being is the second opening theme song of the anime series Shakugan no Shana. The song is composed, written and performed by KOTOKO and was arranged by Kazuya Takase. It is KOTOKO's 5th single. It peaked at #4 in the Oricon charts and sold a total of 34,736 copies. "being" was initially released as a single on March 23, 2006 and later released in KOTOKO's album Uzu-Maki. The song was used as the opening theme for episodes 17-24 of the first season.