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 now580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmVsWrq0zEs
I would have died, I would have loved you all my life580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlzS9a5IBMT
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 gate580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOAcprOLMkc
This took my life to make580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqK5Cp6mL9P
On my own, no poison in my bones580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeJty88TSFI
This is where I build my home580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ojtxHI5cj
This will always be my home580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtxcSd7LBLr
(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,580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGHsxFKurdS
We fall into the dark as we dive under the way,580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEBtx0V3tf7
The devils on your shoulder, strangers in your head,580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhjV4OuGrUm
As if you don’t remember, as if you can forget,580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6opn94xSbm
It’s only been a moment, it’s only been a lifetime,580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOrAPqxwGAW
But tonight you’re a stranger or some silhouette.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2KDUA5eLwq
(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?580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0W2B7nwi7W
I’ve been so worried, you’ve been so still. Barely beating at all.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7cAbpHH754
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?580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU4ybXdqqSo
I don’t know anything, at all. And who am I to say you need me?580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKyEChIs6sZ
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 always580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2okZaOtP5C
Cause when I find you, I’ll find me.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnB0KRuKRCn
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.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbgwBqFVMjz
Lost myself and I am nowhere to be found.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcS9Ju7UHGr
Be my friend, hold me. Wrap me up, unfold me.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJodqEozto5
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.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr5TdOfxba3
You’re crazy and I’m out of my mind.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3oiUwYoWAI
‘Cause all of me loves all of you.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnBputTf5Tr
Love your curves and all your edges, all your perfect imperfections.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkwz0M0HhpN
Give your all to me, I’ll give my all to you.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡct7ye1zqf3
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.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUgDlx5at7q
I don’t know where it is, I don’t know when, but I want you around.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMr6yNHKVHo
When it falls into place with you and me, we go from if to when.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡODqjs8JCLH
This is going to bring me to my knees, I just want to hold you close to me.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXegD2Z1Tn1
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.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU6AvxKp4ck
I hope that you see right through my walls.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgcEBm2SvIk
I hope that you catch me, 'cause I’m already falling.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzD0esPaSh8
You put your arms around me and I believe that it’s easier for you to let me go…580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLWnid4jtYZ
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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