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 now647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC8f38UUDkV
I would have died, I would have loved you all my life647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyWofMsxsvz
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 gate647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS5JLi4kAxH
This took my life to make647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjmWI6qflsf
On my own, no poison in my bones647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNlVJPocXDo
This is where I build my home647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA1evnKQzCx
This will always be my home647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAZ1zcWzDWu
(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,647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxPsnSQM8ng
We fall into the dark as we dive under the way,647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVrBxXjlU6I
The devils on your shoulder, strangers in your head,647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQrtiAkx183
As if you don’t remember, as if you can forget,647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3GbWtiJkeF
It’s only been a moment, it’s only been a lifetime,647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmXCpy7pE4k
But tonight you’re a stranger or some silhouette.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4SFp7bP5Nx
(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?647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMUqLgsXKhz
I’ve been so worried, you’ve been so still. Barely beating at all.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr6OBDIr4nh
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?647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡruwobPMPcO
I don’t know anything, at all. And who am I to say you need me?647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7fJw0QK3Ad
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 always647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡieT69TCLgQ
Cause when I find you, I’ll find me.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJoyWzd4bmG
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.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpxDRsykgqX
Lost myself and I am nowhere to be found.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVzVbWWEokD
Be my friend, hold me. Wrap me up, unfold me.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO5kYOuVHL1
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.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUM4WbiePD7
You’re crazy and I’m out of my mind.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpt3TeI3ObH
‘Cause all of me loves all of you.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA23hQuZ0Id
Love your curves and all your edges, all your perfect imperfections.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Yf5lje9VY
Give your all to me, I’ll give my all to you.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8LoTowVvTz
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.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlXeVzGXhYk
I don’t know where it is, I don’t know when, but I want you around.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYOHeGFi9iU
When it falls into place with you and me, we go from if to when.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT6z5DAuysu
This is going to bring me to my knees, I just want to hold you close to me.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtrYZgPeQPz
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.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZYoVAgk88f
I hope that you see right through my walls.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9kgmXA6qld
I hope that you catch me, 'cause I’m already falling.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Z1DEVvIkz
You put your arms around me and I believe that it’s easier for you to let me go…647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMRU1FCSQly
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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