomorrow. As this diagram is very bare bones you can see all match-ups under the cut.
Thanks for your patience on this and so glad to finally be near the end of unravelling the fan faves of the Naruto series!
1st/2nd: Blue Bird vs Silhoutte
3rd/4th: Hero's Comeback vs Nikawa Ame ni mo Makezu
5th/6th: Diver vs Blood Circulator
7th-10th: Decided by R4
11th-13th: Hotaru no hikari vs new song vs Karanokokoro
