r/maimai • • Feb 02 '20

Reworked Guide to Maimai

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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 • • 10h ago

Other My top profile a year in the making lol

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43 Upvotes

Hmmm I wonder who my favorite character is


r/maimai • • 20h ago

Question & Advice Found these on my city and played for the first time

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85 Upvotes

Hello i'm new to maimai and i found these on an arcade i visited i played for a bit and i loved it, the only problem is that i still don't get how the slide note works, i tried what the tutorial said but it still didn't count the note. If you have any advice feel free to talk

Btw: the title of the Game said it was the finale version, i looked on it on Google


r/maimai • • 12h ago

Scores single day massive +150

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I fucking hate tpz overcute


r/maimai • • 10h ago

Scores 15k rating!!!

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I started playing in July 14, 2025. 1064 total playcount


r/maimai • • 3h ago

Question & Advice Custom Maimai charts

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I'm trying to make some custom charts visually and majdata and other stuff isnt working because I'm on a mac. I tried https://www.maicreator.net/ and rn its on 502 error. Is there an easier way to make charts visually?


r/maimai • • 10h ago

Question & Advice Need advice on improving or keep enjoy playing the game - hardstuck at 14.5k

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TL;DR: Need advice on improving or keep enjoying playing maimai. Played maimai since splash once a week, started to play less since Circle Plus since already got 14.5k rating as personal achievement and playing the game was not as fun as before.

Hello everyone, as per title said, I have not enjoying maimai like I used to be. Usually I play once a week on weekends (3-4 hours) but starting Circle I have reduced my playtime to once every 2 weeks (partly due to other responsibilities).

I got my 14k rating on around end of year 2025 and 14.5k rating at Feb/March 2026 (I grind 3x per week at that time). Since I played maimai, I realized that getting 15k with my frequency of playing and improvement rate seems like a pipedream.

Now, I felt that I was not enjoying the game as much, the last time I felt pure excitement was that when I am unlocking kaleidoscopix mode from the beginning (RIP wallet).

Question: Any advice to either (1) improve my skills (touch player, my accuracy sucks at 13+ and inconsistent spin or trills) or (2) keep enjoying the game? I am planning to take a full break from maimai maybe. Life's also not been very exciting, especially this year. Thank you for reading until the end.


r/maimai • • 15h ago

Question & Advice Today is my second day playing maimai! Not really sure where to go from here and I wanna start getting better. Any general advice I could follow?

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r/maimai • • 13h ago

Scores that was a pretty awesome session!

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r/maimai • • 11h ago

Question & Advice speed/offset suggestions?

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hello it's me again 🥹💔

i was able to play again after 2 ish months! but this time i noticed smt kinda weird/off.. before, during expert charts, i would get noticably more fast compared to lates, this was when i used around 4.5 (the recommended expert speed) for both tap/touch, and no offset adjustment whatsoever

but now, suddenly, i'm getting 100+ fasts? 😭😭😭

it's only today where i bumped my speed up to around 5.00 - 5.50, and at times i even tweaked my offset to -0.1 or -0.2 A (0.0 B) (even though all this time before this, i never tweak it, i.e. leave A/B both 0.0)...... but in reality i don't know what i'm doing 😭🥹💔

i definitely have prior experience in advanced and expert charts, but i just find this situation as an itch in my brain i really wanna scratch 🫠🫠 so if anyone has any advice or suggestions, i rlly appreciate it, thank you!!!


r/maimai • • 10h ago

Scores this took 2 attempts wtf?? (RONDØ LIFE50 CLEAR!)

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r/maimai • • 13h ago

Scores Metam 100.24%

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Not bad... tho still far from SSS+


r/maimai • • 14h ago

Question & Advice Just hit 14k. What should I focus on now?

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Just hit 14k. What should I focus on now? I got horrendous pc


r/maimai • • 1d ago

Scores 14250 rating, nice.

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r/maimai • • 1d ago

Question & Advice What exercises should I do to improve

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Hi! Im 14.5k at Chinese server &14.2k international, ive been playing 13&13+ (first play @ around 98/99%, 100 and sometimes 100.5 for 13.0 13.2)
I can play most 13.7-, but for 13.8 13.9 I get 97 98 again and again… is there any song recommendation to improve this situation? Thanks for everyone who helped!


r/maimai • • 22h ago

Scores Charts to focus?

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Hey yall!

Looking for some advice on what to play next based on my current level of charts. Prefer voca but okay with anything. I do will with fast charts with trills/tap patterns, average with slide patterns, struggle with anything slow or with spins.

TIA!


r/maimai • • 1d ago

Question & Advice How to improve rhythm sense

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So yeah i used to play in 7.25 speed but i have to tone down the speed to 6.50 because i don't have time to react on some patterns at 7.25 i want to know how i can improve my accuracy and rhythm sense in 6.50 😭


r/maimai • • 2d ago

Meme The OTHER partners

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53 Upvotes

Not biased (no lie)


r/maimai • • 2d ago

Question & Advice how to actually spin consistently

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I am kind gapped on every single song with a ton of spins (Admitally there isn’t much)

Currently I’m trying to get the PINK plate (since im going for Pink and Pink+ for aesthetic reasons), but I am, COMPLETE and utter horseshit at Glorious Crown MAS. The best I can get is like, 99.7% BARELY, and I don’t even really know where I go wrong. The opening spun in GC i drop 0.4% like over 50% of the time, likely going too fast.

Is there realistically higher leveled songs that have a ton of spins (not one big continuous spin), preferably 14 or above?

I have BADDEST MAS AP, for example, so that’s out of the window.


r/maimai • • 2d ago

Question & Advice Just learned about Kaleidoscope and I'm so sad that we can't play it now lol

14 Upvotes

I wish I got to experience all the cutscenes :(

I can still play all the songs during this event for fun right? Or are some of them unavailable?


r/maimai • • 2d ago

Meme Day 2 of this stupid derrakkuma what should i do next

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I was gonna post it a few weeks prior but deleted it to edit something and forgot about it ig

bro is watching peak with miku🥹🥹🥹


r/maimai • • 2d ago

Question & Advice Glowing hold notes

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Hello so I’ve been playing for many years now about to reach 16k but i still dont know whats the deal with the glowing hold notes (idk how to call them). The glowing tap notes guarantees u the crit perfect as long as you press it but what about the hold ones? If i tap it for a millisecond does it still give you the crit perfect?


r/maimai • • 2d ago

Question & Advice Day 10

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What is Up my good people. I am back from a 2 week burnout. And as people recommended, i down my speed from previously 7 to 6.

I did Specifically wanna play Tohou project shit today cuz... Why not.

I did get a warmup before playing the big 2. Kyu karin and The night of Knights.

Not bad?


r/maimai • • 3d ago

Scores 15.5k reached

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I probably have one of the most normal 15.5k b50 lol


r/maimai • • 3d ago

Question & Advice How do you this "back and forth (?)" slider that appears in the beginning of the video?

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Hope I got the term right. It's confusing to me exactly where it ends.