Kimi wa Shinenai Haikaburi no Majo (Light Novel) - Recommendations

• Vol: 5+; Ch: 32+
• 2016 - ?

Three days dragon flight from the nearest town, deep, deep in the forest, then deeper still, lives a 'witch'. Nina the witch, also called "The world's strongest witch". Visiting her is the apprentice, Iris.This is the record of the witch and her apprentice's peaceful days, in a remote forest that breathes illusions and magic.

• Vol: 4
• 1989

Kiki is a young witch who has just turned thirteen, and as tradition dictates she must now leave the safety of her home for a year to undergo witch training. One clear night, Kiki takes off with her cat Jiji and her mother's broomstick to start her new life, and finds herself in a town near the ocean - but she's disappointed to find that people aren't nearly as friendly as she'd imagined they'd be. With nowhere to stay and no outstanding magical skills besides flying, Kiki begins to wonder if she's come to the right place; but after returning a pacifier to a customer of a local shop, its owner, Osono, offers her a place to stay. Kiki soon decides that she'll start her own delivery service, and with the help of newfound friends she sets forth on a journey to discover who she is and how to make it on her own.

• Vol: 3; Ch: 21
• 2000

Pink-haired, sassy Doremi would love nothing more than to be a witch; and one day, after accidentally ousting a real witch at the House of Magic (and consequently turning the witch into a green blob in the process), Doremi's wish finally came true. Furious, the witch decreed that Doremi become a witch’s apprentice so that she may someday turn her back to normal, and from then on the fun began. Alongside her friends – also witch's apprentices - Hazuki, Aiko, and Onpu, Doremi will help run the newly-dubbed shop "Maho-dou," study hard for her magical exams, and work hard towards becoming a full-fledged witch!

• Vol: 4
• 2005

Every young girl has one dream or another... Dorothy, who's just a regular middle school girl, has a drastic change in her dreams when one day she runs into Mistress Lilly, an accomplished witch who is looking for an apprentice! Dorothy promptly casts a spell on the witch's nephew (she didn't think it would work) and turns him into a werewolf. Now she must learn enough magic to take the curse off of him. She doesn't seem to have much talent for magic, though....

• Vol: 17+
• 2005 - ?

Follows apprentice witch Fuuka on her adventures in magic and love.

• Vol: 13+; Ch: 77+
• 2016 - ?

In a world where everyone takes wonders like magic spells and dragons for granted, Coco is a girl with a simple dream: She wants to be a witch. But everybody knows magicians are born, not made, and Coco was not born with the gift for magic. She's resigned to her un-magical life, until a traveling magician passes through her village, and Coco learns what what everybody "knows" might not be the truth.

• Vol: 1+
• 2023 - ?

• Vol: 5+; Ch: 26+
• 2018 - ?

On her eighteenth birthday, shut-in Sena Shirai gathers her resolve and steps out into the world for the first time in a long while—only to be hit by a truck! Reborn as a witch in another world, she is able to master only two spells: Explosion and Destruction. With the nearby villagers fearful of her powers, she resigns herself to an isolated life once more…that is, until a mysterious boy collapses on her doorstep!

• Vol: 9+
• 2022 - ?

Oscar and Tinasha have destroyed the Elteria charm, and put an end to the rewriting of history. And now that history can never be rewritten, the king and the witch are joined in marriage and the curtain falls on the couple's love story... Or so they thought. But even after Oscar and Tinasha have deviated from the principles of the world, they are left with an order to destroy all nine of the remaining charms. Thus begins the cycle of death and resurrection on the neverending journey of the king and the witch.

• Vol: 1+; Ch: 13+
• 2023 - ?

Witches who defy the law must face judgement. 150 years ago, witches descended from the moon, and ever since, this country has promoted and fostered a deep bond between them and its people. However, not all witches abide by the law. Chosen from their own ranks, an "Enforcer" brings them to justice. Among them is Witch Natalia, who one day encounters a boy afflicted by a curse...?!