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 now549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnYKA8Q31B6
I would have died, I would have loved you all my life549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuRYfib55jA
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 gate549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Q6PjRQs36
This took my life to make549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtixqx3xCVO
On my own, no poison in my bones549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKUTy4MYtXq
This is where I build my home549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBV3MZuu7AZ
This will always be my home549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeOucAHiI4P
(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,549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHSqtkIkmDs
We fall into the dark as we dive under the way,549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX5gBm6NlQc
The devils on your shoulder, strangers in your head,549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaztTSCF1Db
As if you don’t remember, as if you can forget,549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7MH1s1iUls
It’s only been a moment, it’s only been a lifetime,549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMAFZeIp0Hx
But tonight you’re a stranger or some silhouette.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKJwwDJUwl3
(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?549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC4tKrF1URt
I’ve been so worried, you’ve been so still. Barely beating at all.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡloJWi5QFbt
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?549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlnU4CrXLt1
I don’t know anything, at all. And who am I to say you need me?549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9aAew27NM4
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 always549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGsgXF5KmO8
Cause when I find you, I’ll find me.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡstBKHpMuDA
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.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMqn2gz7ba2
Lost myself and I am nowhere to be found.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ91ListJifT
Be my friend, hold me. Wrap me up, unfold me.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcCnDFPhb57
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.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsm8uXI2spX
You’re crazy and I’m out of my mind.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqTTP3O0mzo
‘Cause all of me loves all of you.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡugTo60BpwX
Love your curves and all your edges, all your perfect imperfections.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHyIyDnkn07
Give your all to me, I’ll give my all to you.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi2R5MvAo1q
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.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjhqjXpNOM4
I don’t know where it is, I don’t know when, but I want you around.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHdtlmiuoo2
When it falls into place with you and me, we go from if to when.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3LapHM2wCT
This is going to bring me to my knees, I just want to hold you close to me.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ06tn2aCqnE
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.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtNPdC0ig8u
I hope that you see right through my walls.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡadKSOrjJo3
I hope that you catch me, 'cause I’m already falling.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6OVCKArK16
You put your arms around me and I believe that it’s easier for you to let me go…549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWgI9Vlc7UT
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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