This Marisa!ReturnTheBook! Guide covers every hidden character, secret interaction, and easter egg unlock in Marisa!ReturnTheBook!. Each easter egg character requires interacting with specific map elements—some subtle, some time-based, and others tied to progression. Follow the instructions below to unlock every hidden character and achievement.
Marisa!ReturnTheBook! Guide Wiki – Easter Eggs & Locations
1. Cursed Doll
Location:
Inside Alice’s house, hanging on a tree.
How to Unlock:
Click the cursed doll when you spot it on the tree. It can be triggered three times in total.
Effect:
Lets you refund unwanted dolls up to three times per run.
2. Mystia Lorelei
Location:
Triggered by interacting with a Night Sparrow perched on treetops. Its position changes every run.
How to Unlock:
- Locate a Night Sparrow on a treetop.
- Click it—this will cause it to fly toward the center.
- Mystia appears near the map’s center once the sparrow moves.
Effect:
Mystia can cook ingredients found around the map to grant universal buffs.
3. Tewi Inaba
Location:
Hiding behind a medium-sized tree on the right side of the map.
How to Unlock:
Click Tewi when she peeks out from behind the tree.
Effect:
Adds critical hits to left-click attacks. Upgradable to increase both crit rate and crit damage.
4. Parsee Mizuhashi
Location:
Visible only as green glowing eyes outside the map boundaries.
How to Unlock:
Click the pair of green eyes to unlock Parsee.
Effect:
Boosts weak point damage. Works synergistically with characters that spawn weak points (Aya, Satori).
5. Shizuha & Minoriko Aki
Location:
Triggered by an autumn leaf drifting across the screen.
How to Unlock:
Click the flying autumn leaf five times.
Effect:
Grants a global +10% health bonus to all dolls.
6. Keine Kamishirasawa
(Not detailed in the source, but part of the original index. If you want I can add full description when info becomes available.)
7. Koakuma
Location:
Inside Marisa’s house.
How to Unlock:
Click Marisa’s house 100 times.
Effect:
Increases the number of books collected per click.
8. Kosuzu Motoori
Location:
Available only after reaching Marisa’s 9th phase.
How to Unlock:
- After reaching Phase 9, a barrel appears below Akyuu.
- Hold or repeatedly click the barrel for 10 seconds.
- Kosuzu emerges.
Effect:
Increases the value of all books by +1. This bonus scales, multiplying overall gains significantly.
9. Shion & Jyoon Yorigami
Location:
On Alice’s rooftop, specifically the planks.
How to Unlock:
- Before selecting any perks at the start of a run, click the rooftop planks 10 times to break them.
- If you pick perks first, this easter egg becomes locked out for the run.
Effect:
Reduces Marisa’s book collection efficiency and increases her damage taken.
10. Rin Satsuki
Location:
Appears to the right of Alice’s house after unlocking.
How to Unlock:
Click the version number in the main UI 21 times until the text shakes noticeably and Rin is revealed.
Effect:
Purely cosmetic. Rin does not affect gameplay.
11. Kasen Ibaraki
Location:
Inside Alice’s house near the flowerbed.
How to Unlock:
- Water the flowerbed 18 times total.
- You can only water it three times per Marisa phase, so this must be done progressively.
Effect:
Kasen heals dolls and can summon supportive allies.
12. Houjuu Nue
Location:
North of Marisa’s house, to the right of Myouren Temple after you unlock the temple.
How to Unlock:
Nue appears periodically as a translucent smear. Click her enough times to reveal her.
Effect:
Nue deals additional damage and works in synergy with the Myouren Temple’s attacks.
13. Himemushi Momoyo
Location:
Triggered via digging spots around Marisa’s house.
How to Unlock:
- Pick up the shovel located inside Alice’s house.
- Dig up suspicious dirt patches around Marisa’s house.
Effect:
Provides a passive buff called “Dragon Ball”, granting a global 100% damage boost.
14. Yuuma Toutetsu
Location:
Appears during battle after unlocking Yukari’s Ran summon.
How to Unlock:
After Ran is available, a telephone appears.
Answer it during a fight with Marisa to make Yuuma appear.
Effect:
Temporarily disables Marisa’s danmaku.
Cooldown: 30 seconds between uses.
15. Kokoro Hatano
Location:
Unlocked only after beating the game once.
How to Unlock:
Start a new run. A mask appears near Marisa’s house.
Click it to unlock Kokoro.
Effect:
Grants access to a controllable doll featuring moves from Touhou Blooming Soul.
16. Junko
Location:
Visible only during the game’s final cutscene, after obtaining Eiki’s true-ending upgrade.
How to Unlock:
Click Junko during the ending sequence. She is located on the moon below Toyohime & Yorihime.
Important:
Junko does not have an Encyclopedia sprite, so unlocking her gives only the achievement.