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 now496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs1vWTallOw
I would have died, I would have loved you all my life496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPdXibmHZ2e
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 gate496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgXdYcxtUjd
This took my life to make496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmCFixcwMFS
On my own, no poison in my bones496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGaTwjNj3oa
This is where I build my home496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5aPpelqx2w
This will always be my home496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY3l5DfeYAe
(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,496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcg7iSupeVx
We fall into the dark as we dive under the way,496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWis1zASOnV
The devils on your shoulder, strangers in your head,496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOzWDGLGgIt
As if you don’t remember, as if you can forget,496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0k28MvHRMH
It’s only been a moment, it’s only been a lifetime,496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjtZEQUeIF7
But tonight you’re a stranger or some silhouette.496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyGNuLQE9LO
(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?496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHXTr5pLNbo
I’ve been so worried, you’ve been so still. Barely beating at all.496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN37dHPsHrT
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?496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw6yfL52ujV
I don’t know anything, at all. And who am I to say you need me?496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrBq9R17upb
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 always496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡro7IKfnoq7
Cause when I find you, I’ll find me.496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvZVPbl3v0l
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.496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIrggaohqeT
Lost myself and I am nowhere to be found.496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaHqqrAHdP3
Be my friend, hold me. Wrap me up, unfold me.496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkzEKvLTKn7
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.496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg6nfUhFhv2
You’re crazy and I’m out of my mind.496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCV1FnRPbxw
‘Cause all of me loves all of you.496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5a6BqtLohw
Love your curves and all your edges, all your perfect imperfections.496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ575wkS06N9
Give your all to me, I’ll give my all to you.496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiaDww1Bw0g
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.496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2EycZOLV9R
I don’t know where it is, I don’t know when, but I want you around.496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5luTwhdZeb
When it falls into place with you and me, we go from if to when.496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEZxigpPRAd
This is going to bring me to my knees, I just want to hold you close to me.496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgja7x0e0fO
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.496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkAZvOZe5k1
I hope that you see right through my walls.496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXEG6QWn0KM
I hope that you catch me, 'cause I’m already falling.496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDW1jgXi7zf
You put your arms around me and I believe that it’s easier for you to let me go…496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwngPCUohAP
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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