Connect

Song Information

コネクト's maimai jacket.

コネクト's maimai でらっくす jacket.

コネクト's CHUNITHM jacket.

コネクト's オンゲキ 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 ID: 21
maimai Internal Name: connect
maimai Genre: POPS & ANIME
CHUNITHM ID: 14
CHUNITHM Genre: POPS & ANIME
オンゲキ ID: 423
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:

• 舞萌
• CHUNITHM
• オンゲキ R.E.D.

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 was added to CHUNITHM on July 28th, 2015 as a reward in the 魔法少女まどか☆マギカ event.
  • Since September 11th, 2015, it was unlocked 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 international 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 version got content earlier than the Japanese version.
• 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.

Genre Changes

maimai

Game	Genre
maimai	ANIME
maimai PLUS	ANIME & GAME
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+, 1 to 14 from AIR PLUS to PARADISE LOST, 1 to 15 from NEW to LUMINOUS, and 1 to 15+ from LUMINOUS PLUS onwards.
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→Present	-	5	7	8	11+	-

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→Present	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→Present	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.→Present	3	5	9	12	-

Videos

maimai

Standard Charts

Expert

Master

CHUNITHM

Expert

Master

オンゲキ

Master (x2)