# Marisaface Marisaface, also known as Kanjuden Marisa / KanMarisa, is a vacant, glassy expression worn by Marisa Kirisame in ZUN's 15th Touhou Project game 'Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom,' which debuted at the Reitaisai 12 convention on May 10, 2015[1]. Japanese imageboard users on Futaba Channel's /55/ board began splicing the dead-eyed stare into photo collages by late 2015[4], and in December 2016 Team Shanghai Alice released an official LINE sticker set using the face and the line 'Who the Heck Are You'[3]. ## Origin ZUN drew the face for Marisa Kirisame in the demo build of 'Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom' (東方紺珠伝, Touhou Kanjuden), which he debuted at the Touhou-dedicated convention Reitaisai 12 on May 10, 2015[2]. The 15th main-series title shipped with ZUN's unstable art style, which fans nickname 'ZUN-style Illustration' (ZUN絵, ZUN E), and the character's unusually glassy stare drew immediate reactions[1]. To separate this version from Marisa's other game-specific looks, Japanese Touhou fans started calling her 'Kanjuden Marisa' or shortened to 'KanMarisa'[1]. - **Platform:** Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom demo (source art) / Futaba Channel 2chan (viral spread) - **Creator:** Unknown (anonymous Futaba Channel posters; source artwork by ZUN) - **Date:** 2015 ## Overview On Futaba Channel's /55/ (Alt-Touhou) board, Marisaface photo collages took her hollow, dead-eyed look and pasted it onto emotional scenes for parody effect[4]. She got her own invented personality tics along the way, speaking with a '-je' (じぇ) sentence-ending suffix and the signature line 'Who the heck are you?' (誰だお前, Dareda Omae)[6]. Those jokes travelled off the imageboard through matome blogs that scraped anonymous posts[6], and ran alongside a parallel joke stream about 'ShinMarisa,' the version from 'Urban Legend in Limbo' released at the same convention[4]. Fan illustrators also piled onto the tag on Pixiv and Nico Nico Seiga, where artists redrew the slack face into gag illustrations and manga panels[7]. ## How to Use Fans typically paste the vacant face onto photographs or splice it into a scene where a strong emotion is expected, using the contrast between a tense setting and Marisa's empty stare for comedy[4]. A common convention is to pair the image with the catchphrase 'Who the heck are you?' (誰だお前) or add a '-je' ending to her dialogue, both fan inventions rather than in-game lines[6]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Marisaface? Marisaface is a glassy, blank expression on Marisa Kirisame drawn by ZUN for the 15th Touhou Project game 'Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom,' which Japanese fans turned into a photo-collage format[1]. ### Where did Marisaface come from? The face first appeared in the demo build of 'Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom' shown at Reitaisai 12 on May 10, 2015, and parody edits began circulating on Futaba Channel's /55/ board later that year[2]. ### What does Marisaface mean? On Japanese imageboards, the face carries an invented personality: a '-je' (じぇ) speech suffix and the catchphrase 'Who the heck are you?' (誰だお前)[6]. ### How do you use Marisaface? Fans typically paste the vacant face into photo collages or caption it with the 'Who the Heck Are You' line that Team Shanghai Alice stamped onto its December 2016 LINE sticker set[3]. ### Is Marisaface still popular? Parody activity peaked on 2chan threads in late 2015, moved to 4chan /jp/ in 2016, and got its official moment with the December 2016 Touhou LINE sticker release featuring the face[3]. ## References 1. [https://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Legacy_of_Lunatic_Kingdom]() 2. [https://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Reitaisai]() 3. [https://store.line.me/stickershop/product/7696/]() 4. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/marisaface-kanmarisa]() 5. [https://warosu.org/jp/thread/S15070892#p15070892]() 6. [http://blog.livedoor.jp/coleblog/archives/52047675.html]() 7. [https://www.pixiv.net/en/tags/%E7%B4%BA%E7%8F%A0%E4%BC%9D%E9%AD%94%E7%90%86%E6%B2%99%20OR%20%E7%B4%BA%E9%AD%94%E7%90%86%E6%B2%99]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/marisaface-kanmarisa Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library