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 now577Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ60QhEhGWmW
I would have died, I would have loved you all my life577Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡktPKkFVLfZ
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 gate577Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvkr4N2ZEBy
This took my life to make577Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwG0DDNQoQh
On my own, no poison in my bones577Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3S8e3MCHtS
This is where I build my home577Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpuffPots6d
This will always be my home577Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHLYhNWxNri
(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,577Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJsUrutAObl
We fall into the dark as we dive under the way,577Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJW5JhT2hg
The devils on your shoulder, strangers in your head,577Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjHxmFKych5
As if you don’t remember, as if you can forget,577Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJo1zDbIScC
It’s only been a moment, it’s only been a lifetime,577Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs0axWxmdSy
But tonight you’re a stranger or some silhouette.577Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcd2DTaJz4i
(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?577Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHvHwaRjrPq
I’ve been so worried, you’ve been so still. Barely beating at all.577Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNbdZbaMCc4
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?577Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡukpBY7Rfy5
I don’t know anything, at all. And who am I to say you need me?577Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWgjeRllnCK
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 always577Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ90TTv7KGa2
Cause when I find you, I’ll find me.577Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBW5EN4LK3v
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.577Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbNhXTUIynP
Lost myself and I am nowhere to be found.577Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWo9XE2oez8
Be my friend, hold me. Wrap me up, unfold me.577Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmMuCea6uGi
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.577Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVO8RhhQ4PV
You’re crazy and I’m out of my mind.577Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAMEWBObTBo
‘Cause all of me loves all of you.577Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ54dMXsjnmu
Love your curves and all your edges, all your perfect imperfections.577Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmUMeSIqJJ6
Give your all to me, I’ll give my all to you.577Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡslem8SHt2k
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.577Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtK5Xjelucl
I don’t know where it is, I don’t know when, but I want you around.577Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4sP75gwdnK
When it falls into place with you and me, we go from if to when.577Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzhMUxgCZDA
This is going to bring me to my knees, I just want to hold you close to me.577Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpo1G8rhupv
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.577Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAZ3mCdPGgu
I hope that you see right through my walls.577Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiC5onN6dKP
I hope that you catch me, 'cause I’m already falling.577Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhJwxW8iOfY
You put your arms around me and I believe that it’s easier for you to let me go…577Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqsdd0ptbIf
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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