Overview
Added to maimai でらっくす at its launch on July 11, 2019, ジャガーノート (Juggernaut) is a VOCALOID rock track by Japanese singer-songwriter 夏代孝明 (Takaaki Natsushiro) featuring Hatsune Miku. The song originally circulated on the niconico video platform before being selected for the inaugural DX-era song list under the niconico & VOCALOID genre.
Despite its imposing title, the song's lyrics, written by Natsushiro himself, are strikingly introspective. Opening with an allusion to Adam and Eve and the forbidden fruit, the verses trace guilt, self-destruction, and the hollow aftermath of pushing others away, before arriving at a moment of self-recognition in a mirror. The arrangement, handled by Takuya Watanabe (guitar) with Masahito Nakamura on bass and Takumi Sugama on drums, drives the 190 BPM tempo with a polished alternative-rock sound. A self-cover version performed by Natsushiro alone appears on his album Ganger.
In the maimai DX chart lineup, two designed charts stand out: the Expert chart (level 9.6, designed by シチミヘルツ / Shichimi Hertz) is notable for its heavy Touch-note density, while the Master chart (level 12, designed by 華火職人 / Kanon Oguni) demands precision across 709 total notes with 107 Slide notes, among the higher Slide counts at that level. The song was removed from Asian region cabinets starting with maimai DX UNiVERSE and from Chinese cabinets with 舞萌DX 2022, making it one of the early DX-era deletions.
Videos
Charts
DX
BASIC
4(4)
130 notesDesigner: -|Tap 90Hold 16Slide 7Touch 13Break 4
ADVANCED
6(6)
289 notesDesigner: -|Tap 237Hold 18Slide 14Touch 10Break 10
EXPERT
9+(9.6)
396 notesDesigner: シチミヘルツ|Tap 237Hold 64Slide 28Touch 57Break 10
MASTER
12(12)
709 notesDesigner: 華火職人|Tap 489Hold 19Slide 107Touch 77Break 17
Trivia
- ジャガーノート was one of the launch titles for maimai でらっくす, debuting on July 11, 2019 across all three regions (Japan, Asia, China).
- The song was removed from Asian region cabinets starting with maimai DX UNiVERSE and from Chinese cabinets starting with 舞萌DX 2022. The Japanese servers removed it on March 24, 2022.
- 夏代孝明 released a self-cover of the song on his album Ganger, performing it without VOCALOID vocal processing and with his own raw vocals.
- The music video (movie) was created by a team of four artists: まきのせな, 椅子汰, ろこる, and pomodorosa.
- The in-game collection title 全然分からん (Zenzen Wakaran, "I don't understand at all") is earned by playing both ジャガーノート and ようこそジャパリパークへ in a single credit.
- The Master chart contains 107 Slide notes out of its 709 total, making it one of the more Slide-intensive charts at level 12 in the early DX era.
- The Expert chart (level 9.6) uses 57 Touch notes, a relatively high count for its difficulty tier, reflecting the chart's emphasis on the DX touch-screen mechanics introduced with the でらっくす hardware.
FAQ
- Who composed and performed ジャガーノート (Juggernaut)?
- The song was composed, written, and performed by 夏代孝明 (Takaaki Natsushiro) featuring Hatsune Miku as the VOCALOID vocalist. Takuya Watanabe handled arrangement and guitar, with Masahito Nakamura on bass and Takumi Sugama on drums.
- When was ジャガーノート added to maimai?
- ジャガーノート was added to maimai でらっくす at launch on July 11, 2019, as one of the initial songs of the DX era. It was available in all three regions (Japan, Asia, China) at release.
- Is ジャガーノート still playable in maimai?
- No. The song was removed from Asian region cabinets starting with maimai DX UNiVERSE and from Chinese cabinets starting with 舞萌DX 2022. The Japanese servers officially removed it on March 24, 2022.
- What difficulty level is ジャガーノート's Master chart?
- The Master chart is level 12 with a difficulty constant of 12.0. It contains 709 notes (489 Tap, 19 Hold, 107 Slide, 77 Touch, 17 Break) and was designed by 華火職人 (Kanon Oguni).
- Who designed the Expert and Master charts for ジャガーノート?
- The Expert chart (level 9.6) was designed by シチミヘルツ (Shichimi Hertz), and the Master chart (level 12) was designed by 華火職人 (Kanon Oguni). The Basic and Advanced charts have no credited designer.
- What are the lyrics of ジャガーノート about?
- The lyrics reference the biblical story of Adam and Eve and the forbidden fruit as a metaphor for guilt, isolation, and self-destruction. The narrator describes burning everything away, singing a "song of beginning" in an abandoned world, and eventually confronting their own reflection in a mirror.
- Does ジャガーノート have a self-cover version?
- Yes. 夏代孝明 released a self-cover of ジャガーノート on his album Ganger, performing the song with his own vocals instead of Hatsune Miku's VOCALOID voicebank.
