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 now391Please respect copyright.PENANAceyLlEEXPF
I would have died, I would have loved you all my life391Please respect copyright.PENANASTpnqCbRwH
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 gate391Please respect copyright.PENANAw6ePKEL4RB
This took my life to make391Please respect copyright.PENANA4RG2tv9mCH
On my own, no poison in my bones391Please respect copyright.PENANAFkousMjBLU
This is where I build my home391Please respect copyright.PENANAqNg6KOFelw
This will always be my home391Please respect copyright.PENANAp7baeRgRkw
(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,391Please respect copyright.PENANAm9AY4ZHCS4
We fall into the dark as we dive under the way,391Please respect copyright.PENANAO5H839Pvux
The devils on your shoulder, strangers in your head,391Please respect copyright.PENANAvI1kO6zsrC
As if you don’t remember, as if you can forget,391Please respect copyright.PENANATlBZGmd8t7
It’s only been a moment, it’s only been a lifetime,391Please respect copyright.PENANAqhyHjDpZCL
But tonight you’re a stranger or some silhouette.391Please respect copyright.PENANAFgQWMsclIy
(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?391Please respect copyright.PENANA3lhEbAzvPn
I’ve been so worried, you’ve been so still. Barely beating at all.391Please respect copyright.PENANAXYcHTKDH6d
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?391Please respect copyright.PENANAU35hMeM9Ih
I don’t know anything, at all. And who am I to say you need me?391Please respect copyright.PENANA2sHcTa6KLT
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 always391Please respect copyright.PENANASMT513yYpJ
Cause when I find you, I’ll find me.391Please respect copyright.PENANAr66tt7kJca
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.391Please respect copyright.PENANAepJ2LuBDaa
Lost myself and I am nowhere to be found.391Please respect copyright.PENANAl9DTQUF12Z
Be my friend, hold me. Wrap me up, unfold me.391Please respect copyright.PENANAanlXltryrV
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.391Please respect copyright.PENANA9W6o5v6Jde
You’re crazy and I’m out of my mind.391Please respect copyright.PENANAF01CxRpy2W
‘Cause all of me loves all of you.391Please respect copyright.PENANAQxuXmpZdUX
Love your curves and all your edges, all your perfect imperfections.391Please respect copyright.PENANAq3626Oguiz
Give your all to me, I’ll give my all to you.391Please respect copyright.PENANA6atstFOhbd
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.391Please respect copyright.PENANAF9V2V8vnrY
I don’t know where it is, I don’t know when, but I want you around.391Please respect copyright.PENANAoX3BSLuZY2
When it falls into place with you and me, we go from if to when.391Please respect copyright.PENANA42sq5ST36l
This is going to bring me to my knees, I just want to hold you close to me.391Please respect copyright.PENANAM8WqwtSxLu
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.391Please respect copyright.PENANAtooSe936l1
I hope that you see right through my walls.391Please respect copyright.PENANAitqiwDoZy1
I hope that you catch me, 'cause I’m already falling.391Please respect copyright.PENANAf01ybIrIQb
You put your arms around me and I believe that it’s easier for you to let me go…391Please respect copyright.PENANAeDR4IDTllt
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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