Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War
Closing credits of episode one – The first new episode of Bleach in a decade largely spends its time re-establishing what a big deal Ichigo Kurisaki and his friends are while also teasing the danger to come for the rest of the Soul Society at the hands of the Wandenreich. Closing out the episode is a recap of the entire series up to Blood War’s start set to “Rapport” by Japanese rock band Tatsuya Kitani. The song is a fantastic earworm and perfectly matches the footage from old episodes it’s set to. Even if you’d never watched Bleach before Blood War, its special closing theme was packed with enough history and raw emotion that made you understand why Bleach was so beloved in its heyday, and why its return has been a long time coming.
