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 now554Please respect copyright.PENANA7kqS0N5FYk
I would have died, I would have loved you all my life554Please respect copyright.PENANAvsiraEhWtj
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 gate554Please respect copyright.PENANAUK1rh2in6R
This took my life to make554Please respect copyright.PENANARM4fDfDs6R
On my own, no poison in my bones554Please respect copyright.PENANA95nS9Od7He
This is where I build my home554Please respect copyright.PENANArYLq0tjpU2
This will always be my home554Please respect copyright.PENANA2V5iX0ZK9X
(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,554Please respect copyright.PENANAOnHaV1eFnB
We fall into the dark as we dive under the way,554Please respect copyright.PENANAMNqbqJ78X1
The devils on your shoulder, strangers in your head,554Please respect copyright.PENANALuzGtkF3rW
As if you don’t remember, as if you can forget,554Please respect copyright.PENANAxObxxojzte
It’s only been a moment, it’s only been a lifetime,554Please respect copyright.PENANAoxqn8Bh2uB
But tonight you’re a stranger or some silhouette.554Please respect copyright.PENANA9duOFsTUgS
(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?554Please respect copyright.PENANArO8cBFoBZn
I’ve been so worried, you’ve been so still. Barely beating at all.554Please respect copyright.PENANAbzHslkSYtY
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?554Please respect copyright.PENANAs6mwvCQliF
I don’t know anything, at all. And who am I to say you need me?554Please respect copyright.PENANAtBp6Zu1hgY
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 always554Please respect copyright.PENANAgCiNql0fpC
Cause when I find you, I’ll find me.554Please respect copyright.PENANAyBaZatE7zt
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.554Please respect copyright.PENANAwIDV56KOHp
Lost myself and I am nowhere to be found.554Please respect copyright.PENANAclqouPbyi6
Be my friend, hold me. Wrap me up, unfold me.554Please respect copyright.PENANAiGqTE9hNwl
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.554Please respect copyright.PENANA7s2RPwWZAO
You’re crazy and I’m out of my mind.554Please respect copyright.PENANAPXW8Ow6jpo
‘Cause all of me loves all of you.554Please respect copyright.PENANAJNmGVEi579
Love your curves and all your edges, all your perfect imperfections.554Please respect copyright.PENANAwpdEu9zRTQ
Give your all to me, I’ll give my all to you.554Please respect copyright.PENANAqghDKfALT1
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.554Please respect copyright.PENANAfEN01veLJ7
I don’t know where it is, I don’t know when, but I want you around.554Please respect copyright.PENANAd6SaklIzT5
When it falls into place with you and me, we go from if to when.554Please respect copyright.PENANAq1oT25AUUw
This is going to bring me to my knees, I just want to hold you close to me.554Please respect copyright.PENANAxk9kmjOORJ
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.554Please respect copyright.PENANAe3MX631aCt
I hope that you see right through my walls.554Please respect copyright.PENANArpXDi2up0t
I hope that you catch me, 'cause I’m already falling.554Please respect copyright.PENANAC9ZedlcOkH
You put your arms around me and I believe that it’s easier for you to let me go…554Please respect copyright.PENANApQbXqRp7I0
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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