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 now726Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXfrnDV9O3P
I would have died, I would have loved you all my life726Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Lqp5loqah
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 gate726Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWHyQ0UnxMU
This took my life to make726Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgF3aUeHVrD
On my own, no poison in my bones726Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGBO4vyy7UP
This is where I build my home726Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT4WnbokIQB
This will always be my home726Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3HICzn8cGB
(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,726Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYsFIqvq5lW
We fall into the dark as we dive under the way,726Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMUGwNU4bNJ
The devils on your shoulder, strangers in your head,726Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB2tRAK4drK
As if you don’t remember, as if you can forget,726Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoWo1eDtx8a
It’s only been a moment, it’s only been a lifetime,726Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9L6Ay8kXoq
But tonight you’re a stranger or some silhouette.726Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1YaJahu3ZE
(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?726Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYLstDFDHV5
I’ve been so worried, you’ve been so still. Barely beating at all.726Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVXLo0yDk9I
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?726Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz07DITGJhd
I don’t know anything, at all. And who am I to say you need me?726Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgmRfup79nc
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 always726Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7mTgeNTCcO
Cause when I find you, I’ll find me.726Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsvxg8Dwa32
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.726Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxnClJLfjP3
Lost myself and I am nowhere to be found.726Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ70E8gtV8Y1
Be my friend, hold me. Wrap me up, unfold me.726Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw9WbxfGKhv
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.726Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhZ37qwIQKG
You’re crazy and I’m out of my mind.726Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaEtB9fPmj6
‘Cause all of me loves all of you.726Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNDrJqVU1sJ
Love your curves and all your edges, all your perfect imperfections.726Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhFcDBrwjid
Give your all to me, I’ll give my all to you.726Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6teQVl9pW5
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.726Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0niVwF9NI9
I don’t know where it is, I don’t know when, but I want you around.726Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡudt240CRi0
When it falls into place with you and me, we go from if to when.726Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnxFsOtb6K3
This is going to bring me to my knees, I just want to hold you close to me.726Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHMo4vb56HW
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.726Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg9VvFgmGdV
I hope that you see right through my walls.726Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnQyS6meAwv
I hope that you catch me, 'cause I’m already falling.726Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Zh7CcxKzt
You put your arms around me and I believe that it’s easier for you to let me go…726Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVNZeUgthpU
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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