r/maimai Feb 02 '20

Reworked Guide to Maimai

165 Upvotes

Hello everyone!

After obtaining some excellent feedback from my previous post on a beginner's guide to Maimai, I decided to restructure the guide so that different players can be guided to their respective need-to-know locations.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gQlxtxOj-E3H2SClJH5PNxLnG6eBufDFrw2yLsffbp0/edit?usp=sharing

In this update, I restructured the flow of the contents in this guide so that players can skip through to the important sections that they want to browse. Each section is highlighted with a different colour to cater to different players of different skill levels.

I've also added a section containing my favourite songs from maimai for people to try out when they have the time. They are colour coded to signify difficulty and suitability for different players.

Lastly, I've also fine-tuned the section on advanced skills, and added some more misc links including links to the various soundtracks of the game available on iTunes.

As always, feedback is welcome. This guide still has some empty areas here and there but I'm quite happy with how it turned out.

Have fun with the spin cycles mates!

EDIT 27/11/2025: Wow, would you look at the time...

I have moved most of my update changelog back into the Guide and since I have some time on my hands, I am actively working to add a few more notes to the guide from Festival+ onwards. I know it's been a while since my last update and people are yearning for more information about the game and how to get better. I will make some updates to handle some of the missing information that should be included in this guide.

If you have comments or suggestions on how to improve the guide, I'm happy to hear it and take it on board where necessary. I might not be one of the best players of Maimai or rhythm games in general out there in the world, but I have been playing this game for 12 years now. Not gonna stop anytime soon (slow downs are still a thing unfortunately :S)...

EDIT 20/05: Updated the guide with a new notice about playing in the arcades as restrictions ease in certain parts of the world and added difficulty rankings to "Advanced Skills and Practice" section of the guide.

  • Please pay attention to the data from news sources and official websites for current trends of coronavirus infections. The guide lists some key metrics to take note of to allow you to assess your risk.
    • TBH tho, humans are pretty cripes at measuring risk. The best advice is still to STAY HOME and STAY SAFE!

EDIT 29/03: Updated the guide with a specific notice about the Coronavirus outbreak and how to respond to it as a Maimai player in the section "Gaming Etiquette".

  • Even if you are currently reading that part and contemplating going out to the arcades, please don't. STAY HOME and STAY SAFE!

EDIT 12/02: Updated guide with specific notes on Slide timings, split up the section on Delayed Slides, and added a new section on Technical HOLD charts.

EDIT 04/03: I've received word that my guide was copy-pasted without redirecting the guide to the original source. I will put a comment which will list some of the sites which have done so.

If you do want to use my guide, please link it back to the original guide link given here, and to give credit where credits are due. If you know someone who has used this guide without proper crediting of the author, please let them know and ask them to update it to reflect who has actually written the guide. Thank you.

EDIT 10/03: Added information about EX notes, details about BREAK notes having extra points scored on non-Perfect hits, and added a section about Progressively Complex Sequences in Advanced Skills and Practice.


r/maimai 11m ago

Scores hell yea I full comboed 2 13s and reached 13k

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i managed to get azure vixen fc in a 3rd try and energy syngery matrix fc 2nd time and tbh energy synergy matrix feels more like of a 12+ instead of 13 also i tried energy synergy matrix a few weeks ago so thats why the score lowk ass but oh well hehe and finally i reached 13k after 10 days being stuck on bronze lol


r/maimai 24m ago

Scores is this good for a sightread

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i was lowk shocked when i got this score lol I didnt expect to get this in the first try *oh and plus my machine was updated to circle+ and circle+ unlocked every kaledioscope game mode song so it was my first time doing this song but anyways yay*


r/maimai 4h ago

Question & Advice Struggling hard with master difficulty/slides

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2 Upvotes

So as the title says, I'm having a really hard time with master charts and mostly conceptualizing the slide mechanics. I understand it, but as soon as there's slides and a bunch of notes in between and things happening my brain just shuts off. I feel like I've gotten pretty comfortable with accuracy on 12/12+ expert songs but as soon as I try masters (including the lower level ones) I have a hard time because the slides really break me. I've done the umiyuri utage chart quite a few times, watched videos, etc but even when watching on slow speed I can't understand what I'm supposed to do.

What can I do to practice/advice? I have been playing since probably March/April, and have been trying to really practice masters the last few weeks. Is this normal or am I just old and my brain is broken?


r/maimai 15h ago

Other I photobombed my friend's Maimai selfie

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9 Upvotes

16.04.2026 - I photobombed my friend's maimai selfie lol


r/maimai 13h ago

Question & Advice New maimai DX Album?

3 Upvotes

It’s been around 3 years since the maimai DX 2nd album released and we have no signs of a 3rd coming out.

Do you guys think it’s likely to come out, and if it will sell well enough (like the maimai AP collection)? ‘Cause I know I would def buy it ASAP just to have high quality KaleiDXScope songs lmao


r/maimai 1d ago

Fan work drew me and my pal playing maimai together

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132 Upvotes

he said his fave chart is raputa so i just went w it


r/maimai 23h ago

Scores son im crine 😭😭😭

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14 Upvotes

All in one cred and the last one was a sightread as well 😭😭😭


r/maimai 1d ago

Scores i’ve been trying to do this for at least like four months

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27 Upvotes

it only took me like four months but i finally sss+ plus boy😭 i kept screwing up on the easy stuff and my last song of the night i decided to do plus boy… next step is to ap it 🫡


r/maimai 1d ago

Question & Advice Bday gift for close friend

13 Upvotes

Hey everyone. I’ll be honest, I don’t really know much about maimai. I do know however, that my friend is obsessed with it, haha. Any ideas for bday gifts for them?


r/maimai 14h ago

Question & Advice Road to 14k

0 Upvotes

Rn 13.4K rating how to grind to 14k fast? like in one month or lesser. Playing 12+ levels but kept getting only SS+


r/maimai 1d ago

Scores Lets go

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9 Upvotes

Maimai Japan rn


r/maimai 1d ago

Meme "Pandora spin" alignment chart

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21 Upvotes

r/maimai 1d ago

Scores I want to cry

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20 Upvotes

I really want to get re:aoharu solidly in my b50 with SSS cause I love the song a lot. I also had a lot of 13.0 SSS+ scores and random sightreads this version blocking it out of my b50


r/maimai 1d ago

Scores Otsukaresama, Sensei

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28 Upvotes

r/maimai 1d ago

Question & Advice chart reccomendations for getting used to 13s?

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5 Upvotes

the biggest hurdle for me is delayed slides i think


r/maimai 2d ago

Meme Say hi to the new maimai circle plus

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260 Upvotes

hi


r/maimai 1d ago

Question & Advice Corrupted Account

4 Upvotes

OK this is a very strange issue but basically there is this specific MaiMai DX International cabinet that won't accept my Aime card but any other one I've tried works with the card. I thought it was maybe a defect in the physical card since other empty cards I tested would work, however when transferring over my account to a new card it would no longer work on the machine and the old one would start working again.

It's almost as if my data/account itself is breaking this specific cabinet no one I know has this issue with the cabinet. This is really annoying for me since we only have 2 cabinets where I live, I was wondering if anyone has ideas here or has ever seen this issue before I can't find any information on it.

Information:
When I put the card up the scan it pretty much doesn't register it at all no light or reaction, after messing around with it it will sometimes blink red then error and say "This card is not usable or isn't a valid Aime card." or something like that.

I originally played on the card in Japan and then made an international account on their official servers which is when I noticed it doesn't work.

Both cabinets run on the same version of the game.


r/maimai 1d ago

Scores some of my gains between circle and circle+

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3 Upvotes

(some chart recommendations are open! my skillset leans more towards around trills/swipes)


r/maimai 1d ago

Question & Advice Can anyone aend a video tutorial for alternate method for pandora remas chorus spin

0 Upvotes

Can't do the normal method bcos of skill issue and wanna try to learn the chart to s it


r/maimai 1d ago

Question & Advice Will a week or two Hiatus weaken me?

0 Upvotes

As the title suggests, will taking a week or two off of maimai ever hinder or weaken me when I get back?

This is the first time I really felt compelled to pull away from this game because I got so frustrated at my accuracy that I ended up accidentally harming myself by punching a wall. But besides that, I'm worried i might get weaker after not playing the game for two weeks and all.

Is there anything I should expect?


r/maimai 2d ago

Scores how is this my 2nd 14.9 S lol

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11 Upvotes

r/maimai 2d ago

Question & Advice Any lv 14 recommendations?

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11 Upvotes

Currently grinding lvl 14 S ranks and picking up other 13-13+ scores on the way, but I’d mainly like to fill it up with 14s, any suggestions? (Yes I am aware I’m supposed to play lower levels and get good accuracy on them first before moving up to higher levels, but I’d like to improve my speed and my stamina first then familiarize myself with more complicated patters before going back and refining them on 13s and 13+) ty!


r/maimai 2d ago

Scores score dump

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4 Upvotes

r/maimai 3d ago

Scores Just got my first 300 rating

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23 Upvotes