Marisa Kirisame

Marisa Kirisame is an ordinary human magician who specializes in light and heat magic and currently resides in the Forest of Magic.

Marisa usually has many outfits but in general, Marisa is depicted with long 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. Also her skirt has pockets! Marisa's usually depicted as being short and petite (possibly around 139 cm or ft: 4'7" with barely any significant endowments). Despite her small stature, she's shown to be quite resilient as she's been able to take attacks from literal gods in Gensokyo

Outwardly, Marisa is an outgoing, always energetic, and informal person. Hieda no Akyuu states that her personality is condescending, but she has a sophisticated side to her that tends to be interesting. She socializes with many inhabitants of Gensokyo and is quite friendly to both human and non-humans individuals. She's quick to act if she hears or sees anything interesting, sometimes doing dangerous things to satiate her interest at the time like when she follows an eagle on a whim in the middle of a blizzard. She speaks in an informal manner and typically uses the sentence ending particle ze (ぜ). "Ze" used at the end of verb stems delivers a "boyish" and "impolite" sound to the listener/reader which is why she can be considered tomboyish. "Ze" is mostly used in a context to express one's will to act, and using it in other cases sounds somewhat unnatural, perhaps "phony" or "showy". Although usually coming off as an impolite tomboyish girl, she's quite the sweetheart when she needs to be. She's show care for multiple characters when they're in trouble such as when Reimu Hakurei was missing or when she took in a Tsuchinoko into her home. Though she goes to great lengths to hide it, Marisa is a hardworking individual who frequently seeks to better herself and to be known as a great magician. She takes pride in her magic and youkai extermination capabilities, claiming to be "the number two in Gensokyo". In many cases, she is the one who would push Reimu to investigate potential incidents. 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.

Marisa is a bit of a kleptomaniac. She's known as a thief throughout Gensokyo and has been seen stealing numerous items from Patchouli Knowledge and Alice Margatroid, labeling it as "borrowing until she's dead". Her logic behind calling it "borrowing" is that she's not able to live as long as characters as Patchouli or Alice, so for them, Marisa's liftime isn't that long compared to their own. The logic behind borrowing is also exemplified when she's seen returning to items who also have a normal human life span such as Kosuzu.

Reimu Hakurei: Reimu is the Shrine Maiden of Hakurei shrine and is one of Marisa's closest friends, as well as her rival when it comes to youkai extermination and incident resolution. Although it was originally Reimu's job to solely handle incidents, Marisa has taken on many of those responsibilities as well, and there were even a number of times when Reimu and Marisa worked together. When incidents aren't taking place, Marisa can be seen frequently visiting the Hakurei Shrine to hang out with Reimu. The Hakurei Shrine is a popular place of activity where festivals and parties are often held, so from time to time Marisa is shown helping Reimu set up for events. The two also like to spar with each other since they're also rivals. Due to how close they are, Reimu and Marisa also tease each other, butt heads, and show off sibling-like behavior.

Alice Margatroid: Alice Margatroid is a fellow magician of the Forest of Magic. Alice has helped Marisa solve incidents before as they were partners in Imperishable Night, and she was supporting Marisa in Subterranean Animism. But in terms of actual relationship, they can also be seen as rivals who butt heads over who's a better magician.

Patchouli Knowledge: Another Magician who resides in the Scarlet Devil Mansion's Library. She's usually the main victim of Marisa's burglary.

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 show 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 in the mansion's private parties. She's on friendly enough terms that she can walk in without any issue from most of the residents, even if she steals things. They even let her stay in the library sometimes

Sakuya Izayoi: Sakuya and Marisa have shown to be acquainted and even consider each other friends. Sakuya has helped Marisa and Reimu aolve incidents and Sakuya even plays along with Marisa's shenanigans in the Scarlet Devil Mansion, either serving her food or helping to conceal her from Remilia Scarlet.

Rinnosuke Morichika: Rinnosuke Morichika worked for Marisa's father at his shop as an apprentice in the Human Village before leaving to start Kourindou, and he's known her since she was small. 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. Some depictions show Rinnosuke as an almost older brother figure to Marisa. Marisa usually calls Rinnosuke "Kourin", likely due to him running the "Kourindou" store.

Nitori Kawashiro: Nitori Kawashiro knows Marisa from the events of Mountain of Faith. Nitori herself has a fondness for humans and fancies herself as a friend of Marisa's.

Kosuzu Motoori: As a frequent customer of Suzunaan's and a fellow collector, Kosuzu and Marisa are on friendly terms. Like Kosuzu, Marisa is also an avid collector and researcher of magic books, though she has a reputation for "borrowing" (stealing) them without permission. Despite her kleptomania, Marisa's actually been seen returning items to Kosuzu.

Sumireko Usami: Marisa becomes friends with Sumireko after Urban Legend in Limbo. Marisa often chats with Sumireko when she comes to Gensokyo and tries to give advice on how to talk to the local residents.

Enoko Mitsugashira: Enoko has known Marisa for a long time and is referred to as "more than an acquaintance" - Marisa first saw her in the Forest of Magic when she was still a wolf, and Enoko refers to Marisa's past as "that little girl who ran off crying into the woods. Their relationship seems to be very good, as Enoko even let Marisa examine her jewel so Marisa, as a magic items expert, could get more information on how to cure Zanmu's curse on Enoko.

Mima: In the PC-98 games, Marisa was subservient to Mima. She admired her greatly, boasting that "Lady Mima cannot be beaten". Mima seemed to be an mentor of sorts in Marisa's eyes. Though, due to Marisa being older and not seeing Mima in years, her admiration toward the vengeful spirit has died down.

Kirisame Family: Marisa's family runs a large second-hand shop in the Human Village, called the "Kirisame Shop". 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, and refuses to entertain the idea.

Tsuchinoko (fat snake youkai): Marisa took in Tsuchinoko as a pet. She thinks he's too cute to exterminate, and doesn't see why a human couldn't keep youkai as pets.

While she's a youkai exterminator and incident solver, much like Reimu, 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. Marisa is alsp 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 (there's nothing on its door except for a signboard, with the name of the shop and "will do anything" (なんかします). The Three Fairies of Light were the first customers to her shop, but Perfect Memento in Strict Sense implies she's had other customers since then, albeit not many.

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. Marisa herself said, "I can't even think of makin' a livin' without it." It was given to Marisa by Rinnosuke Morichika as a farewell gift when Marisa left her family to live in the Forest of Magic.

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. It also serves additional purposes - she uses it as a weapon for striking and shooting danmaku.

Explosive Items: Marisa carries, concealed in her skirt or her hat, various small implements made from mushroom magic which explode after throwing them.

Magic: Although Marisa is a normal human with no innate abilities, her true strength is her high magic power, unusual for humans. Marisa has trained herself in magic that specializes in light and heat. She is an Eastern magician who takes a Western approach to magic.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. Unlike Reimu, her strength comes not from natural ability, but from hard work and training.

Flying: Much like many other notable names in Gensokyo, Marisa has the ability to fly. Deapite being able to fly by herself, she's usually seen riding a broom whenever she flies, likely just to accentuate her western witch esthetic.

Her signature spell card! A rainbow beam of magic fires from her mini-hakkero (sometimes her hands) and causes massive damage!

Marisa has a home in the forest of magic which is also where her shop is attached to. She's also "neighbors" with Alice Margatroid since she lives in the same Forest.