Liselotte & Witch's Forest, Vol. 1

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.