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 now584Please respect copyright.PENANAPuzZ10wgfx
I would have died, I would have loved you all my life584Please respect copyright.PENANAIysMycBHaQ
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 gate584Please respect copyright.PENANA9ucJ30kXB1
This took my life to make584Please respect copyright.PENANAp1DBw5PUws
On my own, no poison in my bones584Please respect copyright.PENANA5CpIvt3t7o
This is where I build my home584Please respect copyright.PENANAaGxEHH2gYS
This will always be my home584Please respect copyright.PENANAqzKhGkvxcu
(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,584Please respect copyright.PENANAhr6Dxfx6aI
We fall into the dark as we dive under the way,584Please respect copyright.PENANA2IfYiYoHQE
The devils on your shoulder, strangers in your head,584Please respect copyright.PENANAy35bMNS2nO
As if you don’t remember, as if you can forget,584Please respect copyright.PENANA81MjnzEEq4
It’s only been a moment, it’s only been a lifetime,584Please respect copyright.PENANAwm9th9BnfS
But tonight you’re a stranger or some silhouette.584Please respect copyright.PENANAfGSbfK8k92
(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?584Please respect copyright.PENANAxa3FiaVKYG
I’ve been so worried, you’ve been so still. Barely beating at all.584Please respect copyright.PENANArJWgICYbwP
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?584Please respect copyright.PENANADXNxW80mJo
I don’t know anything, at all. And who am I to say you need me?584Please respect copyright.PENANA5QZZt3frvt
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 always584Please respect copyright.PENANAMBKeFkhAZp
Cause when I find you, I’ll find me.584Please respect copyright.PENANAkdllppaNlC
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.584Please respect copyright.PENANA1KTyDFD2AP
Lost myself and I am nowhere to be found.584Please respect copyright.PENANAhhrgD1t40u
Be my friend, hold me. Wrap me up, unfold me.584Please respect copyright.PENANAJ0YSp7r94z
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.584Please respect copyright.PENANATpSkUJw9jv
You’re crazy and I’m out of my mind.584Please respect copyright.PENANAU2Dx06w9ZT
‘Cause all of me loves all of you.584Please respect copyright.PENANA7vc0kcbk2v
Love your curves and all your edges, all your perfect imperfections.584Please respect copyright.PENANA8DbJ3X0xsm
Give your all to me, I’ll give my all to you.584Please respect copyright.PENANAX6Oo7Txkre
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.584Please respect copyright.PENANAlzqQxvVDQC
I don’t know where it is, I don’t know when, but I want you around.584Please respect copyright.PENANATNhoN6ZAS0
When it falls into place with you and me, we go from if to when.584Please respect copyright.PENANAZpzSSnXEme
This is going to bring me to my knees, I just want to hold you close to me.584Please respect copyright.PENANA0DOStLU15J
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.584Please respect copyright.PENANAMtLaL0CjIF
I hope that you see right through my walls.584Please respect copyright.PENANAj5qXdHxOo5
I hope that you catch me, 'cause I’m already falling.584Please respect copyright.PENANAQXtWDghKQS
You put your arms around me and I believe that it’s easier for you to let me go…584Please respect copyright.PENANAdjlqmxjPRQ
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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