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 now585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqes3iSOXt4
I would have died, I would have loved you all my life585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsqLlaGzTud
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 gate585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGWQYflsWMy
This took my life to make585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡud82AG2LCA
On my own, no poison in my bones585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ibF1ZIaws
This is where I build my home585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOzLFi6leSQ
This will always be my home585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLmiwduCiwb
(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,585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ55gcpLDXZB
We fall into the dark as we dive under the way,585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQUhhasdXXz
The devils on your shoulder, strangers in your head,585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡonyYpaoEWI
As if you don’t remember, as if you can forget,585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0o1jay41dR
It’s only been a moment, it’s only been a lifetime,585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL9YpkXwuxg
But tonight you’re a stranger or some silhouette.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyj8bZ2Fb7D
(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?585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMcKXdgeBEH
I’ve been so worried, you’ve been so still. Barely beating at all.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiMFQAA2rd6
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?585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiYUj5VrxLw
I don’t know anything, at all. And who am I to say you need me?585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7geNulpHvI
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 always585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh7oenmexXN
Cause when I find you, I’ll find me.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1v2neuewBM
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.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhIf2dQU0FG
Lost myself and I am nowhere to be found.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡECsX8KPVmC
Be my friend, hold me. Wrap me up, unfold me.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMVSXvqjMiI
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.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡliQbfZN3js
You’re crazy and I’m out of my mind.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsZrmOkTVvv
‘Cause all of me loves all of you.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFtnsElZj3W
Love your curves and all your edges, all your perfect imperfections.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ2PVUwEcGW
Give your all to me, I’ll give my all to you.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKHSNlIsvrv
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.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ06N9Jr1nvm
I don’t know where it is, I don’t know when, but I want you around.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHDcdOZK87k
When it falls into place with you and me, we go from if to when.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRSzc89utfA
This is going to bring me to my knees, I just want to hold you close to me.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ3Vj0CaiuH
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.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDp5CnHT0QI
I hope that you see right through my walls.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTw6NF5YJ7A
I hope that you catch me, 'cause I’m already falling.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPIJjNpy4hy
You put your arms around me and I believe that it’s easier for you to let me go…585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlLJHO50v3s
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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