Liselotte & Witch's Forest, Vol. 1
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Despite being completely hopeless at endeavors like farming and cooking, Liselotte, a young lady of noble birth and guardian to twins Alto and Anna, picks up and moves to a remote land. At the easternmost reaches of her new home lies a forest where it's said witches roam. When Lise one day finds herself at the receiving end of an attack by one such witch, she's saved by the sudden appearance of a young man named Engetsu. Though they're strangers, Engetsu is remarkably similar to someone she already knows...?
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5 primary booksLiselotte & the Witch's Forest is a 5-book series with 5 primary works first released in 2012 with contributions by Natsuki Takaya.
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Liselotte is a girl from a wealthy family who finds herself exiled (for reasons hinted at but not spelled out in this first volume) along with two twin retainers. Together they've moved to a remote, inhospitable land that reportedly has witches inhabiting a nearby forest. As is the way of these things, one confronts Liselotte, and it is only through the intervention of a mysterious white-haired stranger that nothing worse happens.
Evidently this was written by the same person who wrote Fruits Basket, and it's fairly clear now that someone spelled it out for me. The art style is very similar, as is the setup for the plot. There's something mysterious hinted at in flashbacks and Liselotte's thoughts, but I guess we'll have to wait until the following volumes to know more. I thought this was a fine first volume, but a bit light in terms of action or unpredictability.
