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 now742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQuzLIL3hx0
I would have died, I would have loved you all my life742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh5HUBDBTad
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 gate742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOfUnseTJS0
This took my life to make742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3r3UqdKPye
On my own, no poison in my bones742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuw1cBbDOOt
This is where I build my home742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgIltFJ9drS
This will always be my home742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOhX5qXdzHp
(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,742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoh16LRutvv
We fall into the dark as we dive under the way,742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkBMnHLGNXA
The devils on your shoulder, strangers in your head,742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZV6zs14Pjx
As if you don’t remember, as if you can forget,742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9RcdtZBH9g
It’s only been a moment, it’s only been a lifetime,742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmfa0xif8Fi
But tonight you’re a stranger or some silhouette.742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVpIU7EWgzx
(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?742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7zCKxmcKT
I’ve been so worried, you’ve been so still. Barely beating at all.742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoBMOgvNsJ6
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?742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxoy8ksAFi6
I don’t know anything, at all. And who am I to say you need me?742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPDfZovyThd
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 always742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpEzVXoke4y
Cause when I find you, I’ll find me.742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0W1y8RWXNL
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.742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2UIqq0JYSu
Lost myself and I am nowhere to be found.742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNkax87yi98
Be my friend, hold me. Wrap me up, unfold me.742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhtIGUvcuwW
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.742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRc7ZoQoZjR
You’re crazy and I’m out of my mind.742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJNEUqFWb2d
‘Cause all of me loves all of you.742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoEupcLbC59
Love your curves and all your edges, all your perfect imperfections.742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFaAb2pH2GH
Give your all to me, I’ll give my all to you.742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE70aOxgjaZ
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.742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs4pwtX3fUM
I don’t know where it is, I don’t know when, but I want you around.742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoNWkzC87nc
When it falls into place with you and me, we go from if to when.742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqouynvKYiU
This is going to bring me to my knees, I just want to hold you close to me.742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV8GZaWZSj9
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.742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg1R51jl65c
I hope that you see right through my walls.742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGtRzGnNlj1
I hope that you catch me, 'cause I’m already falling.742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDn10BbBLpP
You put your arms around me and I believe that it’s easier for you to let me go…742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvKvpmrVqUD
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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