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 now494Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMPndsH1WUW
I would have died, I would have loved you all my life494Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCRrnSSpIXX
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 gate494Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6I5VEfegy1
This took my life to make494Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9eTYaErEF4
On my own, no poison in my bones494Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiIbFLCbE0P
This is where I build my home494Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT7LQO5uuPj
This will always be my home494Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6DjFIOUOpw
(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,494Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCWmlUBHAup
We fall into the dark as we dive under the way,494Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHehWGja8iK
The devils on your shoulder, strangers in your head,494Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ59SwL8Gnx6
As if you don’t remember, as if you can forget,494Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbpEbMqVk2E
It’s only been a moment, it’s only been a lifetime,494Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYzoncCw1UP
But tonight you’re a stranger or some silhouette.494Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvZp9kgPoHN
(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?494Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqqR9wMETOL
I’ve been so worried, you’ve been so still. Barely beating at all.494Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBbUZSdajf2
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?494Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyQKVwfFySZ
I don’t know anything, at all. And who am I to say you need me?494Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcrpNT1mYML
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 always494Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXC3Swp6exn
Cause when I find you, I’ll find me.494Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF1BAbS4VbG
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.494Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxBM5dQsW2c
Lost myself and I am nowhere to be found.494Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBjEHMKdjke
Be my friend, hold me. Wrap me up, unfold me.494Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0NcAsNZIiC
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.494Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCWhnXUEVrg
You’re crazy and I’m out of my mind.494Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwoZZp0msoH
‘Cause all of me loves all of you.494Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjbLOGnU3VM
Love your curves and all your edges, all your perfect imperfections.494Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQv9BVyIiX
Give your all to me, I’ll give my all to you.494Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxoY0eiOEAe
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.494Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSeOoVi2Grw
I don’t know where it is, I don’t know when, but I want you around.494Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡna7F0lvxaj
When it falls into place with you and me, we go from if to when.494Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnmqyz25cET
This is going to bring me to my knees, I just want to hold you close to me.494Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwC4L6T4evM
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.494Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwA2lEaN49A
I hope that you see right through my walls.494Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhrX3OMUtZi
I hope that you catch me, 'cause I’m already falling.494Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtU4B5Lne8I
You put your arms around me and I believe that it’s easier for you to let me go…494Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmmCdEDt8BB
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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