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 now723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqWrICEhHXw
I would have died, I would have loved you all my life723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ29P5yTWdlO
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 gate723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8c4SKd94p7
This took my life to make723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWkSNGhGWTO
On my own, no poison in my bones723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxY00YXN0ws
This is where I build my home723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJTPkInxh6H
This will always be my home723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdIkUJb2B46
(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,723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsLyb8juEg6
We fall into the dark as we dive under the way,723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi9sQklwh6L
The devils on your shoulder, strangers in your head,723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIvbURT7ZM5
As if you don’t remember, as if you can forget,723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrhJ7fFbSdj
It’s only been a moment, it’s only been a lifetime,723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJW131h8sDF
But tonight you’re a stranger or some silhouette.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1mQMRJEJL7
(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?723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡavo4WPFVab
I’ve been so worried, you’ve been so still. Barely beating at all.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoJLNsbTmiB
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?723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTeRazp1A2G
I don’t know anything, at all. And who am I to say you need me?723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ67M9ldWVc
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 always723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8oMfXwuLNv
Cause when I find you, I’ll find me.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqRdhk6to44
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.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡss3MkHEJbT
Lost myself and I am nowhere to be found.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjF9FYxV8Qh
Be my friend, hold me. Wrap me up, unfold me.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCOH1O6IZUB
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.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuFylN6oL2m
You’re crazy and I’m out of my mind.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXkjhJDlkXO
‘Cause all of me loves all of you.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡASnva530pt
Love your curves and all your edges, all your perfect imperfections.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFNJtX7ku7n
Give your all to me, I’ll give my all to you.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡam3CVPjgAA
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.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxYUFqTZFXO
I don’t know where it is, I don’t know when, but I want you around.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuYoId8w3VI
When it falls into place with you and me, we go from if to when.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ1QnqObqcm
This is going to bring me to my knees, I just want to hold you close to me.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxQnx963egX
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.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSDS9MSxBRo
I hope that you see right through my walls.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGPddPKqbkj
I hope that you catch me, 'cause I’m already falling.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKYiDf1peh0
You put your arms around me and I believe that it’s easier for you to let me go…723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFyiWq8TPoU
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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