The Captain’s Cut – Mitsu’s Night Watch Playlist

10 songs Mitsu listens to when the crew is asleep and the stars won’t stop looking at him.


  1. “White Flag” – Bishop Briggs
    Theme song. Surrender, defiance, and loyalty—layered into one voice.
  2. “Saturn” – Sleeping at Last
    Not Hiro’s, but Mitsu hears it differently: the weight of time, the ache of legacy.
  3. “Exit Music (For a Film)” – Radiohead
    This is when he stares too long at nothing and remembers too much.
  4. “No Time to Die” – Billie Eilish
    Regret sung slow. He’d never say it, but this one lingers.
  5. “Control” – Halsey
    Because he’s still standing, but it doesn’t feel like strength.
  6. “Terrible Love” – The National
    What it feels like when you lead people who don’t know they’re bleeding for you.
  7. “Arsonist's Lullabye” – Hozier
    For when he’s in Gunner’s seat. Watching. Waiting. Wondering.
  8. “Way Down We Go” – KALEO
    Char once asked him if he thought they were already falling.
  9. “Formidable” – Stromae
    Because sometimes he misses Earth languages. And being loved in them.
  10. “Hurt” – Nine Inch Nails (or Johnny Cash cover)
    But only once. Ever. On the worst nights.

— B-Side Rotation —

  • “Unsteady” – X Ambassadors
    For when his hands shake, and he hides them in his coat. Only played when Shin’s asleep and can’t sense it.

This list updates only when Mitsu breaks something inside himself. So—rarely. But not never.