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| nameEn      =Marisa Kirisame
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| image       =[[File:Th175Marisa.png|x250px|Marisa Kirisame]]
| caption     =Marisa Kirisame in [[Touhou Gouyoku Ibun]]
| chartitle   ={{H:title|Ordinary Magician|普通の魔法使い}}
| species     =[[Human]]
| abilities   =Using magic (Specialized in light and heat magic)
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{{nihongo|'''Marisa Kirisame'''|霧雨　魔理沙|Kirisame Marisa}} is an ordinary [[human]] [[magician]] who specializes in light and heat magic and currently resides in the [[Forest of Magic]]. Her motto is: "It ain't magic if it ain't flashy. Danmaku's all about firepower,"<ref name="gumon_117-120">''[[Perfect Memento in Strict Sense]]'': [[Perfect Memento in Strict Sense/Marisa Kirisame|Marisa Kirisame]]</ref> and she has a compulsive mania for collecting things. She's considered to be the deuteragonist of the ''[[Touhou Project]]'' series along with the main protagonist, [[Reimu Hakurei]].

==General Information==
Marisa is a common playable character in most subsequent games throughout the series with somewhat rare alternative roles such as being an Extra [[stage]] [[boss]]. Her first ever appearance in the ''[[Touhou Project]]'' was in the second [[PC-98]] game ''[[Story of Eastern Wonderland]]''. Additionally, she has made a guest appearance as the first Extra stage boss in the ''[[Seihou Project]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s first work ''[[Shuusou Gyoku]]''.

Marisa serves as an audience surrogate of sorts - she is straight-forward and much easier to understand than other characters, typically filling the support role. She also serves as contrast to Reimu, who's blessed with innate abilities, by being the hard-working type of character without any special powers. [[ZUN]] has said that this makes her a rather "un-Touhou-like" character, but also gives him much more leeway in creating a story.<ref>[[Strange Creators of Outer World/Who's Who of Humans & Youkai in Gensokyo/Marisa Kirisame|Strange Creators of Outer World - Marisa Kirisame]]</ref><ref>[[Silent Sinner in Blue/Interview with ZUN|Silent Sinner in Blue interview]]</ref>

Marisa's height is that of a girl in her early teens and is in the "fairly short" group.<ref>[[ZUN's E-mails]]</ref>. Unlike [[Patchouli Knowledge]] and [[Alice Margatroid]], who are magicians by species, she's merely an ordinary [[human]] who uses magic. In the games themselves, she's a character who consistently stresses high power and quick speed. She exceeds in attack and penetration power, but her attack range is generally narrow. Her signature move is the tremendous laser [[spell card]], ''Love Sign "Master Spark<nowiki>"</nowiki>''. She has good speed and power, but poor melee technique.<ref>[[Shanghai Alice Correspondence]] - ''[[Immaterial and Missing Power]]''</ref>

===Personality===

Outwardly, Marisa is an outgoing and informal individual. She socializes with many inhabitants of [[Gensokyo]] and is friendly to both human and non-humans individuals, although still remaining wary around [[youkai]]. She's quick to act if she hears or sees anything interesting; sometimes doing dangerous things to satiate her interest at the time. An example is when she follows an eagle on a whim in the middle of a blizzard.<ref>[[Wild and Horned Hermit]], chapter 10</ref> She speaks in an informal manner and typically uses the sentence ending particle {{nihongo||ぜ|ze}}. "Ze" used at the end of verb stems delivers a "boyish" and "impolite" sound to the listener/reader. ''Ze'' is mostly used in a context to express one's will to act (similar to "let's" in English), and using it in other cases sound somewhat unnatural, perhaps "phony" or "showy".

In the past, Marisa was known to be a habitual liar. Such as when she claimed to be [[Reimu Hakurei]] to avoid being troubled by [[Flandre Scarlet]] <ref>[[Embodiment of Scarlet Devil]], Extra Stage</ref> or when she blamed various crimes to [[Alice Margatroid]] to get Reimu out of the way.<ref>[[Imperishable Night]], stage 4</ref> However, she puts no effort into actually deceiving anyone as her lies are extremely obvious. Over time, this tendency to lie has decreased and she's more likely to tell the truth to others. By the time of ''Wily Beast and Weakest Creature'', she willingly tells [[Saki Kurokoma]] to come to her place and emphasises that it is not the shrine.<ref>[[Wily Beast and Weakest Creature]], Marisa's Extra (Eagle)</ref>

She has a mania for collecting things and exhibits knowledge of various valuable and/or magical objects around Gensokyo. She has been frequently seen foraging (or looting) in many places for various materials, be it mushrooms, parts of a dragon, or just whatever she thinks looks interesting at the time. That said, her hoarding habit does result in her not knowing or forgetting what objects are in her house.

Though she goes to great lengths to hide it,<ref name="gumon_117-120"></ref> Marisa is a hard Working individual who frequently seeks to better herself and seeks to be known as a great magician.<ref>''[[The Grimoire of Marisa]]'': [[The Grimoire of Marisa/Foreword|Foreword]]</ref> She takes pride in her magic and youkai extermination capabilities, claiming to be "the number two in Gensokyo".<ref>[[Strange and Bright Nature Deity]] - Chapter 10</ref> She does indeed care for the sake of Gensokyo and its inhabitants, but conceals it with her rowdiness. In many cases, she is the one who would push Reimu to investigate potential incidents.

===Occupation===
It isn't directly stated how Marisa makes a living. She does state in ''[[Strange and Bright Nature Deity]]''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> 9th chapter that she regularly goes to the [[Hakurei Shrine]] to take away Reimu's [[youkai]] extermination jobs and ''[[Perfect Memento in Strict Sense]]'' implies it as well, making it a likely source of income. She's also written a book called ''[[The Grimoire of Marisa]]'' that reviews various [[spell card]]s by different owners of a spell; she's shown a desire to try and sell the book.<ref>''[[The Grimoire of Marisa]]'': [[The Grimoire of Marisa/Foreword|Foreword]]</ref><ref>''[[Touhou Hisoutensoku]]'': [[Touhou Hisoutensoku/Translation/Marisa's Script|Marisa's Script]]</ref> She has been shown to peddle magic or lucky charms, the origin of these charms are dubious but she has, at least once, successfully sold a supposedly tanuki-warding pot to a villager. <ref>[[Forbidden Scrollery]] - Chapter 39</ref>

;Kirisame Magic Shop
Marisa runs a shop for anything as an attachment to her own house. Although it's her primary occupation, she's usually absent. Inside the shop, it's so unimaginably disordered that it becomes like a mini-Forest of Magic.<ref name="gumon_117-120" />

''[[Perfect Memento in Strict Sense]]'' provides some information on the magic shop.<ref name="gumon_117-120" /> Though Marisa is surprisingly honest with her services, refusing to take payment for a failed job, the shop sees little use due to its difficult-to-find location in the [[Forest of Magic]] and the ambiguity of what her services actually are. (In ''[[Touhou Sangetsusei]]'', on the Kirisame Magic Shop's signboard, other than the shop name, nothing is written but "what will you do" ({{lang|ja|なんかします}}).) The [[Three Fairies of Light]] were her first customers to her shop, but ''Perfect Memento in Strict Sense'' implies she's had other customers since then, albeit not many.

;Burglary
[[File:018Marisa.JPG|thumb|left|150px|Marisa caught committing burglary.]]
According to ''[[Perfect Memento in Strict Sense]]'', Marisa boldly breaks in from the front and openly says her motto "I'll be borrowing these!" while carrying things off. She mostly steals books, so she might not be the kind who steals money. Her ability to "learn other people's moves" might originate from her nature as a thief.

As opposed to how she was commented to be a "prowler" in ''[[Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red]]'', Marisa said: "My life is way shorter than yours anyway, so can't you just take back everythin' after I kick the bucket? I'm just borrowin' until then. It should be good for the stuff I'm taking that way, too." [[Aya Shameimaru]]'s response was "The contents of the excerpt are very human-like and childish".

In ''[[Subterranean Animism]]'', Marisa mentions "(being) a thief" concerning the book she stole from [[Patchouli Knowledge]]. In the Extra Stage of that game, [[Koishi Komeiji]] pointed out "Are you the doll-using thief". Afterwards, when there was nobody at the [[Moriya Shrine]], she crept in, but was discovered by [[Kanako Yasaka]] and the others and was harshly punished.

She tried to steal from [[Kasen Ibaraki]] upon learning about the hermit's treasures, but got lost and was attacked by Kasen's pet tiger after she tried to kill it for its pelt.

===Possessions===
;Magic broom
Marisa flies on a bamboo broom as part of her magician appearance. It's an ordinary broom, but constant exposure to magic has caused a curious growth to begin. Although the bamboo is dead, leaves appear to be sprouting from the handle, independently from Marisa's magic.<ref name="gumon_117-120" /> In the fighting games, it serves additional purposes - she uses it as a weapon for striking and shooting [[danmaku]].

;Mini-Hakkero
{{Main|Mini-Hakkero}}
The mini-Hakkero, Marisa's treasured item, is a furnace that she uses to power her signature ''Master Spark''. From the flame of a table-top stove, to that of a flamethrower, to a powerful and unmatched wide magicannon, the mini-Hakkero has a convenient range of uses.<ref name="gumon_117-120" /><ref>''[[Silent Sinner in Blue]]'': Chapter number needed</ref> Marisa herself said, "I can't even think of makin' a livin' without it."<ref>''[[Curiosities of Lotus Asia]]'': [[Curiosities of Lotus Asia/Chapter 06|Chapter 6]]</ref> It was given to Marisa by [[Rinnosuke Morichika]] as a farewell gift when Marisa left her family to live in the [[Forest of Magic]], even though it'd be risky for a girl of her age to handle.

A magic lecture related to this item was written as follows:
<blockquote>"While shooting concentrate your mind, gently muttering the spell to the Mini-Hakkero. Aiming at someone you don't like, a magicannon of love will be unleashed! 

— ''[[Imperishable Night]]'': [[Imperishable Night/Spell Cards/Stage 4B#Spell Card 100|Spell card 100]] — Marisa's Magic Lecture</blockquote>

;Magic Wand
Marisa wielded a magic wand during her PC-98 appearances, but afterwards it was not seen again until ''[[Undefined Fantastic Object]]''.

;Mushroom Item
Marisa carries, concealed in her skirt, a dangerous finished product of mushrooms made from mushroom magic. After throwing the item, it explodes. The fact that she conceals them in her skirt seemed dangerous even to [[Hieda no Akyuu]] as noted in ''[[Perfect Memento in Strict Sense]]''.

==Ability and strength==
Marisa is a normal human with no innate abilities, but her true strength lies in her ability to use one of the highest classes of magic power that [[human]]s can use – an unusual feat perhaps only possible because of the effects of the [[Forest of Magic]].<ref name="gumon_117-120"/> She's also faced very powerful humans and [[youkai]] and was able to solve a number of incidents in various scenarios, all being high achievements. However, her existence is closest to an ordinary person; she was born without any innate abilities (unlike [[Reimu Hakurei]]) and has been compared to "humans of a level close to us" by [[ZUN]]. As a result, the interpretations of Marisa's power can go to extremes. She has an attachment to power and has self-belief in ostentatious display of power. She always finds opponents to fight and plays by finding faults. However, she's actually a hard worker, and her power is the result of her secret training.<ref name="SGZUN">''[[Shuusou Gyoku]]'': {{lang|ja|創曲幻想}}.txt</ref> For example, Marisa appears to have developed an innate resistance against poisonous substances, due to her gathering of mushrooms and living in the Forest of Magic.

Despite her small size, Marisa is surprisingly physically strong. In chapter 16 of ''[[Curiosities of Lotus Asia]]'', she carried out a big computer out of Kourindou in her arms. In ''[[Forbidden Scrollery]]'', she was shown jumping over the walls of the Hieda mansion<ref>[[Forbidden Scrollery]] - Chapter 7</ref> and was seen climbing youkai mountain manually (instead of just flying)<ref>[[Forbidden Scrollery]] - Chapter 45</ref>. In Marisa's otter route of ''[[Wily Beast and Weakest Creature]]'', [[Urumi Ushizaki]] tried to drown Marisa using her stone baby but ends up being amazed that Marisa is able to hold onto it despite its weight. She was also able to lift [[Sunny Milk]] and hold her up at waist height with only one hand, and without putting any apparent effort in doing so.<ref>[[Visionary Fairies in Shrine]] - Chapter 9.5</ref>

===Using magic===
[[File:SSiBArtChapter191.jpg|thumb|192px|Marisa in ''[[Silent Sinner in Blue]]''.]]
Marisa has trained herself in magic that specialises in light and heat. She's an Eastern [[magician]] who takes a Western approach to magic, the opposite of [[Patchouli Knowledge]]. Her magic has tremendous power and few weaknesses, but it has few non-destructive uses, so she uses it for flashy youkai extermination more than anything. Her magic makes for a good danmaku show, but this is made possible only through her strenuous honest effort in creating layered effects. The majority of her spells rely on power over finesse and are themed after stars and other astronomical phenomena. According to ''Perfect Memento in Strict Sense'', it's strange for a human to have mastery of magic of this level.

Marisa picks and collects various exotic mushrooms that live in the [[Forest of Magic]]. She boils them, crushes them, dries them, and furthermore mixes them, making strange chemicals or medicine. By heating them, submerging them into water, or by throwing things in directly, through trial and error, she finds a pattern from which magic-like materials come forth. Success or failure, she records the details of each experiment.<ref name="gumon_117-120" /> In her house, there are a ton of various handmade grimoires.

Prior to starting her research in ''The Grimoire of Marisa'', Marisa did not use complex slave-type attacks, as she was only capable of using slaves that circle around her (her guest appearance in ''Shuusou Gyoku'' notwithstanding).<ref>[[The Grimoire of Marisa/Parsee Mizuhashi's Spell Cards|The Grimoire of Marisa - Parsee Mizuhashi's Spell Cards]]</ref><ref>[[The Grimoire of Marisa/Marisa Kirisame's Spell Cards|The Grimoire of Marisa - Marisa Kirisame's Spell Cards]]</ref>

===Flying===
[[File:ThGK Kakashi4.jpg|thumb|200px|Fight between Marisa and [[Cirno]] in ''[[Fairy Wars]]'', as shown in ''[[Symposium of Post-mysticism]]'']]
Marisa is almost always depicted as riding on her broom when she flies in the sky. In the fighting spinoffs prior to ''[[Hopeless Masquerade]]'' she rides a broom only during some of her assault skills, like ''Witch Leyline'' and ''Stardust Reverie''. However, the more recent aerial fighters show Marisa making an extensive and continuous use of her broom, to the point that there isn't a single moment in which she isn't riding or holding it. ''[[Perfect Memento in Strict Sense]]'' states she uses the magic broom to ride around on because she believes it's an essential tool for a magician. It was originally a normal broom but sprouted leaves as a side effect of Marisa using it in magic rituals. Whether she actually needs her broom to fly or if it's just for show is unconfirmed. In ''Great Fairy Wars'', her broom is nowhere in sight; it's possible that [[Makoto Hirasaka]] might've simply chosen not to draw it. She was, however, seen with one in [[Symposium of Post-mysticism/Kakashi Spirit News 4|her article with Cirno]] in ''[[Symposium of Post-mysticism]]'' about this fight.

In the [[PC-98]] games, she's typically shown to use a vine in place of her broom in her boss appearances (with the notable exception of ''Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream'' where she has illusionary wings instead), but her ''Lotus Land Story'' and ''Mystic Square'' endings show her using a broom. In ''Shuusou Gyoku'', she's depicted with angel wings.

===Speed===
Marisa seems to take pride in her own speed,<ref name "MoF cross">[[Strange Creators of Outer World/Introduction of Previous Works/Mountain of Faith/Cross Review]]</ref> which is potentially among the fastest for a human. When she used ''Double Spark'' againt [[Watatsuki no Yorihime]] in [[Silent Sinner in Blue]], she moved some meters away from the first laser fast enough that she was able to shot a second one before the first reached the Moon princess.<ref>[[Silent Sinner in Blue]] - Chapter 15</ref> However, [[ZUN]] has mentioned that [[Aya Shameimaru]] is the fastest in [[Gensokyo]], and Marisa appears to consider Aya extremely fast,<ref>[[The Grimoire of Marisa/Aya Shameimaru's Spell Cards]]</ref> and a worthy challanger in terms of speed,<ref name "MoF cross" /> so while there is the idea that Marisa is really fast, there might be other characters that are faster than her.

Marisa's high speed is echoed in the games, usually by giving her the fastest or one of the fastest movement speed.

===Learning other people's moves===
[[File:Marisa'sCopyComparison.png|thumb|200px|A comparison between the originator of an attack and Marisa's copy of it.]]
Marisa's ''Love Sign "Non-directional Laser"'' was copied from [[Patchouli Knowledge]]'s regular attack from ''[[Embodiment of Scarlet Devil]]'' as confirmed by [[ZUN]].<ref>''[[Imperishable Night]]'': [[Imperishable Night/Spell Cards/Stage 4B#Spell Card 087|spell card 087]]</ref> Other than that, there are also others suggested to have been stolen; ''Love Sign "Master Spark"'' greatly resembles [[Yuuka Kazami]]'s and [[Gengetsu]]'s laser from ''[[Lotus Land Story]]'', her "Orreries Sun" resembles [[Mima]]'s orreries, and "Cold Inferno" resembles [[Remilia Scarlet]]'s familiar in ''[[Imperishable Night]]''. However, there's no official evidence that these are copied moves.

It's unknown if Marisa is inherently talented at imitating others' moves, or if she simply manages to do so due to sheer effort. She uses her [[mini-Hakkero]] to use the Master Spark, while Yuuka uses her version of the laser through other means.<ref>''[[The Grimoire of Marisa]]'': [[The Grimoire of Marisa/Marisa Kirisame's Spell Cards|Marisa Kirisame's spell cards]]</ref> Thus, her copying of the Master Spark seems more analogous to a person copying a fire-breathing dragon by using a flamethrower rather than a person copying a fire-breathing dragon by breathing flames merely through observation. Marisa also states that she can't imitate [[Kaguya Houraisan]]'s spell cards as they use special items that she doesn't possess.<ref>''[[The Grimoire of Marisa]]'': [[The Grimoire of Marisa/Kaguya Houraisan's Spell Cards|Kaguya Houraisan's Spell Cards]]</ref> In that case, it's analogous to a person being unable to copy a fire-breathing dragon since there are no devices on hand.

It's unlikely her implied tendency to copy other's moves is abnormal, as magicians such as Marisa build upon the work of others. Marisa claims in ''[[The Grimoire of Marisa]]'' that it's "magicians who build on observation", while [[Patchouli Knowledge]] uses the pride of magicians to add their own original touch to another's work while preserving and respecting the original.<ref name="SSiBCh6">''[[Silent Sinner in Blue]]'' Chapter 6</ref> Magicians seek the truth according to Patchouli.<ref>''[[Touhou Hisoutensoku]]'': [[Touhou Hisoutensoku/Translation/Patchouli's Script|Patchouli's Script]]</ref> They act like researchers in this sense, building upon the work of others. However, other magicians such as Patchouli and [[Alice Margatroid]] haven't been depicted using imitations as blatant as Marisa's for spell cards.

==Character Design==
[[File:PMiSS marisa.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Marisa, as illustrated in ''[[Perfect Memento in Strict Sense]]''.]]
===Name===
Her full name is {{nihongo|''Marisa Kirisame''|霧雨　魔理沙}}. Her surname {{nihongo||霧雨|Kirisame|lit. "mist rain"}} means "[[wikipedia:drizzle|drizzle]]" in Japanese. The [[wikipedia:kanji|kanji]] used in her given name {{nihongo||[[wiktionary:魔|魔]]|ma}} is highly likely to come from the "ma" in {{nihongo||'''魔'''法|'''ma'''hou|"magic"}} and with {{nihongo||[[wiktionary:理|理]]|ri}} able to be interpreted as {{nihongo|"logic/law/theory"|理|kotowari}}, it can be said that they deliver the idea of her being a magician. In addition, the kanji {{nihongo||沙|sa|lit. "small sand"}} doesn't have an actual meaning, but it's often used in Japanese given names to get the sound/look of "girlishness" (different kanji, but the same idea is used in [[Minamitsu Murasa]]'s name too).

''[[Wikipedia:Marisa (given name)|Marisa]]'' is also a female given name with origins in the Romance languages, which is a variant of Latin "[[wiktionary:maris|maris]]", meaning "of the sea", but may also mean "manly". If her name was based on this, then it's very likely to indicate Marisa's character being a mix of both Eastern and Western cultures.

''[[Story of Eastern Wonderland]]'' had her name written as {{lang|ja|魔'''[[wiktionary:梨|梨]]'''沙}} in-game, with the kanji meaning "pear". In that game's attached text files and bad endings it was written as {{lang|ja|魔'''理'''沙}}. Since then, her name is still written as {{lang|ja|魔'''理'''沙}}, so {{lang|ja|魔'''梨'''沙}} was likely a typo.

===Design===

In general, Marisa is depicted with blonde hair and yellow eyes. She wears clothes with a black and white color scheme, consisting of a black vest and skirt, white waist apron and undershirt, and a black witch hat with a white bow. Her hair is commonly braided on one side with a bow on the end. She sometimes wears dark blue clothes instead, such as in ''[[Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom]]'', ''[[Subterranean Animism]]'', or the fighting game spin offs from ''[[Hopeless Masquerade]]'' onwards.

Her exact appearance vary slightly between games and print works, such as having differently colored hat bows, varying hair length and style, and different aprons. In ''[[Embodiment of Scarlet Devil]]'', she wears a white full apron with black undershirt. In ''[[Perfect Cherry Blossom]]'', she wears a pink capelet and has no braid. In ''[[Phantasmagoria of Flower View]]'' and ''[[Ten Desires]]'', her bows are purple. She wears dark blue clothes with a blue capelet in ''[[Subterranean Animism]]''. Her outfit in ''[[Undefined Fantastic Object]]'' has brown apron with an 'M', brown hat bow, a red bowtie, and she carries a wand. She wears a crescent moon accessory on her chest in ''[[Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom]]''. She has pink scarf and gloves and has snowflake patterns on her apron in ''[[Hidden Star in Four Seasons]]''. In ''[[Wily Beast and Weakest Creature]]'', she has cat-shaped patterns on her clothes.

During the [[PC-98]] era, her debut appearance in ''[[Story of Eastern Wonderland]]'' has her depicted with red hair and eyes and wearing a purple witch's outfit with a white bow on her hat (Due to the PC-98's limited colour space, purple was often used to stand-in for black outside lineart.). However her appearance changes in ''[[Phantasmagoria of Dim. Dream]]'' into having blonde hair and yellow eyes more similar to her current design. This appearance stays with her for the rest of the series. Her clothes are black in Mystic Square.

==Marisa's Appearances==
{{stub|section}}[[File:Th02marisa.png|thumb|Marisa in ''[[SoEW]]''.]]
Unless specified, Marisa has usually been the second playable character throughout the games.

===PC-98 Games===
;''Story of Eastern Wonderland
:{{Main|Story of Eastern Wonderland/Translation|l1=Story of Eastern Wonderland Story}}
Marisa's adventure in the [[PC-98]] started in ''[[Story of Eastern Wonderland]]'', where she was the [[stage]] 4 [[boss]] and a disciple of [[Mima]]. She was a child who was tasked to keep [[Reimu Hakurei]] from reaching Mima, but was defeated.

;''Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream''
:{{Main|Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream/Translation/Marisa's Scenario|l1=Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream Story}}
''[[Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream]]'' was where Marisa first appeared as a playable character, albeit not as the second choice - instead, Mima takes on that role. In the story, Marisa follows Mima and finds Reimu at mysterious old ruins, which promise a fantastic prize for whoever enters. A battle with six others for the prize ensued.

;''Lotus Land Story
:{{Main|Lotus Land Story/Translation/Marisa's Scenario|l1=Lotus Land Story}}
''[[Lotus Land Story]]'' was where Marisa first started to be the second playable character, which became standardised throughout the ''[[Touhou Project]]''. Here, Marisa senses a great magic power and wishes to make it hers. She heads towards the [[Lake of Blood]] without Reimu's knowledge, not letting anyone stand in her quest for power and encounters [[Yuuka Kazami]].

;''Mystic Square''
:{{Main|Mystic Square/Translation/Marisa's Scenario|l1=Mystic Square Story}}
In ''[[Mystic Square]]'', Marisa overhears Reimu planning to enter [[Makai]] to take care of a recent outbreak of demons. Interested in Makai's magic, she takes off without telling Reimu.

===Windows Games===
;''Embodiment of the Scarlet Devil''
[[File:Th06MarisaBackSprite.png|frame|left|Marisa's back sprite in ''EoSD'']]
:{{Main|Embodiment of Scarlet Devil/Story/Marisa's Scenario|l1=Embodiment of the Scarlet Devil Story}}
During ''[[Embodiment of Scarlet Devil]]'', while flying through the sky, Marisa notices she suddenly cannot see the lake. She swoops in to check out the situation.

;''Perfect Cherry Blossom''
[[File:Th07MarisaBackSprite.png|frame|left|Marisa's back sprite in ''PCB'']]
:{{Main|Perfect Cherry Blossom/Story/Marisa's Scenario|l1=Perfect Cherry Blossom Story}}
During the May of a seemingly endless winter in ''[[Perfect Cherry Blossom]]'', cherry blossom petals land outside Marisa's house. She follows these petals in search of spring.

;''Imperishable Night''
[[File:Th08MarisaBackSprite.png|frame|left|Marisa's back sprite in ''IN'']]
[[File:Th08MarisaSprite.png|frame|Marisa's sprite in ''IN'']]
:{{Main|Imperishable Night/Story/Magic Team's Scenario 1|l1=Imperishable Night Story}}
In ''[[Imperishable Night]]'', Alice is perturbed about the [[Moon]], so she decides to bribe Marisa into coming along with her to find out who's responsible for the fake Moon.

;''Phantasmagoria of Flower View''
[[File:Th09MarisaBackSprite.png|frame|left|Marisa's back sprite in ''PoFV'']]
:{{Main|Phantasmagoria of Flower View/Story#Marisa's Story|l1=Phantasmagoria of Flower View Story}}
In ''[[Phantasmagoria of Flower View]]'', the flowers are blooming out of season, but this doesn't bother Marisa much at first. She simply wants to find out who's responsible for it and will be the first to know why.

;''Mountain of Faith''
:{{Main|Mountain of Faith/Story/Marisa's Scenario|l1=Mountain of Faith Story}}
Marisa sees that something is bothering Reimu and finds out that a rival shrine wants to take over. Marisa isn't going to sit back and let that happen, so if Reimu isn't going to do something about it, she certainly will.

;''Subterranean Animism''
:{{Main|1=Subterranean Animism/Story/Marisa and Alice's Scenario|2=Subterranean Animism/Story/Marisa and Patchouli's Scenario|3=Subterranean Animism/Story/Marisa and Nitori's Scenario|l1=Marisa and Alice Arc|l2=Marisa and Patchouli Arc|l3=Marisa and Nitori Arc}}
In ''[[Subterranean Animism]]'', a geyser appears behind the [[Hakurei Shrine]], and Reimu and Marisa are ecstatic about their newfound hot spring. The youkai, however, are less than pleased as Earth spirits begin to spew out of the geyser. Patchouli and Yukari suspect it was an attempt to lure youkai into the geyser and decide to send Marisa instead to investigate.

;Undefined Fantastic Object
:{{Main|1=Undefined Fantastic Object/Story/Marisa A's Scenario|2=Undefined Fantastic Object/Story/Marisa B's Scenario|l1=Marisa A Arc|l2=Marisa B Arc}}
In ''[[Undefined Fantastic Object]]'', Marisa notices a ship flying through the sky and hopes to be able to plunder it for its riches. When she hears that it was going to [[Makai]], she gets exited.

;Ten Desires
:{{Main|Ten Desires/Story/Marisa's Scenario|l1=Ten Desires Marisa Arc}}
In ''[[Ten Desires]]'', an influx of [[divine spirit]]s will block the flower-viewing, so Marisa wants to be the first to solve it. 

;''Double Dealing Character''
:{{Main|Double Dealing Character/Story/Marisa A's Scenario|l1=Marisa A Scenario|Double Dealing Character/Story/Marisa B's Scenario|l2=Marisa B Scenario}}
Marisa discovers that her [[Mini-Hakkero]] is acting on its own that shoots out fire, believed to be turning into a [[tsukumogami]]. After discovering that previously docile youkai have become violent, Marisa learns from [[Yatsuhashi Tsukumo]] and [[Benben Tsukumo]] that a group of youkai are planning social upheaval. She travels to the [[Shining Needle Castle]] and defeats [[Seija Kijin]], who remarks that her allies can become as strong as they want to if they ignore the consequences. After being led by Seija to the inner parts of the castle, she defeats the Miracle Mallet-wielding [[Shinmyoumaru Sukuna]]. Afterwards, a magical storm similar to the one caused by the Miracle Mallet rages and Marisa finds that the cause is the tsukumogami [[Raiko Horikawa]], who had successfully changed her source of magic to that of the outside world. After beating Raiko, Marisa lets her go in exchange for not causing any problems in the future.

;''Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom ''

;''Hidden Star in Four Seasons'' 

;''Wily Beast and Weakest Creature''

===Spin-offs===
;''Immaterial and Missing Power''
:{{Main|Immaterial and Missing Power/Story#Marisa's Story|l1=Immaterial and Missing Power Story}}
[[File:083BAiJRspecial IaMP.jpg|thumb|200px||Marisa in the Night Parade of One Hundred Oni Every Four Days Incident]]
In ''[[Immaterial and Missing Power]]'', a strange feast catches Marisa's attention, so she goes to look for clues.

;''Shoot the Bullet''
Marisa doesn't actually appear in ''[[Shoot the Bullet]]'', but instead in a "Special story" that was added to the [[Shoot the Bullet/Translation/Afterword|afterword]]. It shows that she and [[Reimu Hakurei]] are talking about a notebook she found.

;''Scarlet Weather Rhapsody''
:{{Main|Scarlet Weather Rhapsody/Story#Marisa's Story|l1=Scarlet Weather Rhapsody Story}}
In ''[[Scarlet Weather Rhapsody]]'', Marisa is unable to dry her laundry due to the constant drizzle. Deciding something's wrong, she sets out to find the perpetrator.

;Touhou Hisoutensoku
{{Main|Touhou Hisoutensoku/Translation/Cirno's Scenario#Stage 3|Touhou Hisoutensoku/Translation/Meiling's Scenario#Stage 3|l1=Touhou Hisoutensoku Cirno Arc|l2=Meiling Arc}}
Marisa, not a main character, is only playable via selectable character to play with in ''[[Touhou Hisoutensoku]]''. In Cirno's scenario, Marisa is sitting in a hot spring when [[Cirno]] appears and asks her if she saw a [[Daidarabotchi]]. Marisa decides to give her a hard time and fights her. After Marisa was "surprisingly defeated", she point Cirno the [[Underground Geyser Center|the wrong way]]. After Cirno comes back after a realisation, Marisa points that she saw a giant figure in the [[Forest of Magic]]. Even Marisa was interested on what the giant was. Also in Meiling's scenario, she doesn't actually appear here, to which is in fact a pseudo-Marisa who was sent by the [[Giant Catfish]] to [[assassin]]ate [[Hong Meiling]] in her dreams, but was defeated.

;''Double Spoiler''
[[File:Marisa-FW.png|thumb|175px|Marisa in ''[[FW]]'', by [[Makoto Hirasaka]].]]
In ''[[Double Spoiler]]'', Marisa appeared as a [[stage]] Ex target, where she uses a few [[spell card]]s and had [[Aya Shameimaru]] and [[Hatate Himekaidou]] take photos of her and her [[danmaku]].

;''Fairy Wars''
[[File:Th128MarisaSprite.png|frame|Marisa's sprite in ''FW'']]
:{{Main|Fairy Wars/Story/Extra|l1=Fairy Wars Marisa Arc}}
Marisa appears as the Extra stage [[boss]] of ''[[Fairy Wars]]''. While Marisa is returning from a flower-viewing session, [[Cirno]] shows up and asks for a fight due to Aya suggesting that Cirno should fight a human. Marisa doesn't take the request very seriously at first, but she decides to fight using her non-deadly lasers. Surprisingly, Cirno puts up a good fight and actually manages to defeat Marisa, although Cirno appears to be defeated instead, even though Marisa was going easy on her. Marisa just heads back home after the fight to rest.

;''Hopeless Masquerade''

;''Impossible Spell Card''

:{{Main|Impossible Spell Card#Story|l1=Impossible Spell Card: Story}}
After apparently reading the newspaper by the [[tengu]] about a mischief-making [[amanojaku]], she becomes one of the many strong [[youkai]] and [[human]]s to try and stop [[Seija Kijin]]. She uses [[spell card]]s that are considered impossible to dodge.

;''Urban Legend in Limbo''
Marisa appears as a playable character in ''[[Urban Legend in Limbo]]''. She was originally shown on a leaflet with various urban Japanese youkai with a torch/flashlight as though she's telling a spooky story. In the scenario, she discovered a phenomenon at [[Kourindou]] and took its power as herselves. [[Reimu Hakurei]] finds Marisa and wanted her to taste some mushrooms for poison, but Marisa attacked her with occult power. Reimu was confused, seeing a bizarre ball of sort. 

;''Antinomy of Common Flowers'' 
In ''[[Antinomy of Common Flowers]]'', Marisa suddenly finds herself posessed by [[Koishi Komeiji]]. Although neither seems to know how it happened, the duo decides to stick together and have fun with Perfect Posession. They wind up meeting the culprits of the incident, [[Joon Yorigami|Joon]] and [[Shion Yorigami]]. The disasterous sisters use their magic to exchange teammates, and Marisa is doomed to failure with Shion at her side.

Marisa's [[Dream World]] self appears in Joon and Shion's route, complaining that she never gets to play the lead role in incidents like [[Reimu Hakurei]] and [[Yukari Yakumo]] do.

;''Violet Detector''

;''Touhou Gouyoku Ibun''

===Seihou Project===
[[File:Sh01Marisa.png|thumb|Marisa in ''[[Shuusou Gyoku]]''.]]
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;''Shuusou Gyoku''
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[[File:Sh01MarisaSprite.png|frame|left|Marisa in ''SSG'']]
Marisa made a guest appearance as the first Extra stage [[boss]] of ''[[Seihou Project]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s first work ''[[Shuusou Gyoku]]'', a [[danmaku]] game series by the doujin circle "[[Shunsatsu sare do?]]", to which [[ZUN]] contributed music. To add to this, [[Yuuka Kazami]] made a guest appearances in the next Seihou game, ''[[Kioh Gyoku]]''.

She seems to have no view towards the [[Seihou World]]; she doesn't know that there's no vegetation and has no thoughts about scientific machinery, but she's aware of what the [[Holy Grail]] is. Curious why [[VIVIT]] and her master [[Erich]] want the grail, she fights her, but is defeated. She was then thudded by [[Reimu Hakurei]] for fighting at the [[Hakurei Shrine]]. Her way of speech indicates that this appearance was between ''[[Mystic Square]]'' and ''[[Embodiment of Scarlet Devil]]''.

===Literature===

;''Curiosities of Lotus Asia'' 

;''Eastern and Little Nature Deity''

;''Extra of the Wind'' 

;''Seasonal Dream Vision/A Beautiful Flower Blooming Violet Every Sixty Years'' 

;''Strange Bright Nature Deity'' 

;''Memorizable Gensokyo'' 
Marisa, along with Reimu, visits [[Hieda no Akyuu]] in ''[[Memorizable Gensokyo]]''.

;''Perfect Memento in Strict Sense'' 
:{{Main|Perfect Memento in Strict Sense/Marisa Kirisame|l1=Perfect Memento in Strict Sense/Marisa Kirisame}}

;''Silent Sinner in Blue'' 

;''Cage in Lunatic Runagate''  

;''Inaba of the Moon and Inaba of the Earth'' 

;''Oriental Sacred Place'' 

;''The Grimoire of Marisa'' 
Marisa Kirisame is the author of [[Grimoire of Marisa]], Inspired by [[Aya Shameimaru|a certain tengu's]] [[Shoot_the_Bullet/Translation/Afterword|notebook]]. She wrote down a [[danmaku]] grimoire researching the spell cards of others hoping to acquire hints for new magic or, failing that, at least be able to sell the book to a library for a pretty price. The grimoire itself contains her commentaries of various character's spell cards and some of her own as well as explanations of spell card types and danmaku types.

;''Wild and Horned Hermit'' 
In ''[[Wild and Horned Hermit]]'', Marisa regularly visits the [[Hakurei Shrine]] to talk about recent happenings, attending whatever festival happens at the time, or simply visiting Reimu. Marisa was the one who originally invited [[Kasen Ibaraki]] to visit the Hakurei Shrine more often, wishing to learn life extending techniques from the hermit, much to Reimu's reluctance.

In chapter 10, Marisa goes to the mountains to search for Hahakigi's Otherworld (actually Kasen's marker tree for her pet eagle, [[Kanda]]) and was caught in the middle of a blizzard. She ends up straying into Kasen's hidden residence by following Kanda on a whim. Despite the near death experience, she later tries to return to Kasen's house but ends up being attacked by Kasen's pet tiger after trying to kill it for its pelt.

In chapter 28, Marisa was found by Kasen in [[Former Hell]] wanting to see the underworld cherries. Kasen gave her a scolding and warned her against going there.

In chapter 34, due to Reimu seemingly having an illness caused by exhaustion (actually due to her pulling all-nighters reading books from [[Suzunaan]]), Marisa took it upon herself to cook rare food, such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conium_maculatum hemlock] salad, to help Reimu regain her spirit. The success of her cooking is debatable. Later, after [[Sumireko Usami]] summoned a flying saucer to the shrine, Marisa and Kasen spots an Unidentified Flying Object in the sky.

In chapter 41, prior to the events of ''[[Hidden Star in Four Seasons]]'', it was Marisa who warned Reimu that an incident is happening.

;''Forbidden Scrollery'' 
Marisa is a main character in ''[[Forbidden Scrollery]]''. In the first chapter she was the one who explained about Youma books to Reimu and reporting its appearance in [[Suzunaan]]. Afterwards she is shown frequently visiting Suzunaan and the human village, either for her own needs or to resolve incidents with Reimu or on her own.

She has a winter outfit unique to Forbidden Scrollery, consisting of a black coat over a white frilly skirt.

;''Strange Creators of Outer World'' 

;''Visionary Fairies in Shrine'' 

;''Alternative Facts in Eastern Utopia''
:{{Main|Alternative Facts in Eastern Utopia/Essay/Marisa Kirisame|l1=Marisa Kirisame's Lucky Danmaku Horoscope}} 

;''The Grimoire of Usami'' 
In the ''[[The Grimoire of Usami]]'' Marisa participated as one of the judges in the danmaku contest, hoping it would help with her danmaku research. After [[Seija Kijin]] and [[Shinmyoumaru Sukuna]] crashes the festival, Marisa was forced to leave the judge's seat to defend the audience along with the other judges.

;''Cheating Detective Satori'' 

;''Lotus Eaters'' 

;''Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red''
:{{Main|Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red/Marisa|l1=Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red Article and Interview: Marisa}}

;''Symposium of Post-mysticism''
[[File:ThGKPartI.png|thumb|200px|Marisa with Kanako & Miko in ''SoPm'']]
:{{Main|Symposium of Post-mysticism/Kakashi Spirit News 4|l1=Symposium of Post-mysticism Article: Marisa}}
In ''[[Symposium of Post-mysticism]]'', Marisa acts as the moderator for the symposium that involve [[Kanako Yasaka]], [[Byakuren Hijiri]], and [[Toyosatomimi no Miko]]. She'll usually start off a question to a discussion and will sometimes make her own comments. She also appeared in an article that's dedicated to a fight against [[Cirno]] which happened in ''[[Fairy Wars]]''. This made [[Hatate Himekaidou]] worried of how much stronger [[human]]s have become.

==Relationships==
Marisa has met a major amount of [[characters]] that have appeared within the ''[[Touhou Project]]''.

===Reimu Hakurei===
[[File:GoMIllus-Reimu.jpg|thumb|192px|Reimu and Marisa fighting, as illustrated in ''[[The Grimoire of Marisa]]''.]]
[[File:SSiBArtWallpaper1.jpg|thumb|192px|Reimu and Marisa, in ''[[Silent Sinner in Blue]]''.]] In many of the print works, such as [[Silent Sinner in Blue]], [[Wild and Horned Hermit]], [[Forbidden Scrollery]], and others, Reimu and Marisa are practically inseparable, with Marisa frequently sleeping over at the Hakurei Shrine, and the pair of them eating meals, investigating incidents, throwing parties, and engaging in many of the routines of daily life together. Although it was originally Reimu's job to solely handle incidents involving youkai and the [[Human Village]], Marisa has taken on many of the responsibilities as well, especially in recent years.

They met in [[Story of Eastern Wonderland]], and Marisa seemed to immediately take an interest in Reimu, helping her train in the bad endings. Throughout the rest of the [[PC-98]] era, Marisa often hangs around the [[Hakurei Shrine]], much like she does in the Windows era. In the [[Lotus Land Story]] ending, the two went outside together in plain clothing.

Occasionally, Reimu and Marisa will engage in a duel, such as in Stage 4 of [[Imperishable Night]], or in the fighting games such as [[Antimony of Common Flowers]]. Generally, in her fights with Reimu, Marisa wins about 40% of the time.<ref name="CoLACh19">''[[Curiosities of Lotus Asia]]'': Chapter 19</ref> She was initially jealous of how Reimu never does any training and yet remains strong due to her innate connection to the spiritual world as a shrine maiden, but has since developed her own techniques to match Reimu's. While Marisa used to cause incidents herself,<ref name="SGZUN" /> she has largely abandoned her antagonistic role and become a peace-keeper of Gensokyo alongside Reimu. 

The exact nature of Marisa's feelings for Reimu are left somewhat ambiguous as to whether they be platonic or romantic, such as in the [[Embodiment of Scarlet Devil]] user manual.<ref name="mkop">''[[Marisa Kirisame]]'': Embodiment of Scarlet Devil - Manual</ref> Marisa also named one of Reimu's signature spells, ''Fantasy Nature''.

===Family===
Marisa's family runs a large second-hand shop in the [[Human Village]], called the "Kirisame Shop".<ref name="CoLACh19" /> Marisa has broken off relations with her family, and avoids everything related to them. She says to [[Rinnosuke Morichika]] that she'll never go back to them.<ref name="CoLACh07">''[[Curiosities of Lotus Asia]]'': Chapter 7</ref>

In ''[[Perfect Memento in Strict Sense]]'', it's stated that her family is a private matter and the details are unclear. Also, the Kirisame Shop doesn't handle things related to magic items, which may be a reason why Marisa left. What the Kirisame Shop actually sells and the organisation of the family aren't revealed. Due to this, her family is an area of wide speculation. However, [[Marisa's unnamed father|her father]] has been confirmed to have been within [[Kourindou]]. None of her family members have been mentioned by name.

===Alice Margatroid===
[[Alice Margatroid]] is a fellow magician of the [[Forest of Magic]]. They were partners in ''[[Imperishable Night]]'', and she also supported Marisa in ''[[Subterranean Animism]]''. They first fought during the events of ''[[Mystic Square]]'', and later in ''[[Perfect Cherry Blossom]]''.

She seems to have a love-hate relationship of sorts with Marisa, with the two often insulting and fighting each other, yet teaming up on several occasions. For all the bickering the two go through, they seem to be close friends, as Alice once recommended Marisa's shop to the [[Three Fairies of Light]] when they needed some [[youkai]] extermination, and is comfortable enough with Marisa that in ''Imperishable Night''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> bad ending, she has no qualms with sleeping over at Marisa's house beside her. 

===Residents of the [[Scarlet Devil Mansion]]===
The residents of the mansion are fully aware of Marisa sneaking into the magic library. They generally look the other way, but various incidents and win quotes from the fighting games shows that they'll fight Marisa in a duel if they actually catch her in the act. At other times, they'll simply leave her be, such as the mansion's private moon viewing party, or Marisa's endings in ''[[Embodiment of Scarlet Devil]]'', where Sakuya even plays along with her, either serving her food or helping to conceal her from [[Remilia Scarlet]]. She's on friendly enough terms that she can walk in without any issue from most of the residents, even if she steals things.

;Patchouli Knowledge
[[Patchouli Knowledge]] is one of the victims of Marisa's burglary, often having books from her library stolen. Despite that, she was supporting Marisa in ''[[Subterranean Animism]]'', and they seemed to be on rather good terms. Additionally, Marisa has copied one of Patchouli's attacks and named it ''Love Sign "Non-Directional Laser"''. 

;Flandre Scarlet
In ''[[Perfect Memento in Strict Sense]]'', Marisa commented, "sometimes when I sneak into the Scarlet Devil Mansion, I run into the little sister. I had to slip by without drawin' her attention, but after goin' through all that to get into the place, I was hopin' I wouldn't run into her." 

===Rinnosuke Morichika===
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[[Rinnosuke Morichika]] worked for Marisa's father at his shop as an apprentice in the Human Village before leaving to start [[Kourindou]] over eleven years ago before Marisa was born, and he's known her since she was small. Judging from [[Curiosities of Lotus Asia]]'s 22nd chapter, she must have known him in person since at least around 2001, and the 6th chapter shows that Marisa once eavesdropped on a conversation between Rinnosuke and her father during one of Rinnosuke's rare visits to the Kirisame residence when she was "very young". Marisa thinks Rinnosuke is stiff with her because of her family, but the truth is Rinnosuke keeps his guard up with her because he doesn't want her to suspect when he's lying to her, particularly when it comes to her paying Rinnosuke with items that she collects. 

Rinnosuke sees Marisa as something of an annoyance, as she often imposes herself on him and takes what she likes from the store, but they are still on good terms and he seems to welcome her company. They're friendly enough that he created and later gave her the Hakkero. She's also the only one to call him by his nickname "Kourin", although whether it implies fondness, or just that they've known each other for so long, is unknown. 

Because of Marisa's collecting habits, Rinnosuke is often able to get valuable things she picks up for quite cheap, as Marisa usually doesn't know the true value of the item. However, he does feel somewhat bad about it.<ref name="cola7">[[Curiosities of Lotus Asia/Chapter 07|Curiosities of Lotus Asia: Chapter 7]]</ref>

===Nitori Kawashiro===
[[Nitori Kawashiro]] knows Marisa from the events of ''[[Mountain of Faith]]'', and fancies herself as a friend of Marisa's. She was a support character in ''[[Subterranean Animism]]''. Nitori isn't a [[magician]] so it cannot be said that they have "good compatibility". That they're a [[magician]] with a zeal for research and an engineer with a vigourous thirst for knowledge, is something that could possibly be said to be a point at which they're alike fellows who'd get along easily. There's been no depiction where the [[Youkai Mountain]] has ever been a victim of her robbery. Nitori herself has a personality of liking humans. Nitori and her fellow [[kappa]] are seen associated with Marisa in ''[[Wild and Horned Hermit]]'', possibly for mutual business purposes.

Even for Marisa, who's habitually aloof from the world, in ''Subterranean Animism'''s conversations she was like someone in high spirits pressing on.

===Mima===
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In the PC-98 games, Marisa is subservient to [[Mima]]. She admires her greatly, boasting that "Lady Mima cannot be beaten" in ''Story of Eastern Wonderland''<nowiki>'s omake</nowiki> and apologizing to her when defeated by [[Reimu Hakurei]]. Mima is currently the only character to be addressed honorifically by Marisa. Additionally, she takes some inspiration from Mima, sharing her attack patterns using magical orbs (as well as using them in her ''Orreries Sun'' spell card) and using illusionary wings similar to hers in ''Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream''. However, they are never shown to engage in conversation with one another on-screen (the closest to it being Mima telling Marisa to "train harder" in ''[[Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream]]'' and Marisa's cheerfulness when she defeats her). ZUN doesn't answer any questions regarding their relationship, but says that Marisa's attitude towards Mima is easy to understand.<ref>[[ZUN's reply to messages on the former Gensou Bulletin Board 3]]</ref> 

===Three Fairies of Light===
The [[Three Fairies of Light]] have from the beginning lived in the [[Forest of Magic]] and thus have known about Marisa before. Originally, the three fairies were simply fairies to be exterminated when Marisa caught them playing pranks on Reimu or herself. However, after the fairies became Marisa's first customers at her shop where she liberated (maybe) their house from [[Tsuchinoko]], the three fairies who are normally scared of strong people appear to have gradually grown closer together over the series.

Instead of exterminating them outright, Marisa would join in on their games and sometimes play pranks on them instead. Although they originally ran screaming in fear from her, by chapter 16, the fairies refer to her as "just Marisa", and are close enough to her that they'll actually hug her for warmth in the winter. In the fifteenth chapter of ''[[Strange and Bright Nature Deity]]'', under the influence of alcohol, Marisa had the three fairies hanging, clinging to her neck, thus showing their close friendship. Reimu seems a bit perplexed at this sight, and starts referring to them as those fairies that Marisa is always hanging around. Marisa and the fairies proceed to team up to play a prank on Reimu. In later chapters, the fairies are happy to see her.

Marisa is initially unable to see the fairies' house. To all [[human]]s, fairy homes appear to be normal tree, even if they're actual houses from a fairy's point of view. However, for unexplained reasons, by the time of ''[[Oriental Sacred Place]]'', she's able to detect which tree is their new house simply by looking at it from a distance. Marisa herself seems surprised she can do this. She gives the fairies a cheerful nod and keeps it a secret from Reimu, who was attempting to find their house to evict them.

Although she didn't have a relation to the three fairies then, she also appeared in Sangetsusei's supplementary shooting game ''[[Fairy Wars]]''.

===Minor Relationships===
;Mimi-chan
In the [[PC-98]] [[canon]], Marisa is [[Mimi-chan]]'s owner, and thinks Mimi's cute. She knows that Mimi-chan's a weapon from [[Yumemi Okazaki]]'s world, but has no idea how to use her, and thus rides on Mimi. If she knew anything about how a intercontinental ballistic missile works, she probably wouldn't be doing so.

;[[Satori Komeiji]] and [[Koishi Komeiji]]
After the events of ''[[Subterranean Animism]]'' in her scenarios with Nitori Kawashiro and Patchouli Knowledge, Marisa impressed Koishi enough with her strength that she's allowed to come and play at the [[Palace of Earth Spirits]] at any time. She may say she's a friend of Satori to get everyone down there to leave her alone, because all the underground [[youkai]] hate Satori. Although Marisa and Satori tend to put each other at unease at times, Marisa looks forward to being able to go underground whenever she wants to.

;[[Tsuchinoko]]
Marisa took in Tsuchinoko as a pet in ''[[Strange and Bright Nature Deity]]'' chapter 10. She thinks he's too cute to exterminate, and doesn't see why a human couldn't keep [[youkai]] as pets.

;[[Byakuren Hijiri]]
Byakuren is a [[magician]], much like Marisa, although is much more experienced and has become a youkai while Marisa has yet to do so. Despite an initial disagreement and misunderstanding over the status of youkai and humans in the Marisa A ending of ''[[Undefined Fantastic Object]]'', Byakuren liked Marisa's direct personality, and in thanks for Marisa's help in breaking the seal, instructed [[Minamitsu Murasa]] to take Marisa to and from [[Makai]] whenever Marisa wanted. She also told Marisa that, as a magician, she could come see Byakuren if she ever had any trouble. It's unknown if the [[Palanquin Ship]]'s conversion into a temple affected the arrangement.

==Gallery==
===Covers===
<gallery>
File:Th02cover.jpg|Cover of ''[[Story of Eastern Wonderland]]'', featuring Reimu, Marisa & Mima
File:Th03cover.jpg|Cover of ''[[Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream]]'', featuring Reimu & others
File:Th04cover.jpg|Cover of ''[[Lotus Land Story]]'', featuring Reimu & Marisa
File:Curiosities of lotus asia 03 01.jpg|Reimu on the chapter 3 cover of ''[[Curiosities of Lotus Asia]]''
File:064.jpg|Marisa on the chapter 20 cover of ''Curiosities of Lotus Asia''
File:Cage in Lunatic Runagate CH6 09.jpg|Marisa in ''[[Cage in Lunatic Runagate]]''
File:Seasonal dream vision 000a.png|Marisa on the cover of ''[[Seasonal Dream Vision]]''
File:ThGSCover.jpg|Marisa on the cover of ''[[Perfect Memento in Strict Sense]]''
File:GoM Cover.jpg|Marisa on the cover of ''[[The Grimoire of Marisa]]''
File:WaHH2 Cover.jpg|Marisa on the Vol. 2 cover of ''[[Wild and Horned Hermit]]''
File:FSNormalCover3.jpg|Marisa on the Vol. 3 cover of ''[[Forbidden Scrollery]]''
File:FS Tankebon3 cover.jpg|Marisa on the Vol. 3 special cover of ''Forbidden Scrollery''
File:Touhou Suichouka - Sample Cover.jpg|Marisa on the melonbooks sample cover of ''[[Lotus Eaters]]''
File:Touhou Suichouka - Comp Ace Cover.jpg|Marisa on the chapter 1 cover of ''Lotus Eaters''
File:Touhou Suichouka - Alternative Cover.jpg|Marisa on the chapter 1 special cover of ''Lotus Eaters''
File:ThGI1cover.jpg|Marisa in the ''[[Strange Creators of Outer World]]'' Vol. 1 cover
File:ThGI2cover.jpg|Marisa  in the ''Strange Creators of Outer World'' Vol. 2 cover
File:ThGI3Cover.jpg|Marisa in the ''Strange Creators of Outer World'' Vol. 3 cover
File:ThGI4Cover.jpg|Marisa in the ''Strange Creators of Outer World'' Vol. 4 cover
File:TGI5cover.jpg|Marisa in the ''Strange Creators of Outer World'' Vol. 5 cover
File:ThGI6.jpg|Marisa in the ''Strange Creators of Outer World'' Vol. 6 cover
File:ThGI7.jpg|Marisa in the ''Strange Creators of Outer World'' Vol. 7 cover
File:ThGI8.jpg|Marisa in the ''Strange Creators of Outer World'' Vol. 8 cover
File:GoU_cover.jpg|Marisa in ''[[The Grimoire of Usami]]''
</gallery>

===Artworks===
<gallery>
File:Th06Marisa2.png|Marisa artwork from ''[[Embodiment of Scarlet Devil]]''
File:Th07Marisa3.png|Marisa artwork from ''[[Perfect Cherry Blossom]]''
File:Th075Marisa.png|Marisa artwork from ''[[Immaterial and Missing Power]]''
File:Th08MarisaKirisame.png|Marisa artwork from ''[[Imperishable Night]]''
File:Th09Marisa.png|Marisa artwork from ''[[Phantasmagoria of Flower View]]''
File:Th09FullMarisa.png|Marisa artwork from ''Phantasmagoria of Flower View''
File:Th09MarisaAlt.png|Alternate outfit from ''Phantasmagoria of Flower View''
File:Th10Marisa2.png|Marisa artwork from ''[[Mountain of Faith]]''
File:Th105Marisa.png|Marisa artwork from ''[[Scarlet Weather Rhapsody]]''
File:Th11Marisa.png|Marisa artwork from ''[[Subterranean Animism]]''
File:Th12Marisa.png|Marisa artwork from ''[[Undefined Fantastic Object]]''
File:01Marisa2.png|Marisa artwork from ''[[Touhou Hisoutensoku]]''
File:Th128Marisaspellface.png|Marisa artwork from ''[[Fairy Wars]]''
File:Th13Marisa.png|Marisa artwork from ''[[Ten Desires]]''
File:01Marisa1.png|Marisa artwork from ''[[Hopeless Masquerade]]''
File:Th14Marisa.png|Marisa artwork from ''[[Double Dealing Character]]''
File:Th145Marisa2.png|Marisa artwork from ''[[Urban Legend in Limbo]]''
File:Th15Marisa.png|Marisa artwork from ''[[Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom]]''
File:Th155Marisa.png|Marisa artwork from ''[[Antinomy of Common Flowers]]''
File:Th16Marisa.png|Marisa artwork from ''[[Hidden Star in Four Seasons]]''
File:Th17Marisa.png|Marisa artwork from ''[[Wily Beast and Weakest Creature]]''
File:CoLAMarisafull.jpg|Marisa in ''Curiosities of Lotus Asia''
</gallery>

===Sprites===
<gallery>
File:Th123MarisaColors.png|Marisa's different color palettes from ''Touhou Hisoutensoku''. The middle top corresponds to her second color palette in ''Scarlet Weather Rhapsody'', while the right top corresponds to her ''Immaterial and Missing Power'' palette
File:Th155MarisaColors.png|Marisa's different color palettes. The first 5 color palettes are seen in ''Hopeless Masquerade'', the 6th to 13th are seen in both ''Urban Legend in Limbo'' and ''Antinomy of Common Flowers'', while the last two were added in ''Antinomy of Common Flowers'' v1.10
</gallery>

===Illustrations===
<gallery>
File:019Marisa.JPG|Illustration of Marisa in ''[[Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red]]''
File:SSiBArtChapter111.jpg|Marisa in ''[[Silent Sinner in Blue]]''
File:SSiBpencilboard.jpg|Marisa in ''Silent Sinner in Blue''
File:MOFI8.jpg|Illustration by ''[[TOKIAME]]'' for ''[[Chara☆Mel]]''
File:GoMIllus-Marisa.jpg|Marisa illustration in ''The Grimoire of Marisa''
File:Th145cover.jpg|Marisa on the leaflet of ''Urban Legend if Limbo''
File:Touhou Suichouka - Chapter 1 Illustration.jpg|Marisa in the chapter 1 illustration of ''Lotus Eaters''
</gallery>

===Screenshots===
<gallery>
File:ELNDCH0Marisa.jpg|Marisa in ''[[Eastern and Little Nature Deity]]''
File:EotWMarisa.jpg|Marisa in ''[[Extra of the Wind]]''
File:IMIEMarisaReimu.png|Marisa cameo in ''[[Inaba of the Moon & Inaba of the Earth]]''
File:SSIBCH9MarisaParty.jpg|Marisa party outfit in ''Silent Sinner in Blue''
File:SSIBCH21MarisaSwimsuit.jpg|Marisa with swimsuit in ''Silent Sinner in Blue''
File:Th175 SS1.jpg|Reimu and Marisa in ''[[Touhou Gouyoku Ibun]]''.
File:OSPCH4MarisaCostume.jpg|Marisa pumpkin costume in ''[[Oriental Sacred Place]]''

</gallery>

===Others===
<gallery>
File:163BAiJRMarisa.jpg|Sketch of Marisa from ''Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red''
File:GoMSigil-Marisa.jpg|Marisa's sigil from ''The Grimoire of Marisa''
File:Th123MarisaSigil.png|Marisa's sigil from ''Touhou Hisoutensoku''
File:Marisa_omikuji.jpg|Omikuji with Marisa's portrait made by ZUN for [[Reitaisai]] 15
</gallery>

==Skills==
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{{#lsth:List of Skills|[[Marisa Kirisame]]}}
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==Spell Cards==
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{{#lsth:List of Spell Cards/Touhou Project 1|[[Marisa Kirisame]]}}
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==Additional Information==
*Marisa's face was shown on most of the [[Windows]] game icons on the <tt>.exe</tt> files. This excludes the spin-off fighters, ''[[Double Spoiler]]'', ''[[Fairy Wars]]'', ''[[Impossible Spell Card]]'' and ''[[Violet Detector]]''.
*Marisa is second most frequent character to appear in the ''[[Touhou Project]]'' games before Reimu. This is because the two appeared in every game, but Marisa didn't appear in ''[[Highly Responsive to Prayers]]'' and ''[[Gold Rush]]'', which Reimu did. Various exceptions would show to change these statistics such as ''[[Shoot the Bullet]]'', which both characters didn't appear (but Marisa was used on the .exe's icon), but the two appeared in an afterword story, and ''[[Fairy Wars]]'' had only Marisa, but Reimu was still shown in a cameo.
*Marisa has seven theme musics (excluding remixes), making her the character with the most theme songs.
*Including spin-off games and ''[[Shuusou Gyoku]]'', Marisa has appeared as an EX [[boss]] two times more than any other EX boss.
*Marisa has appeared on the covers of ''[[Story of Eastern Wonderland]]'', ''[[Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream]]'', and ''[[Lotus Land Story]]'', as well as on the poster for ''[[Urban Legend in Limbo]]''.
*According to [[Rinnosuke Morichika]], Marisa was inspired to use star-themed magic after a meteor shower viewing party around the year 2001. Marisa's strategy guide in ''Story of Eastern Wonderland''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s omake says her third attack uses star magic, but she only starts to use star magic as her main motif beginning with ''[[Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream]]''. This would imply that the last 3 PC-98 games don't take place in their release years.
*According to [[Hieda no Akyuu]], she believes that Marisa may become a youkai magician like [[Alice Margatroid]] due to the high amount of magic she possesses.<ref name="gumon_117-120" /> In ''Imperishable Night'', she did express interest in immortality and eternal youth.
*Marisa may be somewhat of a mathematical genius; in ''[[Mountain of Faith]]'' she utters the line "I could recite all the digits in pi before I got there." However, considering that pi has a literally infinite number of digits which never end or repeat in any pattern, it's likely just an expression to say "at this rate I'll never get there."
*Marisa holds the distinction of being one of the very few characters in any Touhou game who's known to have a living family.
*In ''[[Imperishable Night]]'', Marisa survives looking at the full [[moon]], which should drive normal [[human]]s insane. When Alice asks if she's alright, she says that it's alright since she's insane to begin with. She might well be joking, since [[Reimu Hakurei]] maintains her sanity looking at the full moon too. It could be that humans who are strong-willed enough can overcome that influence.
*In both ''[[Mountain of Faith]]'' and ''[[Subterranean Animism]]'', Marisa lacks her signature bomb move, Master Spark. She regains her Master Spark as a bomb in the following game ''[[Undefined Fantastic Object]]''.
*Marisa often refers to herself as "just an ordinary magician". This is often her character title in the games (i.e. ''[[Imperishable Night]]''). Deneb the witch of the Ogre Battle games refers to herself in a similar, yet opposite manner: "I am a witch, but not just an ordinary witch!" She appears to make a reference to this in ''[[Perfect Cherry Blossom]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s third [[stage]], when questioning whether or not Alice is an ordinary human.
*Marisa has showed up saying "shoot and I'll move!!" in ''Shuusou Gyoku'' and ''Imperishable Night''. This may be a reference to the Italian 1958 film ''[[wikipedia:Move and I'll Shoot|Move and I'll Shoot]]'', to which Marisa first says this instead in the latter game.
*One of her alternate palettes in ''[[Touhou Hisoutensoku]]'' resembles [[Ellen]] from ''[[Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream]]''.
*One of her alternate palettes in ''[[Hopeless Masquerade]]'' resembles her PC-98 outfit.
*Marisa was first seen using a wand in ''[[Story of Eastern Wonderland]]'', ''[[Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream]]'', and ''[[Lotus Land Story]]''. She's not seen with a wand again until ''Undefined Fantastic Object'', which is so far the only [[Windows]] game where she's seen with one.
*Marisa seems knowledgeable about species not native to Japan such as the [[wikipedia:Beaver|beaver]] in Chapter 4 of ''[[Wild and Horned Hermit]]'' and the [[wikipedia:Rafflesia|rafflesia]] in Chapter 14 of ''[[Oriental Sacred Place]]''.
*When introducing herself or asked who she is, Marisa often blatantly lies that she's the [[shrine maiden]] Reimu Hakurei.

==Fandom==
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==Official Profiles==
{{hidden begin|title = [[Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream]] - 夢時空.txt|titlestyle = background:lightblue;text-align:center}}
{{Profile Quote
| image = [[File:Th03Marisa.png|200px|Marisa Kirisame]][[File:Th03MarisaAlt.png|200px|Alternate outfit]]
| text = ★　魔法と紅夢からなる存在　・・・　霧雨　魔理沙

　　　魅魔を「魅魔様」と慕う、天下無敵の魔法使い。（なにが無敵かはさておき）こちらは普通の人間である。ただ、ちょっとばかし強力な魔法が使えるごく普通の少女である。魔法使いなので、基本的にかなり頭が良い。が、世の中をひねた見方をしたり、「人間どもめが！！」ってコバルト爆弾を爆発させたりは、しません。

　　　　今回は、夢幻遺跡からもれてくる魔力にひかれている。
| translation = '''A Being made of Magic and Red Dream - Marisa Kirisame'''

The unstoppable magician that longs for [[Mima]] and calls her "Mima-sama" (Which part of her is unstoppable, don't ask.)

She's quite an ordinary human girl, who can just control some devastating magic.

As is the nature of a magician, she's very intelligent, but does ''not''' act cynically nor sets off a Cobalt Bomb while shouting "Fuck you, [[Human]]!!"

This time, she is interested in the magic power flowing out of the Fantastic Ruins.
}}
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{{hidden begin|title = [[Lotus Land Story]] - 幻想郷.txt|titlestyle = background:lightblue;text-align:center}}
{{Profile Quote
| image = [[File:Th04marisa.png|200px|Marisa Kirisame]]
| text = ★　魔法と紅夢からなる存在　・・・　霧雨　魔理沙

　　　魔法使いだが普通の少女である。多少自信過剰ぎみっぽいが、その自信に合うだけの力もそれなりに持っている。

　  　非常に頭が良く、強い力に執着するけど、まだまだ子供。普段なにやってるかは不明（笑）

　　　靈夢よりみためが子供っぽいが（靈夢も子供っぽいが）、歳は同じ位。

　　二人とも、ちょっとどこかがずれている様な・・・

| translation = '''A Being made of Magic and Red Dream - Marisa Kirisame'''

She's an ordinary girl, even though she's a magician. Her personality is somewhat self-confident, but she has enough power to support her confidence too.

She's very intelligent, and is looking for power, but is still a child. What she does in her daily life is unknown.

She looks even younger than [[Reimu Hakurei|Reimu]], but their ages are very close.

I think they both are a bit off from average...
}}
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{{hidden begin|title = [[Mystic Square]] - 怪綺談.txt|titlestyle = background:lightblue;text-align:center}}
{{Profile Quote
| image = [[File:Th05marisa1.png|Marisa Kirisame]]
| text = 霧雨　魔理沙（きりさめまりさ）　・・　魔法使いさん

　　　魔法使いだが普通の少女である。多少自信過剰ぎみっぽいが、その自信に合うだけの力もそれなりに持っている。

　　  非常に頭が良く、強い力に執着するけど、まだまだ子供。普段なにやってるかは不明（笑）。実は努力家。

　　　靈夢とは異なった行動原理をもっている様である。

| translation = '''Marisa Kirisame - A Magician'''

She's an ordinary girl, even though she's a magician. Her personality is somewhat self-confident, but has enough power to support her confidence too.

She's very intelligent, and is looking for power, but is still a child. What she does in her daily life is unknown. In fact, she's a hard worker.

Apparently she has different standards of behavior from [[Reimu Hakurei|Reimu]].
}}
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{{hidden begin|title = [[Shuusou Gyoku]] - 創曲幻想.txt|titlestyle = background:lightblue;text-align:center}}
{{Profile Quote
| image = [[File:Sh01Marisa.png|Marisa Kirisame]]
| text = ・紅夢の魔法使い　　霧雨　魔理沙（キリサメ マリサ）


　　東方に住み着く魔法少女。力に執着し、力を誇示する自信家で、いつも闘う相手を探しては、難癖を付けて遊ぶ女の子。しかし実は努力家でその力は隠れて修行したものである。修行を全然しないくせに才能だけで強い霊夢に妬みを持つこともあり、いつもいじめたりする。その実、魔理沙は霊夢がいないとつまんなくて死んでしまう位、仲がよい。
| translation = '''Magician of Red Dreams Marisa Kirisame'''

A magical girl living in the east. She's a girl who's attached to power, confident enough to like showing off her power, and is always looking for someone to fight with and someone to mock.

However, the truth is she's a hard worker and her power is the result of her secret training.

Because of this, she often gets jealous of Reimu who never trains but still exceeds Marisa with her talent alone, and always tries to get in Reimu's way.

Surprisingly, Marisa is very attached to Reimu at the same time, so much that she'd die of boredom without her.
}}
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{{hidden begin|title = [[Embodiment of Scarlet Devil]] - Manual|titlestyle = background:lightblue;text-align:center}}
{{Profile Quote
| image = [[File:Th06Marisa.png|200px|Marisa Kirisame]]
| text = ○奇妙な魔法使い　霧雨　魔理沙（キリサメマリサ）

　　魔法使いの宿命として、人々の生活から離れて暮らしている少女。<br />
　　基本的に、頭は切れるが、それを自分の生活に生かしていない。<br />
　　人間が忘れ去ろうとしている存在なので、自分から人間に干渉しようとはしない。好きなことをやっていれば満足なのである。<br />
　　中でも、霊夢が大好物（？）なので、ちょくちょく遊びに行っている。

　　武器は魔法。人生全てが遊びなのである。
| translation = '''The Strange Magician, Marisa Kirisame'''

A girl who lives in isolation from other people, as is a magician's destiny. Though her wits are sharp, she generally does not make the best use of them in her daily life. As a being whom humans have left behind, she has no personal desire to meddle in their affairs. She's content doing the things she likes. Of the things she likes, [[Reimu Hakurei|Reimu]] is her most beloved (?)<ref>The word used here is 大好物 (daikoubutsu). Although it literally means "favorite dish/meal", it's also used to mean "favorite thing". 大好物 is seldom used describe a person. As used here it appears to be a pun on 大好き (daisuki lit. "love"/"greatly like"), calling back to the earlier line of Marisa being content with doing her 好きなこと (suki na koto lit. "liked things"). Because of ZUN's "(?)" and the rather strong connotations of 大好き when used to refer to another person, it appears the line was made to be purposefully ambiguously romantic.</ref>, so she often plays around with her. 

With magic her weapon, everything in life is play. 
}}
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{{hidden begin|title = [[Embodiment of Scarlet Devil]] - おまけ.txt|titlestyle = background:lightblue;text-align:center}}
{{Profile Quote
| image = [[File:Th06Marisa.png|200px|Marisa Kirisame]]
| text = ○奇妙な魔法使い

　　霧雨 魔理沙（きりさめ・まりさ）

　　能力：魔法を操る程度の能力

　　こちらも主人公です。この二人は東方シリーズの主人公です。

　　魔理沙は、性格がひねくれてますが、ほんとの所も性格悪いです。<br />
　　人間のはずですが人間から遠いところに存在しています。本当に人間なのか疑わしいところですが、実は人間です。

　　今回はエプロンのようなもの着けて、魔法使いだかなんだか分からなくなっていますね。
| translation = '''The Strange Magician'''

'''Marisa Kirisame'''

Ability: Ability to use magic

This girl is also one of the protagonists. These two (Marisa and [[Reimu Hakurei|Reimu]]) are the heroines of the [[Touhou]] series.

Marisa has a very perverse personality, and she really has a pretty bad personality. Although she's [[human]], she remains distant from other humans. It's questionable as to whether she really is human, but she is.

This time, she's wearing something resembling an apron, so it's hard to tell if she's a magician or what.
}}
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{{hidden begin|title = [[Perfect Cherry Blossom]] - Manual|titlestyle = background:lightblue;text-align:center}}
{{Profile Quote
| image = [[File:Th07Marisa.png|200px|Marisa Kirisame PCB]]
| text = ○普通の魔法使い　霧雨　魔理沙（きりさめまりさ）

　　普通の少女。寒いと（服を着込む為）若干能力が低下する。

　　魔法の力を世に役立たない方向で使用する事を生甲斐とする。環境にも易しい。

　　最近の一番の大魔法は、自宅の地下に温泉脈を召喚し床暖房の代わりにした事。

　　実は努力家であり、また蒐集家でもある。

　　霧雨邸には、どこからくすねて来たのか貴重なグリモワール（魔導書）や、マジックアイテムが所狭しと並んでいる。が、使おうとはしない。


　　武器は魔法。さしあたって今の目標は、丹の生成。


　　　両武器とも、威力面では申し分ない。<br>
　　　唯一の高速キャラ。

　　　「マジックナパーム」は動きの激しい敵<br>
　　　にはあまり効果的ではない。

　　　恋符の「イリュージョンレーザー」は<br>
　　　残像にも攻撃判定があり、途切れる<br>
　　　ことが無い為割と使い勝手がよい。

　　　なお、「マスタースパーク」は安定した<br>
　　　最大ダメージが与えられるボムで<br>
　　　強い。

| translation = '''Ordinary Magician, Marisa Kirisame'''

An ordinary girl. The cold weather (or rather, the extra layers of clothing) weakens her abilities somewhat.

Her motivation in life is developing uses for magic that aren't beneficial to society. Also eco-friendly, too.

One of her recent great magic spells summoned a hot spring vein underneath her house to use as a floor-heating device.

She's actually a hard worker, as well as an avid collector.

There are many precious grimoires and other magic items she has collected from all sorts of places all around her house. However, she doesn't use them.

Magic is her weapon. For the time being, her aim is to create a new elixir.

:Both of her [[spell card]] types are certainly not lacking in damage. She's also the character with the highest speed.
:"Magic Napalm" isn't very effective against moving targets.
:Love Sign's "Illusion Laser" continues to hit enemies with its afterimage, so it's easy to continuously damage the enemy, making it quite useful.
:Also, "Master Spark" is a powerful bomb that can deal the highest damage with good stability.
}}
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{{Profile Quote
| image = [[File:Th07Marisa.png|200px|Marisa Kirisame PCB]]
| text = ○普通の黒魔術師

　　霧雨　魔理沙（きりさめ　まりさ）

　　主に魔法を使う程度の能力を持つ。

　　幻想郷に住む、ちょっと普通な魔法使い。蒐集癖を持つ。<br />
　　年々、蒐集癖が酷くなっていく気がする。

　　滅多に人を招き入れる事の無い霧雨邸は、幻想郷の森（通称　魔法の森）の中にある。こぢんまりとした建物である。<br />
　　建物の中は、とてつもなく雑然としていて、地震でもあればアイテムの雪崩に押しつぶされそうである。

　　マジックアイテムは一箇所に集めると、それぞれが干渉して性質を弱めたり強めたり、また、別の性質を持つ事がある。この家には魔理沙も知らない力を持ったアイテムが眠っているかもしれない。

　　ちなみに、冬にこもって製作していた丹は、ちょっと大きすぎて飲み込めなかったようである。要改良。
| translation = '''An Ordinary Black Magician'''

'''Marisa Kirisame'''

Mainly she possesses the ability to use magic.

A bit of an ordinary [[magician]] living in [[Gensokyo]]. She has a mania for collecting things.

It looks like her mania for collecting things is getting more serious after each year.

Her house, which she rarely invites anyone into by the way, is located in the forests of [[Gensokyo]] (a.k.a. [[Forest of Magic]]). It's a bit on the smallish side. The interior is extremely disordered, and would cause an avalanche of collected items if an earthquake hit.

When magic items are gathered in one place they tend to interfere with each other, causing their powers to amplify, weaken, or in some cases even develop completely different powers. Due to this fact, this house may hide items that even Marisa herself never imagined possible.

On another topic, the elixir she had been secretly developing during the winter ended up being too large for consumption. More improvement is required.
}}
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| image = [[File:th075marisa01.png|200px|Marisa Kirisame]]
| text = ○普通の魔法使い

　　霧雨　魔理沙（きりさめまりさ）

　　種族：人間<br />
　　住処：魔法の森にある霧雨邸<br />
　　能力：魔法を使う程度の能力

　　　普通の魔法使いさん。人が余り寄りつかない魔法の森にある家に籠もって、日々魔法の研究を続けている。

　　　性格は、負けず嫌いで意地の悪い所もあるが、根は真っ直ぐ。何処に行っても迷惑がられるが、実際に迷惑な行動も多い。

　　　森に籠もる理由の一つは、人が寄りつかないからである。研究中に邪魔が入って欲しくないし、人に会いたいときは自分から出掛ければいい。掛ける専用の携帯電話みたいな物である。でも、余所では色々と邪魔をする。何処に言ってもだ。

　　　スピードとパワーはあるが、体術は余り得意ではない。移動は速くてもいかんせん技が重い。パワーは魔法を纏う事で必要以上にカバーしている。
| translation = '''Ordinary Magician'''

'''Marisa Kirisame'''

Species: [[Human]]

Location: The Kirisame household in the [[Forest of Magic]]

Ability: Ability to use magic

An ordinary [[magician]]. She usually cloisters herself in her house located at the [[Forest of Magic]], where there are almost no visitors, and researches magic.

Her personality is unyielding and obstinate, but deep down she has a straightforward personality. She's treated like an annoyance wherever she goes, but in fact she often causes the annoyance to begin with.

One of the reasons she stays in the forest is because no one bothers to go there. She doesn't want to be disturbed while she's doing research, and when she wants to meet others she can always go there herself. She's like a send-only cell phone. However, she causes a disturbance at other places, wherever she goes.

She has good speed and power, but poor melee technique. While her movement is fast, her attacks are slow. She covers for her lack of physical strength with magic, but the amount of enhancement is actually overkill.
}}
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{{hidden begin|title = [[Imperishable Night]] - Manual|titlestyle = background:lightblue;text-align:center}}
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| image = [[File:MarisaIN.png|200px|Marisa Kirisame IN]]
| text = ○普通の魔法使い　霧雨　魔理沙（きりさめまりさ）

　　魔法使いさん。

　　魔法の森に住む人間。魔法を使う程度の能力を持つ。

　　散らかった部屋を掃除するため、整理整頓に役立つ魔法を研究しようと家中のアイテムや本をひっくり返す毎日。言うまでも無く成果は上がらない。

　　彼女は努力家であり、また蒐集家でもある。

　　負けず嫌いであることがバレバレの負けず嫌いも嫌い、という困った負けず嫌いである。


　　武器は魔法。暗いところは魔法で明るくする。


　　　　備考

　　　　今回はアリスと組む。

　　　　低速移動は単独使用時のみの性能<br>
　　　　である。

　　　　ミサイルは爆発に威力があり、<br>
　　　　まとまった使い魔を倒す時は一番楽<br>
　　　　である。

　　　　大抵の敵は瞬殺可能。

　　　　細かい事気にするな。という人に<br>
　　　　お奨め。

| translation = '''Ordinary Magician, Marisa Kirisame'''

A magician.

A [[human]] living in the [[Forest of Magic]]. She can use magic.

She spends her days rummaging through the items and books in her house, trying to develop magic that would be useful for cleaning her disheveled room. Needless to say, she hasn't had any success.

She's a hard worker, as well as a collector.

She hates losing, but she also dislikes those who clearly hates losing. What a troublesome person who hates losing.

Her weapon is magic. When in the dark, she lights up the surroundings with magic.

:''Notes''
:She teams with [[Alice Margatroid|Alice]] in this title.
:Focused speed only applies when she's used as a solo character.
:Her missile's explosion deals a good amount of damage, so it's useful for shooting swarms of enemy familiars down.
:It will kill most enemies instantly.
:Recommended for players who don't care for subtlety.
}}
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{{hidden begin|title = [[Imperishable Night]] - キャラ設定.txt|titlestyle = background:lightblue;text-align:center}}
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| image = [[File:MarisaIN.png|200px|Marisa Kirisame IN]]
| text = ○普通の黒魔術師

　　霧雨　魔理沙（きりさめ　まりさ）

　　Marisa Kirisame


　　種族：人間

　　能力：魔法を使う程度の能力


　　幻想郷にすむ、ちょっと普通な魔法使い。蒐集癖を持つ。

　　人間が余り訪れる事の無い魔法の森に住み、魔法の研究をしながら自由気ままに暮らしている。


　　魔法使いというとインドア（引きこもり）なイメージが強いが、彼女は自分から出かけることが多い。魔理沙は研究に没頭している時は人が居ない方が良いのだが、そうじゃない時は賑やかなのが大好きだからである。森は人間を引き寄せない為、都合がいいのだ。決して、研究途中のものを見せたくないから隠れている訳ではない（魔理沙談）

| translation = '''An Ordinary Black Magician'''

'''Marisa Kirisame'''

Species: [[Human]]

Ability: Ability to use magic
She's an ordinary [[magician]] living in [[Gensokyo]]. She also has a mania for collecting things.

No one has any business in the [[Forest of Magic]], so she lives there in comfortable solitude while studying to improve her magical ability.
You might imagine witches as being indoor-type people, but Marisa is a rather active outdoor-type person. She prefers a lively atmosphere over silence, but still doesn't like to be disturbed when she's studying. The [[Forest of Magic]] is the perfect place for her because almost no one bothers to visit her there. Marisa would also like to point out that, "Concealing my half-finished works is ''not'' the reason I'm living in there."
}}
{{Profile Quote
| image = [[File:MarisaIN.png|200px|Marisa Kirisame IN]]
| text = ○４面ボス　普通の黒魔術師

　　霧雨　魔理沙（きりさめ　まりさ）

　　Marisa Kirisame


　　種族：人間

　　能力：魔法を使う程度の能力


　　普通の魔法使いさん。


　　子の刻を過ぎたあたりから森が騒ぎ始めていた。ちょっと不吉な予感を感じていたが、暫らくしてその予感は的中する。子の刻を過ぎてから、通常ならとっくに夜が明けてなければいけない時間が経ったが、夜は永遠に続くかのように見えた。こりゃ面白そうだ、と慌てて出発したが……、犯人を見つけたときちょっと焦ってしまった。

| translation = '''An Ordinary Black Magician'''

'''Marisa Kirisame'''

Species: [[Human]]

Ability: Ability to use magic

An ordinary [[magician]].

A bit past midnight, she felt a disturbance ripple through the forest. She had a feeling that something bad was about to happen, and she was right. Many hours later, it was still as dark as midnight, long past the time for dawn, as though the night was everlasting. She left home in a hurry to investigate this interesting night... and was a little too impatient when she met the people responsible for the unnaturally long night.
}}
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{{hidden begin|title = [[Phantasmagoria of Flower View]] - Manual|titlestyle = background:lightblue;text-align:center}}
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| image = [[File:Th09Marisa.png|200px|Marisa Kirisame PoFV]]
| text = ○普通の魔法使い　霧雨　魔理沙（きりさめまりさ）

　　魔法使いさん。

　　魔法の森に住む人間。魔法を使う程度の能力を持つ。

　　幻想郷中を花で包んだ今回の異変も、魔法の森にはその効果が及ばなかった。

　　森にはそんな気の利いた植物など似合わないのである。

　　ただ、彼女は森の外で花を楽しんでいるのであまり関係はなかった。
| translation = '''Ordinary Magician Marisa Kirisame'''

A magician.

A human living in the [[Forest of Magic]]. She has the ability to use magic.

This disaster, which covered whole [[Gensokyo]] with flowers, didn't affect the forest.

The forest doesn't need a pretty plant like that, after all.

That had little effect on her, however, as she enjoys these flowers outside of the forest.
}}
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{{hidden begin|title = [[Phantasmagoria of Flower View]] - キャラ設定.txt|titlestyle = background:lightblue;text-align:center}}
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| image = [[File:Th09Marisa.png|200px|Marisa Kirisame]]
| text = ○普通の魔法使い

　　霧雨　魔理沙（きりさめ　まりさ）

　　Kirisame Marisa


　　種族：人間

　　能力：魔法を使う程度の能力



　　 幻想郷にすむ、ちょっと普通な魔法使い。蒐集癖を持つ。

　　 人間が余り訪れる事の無い魔法の森に住み、魔法の研究をしながら自由気ままに暮らしている。


　　 全ての行動は自分の為であり、異変を解決させるのも解決したいからするだけである。

　　 今回は幻想郷の何処に行ってもまんべんなく異変が及んでいたため片っ端から自分の足で回ってみることにした。
| translation = '''Ordinary Magician'''

'''Marisa Kirisame'''

Species: [[Human]]

Ability: Ability to use magic

A somewhat ordinary magician living in [[Gensokyo]]. She also has a mania for collecting things.

She lives in the [[Forest of Magic]] where humans rarely visit, and leads a carefree life while researching magic.

Every action she takes is for herself, and she solves incidents just because she wants to do so.<br/>
This time, as disaster has covered all of [[Gensokyo]] evenly, she decided to sweep across the place.
}}
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| image = [[File:Th10Marisa.png|200px|Marisa Kirisame MoF]]
| text =
　○普通の魔法使い<br/>
　　霧雨　魔理沙（きりさめ　まりさ）<br/>
　　Kirisame Marisa

　　種族：人間<br/>
　　能力：魔法を使う程度の能力<br/>

　　幻想郷に住む、普通な魔法使い。蒐集癖を持つ。

　　ひねくれて見えるが、内実は誰よりも真っ直ぐ。いつも黒い服を着ているが、それは魔法使いは黒だと思い込んでいるのと、汚れが目立たないと言う理由から来ている。真っ直ぐである。

　　今回は霊夢が動いたから勝手に動いたが、異変らしい異変は起きていない様に見える為、目的地に着いたら何を言えばいいのか考えながら山に挑んでいる。
　　意外と信仰心は厚い。

　　攻撃性能は、オプションの配置に癖のある装備で、使いこなすと強くなる装備となっています。
| translation =
'''Ordinary Magician - Marisa Kirisame'''

Species: Human<br/>
Ability: Ability to use magic

An ordinary magician living in Gensokyo. She also has a mania for collecting things.

She seems a bit weird, but in reality she's the most straightforward. She always wears black clothing because she thinks that's what magic-users should do and because it hides dirt very well. Very straightforward.

This time she's just following Reimu's lead, but since this doesn't look like a typical incident, she's thinking about what she should do when she gets to the mountain.

She has a surprisingly high amount of faith.

Her fighting style generally relies on equipment that is suitable for people who likes positioning themselves. It becomes very powerful once you master it.
}}
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| image = [[File:Th105Marisa.png|200px|Marisa Kirisame]]
| text =　○''普通の魔法使い''<br/>
　　霧雨　魔理沙（きりさめまりさ）


　　種族：人間

　　職業：魔法使い

　　住家：魔法の森にある霧雨邸

　　能力：魔法を使う程度の能力

　　性格：愛想が悪く意地悪だが、<br>
　　　　　　根は真っ直ぐ。

　　　　　　また、蒐集家（コレクター）<br>
　　　　　　である。


| translation =
'''An Ordinary Magician'''<br/>
'''Marisa Kirisame'''


Race: Human

Occupation: Magician

Place of residence: The Kirisame residence in the Forest of Magic

Ability: Ability to use magic

Personality: Inconsiderate and lacking manners, but generally straightforward.

In addition, she's a collector.
}}
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{{hidden begin|title = [[Subterranean Animism]] - Manual.txt|titlestyle = background:lightblue;text-align:center}}
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| image = [[File:Th11Marisa.png|200px|Marisa Kirisame SA]]
| text =
　○普通の魔法使い<br/>
　　霧雨　魔理沙（きりさめ　まりさ）<br/>
　　Kirisame Marisa

　　種族：人間<br/>
　　能力：魔法を使う程度の能力<br />

　　幻想郷に住む、普通な魔法使い。蒐集癖を持つ。<br />

　　ひねくれて見えるが、内実は誰よりも真っ直ぐ。いつも黒い服を着て<br />
　　いるが、それは魔法使いは黒だと思い込んでいるのと、汚れが目立た<br />
　　ないと言う理由から来ている。真っ直ぐである。<br />

　　魔法使いの為、魔法を使う妖怪と相性が良い。<br />
　　ただ、余り好かれてはいない。
| translation =
'''Ordinary Magician'''<br/>
'''Marisa Kirisame'''

Species: Human<br/>
Ability: Ability to use magic

An ordinary magician living in Gensokyo. She also has a mania for collecting things.

She seems a bit weird, but in reality she's the most straightforward. She always wears black clothing because she thinks that's what magic-users should do and because it hides dirt very well. Very straightforward.

Since she's a magician, she has good affinity with youkai who use magic. Nevertheless, not many people are very fond of her.
}}
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{{hidden begin|title = [[Subterranean Animism]] - キャラ設定.txt|titlestyle = background:lightblue;text-align:center}}
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| image = [[File:Th11Marisa.png|200px|Marisa Kirisame SA]]
| text =
　○普通の魔法使い<br/>
　　霧雨　魔理沙（きりさめ　まりさ）<br/>
　　Kirisame Marisa

　　種族：人間<br/>
　　能力：魔法を使う程度の能力<br />

　　幻想郷に住む、普通な魔法使い。蒐集癖を持つ。<br />

　　ひねくれて見えるが、内実は誰よりも真っ直ぐ。いつも黒い服を着て<br />
　　いるが、それは魔法使いは黒だと思い込んでいるのと、汚れが目立た<br />
　　ないと言う理由から来ている。真っ直ぐである。<br />

　　暗くて狭いところは結構好き。<br />
| translation =
'''Ordinary Magician'''<br/>
'''Marisa Kirisame'''

Species: Human<br/>
Ability: Ability to use magic

An ordinary magician living in Gensokyo. She also has a mania for collecting things.

She seems a bit weird, but in reality she's the most straightforward. She always wears black clothing because she thinks that's what magic-users should do and because it hides dirt very well. Very straightforward.

She rather likes dark, enclosed spaces.
}}
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| image = [[File:SSiBWebMarisa.jpg|Marisa]]
| text = 霧雨 魔理沙 （きりさめ まりさ）<br/>人間／主に魔法を使う程度の能力
人里離れた森の中で「霧雨魔法店」という何でも屋を営む<br/>魔法使い。営むといっても実質開店休業状態だが。<br/>マジックアイテムの蒐集家で、天才肌の霊夢とは逆に地道<br/>な努力を重ねるタイプ。とはいえ、負けず嫌いで真っ直ぐな<br/>性根の彼女がそんなことを表に出すはずもない。
| translation = '''Marisa Kirisame''' <br/>[[human]]/ability to use magic<br/>
A magician working at the Kirisame magic shop in a forest, <br/>far away from the [[human village]]. <br/>Though she works, the shop is mostly closed. <br/>A collector of magic items and a hardworking type, unlike [[Reimu]]. <br/>Even then, with her competetive and straightforward personality, <br/>she probably does not show her true self.
}}
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{{hidden begin|title = [[Undefined Fantastic Object]]|titlestyle = background:lightblue;text-align:center}}
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| image = [[File:Th12Marisa.png|200px|Marisa Kirisame UFO]]
| text =
　○普通の魔法使い<br />
　　霧雨　魔理沙（きりさめ　まりさ）<br />
　　Kirisame Marisa

　　種族：人間<br />
　　能力：魔法を使う程度の能力

　　幻想郷に住む、普通な魔法使い。蒐集癖を持つ。

　　ひねくれて見えるが、内実は誰よりも真っ直ぐ。いつも黒い服を着ているが、それは魔法使いは黒だと思い込んでいるのと、汚れが目立たないと言う理由から来ている。真っ直ぐである。

　　実際の所、宝船に宝があると思っていない。世の中そんなに甘くない。宝が無くてもおもしろそうだから乗り込むのである。好奇心旺盛。
| translation =
'''Ordinary Magician'''<br/>
'''Marisa Kirisame'''

Species: Human<br/>
Ability: Ability to use magic

An ordinary magician living in Gensokyo. She also has a mania for collecting things.

She seems a bit weird, but in reality she's the most straightforward. She always wears black clothing because she thinks that's what magic users should do and because it hides dirt very well. Very straightforward.

In actuality, she doesn't believe that there are treasures in the ship. That would be too easy. She boards the ship because it seems fun to her, even if there's no treasure. She's just brimming with curiosity.
}}
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| image = [[File:WaHHMarisa.jpg|Marisa Kirisame]]
| text = 霧雨魔理沙<br/>大胆小心な人間
森に住む普通の魔法使い。よく神<br/>社に来て霊夢の思いつきにつきあ<br/>ったり、つきあわせたりしている。<br/>霊夢が天才型なら魔理沙は努力<br/>型だが、その様子を他者に見せる<br/>ことは無い。
| translation =Kirisame Marisa
The bold, yet cautious human

A normal magician that lives in the forest.
She visits the shrine often, mainly to play along with [[Reimu Hakurei|Reimu]]'s inspirations, or make Reimu play along with her's.
If you were to call Reimu a brain, Marisa would be the hard worker, but she never shows her hard work to others.
}}
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{{hidden begin|title = [[Ten Desires]] - キャラ設定とエキストラストーリー.txt|titlestyle = background:lightblue;text-align:center}}
{{Profile Quote
| image = [[File:Th13Marisa.png|200px|Marisa Kirisame TD]]
| text =
 　普通の魔法使い <br/>
　　霧雨　魔理沙（きりさめ　まりさ） <br/>
　　Kirisame Marisa

　　種族：人間
　　能力：魔法を使う程度の能力

　　幻想郷に住む、普通な魔法使い。蒐集癖を持つ。

　　ひねくれて見えるが、内実は誰よりも真っ直ぐ。いつも黒い服を着ているが、それは魔法使いは黒だと思い込んでいるのと、汚れが目立たないと言う理由から来ている。真っ直ぐである。

　　神霊が人間の欲の塊である事に気付いた彼女。彼女の行動は純粋な好奇心。好奇心も欲である。
| translation =
'''Ordinary Magician'''<br/>
'''Marisa Kirisame'''

Species: Human<br/>
Ability: Ability to use magic

An ordinary magician living in Gensokyo. She also has a mania for collecting things.

She seems a bit rebellious, but in reality she's the most straightforward. She always wears black clothing because she thinks that's what magic users should do and because it hides dirt very well. Very straightforward.

She noticed that the divine spirits were actually masses of human desire. 
Her motivation is from pure curiosity.
Curiosity is also a form of desire.
}}
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{{Profile Quote
| image = [[File:Th135Marisa.png|200px|Marisa Kirisame HM]]
| text =人間代表の魔法使い　霧雨魔理沙

里はお祭り騒ぎだ。<br/>
しかし、このお祭りは何処か廃退的で刹那的な 匂いがする。<br/>
心を掴むのが仕事の宗教家達が喜ぶ匂いである。<br/>
彼女は先回りし、宗教家達が甘い汁を吸う前に<br/>
自らの味方を増やす闘いに出た。

特技　三度目の粉飾魔

強射撃や必殺技を使うたびに星が一つずつ点灯していき、 全ての星が点灯すると一度だけ強射撃や必殺技が強化版に変化します。<br/>
威力の増加、範囲の拡大、無敵時間の追加など、<br/>
攻撃ごとに異なる性質が強化されます。<br/>
総じて、全ての星が点灯している魔理沙は危険です。

ラストワード　サングレイザー

乗っている箒で周辺をなぎ払って相手を打ち上げ、<br/>
無防備なところに最大推力で突進打撃を見舞う大技です。<br/>
なぎ払いは攻撃範囲が広く、<br/>
攻撃中の魔理沙は無敵という頼れる技です。
| translation ='''The Human-Representative Magician, Kirisame Marisa'''

The village is reverberating with sounds of the festival.<br/>
However, this festival somehow smells empty-hearted and momentary.<br/>
The religionists whose job it is to ensure the hearts of others smell like joy.<br/>
The girl anticipates it, and before the religionists taste the sweet soup,<br/>
she appeared in combat to increase her own allies.

'''Special skill: Three-Tiered Embellishment Magic'''

Each star lights up one by one when using strong ranged attacks or special attacks, and when all the starts are lit up, the next strong ranged attack or special attack will be powered up.<br/>
Depending on the attack, a different aspect of it will be strengthened,<br/>
such as its power increasing, its range enlarging, or granting a period of invincibility.<br/>
Generally speaking, Marisa is dangerous when all the stars are lit up.

'''Last Word: Sun Grazer'''

Riding on her broom, Marisa mows down the vicinity and crushes her opponent,<br/>
and when undefended, performs her strongest skill, a full-force assault.<br/>
The attack range of her sweeping through is wide,<br/>
and you can rely on Marisa to be invincible while attacking.
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{{hidden begin|title = [[Double Dealing Character]] - キャラ設定.txt|titlestyle = background:lightblue; text-align:center}}
{{Profile Quote
| image = [[File:Th14Marisa.png|200px|Marisa DDC]]
| text =○普通の魔法使い<br />
　　霧雨　魔理沙（きりさめ　まりさ）<br />
　　Kirisame Marisa

　　種族：人間<br />
　　能力：魔法を使う程度の能力

　　幻想郷に住む、普通な魔法使い。蒐集癖を持つ。

　　ミニ八卦炉が強烈な火を放つ。<br />
　　現在、勝手に火を噴くようになり家の中には置いていない。<br />
　　魔法の森は湿気っているので森林火災の危険は無さそうだが……
| translation ='''Ordinary Magician'''<br/>
'''Marisa Kirisame'''

Species: Human<br/>
Ability: Ability to use magic

An ordinary magician living in Gensokyo. She also has a mania for collecting things.

Her [[Mini-Hakkero]] shoots intense flames. Fearing that it might start emitting fire on its own, she has to keep it outside of her house. The [[Forest of Magic]] is quite humid, so there shouldn't be much danger of starting a forest fire, but...
}}
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{{hidden begin|title = [[Urban Legend in Limbo]] official website|titlestyle = background:lightblue;text-align:center}}
{{Profile Quote
| image = [[File:Th145Marisa.png|200px|Marisa Kirisame ULiL]]
| text ='''恐怖！学校の魔法使い'''

'''霧雨　魔理沙'''

'''オカルト「学校の七不思議」'''

火力こそパワー。大火力の申し子の魔法使い。 <br/>
貫通力の高い射撃と高性能の打撃を武器に戦うが <br/>
勢いがありすぎて小回りが利かないのが玉に瑕 <br/>

オカルトアタックは「実際にあった学校の恐怖」 <br/>
名状しがたい学校の恐怖が手を変え姿を変え襲いかかります <br/>
| translation = '''Horror! Magician of the School'''

'''Marisa Kirisame'''

'''Occult "The Seven Wonders of the School"'''<br />
There’s power in fire''power''. A Magician with a natural talent for great firepower.<br />
She fights with highly penetrating projectiles and power-efficient blows,<br />
however her one weakness is the low maneuverability that comes with such overwhelming power.<br />

Her Occult Attack is “The Nonfiction School Horrors”.<br />
The indescribable horrors lend Marisa a hand and with morphed appearances they come charging.
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{{hidden begin|title = [[Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom]] - trial omake.txt|titlestyle = background:lightblue; text-align:center}}
{{Profile Quote
| image = [[File:Th15Marisa.png|200px|Marisa LoLK]]
| text =○普通の魔法使い<br />
　　霧雨　魔理沙（きりさめ　まりさ）<br />
　　Kirisame Marisa

　　種族：人間<br />
　　能力：魔法を使う程度の能力

　　幻想郷に住む、普通な魔法使い。蒐集癖を持つ。

　　ひょんな事から、月の都のパワーストーンを手に入れた。<br>
　　どうやらこのパワーストーンが都市伝説を具現化させていたと<br>
　　気付き始めたところに、ついに月の使者が現われた。 
| translation ='''Ordinary Magician'''<br/>
'''Marisa Kirisame'''

Species: Human<br/>
Ability: Ability to use magic

An ordinary magician living in Gensokyo. She also has a mania for collecting things.

In a rather odd turn of events, she obtained a power stone from the Lunar Capital.<br>
Just as she started to realize that somehow, this power stone had been<br>
[[Urban Legend in Limbo|manifesting the urban legends]], the lunar emissaries finally appeared.
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{{hidden begin|title = [[Antinomy of Common Flowers]] official website|titlestyle = background:lightblue;text-align:center}}
{{Profile Quote
| image = [[File:Th145Marisa.png|200px|Marisa Kirisame AoCF]]
| text =高火力で星好きな魔法使い

霧雨魔理沙<br/>

「思ったより完全憑依って<br/>
　簡単なんだな」<br/>

魔法の森で研究に勤しむ白黒の魔法使い<br/>

完全憑依異変を知り、奇妙なスレイブと憑依バトルを楽しむ<br/>
だが魔理沙は気づく、完全憑依の噂はあまりに早く広がっている事に<br/>

火力とスピードの研究に余念のない彼女は<br/>
決闘でも大味だが大火力とスピードで敵を翻弄します。<br/>
| translation = '''High-Firepower and Star-Loving Magician'''

'''Marisa Kirisame'''<br/>

''"This whole Perfect Possession thing is''<br/>
''a heckuva lot easier than I thought, huh?"''<br/>

A black-and-white magician who does diligent research in the Forest of Magic.<br/>

After discovering the Perfect Possession incident, she enjoys the possession battles with the help of her bizarre slave.<br/>
However, Marisa soon comes to realize that the Perfect Possession rumor has been spreading all too fast...<br/>

Her fighting style may be plain, but with her deep devotion to researching firepower and speed, she can run circles around any enemy.<br/>
}}
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{{hidden begin|title = [[Hidden Star in Four Seasons]] trial - omake.txt|titlestyle = background:lightblue; text-align:center}}
{{Profile Quote
| image = [[File:Th16Marisa.png|200px|Marisa HSiFS]]
| text =　○極寒に震える魔法使い<br />
　　霧雨　魔理沙（きりさめ　まりさ）<br />
　　Kirisame Marisa

　　種族：人間<br />
　　能力：魔法を使う程度の能力

　　幻想郷に住む、普通な魔法使い。蒐集癖を持つ。

　　直接的な害の無い異変なので、何処から手を付けて良いのか途方に暮れている。<br />
　　本格的に調査しようと思う前に、興奮している妖精達に巻き込まれるように<br />
　　戦闘が始まった。
| translation = '''Magician Shivering in the Arctic Cold'''<br/>
'''Marisa Kirisame'''

Species: Human<br/>
Ability: Capable of using magic

An ordinary magician living in Gensokyo. She has a mania for collecting things.

The incident isn't directly harmful, so she's at a loss as to where to begin.<br/>
Before she even considered doing a standard investigation, she was pulled into<br/>
a fierce battle with the excited fairies.
}}
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{{hidden begin|title = [[Wily Beast and Weakest Creature]] Trial - omake.txt|titlestyle = background:lightblue; text-align:center}}
{{Profile Quote
| image = [[File:Th17Marisa.png|200px|Marisa WBaWC]]
| text =　○至極普通の魔法使い<br>
　　霧雨　魔理沙（きりさめ　まりさ）<br>
　　Kirisame Marisa

　　種族：人間<br>
　　能力：魔法を使う程度の能力

　　幻想郷に住む、普通な魔法使い。蒐集癖を持つ。

　　動物霊を憑依させると、いつも以上の力が出すことが出来る。<br>
　　その事を非常に魅力的だと思い、動物霊の誘いに乗った。<br>
　　地獄に行くことには恐怖を感じていなかった。むしろどんな者が待ち受けて<br>
　　いるのか楽しみだった。
| translation = '''Excruciatingly Ordinary Magician'''<br/>
'''Marisa Kirisame'''

Species: Human<br/>
Ability: Capable of using magic

An ordinary magician living in Gensokyo. She has a mania for collecting things.

By allowing a beast spirit to possess her, she could become far more powerful than usual.<br>
As this was an extremely attractive prospect to her, she took the beast spirit up on its offer.<br>
She felt no fear about going to Hell. In fact, she was quite excited to find out what sort of beings awaited her.
}}
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==Official Sources==
{{hidden begin|title = Official sources|titlestyle = background:pink; text-align:center;}}
*1997/08/15 '''[[Story of Eastern Wonderland]]'''
*1997/12/29 '''[[Phantasmagoria of Dim. Dream]]''' - 夢時空.txt
*1998/08/14 '''[[Lotus Land Story]]''' - 幻想郷.txt
*1998/12/30 '''[[Mystic Square]]''' - 怪綺談.txt
*2002/08/11 '''[[Embodiment of Scarlet Devil]]''' - Marisa's Scenario & Extra Stage; おまけ.txt; Manual
*2003/08/17 '''[[Perfect Cherry Blossom]]''' - Marisa's Scenario & Extra Stage; キャラ設定.txt; Manual
*2004/08/15 '''[[Imperishable Night]]''' - Magic Team's Scenario & Extra Stage; キャラ設定.txt; Manual
*2004/12/30 '''[[Immaterial and Missing Power]]''' - 上海アリス通信.txt
*2005/08/11 '''[[Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red]]''' - [[Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red/Marisa|Article and Interview: Marisa]]
*2005/08/14 '''[[Phantasmagoria of Flower View]]''' - Playable character; キャラ設定.txt; Manual
*2005/08/25 ~ 2006/03/25 '''[[Eastern and Little Nature Deity]]'''
*2005/10/01 '''[[Seasonal Dream Vision/A Beautiful Flower Blooming Violet Every Sixty Years]]'''
*2006/05/26 ~ 2009/01/26 '''[[Strange and Bright Nature Deity]]''' 
*2006/12/27 '''[[Perfect Memento in Strict Sense]]''' - [[Perfect Memento in Strict Sense/Marisa Kirisame|Ordinary Magician: Marisa Kirisame]]
*2007/06/08 ~ 2009/04/09 '''[[Silent Sinner in Blue]]''' 
*2007/08/17 '''[[Mountain of Faith]]''' - Marisa's Scenario & Extra Stage; Manual
*2008/05/25 '''[[Scarlet Weather Rhapsody]]'''; chara.html
*2008/08/16 '''[[Subterranean Animism]]''' - Marisa & Alice/Patchouli/Nitori's Scenario & Extra Stage; キャラ設定.txt
*2009/05/26 ~ present '''[[Oriental Sacred Place]]''' 
*2009/07/28 '''[[The Grimoire of Marisa]]''' - [[The Grimoire of Marisa/Marisa Kirisame's Spell Cards|Marisa Kirisame's spell cards]]
*2009/08/15 '''[[Undefined Fantastic Object]]''' - Marisa's Scenario & Extra Stage
*2010/07/24 ~ present '''[[Wild and Horned Hermit]]'''
*2010/08/14 '''[[Fairy Wars]]''' - Extra Stage dialogue
*2011/08/13 '''[[Ten Desires]]''' - Marisa's Scenario & Extra Stage; キャラ設定とエキストラストーリー.txt
*2012/10/26 ~ present '''[[Forbidden Scrollery]]'''
*2013/05/26 - '''[[Hopeless Masquerade]]''' - Playable character
*2013/08/12 - '''[[Double Dealing Character]]''' - Playable character
*2014/05/11 - '''[[Impossible Spell Card]]''' - Day 7 Boss
*2015 - '''[[Urban Legend in Limbo]]'' - ???
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