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 now559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTSwLc8gQhe
I would have died, I would have loved you all my life559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr32bWB6gij
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 gate559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpyrL0J3Y4b
This took my life to make559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKEOrG6Z0Ge
On my own, no poison in my bones559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡizidQTodTQ
This is where I build my home559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt2FlodgVfm
This will always be my home559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvZtpge139l
(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,559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmCiAI2pOtA
We fall into the dark as we dive under the way,559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGydktboWu7
The devils on your shoulder, strangers in your head,559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVvOpCGjDut
As if you don’t remember, as if you can forget,559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdgWVVlVcPK
It’s only been a moment, it’s only been a lifetime,559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ31zhTDHvmK
But tonight you’re a stranger or some silhouette.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHmslbpEmez
(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?559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgVekT9uYJH
I’ve been so worried, you’ve been so still. Barely beating at all.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡonRhOaid66
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?559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX13JjHs7B5
I don’t know anything, at all. And who am I to say you need me?559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZWI7CYW1EC
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 always559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPq5So7BmcF
Cause when I find you, I’ll find me.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoxtzQgFn8W
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.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiPt5w53hpJ
Lost myself and I am nowhere to be found.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkJHTH6gNrj
Be my friend, hold me. Wrap me up, unfold me.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNKFNepBAY8
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.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvcUEZ7HkPS
You’re crazy and I’m out of my mind.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaeUoALRPE3
‘Cause all of me loves all of you.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLWQERuCkRy
Love your curves and all your edges, all your perfect imperfections.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNEyZprhc9A
Give your all to me, I’ll give my all to you.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOIbuo15iCx
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.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ZPoMXR2Dd
I don’t know where it is, I don’t know when, but I want you around.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJ6ZqUcnxR
When it falls into place with you and me, we go from if to when.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQTGBlj4evT
This is going to bring me to my knees, I just want to hold you close to me.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn5kCBhvSPc
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.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7AiHniM8k7
I hope that you see right through my walls.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1tsr8mVM89
I hope that you catch me, 'cause I’m already falling.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡslZ4b0MqyY
You put your arms around me and I believe that it’s easier for you to let me go…559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiUgsHweAnM
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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