<p>I am aware this post is old, but people looking for this same image is going to stumble upon this so I might as well just end the frustrating search.</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/HL4yO.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Here you go :)</a></p>

<p>The picture is from the cover page of <a href="https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=92212" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Magicians Don’t Turn Back!</a>, a Touhou doujinshi by Saku Saku Tei.</p>

<p>I spent so many hours I don't even want to say how man.</p>

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2015-10-05T01:16:17.037Z
Very nice find indeed
Chen Orihara
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Spika
<p>It's extremely difficult to determine its origin/source. The best I could find is <a href="http://www.giantbomb.com/profile/ihatelolicon/images/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this image</a>, which can be traced back to at least as early as April 10, 2009:</p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/5uyX8.jpg" alt="Marisa Kirisame?"></p>

<p>She sure does look like <a href="http://myanimelist.net/character/5458/Marisa_Kirisame" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Marisa Kirisame</a> from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touhou_Project" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Touhou Project</a>, even though her eye color in canon is either red (in the PC-95 era) or the more popular yellow. I include two images of Marisa for comparison:</p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/SdiMl.jpg" alt="Marisa by Mokku"></p>

<p><sup><a href="http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&amp;illust_id=683729" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Original artwork of Marisa</a> by Mokku (cropped).</sup></p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/m3TlY.jpg" alt="Marisa in Labyrinth of Touhou 2"></p>

<p><sup>Blue-eyed Marisa in <a href="http://www.geocities.jp/aaa_3peso/THL2/top.htm" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><em>Labyrinth of Touhou 2</em></a>, drawn by <a href="http://eho971.web.fc2.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Juugoichie</a>.</sup></p>

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2015-01-05T04:16:35.347Z
Looking at the [wiki](http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Marisa_Kirisame) it would be a very close match, they both have a matching braid down one side and the white at the top left corner would be the frills on the inside of her hat
Memor-X
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2015-01-07T15:07:48.633Z
Yep, quite a close match here: http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/File:Th128MarisaKirisame.png (from in the Wiki article)
nhahtdh
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Source: http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=17339988
кяαzєя
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Gao
<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/zSvH8.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>

<p>I wonder where is this image from. Does anyone know its origin?</p>

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2015-01-04T07:18:07.960Z
It seems to be primarily used as somebody's avatar on a number of discussion sites.  Perhaps you could ask them?
Clockwork-Muse
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What's this picture of a smiling character with blue eyes and light hair from?
# What's this picture of a smiling character with blue eyes and light hair from?
Posted by: username_0 on 2015-01-04
![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/zSvH8.png)

I wonder where is this image from. Does anyone know its origin?
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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: It seems to be primarily used as somebody's avatar on a number of discussion sites.  Perhaps you could ask them?  
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## 2 answers
### Answer by username_2 on 2015-10-04. Score: 10
I am aware this post is old, but people looking for this same image is going to stumble upon this so I might as well just end the frustrating search.

[Here you go :)](https://i.sstatic.net/HL4yO.jpg)

The picture is from the cover page of [Magicians Don’t Turn Back!](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=92212), a Touhou doujinshi by Saku Saku Tei.

I spent so many hours I don't even want to say how man.
> **Comments:**
> **username_3** (2015-10-05): Very nice find indeed  
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### Answer by username_4 on 2015-01-05. Score: 8
It's extremely difficult to determine its origin/source. The best I could find is [this image](http://www.giantbomb.com/profile/ihatelolicon/images/), which can be traced back to at least as early as April 10, 2009:

![Marisa Kirisame?](https://i.sstatic.net/5uyX8.jpg)

She sure does look like [Marisa Kirisame](http://myanimelist.net/character/5458/Marisa_Kirisame) from the [Touhou Project](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touhou_Project), even though her eye color in canon is either red (in the PC-95 era) or the more popular yellow. I include two images of Marisa for comparison:

![Marisa by Mokku](https://i.sstatic.net/SdiMl.jpg)

[Original artwork of Marisa](http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=683729) by Mokku (cropped).

![Marisa in Labyrinth of Touhou 2](https://i.sstatic.net/m3TlY.jpg)

Blue-eyed Marisa in [*Labyrinth of Touhou 2*](http://www.geocities.jp/aaa_3peso/THL2/top.htm), drawn by [Juugoichie](http://eho971.web.fc2.com/).
> **Comments:**
> **username_5** (2015-01-05): Looking at the [wiki](http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Marisa_Kirisame) it would be a very close match, they both have a matching braid down one side and the white at the top left corner would be the frills on the inside of her hat  
> **username_6** (2015-01-07): Yep, quite a close match here: http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/File:Th128MarisaKirisame.png (from in the Wiki article)  
> **username_7** (2015-11-08): Source: http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=17339988  
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