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3	[[quoteright:236:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/minimari_1215.jpg]]
4	[[caption-width-right:236:The CuteWitch just got [[FunSize cuter]].]]
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6	''Mini Mari!'' (ミニまりっ！) is a ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' fan {{Yonkoma}} by [[http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=552160 Beni Shake]] (紅シャケ), a member of the doujin circle Honey Toast.
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8	The comic follows the adventures of ''Touhou''[='=]s token CuteWitch, Marisa Kirisame, after she eats a strange mushroom and reduced to a childish, SuperDeformed form. Reimu Hakurei at first objects to this sudden transformation, but soon grows to adore the newly-miniature Marisa's sheer cuteness.
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10	Koishi Komeiji joins the two as another main character, after she tried to [[ImTakingHerHomeWithMe catch]] Marisa with a [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Master Ball]], only for the ball to bounce back and capture her, making her Marisa's and Reimu's pet instead of the other way around.
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12	''Mini Mari!'' has since been deleted from the artist's Pixiv, but it can be read on Danbooru. Due to NSFW ads, a link cannot be provided.
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14	The comic started in 2010 and ran until 2015. Beni Shake has released a few compilation books, primarily at events like the bi-annual Comiket and the annual Reitaisai festival.
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17	!!''Mini Mari!'' provides examples of:
18	* ArtEvolution: Beni Shake's art style has changed dramatically. In early comics, long-distance shots of characters just had them as heads sitting on top of what looked like thin poles, while later years are much more detailed overall.
19	* BerserkButton: Yukari is repeatedly called "Grandma" by Marisa, though her reaction is usually a sort of breakdown than an angry reaction.
20	* CatGirl: Marisa has a phase as one when she eats a striped mushroom. It ends right as Reimu is having a {{Tsundere}} moment about her.
21	* CatchPhrase: In earlier strips, Marisa has a tendency to blurt out "Eu?", which is similar in meaning to "Huh?" and "Eh?"
22	* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Marisa has gone from being LittleMissSnarker (especially with Yukari) to a CheerfulChild.
23	%%* ChasingAButterfly: Marisa doing this in an early comic inflicts CutenessProximity on Reimu.
24	* {{Crossover}}: With ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' in one arc, where Reimu and Marisa go on a bunch of quests.
25	* CutenessProximity:
26	** Reimu manages to avert this for a few chapters, but starts to lose it five chapters in and a few years later, she's all but given up on trying to revert Marisa.
27	---> '''Koishi:''' "I'd like to be wrong, but aren't we forgetting about turning Marisa back to normal?" \
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29	'''Koishi:''' "Why are you averting your eyes?"
30	** During the Scarlet arc, Flandre meets Marisa and proceeds to squeeze her with glee. Remilia sees this and wants in on the cuddling and playing too.
31	* FanService: In one chapter, Marisa complains about a heat wave. Reimu's solution to her problem? [[spoiler:Strip down to her sarashi and panties.]]
32	* FunSize:
33	** Marisa, as implied by the title.
34	** Lampshaded in the spinoff series ''Mini Mini'', in which Reimu seems to be a bit annoyed at being reduced to the same mini size Marisa is.
35	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Koishi tried to capture Marisa as a CatGirl using a Master Ball. Reimu knocks it away (which is what happens in the actual games) and ''back at Koishi'', causing Koishi to be captured by her own Master Ball.
36	* HonestAxe: Spoofed in one strip. When Koishi's Master Ball gets damaged, the girls ask Nitori to fix it. She offers three replacements: a mini-Koishi, a mini-catgirl Koishi, and a [[BuxomBeautyStandard charismatic]] Koishi. Marisa says she wants all three, and Nitori says that since she was honest, she'll throw in a gold and a silver Koishi as well. Marisa is delighted, Reimu much less so.
37	* ImTakingHerHomeWithMe: Flandre Scarlet's initial reaction to meeting Marisa. Unlike darker, more common depictions of Flandre, this is less out of a desperate need for a companion and more simply because she finds the chibified Marisa to be absolutely adorable.
38	* KidHasAPoint: Marisa says she doesn't like the idea of Valentine's Day (at least the part about giving chocolate as a roundabout way of confessing) and that if you like someone, you should just go ahead and say it; she then proceeds to tell Reimu and Koishi that she loves them both.
39	* OnlySaneWoman: Amidst Marisa's and Koishi's hijinks, Reimu often ends up in this role.
40	* RecoilBoost: Marisa tries to use her signature [[WaveMotionGun Master Spark]] and gets blasted into the air.
41	* ScheduleSlip: There was a period of about four months without updates because Beni Shake was working on another series, the [[Manga/TouhouIbarakasenWildAndHornedHermit Kasen]]-centric ''You Desire a Hermit?''. Acknowledged InUniverse with a comic where Marisa is upset with Reimu for not paying attention to her for a while.
42	* ShipTease: Reimu and Marisa complain of the heat, and Reimu tells Marisa to get off of her, presumably because of the body heat. Marisa refuses.
43	* ShoutOut: There are a few references to other games, particularly ''[[VideoGame/TouhouNingyougeki Touhoumon]]'' (and by extension, ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'') and ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter''. In fact, Koishi came to live with Reimu and Marisa because a Master Ball she threw at Marisa bounced back ("Reimu blocked the ball! Don't be a thief!") and captured her.
44	%% * SleepCute: Demonstrated by Reimu and Marisa.
45	* SuperDeformed: Aside from Marisa, the art style itself borders on this.
46	* TheTalk: In one brief series, Marisa asks where babies come from; Koishi makes the mistake of saying "pns", which little Marisa decides is a funny word and starts saying repeatedly.

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