Lost In The Woods

**Lost In The Woods** is a fictional horror book written by Erin Jinnouchi in Danganronpa RP Hub. It was kept privately but had a film illegally adapted to it by the same name by the Kuragari Film Company.

Lost In The Woods is the second book of a series written by Erin, known as Eshiyuu Reborn.

## Plot Summary

Five-year-old twin children, the older sister and younger brother, were kidnapped from their poor single mother by a demoness. The children were taken to and left alone in a large graveyard near a witch's mansion and woke up there at nighttime, confused and distraught. The twins wander around the graveyard, hungry and alone. After being chased by a horde of undead that rose from the graves, the twins find the mansion and locked the gates so the undead does not chase them inside. They try to enter by the front door as it starts raining, but it was locked, so they had to climb their way to an open window on the second story. There was no one in the mansion, and they walked through the halls and stole the bedsheet from the bedroom to keep warm.

The twins walk down the stairs and they find a feast laid out in the dining hall. Hungry and exhausted, they started to eat the food. Unexpectedly, the witch returns home and the twins attempt hiding from her under the table, only to be found by the witch. The witch threatened the children to kill them for breaking in her mansion and devouring her food, and the children begged for her forgiveness. The witch tells them that if they are able to replace the food with meals they can prepare, she will spare them. However, the sister of the twins failed to meet her requests and expectations.

Upset, the witch casts a curse on the brother; that he will feel unending and painful hunger no matter how much he eats. However, if he feasts on his sister, the curse will lift and he will die peacefully. The witch then banishes them to a forest, rich with food and water. Within the first few months, the sister tries to gather food for her brother and fed him multiple times a day, but even with all the food, the boy's hunger could not cease, and each passing day he experiences more pain. At last, he finally had enough and proceeds to feast on his sister while she was asleep. After eating her flesh till bones, the boy passes away.

## Publication

The book's publication had been an incident that would eventually lead to the motive of the Headmaster of the 1890's Themed Island Killing Game.

The book's author, Erin Jinnouchi, wrote this story when she was only five, in the year 2009. The book's only reader was her older brother, Erich Jinnouchi, because Erin has only kept this book as part of her private collection as a draft. Sometime after it was made, Erich met the CEO of the Kuragari Film Company, Reo Kuragari, whom Erich showed this book to. Reo decided to claim the story without the Jinnouchi siblings' awareness, and made a film adapted from it. Reo convinces Erich to publish it, which only led to Erin being accused of copyright infringement. Reo sued the Jinnouchis for 17.95 million. After this incident, the Kuragari Film Company did not make anymore illegal adaptations of Erin's books.

Because of this incident, Erin also did not dare to associate her works with the company. So this book was the only story that the company stole from Erin.

## Trivia

* The book and its summary was inspired by one of Soulless' (owner of Erin Jinnouchi) old books he wrote as a young teen that was published in Wattpad, simply titled "Lost".
* In the Kuragari Film Company adaptation, the child actress Misaki had her first starring in this film, assigned the role of the girl of the twins.
* This story was inspired by Hansel and Gretel.
* To be added.