diff --git a/packages/backend/src/db/meilisearch.ts b/packages/backend/src/db/meilisearch.ts
index 40efaa5864..ab21b4677f 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/db/meilisearch.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/db/meilisearch.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import { Note } from "@/models/entities/note.js";
 import * as url from "url";
 import { ILocalUser } from "@/models/entities/user.js";
 import { Followings, Users } from "@/models/index.js";
+import { userByIdCache } from "@/services/user-cache.js";
+import { ScyllaNote } from "./scylla.js";
 
 const logger = dbLogger.createSubLogger("meilisearch", "gray", false);
 
@@ -347,20 +349,14 @@ export default hasConfig
 					sort: sortRules,
 				});
 			},
-			ingestNote: async (ingestNotes: Note | Note[]) => {
-				if (ingestNotes instanceof Note) {
-					ingestNotes = [ingestNotes];
-				}
-
+			ingestNote: async (ingestNotes: Note[] | ScyllaNote[]) => {
 				const indexingBatch: MeilisearchNote[] = [];
 
 				for (const note of ingestNotes) {
-					if (note.user === undefined) {
-						note.user = await Users.findOne({
-							where: {
-								id: note.userId,
-							},
-						});
+					if (!note.user) {
+						note.user = await userByIdCache.fetch(note.userId, () =>
+							Users.findOneByOrFail({ id: note.userId }),
+						);
 					}
 
 					let attachmentType = "";
@@ -408,40 +404,15 @@ export default hasConfig
 				return {
 					health: health.status,
 					size: stats.databaseSize,
-					indexed_count: stats.indexes["posts"].numberOfDocuments,
+					indexed_count: stats.indexes.posts.numberOfDocuments,
 				};
 			},
-			deleteNotes: async (note: Note | Note[] | string | string[]) => {
-				if (note instanceof Note) {
-					note = [note];
-				}
-				if (typeof note === "string") {
-					note = [note];
-				}
+			deleteNotes: async (notes: Note[] | ScyllaNote[] | string[]) => {
+				const deletionBatch = notes
+					.map((n) => (typeof n === "string" ? n : n.id))
+					.filter((id) => !!id);
 
-				const deletionBatch = note
-					.map((n) => {
-						if (n instanceof Note) {
-							return n.id;
-						}
-
-						if (n.length > 0) return n;
-
-						logger.error(
-							`Failed to delete note from Meilisearch, invalid post ID: ${JSON.stringify(
-								n,
-							)}`,
-						);
-
-						throw new Error(
-							`Invalid note ID passed to meilisearch deleteNote: ${JSON.stringify(
-								n,
-							)}`,
-						);
-					})
-					.filter((el) => el !== null);
-
-				await posts.deleteDocuments(deletionBatch as string[]).then(() => {
+				await posts.deleteDocuments(deletionBatch).then(() => {
 					logger.info(
 						`submitted ${deletionBatch.length} large batch for deletion`,
 					);
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/models/repositories/note.ts b/packages/backend/src/models/repositories/note.ts
index 4b0ad88d6e..7744128507 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/models/repositories/note.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/models/repositories/note.ts
@@ -414,12 +414,11 @@ export const NoteRepository = db.getRepository(Note).extend({
 			const targets = [...notes.map((n) => n.id), ...renoteIds];
 			let myReactions: NoteReaction[] = [];
 			if (scyllaClient) {
-				const result = await scyllaClient.execute(
-					prepared.reaction.select.byNoteAndUser,
-					[targets, [meId]],
-					{ prepare: true },
-				);
-				myReactions = result.rows.map(parseScyllaReaction);
+				myReactions = await scyllaClient
+					.execute(prepared.reaction.select.byNoteAndUser, [targets, [meId]], {
+						prepare: true,
+					})
+					.then((result) => result.rows.map(parseScyllaReaction));
 			} else {
 				myReactions = await NoteReactions.findBy({
 					userId: meId,
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/server/api/endpoints/notes/search.ts b/packages/backend/src/server/api/endpoints/notes/search.ts
index 8c5798b62d..5482bb4d8e 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/server/api/endpoints/notes/search.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/server/api/endpoints/notes/search.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { generateVisibilityQuery } from "../../common/generate-visibility-query.
 import { generateMutedUserQuery } from "../../common/generate-muted-user-query.js";
 import { generateBlockedUserQuery } from "../../common/generate-block-query.js";
 import { sqlLikeEscape } from "@/misc/sql-like-escape.js";
+import { parseScyllaNote, prepared, scyllaClient } from "@/db/scylla.js";
 
 export const meta = {
 	tags: ["notes"],
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ export const paramDef = {
 } as const;
 
 export default define(meta, paramDef, async (ps, me) => {
-	if (es == null && sonic == null && meilisearch == null) {
+	if (!es && !sonic && !meilisearch && !scyllaClient) {
 		const query = makePaginationQuery(
 			Notes.createQueryBuilder("note"),
 			ps.sinceId,
@@ -86,17 +87,8 @@ export default define(meta, paramDef, async (ps, me) => {
 		query
 			.andWhere("note.text ILIKE :q", { q: `%${sqlLikeEscape(ps.query)}%` })
 			.andWhere("note.visibility = 'public'")
-			.innerJoinAndSelect("note.user", "user")
-			.leftJoinAndSelect("user.avatar", "avatar")
-			.leftJoinAndSelect("user.banner", "banner")
 			.leftJoinAndSelect("note.reply", "reply")
-			.leftJoinAndSelect("note.renote", "renote")
-			.leftJoinAndSelect("reply.user", "replyUser")
-			.leftJoinAndSelect("replyUser.avatar", "replyUserAvatar")
-			.leftJoinAndSelect("replyUser.banner", "replyUserBanner")
-			.leftJoinAndSelect("renote.user", "renoteUser")
-			.leftJoinAndSelect("renoteUser.avatar", "renoteUserAvatar")
-			.leftJoinAndSelect("renoteUser.banner", "renoteUserBanner");
+			.leftJoinAndSelect("note.renote", "renote");
 
 		generateVisibilityQuery(query, me);
 		if (me) generateMutedUserQuery(query, me);
@@ -110,7 +102,7 @@ export default define(meta, paramDef, async (ps, me) => {
 		const chunkSize = 100;
 
 		// Use sonic to fetch and step through all search results that could match the requirements
-		const ids = [];
+		const ids: string[] = [];
 		while (true) {
 			const results = await sonic.search.query(
 				sonic.collection,
@@ -151,18 +143,25 @@ export default define(meta, paramDef, async (ps, me) => {
 		}
 
 		// Sort all the results by note id DESC (newest first)
-		ids.sort((a, b) => b - a);
+		ids.sort().reverse();
 
 		// Fetch the notes from the database until we have enough to satisfy the limit
 		start = 0;
 		const found = [];
 		while (found.length < ps.limit && start < ids.length) {
 			const chunk = ids.slice(start, start + chunkSize);
-			const notes: Note[] = await Notes.find({
-				where: {
-					id: In(chunk),
-				},
-			});
+			let notes: Note[] = [];
+			if (scyllaClient) {
+				notes = await scyllaClient
+					.execute(prepared.note.select.byIds, [chunk], { prepare: true })
+					.then((result) => result.rows.map(parseScyllaNote));
+			} else {
+				notes = await Notes.find({
+					where: {
+						id: In(chunk),
+					},
+				});
+			}
 
 			// The notes are checked for visibility and muted/blocked users when packed
 			found.push(...(await Notes.packMany(notes, me)));
@@ -239,13 +238,14 @@ export default define(meta, paramDef, async (ps, me) => {
 		while (found.length < ps.limit && start < noteIDs.length) {
 			const chunk = noteIDs.slice(start, start + chunkSize);
 
-			let query: FindManyOptions = {
-				where: {
-					id: In(chunk),
-				},
-			};
-
-			const notes: Note[] = await Notes.find(query);
+			let notes: Note[] = [];
+			if (scyllaClient) {
+				notes = await scyllaClient
+					.execute(prepared.note.select.byIds, [chunk], { prepare: true })
+					.then((result) => result.rows.map(parseScyllaNote));
+			} else {
+				notes = await Notes.findBy({ id: In(chunk) });
+			}
 
 			// Re-order the note result according to the noteIDs array (cannot be undefined, we map this earlier)
 			// @ts-ignore
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ export default define(meta, paramDef, async (ps, me) => {
 		}
 
 		return found;
-	} else {
+	} else if (es && !scyllaClient) {
 		const userQuery =
 			ps.userId != null
 				? [
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ export default define(meta, paramDef, async (ps, me) => {
 
 		const hits = result.body.hits.hits.map((hit: any) => hit._id);
 
-		if (hits.length === 0) return [];
+		if (hits.length === 0) return await Notes.packMany([]);
 
 		// Fetch found notes
 		const notes = await Notes.find({
@@ -343,4 +343,6 @@ export default define(meta, paramDef, async (ps, me) => {
 
 		return await Notes.packMany(notes, me);
 	}
+
+	return await Notes.packMany([]);
 });
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/services/note/create.ts b/packages/backend/src/services/note/create.ts
index c70722c8c3..ca9e6f62ad 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/services/note/create.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/services/note/create.ts
@@ -1007,7 +1007,7 @@ export async function index(note: Note, reindexing: boolean): Promise<void> {
 	}
 
 	if (meilisearch && !reindexing) {
-		await meilisearch.ingestNote(note);
+		await meilisearch.ingestNote([note]);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/services/note/delete.ts b/packages/backend/src/services/note/delete.ts
index da2593d6d7..697e1c1699 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/services/note/delete.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/services/note/delete.ts
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ export default async function (
 	}
 
 	if (meilisearch) {
-		await meilisearch.deleteNotes(note.id);
+		await meilisearch.deleteNotes([note.id]);
 	}
 }