You exist within me (I’d have come to love you anyway)
A playlist for Katsuhira’s and Noriko’s road through the series. From losing each other and themselves to finding themselves in each other.
10 tracks, 41 mins || LISTEN @ 8TRACKS
I tried to pick the songs to fit their POVs during specific episodes, so in case anyone’s interested the tracklist and related info under the cut!
01. Losing Your Memory (R. Star)
The damage is done, the police are coming too slow now699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDcRH2cUztO
I would have died, I would have loved you all my life699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEFUeIG8JbB
You’re losing your memory now
The night Noriko jumps. Omniscient POV.
02. Home (Ellie Goulding)
I work until it’s late, walk-in, and close the gate699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx64aZJzQx9
This took my life to make699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQRgx0X2LxA
On my own, no poison in my bones699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjmj3XnxNey
This is where I build my home699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcsNRQWO0ON
This will always be my home699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7rdCypsXbN
(I need someone, to hold)
In the years before the series starts, a lonely Noriko pours herself into the Kiznaiver Project. Noriko’s POV.
03. Silhouette (Aquilo)
We’ve become echoes, but echoes that fade away,699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGJ8ag02IwX
We fall into the dark as we dive under the way,699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡszPj2MZXSk
The devils on your shoulder, strangers in your head,699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG53eTcjBMc
As if you don’t remember, as if you can forget,699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgvM4QaErHx
It’s only been a moment, it’s only been a lifetime,699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRAqn6axQGC
But tonight you’re a stranger or some silhouette.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4C3dAz0ebI
(Just hold me.)
Both Katsuhira and Noriko are only echoes of who they used to be, and Noriko comes to Katsuhira as a silhouette of his past. Mostly Katsuhira’s POV, but also omniscient.
04. Hello My Old Heart (The Oh Hellos)
Hello my old heart, how have you been? Are you still there inside my chest?699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbY8UizLoiW
I’ve been so worried, you’ve been so still. Barely beating at all.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6PVsSPrFFn
Oh, I don’t wanna be alone. I wanna find a home and I wanna share it with you.
In Episodes 1 - 4, Katsuhira starts to fall for Noriko all over again and tries to connect with her. Katsuhira’s POV.
05. Who Am I to Say (Hope)
Don’t know anything, at all. Who am I to say you love me?699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyHleqGVKwE
I don’t know anything, at all. And who am I to say you need me?699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu8ifzFQdZY
I don’t know anything, at all. But I know you loved me.
In Episodes 5 - 8, Noriko starts to wonder if Katsuhira’s feelings for her have changed, after all. Noriko’s POV.
06. When You Find Me (Joshua Radin Ft. Maria Taylor)
Oh I need you to know, today: I’ll wait for you always699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI65mYOpITM
Cause when I find you, I’ll find me.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe3IXZt2cdT
Can’t you see? That when I find you, I’ll find me.
In Episodes 8 - 9, Katsuhira remembers Noriko and finds himself within her. Katsuhira’s POV.
07. Breathe Me (Sia)
Ouch, I have lost myself again.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7cIoLXLcmO
Lost myself and I am nowhere to be found.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNOpnfdVKoE
Be my friend, hold me. Wrap me up, unfold me.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOWm3l2gHNe
I am small and needy. Warm me up and breathe me.
In Episodes 10 - 11, Noriko is desperate to hold onto the Kiznaiver System and the past, to the point she can’t even recognize her true self, which resides inside Katsuhira. “True” Noriko’s POV, aka what she was truly feeling deep down.
08. All of Me (Boyce Avenue Cover)
My head’s underwater, but I’m breathing fine.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlFt21wsLRL
You’re crazy and I’m out of my mind.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeeiS2OU7LX
‘Cause all of me loves all of you.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzamllkwONH
Love your curves and all your edges, all your perfect imperfections.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9PHDHP5dfv
Give your all to me, I’ll give my all to you.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa4ZuJvAkV2
You’re my end and my beginning
In Episodes 11 - 12, Katsuhira comes to realize he loves all of Noriko, including her flaws. And he is sure she loves him back. Katsuhira’s POV.
09. She is (The Fray)
It’s all up in the air and we stand still, to see what comes down.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqPRypxx3tc
I don’t know where it is, I don’t know when, but I want you around.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz3d2lODBKa
When it falls into place with you and me, we go from if to when.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrOW7g0BTcK
This is going to bring me to my knees, I just want to hold you close to me.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDcyTIOjxbD
She is everything I needed, she is everything.
In episode 12, Katsuhira bares his heart to Noriko and hopes for the best. Katsuhira’s POV.
10. Arms (Christina Perri)
I can’t decide if I’ll let you save my life or if I’ll drown.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWuoAARXN8b
I hope that you see right through my walls.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPcHAImiKpz
I hope that you catch me, 'cause I’m already falling.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkiZMfCc04l
You put your arms around me and I believe that it’s easier for you to let me go…699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaTQgFFCqNn
You put your arms around me and I’m home.
In episode 12, Noriko gives both Katsuhira and herself a hard time but ultimately lets herself be saved and finds a home. Noriko’s POV.
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