Connect

This page is for the ClariS licensed song titled Connect. For the KONAMI original of the same name in pop'n music Sunny Park, please see Connect (kuma feat. Hitsuji Ami).

コネクト

Song Information

Cover Version

コネクト's pop'n music banner.

コネクト's jacket.

Artist: ♪♪♪♪♪
Composition/Lyrics: Sho Watanabe
Arrangement: 96
Vocals: HARUKA, MAI
Original Artist: ClariS
Album: コネクト single (2011)
BPM: 175
Length: 1:29
pop'n music Genre: CONNECT (コネクト)
pop'n music Character: Nyami [TV&ANIME-MAGIC KNIGHT]
First Music Game Appearance: pop'n music 20 fantasia
Other Music Game Appearances:

• DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX
• jubeat copious
• jubeat plus copious pack 03

Original Version

コネクト (ClariS)'s jacket.

Artist: ClariS
Composition/Arrangement/Lyrics: Sho Watanabe
Vocals: ClariS
Album: コネクト single (2011)
BPM: 175
Length: 1:30
First Music Game Appearance: jubeat plus (Android) ClariS pack
Other Music Game Appearances:

• jubeat plus ClariS pack
• REFLEC BEAT plus ClariS PACK
• ポップンリズミン ClariS パック

Piano Version

Artist: ♪♪♪♪♪
Composition: Sho Watanabe
Original Artist: ClariS
Album: コネクト single (2011)
BPM: TBD
Length: TBD
First Music Game Appearance: ノスタルジア
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

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

Romaji

kawashita yakusoku wasurenai yo
me wo toji tashikameru
oshiyoseta yami furiharatte susumu yo

itsu ni nattara nakushita mirai wo
watashi koko de mata miru koto dekiru no?

afuredashita fuan no kage wo nando demo saite
kono sekai ayun de kou

tomedonaku kizamareta toki wa ima hajimari tsuge
kawaranai omoi wo nose
tozasareta tobira akeyou

mezameta kokoro wa hashiridashita mirai wo egaku tame
muzukashii michi de tachidomatte mo
sora wa kirei na aosa de itsumo mattete kureru
dakara kowakunai
mou nani ga atte mo kujikenai

English

I won't forget the promises we exchanged
I close my eyes to affirm it
I will shake off the overwhelming darkness to move forward

When will I ever be able
To see the lost future from here again?

Let's move forward in this world
By shattering the overflowing shadows of anxiety again and again

Time now begins to tick away incessantly
Let's open the closed door
While carrying our unchanging feelings

My heart awakes in order to depict the future
Even if I come to a halt on a tough road
The beautiful blue sky always waits for me
Therefore I'm not afraid
I won't be disheartened anymore no matter what happens

Song Connections / Remixes

• The jubeat plus / REFLEC BEAT plus / ポップンリズミン ClariS packs use the original version of コネクト, while all the other BEMANI games use a cover version of コネクト by 2B-Waves.
• 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.
• Another cover of コネクト can be found in ノスタルジア.

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, with irony, nexus and ナイショの話.
  • It was also included in the Puella Magi Madoka Magica Music Collection (魔法少女まどか☆マギカ MUSIC COLLECTION) album, with Magia.
• On the pop'n music 20 fantasia location tests, the character for コネクト was Minit's [14-1P].
  • According to shio, Minit's was changed because there were notes left by players on the location tests that said that ゆずれない願い's Nyami fitted the song more than Minit's.
• コネクト was one of the few songs that received an embed audio preview on the pop'n music 20 fantasia homepage. It was changed to a YouTube preview later.
• The BEMANI cover of コネクト can't be found on any soundtrack.
• According to PON, he had a hard time finding a vocalist for the コネクト cover.
• コネクト received an EASY chart in pop'n music Sunny Park, replacing its old 5-Buttons chart.
• コネクト was added to the BEMANI Category folder in pop'n music Sunny Park.
• コネクト was removed from DanceDanceRevolution (2014) on November 14th, 2014.
  • It was also absent from the North American location tests of DanceDanceRevolution (2014).
• コネクト was removed from pop'n music ラピストリア on December 3rd, 2014.
  • It was the only song removed in pop'n music ラピストリア during its run.
• コネクト was removed from jubeat prop on September 14th, 2015.
• コネクト received new Normal and Hard charts on the final release of ノスタルジア.

Music Comment

Untranslated.

Song Production Information

Untranslated.

Character Information

None.

Difficulty & Notecounts

DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 20 from X onwards.
jubeat difficulty rated from 1 to 10.
pop'n music difficulty rated from 1 to 43 through pop'n music 20 fantasia, and 1 to 50 from Sunny Park onwards.
REFLEC BEAT to groovin'!! Upper difficulty rated from 1 to 10+, and from 1 to 13 from VOLZZA onwards.
ノスタルジア difficulty rated from 1 to 12.
ポップンリズミン difficulty rated from 1 to 10. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

DanceDanceRevolution

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	55 / 6	103 / 12	173 / 21	296 / 21	179 / 12 / 30	87 / 7	167 / 23	294 / 20	172 / 12 / 31
DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX→2014	2	4	8	12	7	4	8	12	8

jubeat

Cover Version

Game	Level
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Notecounts	207	371	570
jubeat copious→prop	4	6	8
jubeat plus	4	6	8

Original Version

Game	Level
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Notecounts	100	303	560
jubeat plus	2	6	8
jubeat plus (Android)	2	6	8

pop'n music

Game	Standard				Battle
	5 Button	Normal	Hyper	EX	Normal	Hyper
Notecounts	242	283	406	648	191	565
pop'n music 20 fantasia	12	14	23	31	16	25
pop'n music Sunny Park→ラピストリア	※4	20	29	37	16	25

※ The notecount of this chart is different from the old 5-Buttons chart (total notes: 129).

REFLEC BEAT

Game	Level
	Basic	Medium	Hard	Special
Notecounts	77	188	310	—
REFLEC BEAT plus	2	6	9	—

ノスタルジア

Game	Level
	Normal	Hard	Expert	Real
Notecounts	339	733	992	-
ノスタルジア location test	※3	※6	8	-
ノスタルジア	3	6	8	-
ノスタルジア FORTE→Present	↑4	↑7	8	-

※ Denotes chart was different from final release:

• Location test Normal: total notes: 340.
• Location test Hard: total notes: 704.

ポップンリズミン

Game	Difficulties
	Normal	Hyper	EX
Notecounts	84	147	224
ポップンリズミン	1	4	7