Cry Cry Cry is a maimai original song composed, arranged, and written by FLG4, with vocals provided by the VOCALOID voicebank flower. It joined the maimai DX BUDDiES song list on September 22, 2023, as part of the BLACK ROSE area 9 (BLACK ROSEちほー9) and serves as a narrative prequel to Mystic Parade, another maimai original track. The song is Side Story Essence 9 of Kotonoha Project 2nd Season, a narrative-driven series of original compositions that weave interconnected storylines across multiple maimai releases. The accompanying music video was produced by MiRA and Masako Wada, and the flavor text in-game sets the scene: Ritz, a female police officer struggling to be taken seriously in a male-dominated force, is assigned to investigate the "Devil's Parade", a troubling urban legend circulating through the city, after a man claiming his family was abducted by it bursts into the station. The lyrics, sung defiantly by flower, mirror Ritz's frustration and refusal to be dismissed: lines like "好きにやらせてもらうわ" ("I'll do it my way") and "殴られ損はやめて" ("stop taking the hits for nothing") capture a tone of weary but resolute rebellion. At a moderate 123 BPM, the track blends pop-rock energy with a melancholic undercurrent that matches its themes of injustice and self-assertion.