- This song also appears in KONAMI's BEMANI series of games. For information on this, see the RemyWiki page on this song.
Song Information
コネクト's maimai でらっくす jacket.
Artist: ClariS「魔法少女まどか☆マギカ」
Composition/Arrangement/Lyrics: Shou Watanabe
Vocal: ClariS
BPM: 175
Length: 1:51
maimai Genre: POPS & ANIME
CHUNITHM Genre: POPS & ANIME
オンゲキ Genre: POPS & ANIME
オンゲキ Opponent: 鹿目 まどか Lv.10
First Music Game Appearance: maimai
Other Music Game Appearances:
Lyrics
Japanese
交わした約束忘れないよ
目を閉じ確かめる
押し寄せた闇 振り払って進むよ
いつになったらなくした未来を
私ここでまた見ることできるの?
溢れ出した不安の影を
何度でも裂いて
この世界歩んでこう
とめどなく刻まれた
時は今始まり告げ
変わらない思いをのせ
閉ざされた扉開けよう
目覚めた心は
走り出した未来を描くため
難しい道で立ち止まっても
空はきれいな青さで
いつも待っててくれる
だから怖くない
もう何があっても挫けない
Song Connections / Remixes
- An orchestra remix of コネクト, titled コネクト -Orchestra ver.- (short EDIT), can be found in the limited anime edition of the Luminous (ルミナス) single.
- A dance instumental remix of コネクト by NIHILISTICA, titled コネクト -ゲームインスト-, can be found on third soundtrack bundled with the sixth volume of the limited edition Blu-ray/DVD/CD combo of the TV series and was later included on the Puella Magi Madoka Magica Music Collection (魔法少女まどか☆マギカ MUSIC COLLECTION) album.
Trivia
- コネクト is used as the opening theme of the Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica (魔法少女まどか☆マギカ, also known as Puella Magi Madoka Magica) anime series.
- It was later used as an insert song for the Gekijouban Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica (Kouhen): Eien no Monogatari (劇場版 魔法少女まどか☆マギカ[後編] 永遠の物語, Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Eternal) film of the anime movie adaptation trilogy.
- Coincidentally, one of the anime's main characters, Kyoko Sakura (佐倉 杏子), is seen playing the dance instrumental version of コネクト, (コネクト -ゲームインスト-), on a Dog Drug Reinforcement arcade game, a DanceDanceRevolution-like machine, in the sixth episode of the anime.
- コネクト was later included on ClariS's first album, BIRTHDAY, and was also included in the Puella Magi Madoka Magica Music Collection (魔法少女まどか☆マギカ MUSIC COLLECTION) album.
- コネクト was added to maimai at launch.
- In Asian English versions of maimai, コネクト's title and artist are romanised as connect and ClariS “PUELLA MAGI MADOKA MAGICA”, respectively.
- In 舞萌, コネクト's title and artist are changed to connect and ClariS /《魔法少女 小☆圆》, respectively.
- コネクト is unlockable in CHUNITHM on July 28th to September 10th, 2015 as part of the 魔法少女まどか☆マギカ event MAP.
- From September 11th, 2015, コネクト is available by default.
- コネクト received a new jacket in maimai でらっくす.
- コネクト's video was changed to a still image of its new jacket in maimai でらっくす.
- コネクト received DX charts in the Asian version of maimai でらっくす PLUS at launch. These charts were added to the Japanese version on July 31st, 2020.
- コネクト and 君の知らない物語 are the first instances that the international versions got content earlier than the Japanese version.
- In the Chinese version, these charts were added to 舞萌DX 2021 at launch.
- コネクト was added to オンゲキ R.E.D. on October 15th, 2020 as part of the event Chapter, 魔法少女まどか☆マギカ. It can be unlocked by default until November 4th, 2020, by playing it during the event and scoring 150% total damage.
- コネクト's jacket was changed again in maimai でらっくす Splash to the cover of the コネクト album, the same source as the CHUNITHM jacket. However, the color balance is different.
- コネクト and its DX charts were removed from the Asian versions of maimai starting in maimai DX UNiVERSE, and from the Chinese versions starting in 舞萌DX 2022.
- コネクト was removed from オンゲキ bright MEMORY on September 14th, 2023.
Genre Changes
maimai
Game |
Genre
|
maimai→PLUS |
GAME/ANIME
|
maimai GreeN→ORANGE PLUS |
ANIME
|
maimai PiNK→Present |
POPS & ANIME
|
CHUNITHM
None.
オンゲキ
None.
Difficulty & Notecounts
maimai to PLUS difficulty rated from 1 to 10, 1 to 12 from GreeN to PiNK PLUS, 1 to 13 from MURASAKi to MiLK PLUS, 1 to 14 from FiNALE to でらっくす, and 1 to 15 from でらっくす PLUS onwards.
CHUNITHM to AIR difficulty rated from 1 to 13+, and 1 to 14 from AIR PLUS to PARADISE LOST.
オンゲキ to R.E.D. difficulty rated from 1 to 14+, 1 to 15 from R.E.D. PLUS to bright, and 1 to 15+ from bright MEMORY onwards.
(Ratings and notecounts obtained from maimai on gamerch, and CHUNITHM and オンゲキ wikis on wikiwiki.)
maimai
Standard Charts
Game
|
Level
|
Easy
|
Basic
|
Advanced
|
Expert
|
Master
|
Re:Master
|
Notecounts |
111 |
157 |
222 |
313 |
334 |
-
|
(Tap / Hold / Slide / Break) |
104 / 0 / 5 / 2 |
139 / 12 / 4 / 2 |
177 / 26 / 17 / 2 |
274 / 18 / 15 / 6 |
211 / 25 / 95 / 3 |
-
|
Chart Designer |
- |
- |
- |
maimai TEAM |
チャン@DP皆伝 |
-
|
maimai |
2 |
4 |
7 |
8 |
10 |
-
|
maimai PLUS→GreeN PLUS |
2 |
4 |
7 |
7 |
10 |
-
|
maimai ORANGE→PiNK PLUS |
2 |
5 |
7 |
7 |
10 |
-
|
maimai MURASAKi→FiNALE |
2 |
5 |
7 |
7+ |
10+ |
-
|
maimai でらっくす |
- |
5 |
7 |
7+ |
10+ |
-
|
maimai でらっくす PLUS |
- |
5 |
7 |
8 |
10+ |
-
|
maimai でらっくす Splash |
- |
5 |
7 |
8 |
11+ |
-
|
maimai でらっくす Splash PLUS→UNiVERSE |
- |
5 |
7 |
8 |
12 |
-
|
DX Charts
Game
|
Level
|
Basic
|
Advanced
|
Expert
|
Master
|
Re:Master
|
Notecounts |
103 |
229 |
320 |
409 |
552
|
(Tap / Hold / Slide / Touch / Break) |
69 / 11 / 3 / 16 / 4 |
184 / 18 / 11 / 14 / 2 |
226 / 29 / 20 / 37 / 8 |
285 / 46 / 68 / 5 / 5 |
367 / 21 / 128 / 33 / 3
|
Chart Designer |
- |
- |
はっぴー |
はっぴー |
チャン@DP皆伝
|
maimai でらっくす PLUS→UNiVERSE |
3 |
6 |
8+ |
11 |
12+
|
CHUNITHM
Game
|
Level
|
Basic
|
Advanced
|
Expert
|
Master
|
Ultima
|
Notecounts |
262 |
444 |
646 |
1068 |
-
|
(Tap / Hold / Slide / Air / Flick) |
107 / 70 / 40 / 45 |
186 / 127 / 63 / 68 |
210 / 229 / 167 / 40 |
274 / 319 / 236 / 223 / 16 |
-
|
Chart Designer |
- |
- |
ロシェ@ペンギン |
魔法少犬ぱっぴー☆ |
-
|
CHUNITHM |
3 |
5 |
7 |
10+ |
-
|
CHUNITHM PLUS→CRYSTAL PLUS |
3 |
5 |
7 |
11 |
-
|
オンゲキ
Game
|
Level
|
Basic
|
Advanced
|
Expert
|
Master
|
Lunatic
|
Notecounts / BELLs |
289 / 20 |
444 / 36 |
572 / 70 |
992 / 49 |
-
|
Chart Designer |
- |
- |
アマリリス |
Techno Kitchen |
-
|
オンゲキ R.E.D.→bright MEMORY |
3 |
5 |
9 |
12 |
-
|
Videos
maimai
Standard Charts
DX Charts
CHUNITHM
オンゲキ