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 now722Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjRH3C09tCI
I would have died, I would have loved you all my life722Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOtBehHgj5p
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 gate722Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt0XQhIUcqa
This took my life to make722Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXloqnllwYw
On my own, no poison in my bones722Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcNNCZYZI9g
This is where I build my home722Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkl7dTVEJuI
This will always be my home722Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4dwgvuWa1t
(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,722Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd9hVojQTpZ
We fall into the dark as we dive under the way,722Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp1EmfLOCSW
The devils on your shoulder, strangers in your head,722Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEqoXnQw1tv
As if you don’t remember, as if you can forget,722Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhScfLJqiRX
It’s only been a moment, it’s only been a lifetime,722Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2p9yUQlArC
But tonight you’re a stranger or some silhouette.722Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY5LEaODGpH
(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?722Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ0KSzLRS5S
I’ve been so worried, you’ve been so still. Barely beating at all.722Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6qLDn1nxtq
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?722Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ47jUY8mGf8
I don’t know anything, at all. And who am I to say you need me?722Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW4eAuRHGSB
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 always722Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuTVJKiY0jM
Cause when I find you, I’ll find me.722Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhui79uvBcm
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.722Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHPvMUv22vM
Lost myself and I am nowhere to be found.722Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiHU8YtjHS3
Be my friend, hold me. Wrap me up, unfold me.722Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ87iRwOmOUy
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.722Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYs9u1NdXLn
You’re crazy and I’m out of my mind.722Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiIqfEUcss6
‘Cause all of me loves all of you.722Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3cBqZPJWQw
Love your curves and all your edges, all your perfect imperfections.722Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbvFCeuoP2K
Give your all to me, I’ll give my all to you.722Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiDeD1jJCBB
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.722Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBDzt03eAya
I don’t know where it is, I don’t know when, but I want you around.722Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX0jExQdTJj
When it falls into place with you and me, we go from if to when.722Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcYguXIYDPO
This is going to bring me to my knees, I just want to hold you close to me.722Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJQwqUrTsha
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.722Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrl1yDb40CN
I hope that you see right through my walls.722Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp3ym44D1TC
I hope that you catch me, 'cause I’m already falling.722Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVjepRQD4BV
You put your arms around me and I believe that it’s easier for you to let me go…722Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9l407m1cLA
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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