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 now695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsn2f9ocUFm
I would have died, I would have loved you all my life695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMn6F7pcbqb
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 gate695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgklr2bGQ2Y
This took my life to make695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWPCqaRc3zl
On my own, no poison in my bones695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSF3OP8dkTd
This is where I build my home695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiLx9kq2RYm
This will always be my home695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqaTw6R6fg1
(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,695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ4kudU0N77
We fall into the dark as we dive under the way,695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEKrcBW1EjT
The devils on your shoulder, strangers in your head,695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYzW2umuAq4
As if you don’t remember, as if you can forget,695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ16W3JWxRLv
It’s only been a moment, it’s only been a lifetime,695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsbSyX9ilfb
But tonight you’re a stranger or some silhouette.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsQONvmeozt
(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?695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEuOn8VZxAr
I’ve been so worried, you’ve been so still. Barely beating at all.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjLyAz1qH1Q
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?695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDr4K0lpait
I don’t know anything, at all. And who am I to say you need me?695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvpjKaAuouY
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 always695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaK7LBMefCj
Cause when I find you, I’ll find me.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1I8YfKnIhS
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.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGRPlNSkCxY
Lost myself and I am nowhere to be found.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxbTXYDHojJ
Be my friend, hold me. Wrap me up, unfold me.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEKQ7aBtXKV
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.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkyqsYrcurP
You’re crazy and I’m out of my mind.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡubms76iM2I
‘Cause all of me loves all of you.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6wY9G3SlCm
Love your curves and all your edges, all your perfect imperfections.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz6jdaAhB1M
Give your all to me, I’ll give my all to you.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMXXZ9dahas
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.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuTQpGC2VBP
I don’t know where it is, I don’t know when, but I want you around.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa4wYWaBxmY
When it falls into place with you and me, we go from if to when.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlaPhVdv6VO
This is going to bring me to my knees, I just want to hold you close to me.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrhGYBC9xLP
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.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9QhSRm1JLj
I hope that you see right through my walls.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR9JbdVLEke
I hope that you catch me, 'cause I’m already falling.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqQalHWAegL
You put your arms around me and I believe that it’s easier for you to let me go…695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdaFq8lAZhX
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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