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Overview
好きな惣菜発表ドラゴン (Suki na Sōzai Happyō Doragon, "Favorite Side Dish Announcement Dragon") is a UTAU original song by the producer ンバヂ (nbaji), featuring the synthesized voice of Kasane Teto (重音テト). It was originally submitted to the ボカコレ2023夏 (Vocacolle Summer 2023) event on Nico Nico Douga, where its deadpan absurdist premise, a dragon endlessly listing its favorite Japanese side dishes, quickly made it a viral favorite. Every verse opens with the same refrain: "好きな惣菜発表ドラゴンが / 好きな惣菜を発表します" ("The favorite side dish announcement dragon / announces its favorite side dishes"), followed by a cascade of dishes from karaage and tonkatsu to kinpira gobo and "that thing with sweet vinegar sauce." The track's self-deprecating humor and singable structure belies its deft production, with nbaji handling composition, arrangement, lyrics, and the music video single-handedly.
After debuting in SEGA's CHUNITHM VERSE, the song arrived in maimai でらっくす PRiSM PLUS on May 9, 2025, across Japanese, international, and USA regions simultaneously. Its standard DX charts, designed by はっぴー (Happy) for Expert and Master, are straightforward for their levels. What catapulted the song into maimai lore, however, is its unprecedented UTAGE (宴) chart suite. On the same day as its standard release, the song received six custom UTAGE charts, the most playable UTAGE charts for any single song in the game's history at the time, surpassing the previous record of five held by Garakuta Doll Play. Each chart was contributed by a different guest designer, Luxizhel, サファ太, 鳩ホルダー, メロンポップ, きょむりん, and アマリリス, who constructed their entries as mash-ups of their own favorite chart passages from across the maimai catalog. The six charts' single-kanji labels, 好, 譜, 面, 発, 表, 龍, can be read sequentially as 好譜面発表龍 ("favorite chart announcement dragon"), a self-referential nod that mirrors the song title's structure and extends the joke into the game itself.
Videos
Charts
DX
BASIC
3(3)
164 notesDesigner: -|Tap 131Hold 11Slide 6Touch 6Break 10
ADVANCED
6(6)
302 notesDesigner: -|Tap 247Hold 12Slide 9Touch 28Break 6
EXPERT
9(9)
354 notesDesigner: はっぴー|Tap 250Hold 39Slide 22Touch 0Break 43
MASTER
12(12.5)
490 notesDesigner: はっぴー|Tap 294Hold 63Slide 55Touch 28Break 50
Trivia
- The song was submitted to the ボカコレ2023夏 (Vocacolle Summer 2023) event on Nico Nico Douga, a recurring gathering for vocal-synth music creators. Its gag-song format stood out even in a competition known for genre diversity.
- ンバヂ (nbaji) single-handedly composed, arranged, wrote the lyrics, and produced the music video for this track. The vocals use Kasane Teto, one of the most widely used UTAU voicebanks.
- 好きな惣菜発表ドラゴン first appeared in a SEGA rhythm game via CHUNITHM VERSE before crossing over to maimai でらっくす PRiSM PLUS.
- The six UTAGE charts released alongside the standard DX charts set a record for the most playable UTAGE charts for a single song in maimai at the time of release, surpassing the previous mark of five set by Garakuta Doll Play.
- The kanji labels on the six UTAGE charts, 好, 譜, 面, 発, 表, 龍, can be read in sequence as 好譜面発表龍, referencing the song's own title pattern 好きな惣菜発表ドラゴン and extending the joke to the chart selection screen.
- Each UTAGE chart was designed as a medley of its respective charter's personal favorite chart sections from other maimai songs. The charter comments in-game explicitly state this design philosophy.
- The song's lyrics consist almost entirely of the dragon listing its favorite side dishes: karaage, hamburg steak, tonkatsu, ohitashi, horse mackerel fry, shrimp chili, menchi katsu, nikujaga, and kinpira gobo, among others. A recurring line, '正式名称がわからない惣菜も 好き 好き 大好き' (Even side dishes whose proper names I don't know, I like, like, love them), acknowledges the humble, unglamorous nature of the foods being celebrated.
- Kasane Teto's UTAU vocal synthesis gives the song its distinctive slightly robotic timbre, which pairs naturally with the repetitive, chant-like delivery of the side-dish listings.
- The standard DX Expert and Master charts were both designed by はっぴー (Happy). The Master chart sits at level 12 with a constant of 12.5, placing it in the upper tier of level-12 charts.
- In the Asian version of maimai, the song and its six UTAGE charts were added on September 26, 2025, several months after the initial Japanese/international/USA release.
FAQ
- Who composed 好きな惣菜発表ドラゴン?
- The song was composed, arranged, and written by the producer ンバヂ (nbaji), who also created the accompanying music video.
- When was 好きな惣菜発表ドラゴン added to maimai?
- It was added to maimai でらっくす PRiSM PLUS on May 9, 2025, releasing simultaneously across Japanese, international, and USA regions.
- What is 好きな惣菜発表ドラゴン about?
- The song is a comedic gag track in which a dragon announces its favorite Japanese side dishes (惣菜) one after another, karaage, hamburg steak, tonkatsu, and many more, in a repetitive, chant-like structure. It was originally posted to Nico Nico Douga's Vocacolle Summer 2023 event.
- Who sings 好きな惣菜発表ドラゴン?
- The vocals are provided by Kasane Teto (重音テト), a well-known UTAU voice synthesizer voicebank.
- How many UTAGE charts does 好きな惣菜発表ドラゴン have?
- It has six UTAGE (宴) charts, the most playable UTAGE charts for any single song in maimai as of PRiSM PLUS. Each was designed by a different guest charter as a mash-up of their favorite chart sections from other songs.
- What BPM is 好きな惣菜発表ドラゴン?
- The song has a tempo of 160 BPM.
- Who designed the standard charts for 好きな惣菜発表ドラゴン in maimai?
- The Expert and Master DX charts were designed by はっぴー (Happy). The Basic and Advanced charts do not have a credited designer.
- What difficulty level is the Master chart of 好きな惣菜発表ドラゴン?
- The Master chart is level 12 with a difficulty constant of 12.5.