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 now397Please respect copyright.PENANAZ6IusKKNWR
I would have died, I would have loved you all my life397Please respect copyright.PENANAHqwpgxpXPy
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 gate397Please respect copyright.PENANAqfOWhD533Z
This took my life to make397Please respect copyright.PENANAaw9a99WjSd
On my own, no poison in my bones397Please respect copyright.PENANAHPZEOmh1qr
This is where I build my home397Please respect copyright.PENANAzE9RIRrq0c
This will always be my home397Please respect copyright.PENANAIeRxhm12T2
(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,397Please respect copyright.PENANAvYq90Z5OAw
We fall into the dark as we dive under the way,397Please respect copyright.PENANAsJptcarr8P
The devils on your shoulder, strangers in your head,397Please respect copyright.PENANAlMpUH1taGV
As if you don’t remember, as if you can forget,397Please respect copyright.PENANAmivVGzPKFC
It’s only been a moment, it’s only been a lifetime,397Please respect copyright.PENANADHZKsA2mXG
But tonight you’re a stranger or some silhouette.397Please respect copyright.PENANA343RWF0FVI
(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?397Please respect copyright.PENANAP7cwM5WMdF
I’ve been so worried, you’ve been so still. Barely beating at all.397Please respect copyright.PENANAAz1vmbfPg2
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?397Please respect copyright.PENANAOGWANh3Z8Z
I don’t know anything, at all. And who am I to say you need me?397Please respect copyright.PENANAXtmIHrfW1g
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 always397Please respect copyright.PENANAOmgK61CcQZ
Cause when I find you, I’ll find me.397Please respect copyright.PENANA8ThxSqhsNs
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.397Please respect copyright.PENANALqXIYkHflz
Lost myself and I am nowhere to be found.397Please respect copyright.PENANA2CCeM34Nt4
Be my friend, hold me. Wrap me up, unfold me.397Please respect copyright.PENANAeR8pntiQKI
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.397Please respect copyright.PENANApEtfuU6XNK
You’re crazy and I’m out of my mind.397Please respect copyright.PENANA4VjpbYkORF
‘Cause all of me loves all of you.397Please respect copyright.PENANADwahXXBG1I
Love your curves and all your edges, all your perfect imperfections.397Please respect copyright.PENANAOJSp8T9bac
Give your all to me, I’ll give my all to you.397Please respect copyright.PENANA6xONB0k7em
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.397Please respect copyright.PENANAbdl5EuDGud
I don’t know where it is, I don’t know when, but I want you around.397Please respect copyright.PENANAfVB5f6nFQ2
When it falls into place with you and me, we go from if to when.397Please respect copyright.PENANA0EiIfKYWYN
This is going to bring me to my knees, I just want to hold you close to me.397Please respect copyright.PENANALEyj3hBHEl
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.397Please respect copyright.PENANARJJ86gF9DX
I hope that you see right through my walls.397Please respect copyright.PENANATAr62rnasR
I hope that you catch me, 'cause I’m already falling.397Please respect copyright.PENANAEunCMf593P
You put your arms around me and I believe that it’s easier for you to let me go…397Please respect copyright.PENANAtQ02QWYVAz
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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