Strive against fate is an instrumental symphonic-metal track by Noah, a composer from the doujin music circle ExistRuth who is a regular contributor to KONAMI's Sound Voltex (SDVX) series. Noah's style blends symphonic metal with the quirky, humor-infused intensity often called "kusametal," and Strive against fate channels that energy into a relentless 209 BPM instrumental with no vocals across its 2:10 runtime. The track was introduced to maimai DX during the UNiVERSE PLUS update on March 24, 2022, as a Perfect Challenge reward tied to the Space Station Area 2 (宇宙すてーしょんちほー2) map, requiring 700 km of cumulative area progress to unlock. From the FESTiVAL PLUS update onward (March 2023), it became freely available by default in all regions. The in-game cinematic was produced by あるし (Arushi). On the chart side, the EXPERT chart (level 13, constant 13.2) was designed by はっぴー (Happy), while the MASTER chart (level 14, constant 14.5) was designed by Redarrow, packing over 1,070 notes into a high-speed endurance test that asks players to keep pace with the track's unrelenting symphonic-metal drive.