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 now605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbLAi6aporF
I would have died, I would have loved you all my life605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGGg8VuzaxZ
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 gate605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTYJfqKnwqw
This took my life to make605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0nrg0Anxqf
On my own, no poison in my bones605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjdkqDcFxeC
This is where I build my home605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNZ9lP93Dy5
This will always be my home605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvSSfbgmDYh
(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,605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDe1ARFQ6pa
We fall into the dark as we dive under the way,605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvBkFYfbhSk
The devils on your shoulder, strangers in your head,605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡimjlCpsVSK
As if you don’t remember, as if you can forget,605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQgwWpzG51q
It’s only been a moment, it’s only been a lifetime,605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡevageFXQKu
But tonight you’re a stranger or some silhouette.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGPban4tvvA
(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?605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUltPcq4QfY
I’ve been so worried, you’ve been so still. Barely beating at all.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjX15fuPoys
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?605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ678EPhOArP
I don’t know anything, at all. And who am I to say you need me?605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPm7lQTbKEo
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 always605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzNlqXdwdrB
Cause when I find you, I’ll find me.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlE8ijvKKtI
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.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUsj0o7xV2D
Lost myself and I am nowhere to be found.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ1dWxHCFot
Be my friend, hold me. Wrap me up, unfold me.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmCuX19x2oT
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.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo850D7oZZq
You’re crazy and I’m out of my mind.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLMpVzsu1lZ
‘Cause all of me loves all of you.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxID7ZpArul
Love your curves and all your edges, all your perfect imperfections.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWTImha7MzL
Give your all to me, I’ll give my all to you.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuz5OcBprBq
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.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7GesD7jcT9
I don’t know where it is, I don’t know when, but I want you around.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJTBjUpJYC
When it falls into place with you and me, we go from if to when.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiAjc2f37jQ
This is going to bring me to my knees, I just want to hold you close to me.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4S7QSs1fjZ
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.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjTv2mKwSso
I hope that you see right through my walls.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi5epWRTP5A
I hope that you catch me, 'cause I’m already falling.605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh5AAiGBkOR
You put your arms around me and I believe that it’s easier for you to let me go…605Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3fkfcp3DPB
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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