コネクト
- This song also appears in KONAMI's BEMANI series of games. For information on this, see the RemyWiki page on this song.
Song Information
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 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 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 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
Expert
Master
DX Charts
Expert
Master
Re:Master
CHUNITHM
Expert
Master
オンゲキ
Master (x2)