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 now588Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS6BwaeEaLy
I would have died, I would have loved you all my life588Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡINar5ry2Sc
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 gate588Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIb9ULn5Kaj
This took my life to make588Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO23K0tJm5A
On my own, no poison in my bones588Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPwMB9u0PaN
This is where I build my home588Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5TqRoio0ap
This will always be my home588Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzDOjIOZS53
(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,588Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR5fF5YZSmi
We fall into the dark as we dive under the way,588Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnWc1NGQFw7
The devils on your shoulder, strangers in your head,588Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJfxFOlznlO
As if you don’t remember, as if you can forget,588Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2R8m7OPr6n
It’s only been a moment, it’s only been a lifetime,588Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Kl6VpfEKA
But tonight you’re a stranger or some silhouette.588Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsukF75n0lr
(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?588Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMJ6xGeRvVd
I’ve been so worried, you’ve been so still. Barely beating at all.588Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdKkAhEwL6c
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?588Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2RFM9pInNb
I don’t know anything, at all. And who am I to say you need me?588Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSOh8G2YduW
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 always588Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMiz2Q53ys4
Cause when I find you, I’ll find me.588Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡazwcTi7U4B
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.588Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjHdoQsIm26
Lost myself and I am nowhere to be found.588Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ41C3ui7QIx
Be my friend, hold me. Wrap me up, unfold me.588Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcMUht6yJtx
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.588Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT8EbHq33tE
You’re crazy and I’m out of my mind.588Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEp887I5WaL
‘Cause all of me loves all of you.588Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA9FTbfs76q
Love your curves and all your edges, all your perfect imperfections.588Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmpgHFJ18Nf
Give your all to me, I’ll give my all to you.588Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQxDbPLjskC
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.588Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkMOsGB3por
I don’t know where it is, I don’t know when, but I want you around.588Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeiW25NtqXm
When it falls into place with you and me, we go from if to when.588Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSGcHtACdQM
This is going to bring me to my knees, I just want to hold you close to me.588Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO4JPBhsRj9
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.588Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzKWO4FKGRG
I hope that you see right through my walls.588Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqNhhINrnqe
I hope that you catch me, 'cause I’m already falling.588Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRvGSpexEIW
You put your arms around me and I believe that it’s easier for you to let me go…588Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBYqK5PhyU5
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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