Hazel

**Hazel** (ヘイゼル *Heizeru*) is an original character created by *Yako Kureishi* in the **Somali and the Forest Spirit** manga and anime series. She is voiced by *Ai Kayano* in the anime.

## Appearance

Hazel is a curvaceous young woman with a pale complexion, long, light orange wavy hair that she put into two thick braids, bangs, large amber eyes and eyelashes that match the colour of her hair. Her pigtails almost reach down to her ankles.

**Clothing**

Hazel wears a pair of fine glasses.

Her clothing consists of a dark purple pointy hat with a broad brimm that was decorated with two light pink flowers. From the flowers, there are red and white stripes reaching over the brimm, and a purple clip at the tip. Her costume is an elegant tricoloured purple dress with puffy sleeves. The chest area and sleeves are of a dark purple. The bodice is of a soft purple with green ornaments dividing it from the purple chest piece. It goes over into a long dress that has the same soft purple to light pink stripe in the middle, and violet stripes on the sides. There's also a soft pink belt around the waist, and two light green lines along the stripe in the middle. The dress also has a broad collar with green details. Hazel is wearing a white blouse with a high neckpiece and an elegant neckband with a blue necklace that's being hold together by a green gem and white stripes. The back is also violet.

## Personality

Hazel is an evenly tempered and well-mannered person, happy to help those that enter the library. As opposed to her older sister Praline, she seems meticulous, cautious and attentive to maintaining the condition and quality of the books within the warehouse.

## Story Overview

Hazel is first introduced by another witch that accompanied Golem and Somali into the library. After hearing that they are looking for clues about the whereabouts of the human race, she seems to remember a biography that could be relevant for them and offers to show them the book.

Hazel then guides the two through the library while telling them about the species of witches and how their devotion is to the world itself. That is also why they collect books to begin with. But when the group arrives at the shelf, the Chronicles they are looking for are missing. Suspecting a mischievous bookworm to have stolen it from the shelf, Hazel takes Golem and Somali downstairs into another room. They meet Praline, Hazel's older sister, who is reading in-between a pile of books. After a short introduction, the group starts looking for the book on human history, called The Chronicle of Haraiso.

After Somali finds the Chronicles and pulls them out of one of the shelves, Pescafish, a book-eating species of skeleton fish, appear and risk to destroy the Chronicles along with other books in the room. Using their magic wands and powers, Praline and her sister manage to fight off most of them. But when an unusually large fish appears, the sisters find themselves rather helpless in their efforts. The fish destroys the Chronicles and is about to attack Somali before Golem intervenes and kills the fish, which results in him loosing a significant portion of the bone structure surrounding his arm.

After the sisters witness how devastated Somali is after loosing the book and witnessing Golem being hurt, they come up with the idea to look up the last person that read the Chronicles. With the help of Hazel's book, the group finds out that the last person to have read The Chronicles of Haraiso is the head librarian Isolde Nebsolv. Praline hesitantly agrees to lend them her special book so that they can find the head librarian. The group says their goodbyes before Golem and Somali head off into one of the short cuts of the warehouse.

In the following episode, Praline and Hazel can be seen standing outside with their hands folded before their chests, praying after Isolde Nebsolv passed away.

## Relationships

### Praline

Praline is Hazel's older sister. The two have slightly opposite personalities, with Praline seeming rather careless and energetic while Hazel appears rather responsible, thoughtful and calm. Hazel seems a bit annoyed by Praline's tendency to lend out books from the library without putting them back where they belong. She calls her a "bookworm," referencing a thief known to take books without her knowledge.

Due to their differences, Hazel often takes on the responsibilities of an older sister, reminding Praline to be more careful with her surroundings. That is not only limited to books, but also to guests of the library. Nevertheless do both sisters compliment each other well, also during combat.

## Abilities

**Special Book**

As a librarian, Hazel possess a special book that allows her to access special information regarding the library. That, for example, includes the specific location of certain books, or the date on which a book was last borrowed from the library.

**Unspecified Magic Powers**

Using her wand, Hazel can cast a flower spell that lets a large red rose appear above her head. Its petals attach to their target (mostly Pescafish), which then destroy its consistency and structure. The technique works best over long distances.

As shown in the anime, Hazel seems to be able to let the wand appear and disappear as she pleases.

## References

1. ↑ https://natalie.mu/comic/news/355802