After passing away, a Japanese office worker finds himself reincarnated in another world as Ars, the newborn son of the noble Louvent family. The Summerforth Empire, where the Louvents rule over a small territory of a few thousand people, is a medieval-like land plagued by social inequality and political instability. As Ars grows older and learns more and more about his new environment, he becomes convinced that war will soon erupt.
Fortunately, though Ars was not blessed with unrivaled strength or extraordinary magical aptitude, he does possess Appraisal: a seemingly unique skill that allows him to instantly grasp someone's current abilities and latent talents merely by looking at them. In an effort to prepare his domain for the imminent strife, Ars resolves to enlist the most exceptional people he can find, paying no attention to superficial qualities like race or social status.
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GyatChatillon
Imma say it, Kanseiskill is quite bad. Most people seemed to have dismissed it as a 'It was a pretty good anime, different from the usual isekai trash', but I beg to differ, while risking this being my longest and most garbage review, hear me out. The story follows a 35 years old npc who died and is now reincarnated as an aristocrat with an advanced stat viewer. The premise has promise, for the first few episodes, I went in with the 'let them cook' mentality. The MC isn't a dense, self insert, OP fucktard who goes 'Whoopsie daisy, did I do something :0?',after firing a spell strong enough to wipe out a city. The MC doesn't have a harem of one dimensional girls reassuring him at every step, craving the gear stick and emphasizing how 'kind' he is every single fucking episode. The MC is not a powerhouse, and the anime is focused more on the 'world building', 'political' and 'character driven' aspect of the shows, which already makes it unique in the world of copy paste isekais, so that must mean its at least a decent anime right? No.
The GOOD: Blink and you might miss it. The MC hasn't fucked kids (yet). It's different from the usual isekai. The side characters are likable and fleshed out(for the most part), they were by far the best part of the show. I enjoyed every time they were on screen, especially Rietz. There are genuine emotional payoffs with great setup, especially the midpoint of the anime, it was tastefully done with overindulging, and ngl, it hit me in the feels. The animation is good. The pacing is good overall. The anime doesn't make you want to kill yourself(most of the time).
The BAD: Our MC is a 35 year old salary man who bit the dust because he was overworked to the point of death, he reincarnated in another world with inferior technology and knowledge, and an extremely unique skill that only he possesses. You would think that a person who lived the life he did, would bring a more jaded, realistic, and mature world view into this fantasy world. Using brain over brawn, and his ability to instantly recognize talented individuals, biding his time, slowly rising through the ranks, and making absolutely sure that he would not go down the way he did in his previous life. The potential such a premise has is immense. Nope. Blud has the mental capacity and ideologies of an actual grade schooler. He goes around frolicking through life like a six year old on a sugar rush. The entire anime pretty much goes like this: He finds a person with good stats > Uses his title as a noble, and has this conversation 'I make world better place for everyone :D. Come work for me'. 'No'. 'Please?'. 'No'. 'Pretty please?'. 'No'. > ~Insert stupid event here that makes them join. Example: Gets kidnapped and has to get saved~. > They join. Rinse and repeat. Most of the people he hires are from much lower classes and are struggling to survive because of the horribly corrupt system that the nobles control, so to have this high and mighty spoilt aristocrat brat talk about his childish ideas of world peace while they don't even know if they will survive to see another day, is almost comedic. Their intention was the MC to come across as your usual non controversial, kind, 'good guy' character, but the implementation is so badly done, he just comes across as insufferable, dumb, and ignorant. I don't think I can put into words how much I disliked the MC, he has the most generic and shallow 'kind' response to every situation, without a second of thought put into his decision; A noble was caught faking signatures to cause chaos and war between two factions, what do we do about this heinous act? "Forgive, because everyone make mistakes and work together strong :D", consequences be damned. Everyone around him warned him against hiring an extremely sketchy drunk woman, but no, because ofc, "Her stat high, and she seems like a good person". The MC is so one dimensional, predictable, naive, dumb, and so superficially 'kind', that you could bring a serial rapist who rolled a juicy 100 on the 'aspirations' stat, and he would be hired instantly, because 'his stat high and everyone deserves a second chance'. The MC does nothing relevant or memorable all season, his cool high stat pokemon, I mean subordinates do pretty much all the work, all the fighting, and steal the show, while he just exists, emoting like a kindergartener "Ohhhhh!", "So cool!", "What did I do? :(". "Wow, stats so high!", it just becomes sad at a certain point. The MC is reduced to a mere plot device to introduce more interesting side characters. Oh, I forget to mention, the MCs love interest is an 8 year old... He gets extremely flustered by her advances and says, and I quote, 'If it wasn't for my appraisal skill, I would've fallen in love with her'. Make of that what you will, mushoku fans. The reincarnation aspect doesn't play a role at all, it seems like they forgot about it after the first 20 seconds, its almost as if the only hopped on the reincarnation train due to certain *ahem* popular reincarnation anime; he doesn't bring any of his knowledge, experience, or even a tiny bit of personality to this life, for all I know, he seems slightly slower than the other kids of his age. I've seen actual children who have more grounded, nuanced views on the world than this creature . The MC is truly a piece of work, a fucking frankenstien of failed ideas, and badly executed cliches. It almost feels like they were trying to go for 'found family' type of bond between the MC and his retainers, because he believed them when no one did! But that theory goes down the shitter when you realize that Ars only approached them because of their inherent high stats, so instead of the 'found family', its more like they met Ars' stat requirement because they were born with it. The world building is painfully average, the 'politics' in this anime just feel like a 15 year olds first attempt at a wattpad historical fiction. Most of the other aspects of the show are not outright bad, but it won't be impressing you either.
But hey, if you enjoyed it, found it to be a breathe of fresh air from the usual isekai slop, I respect that. It the end, this is just my opinion and what I felt watching the show. I can see the appeal this anime has, but to me, it just ended up being the mushoku reject disappointment of the season. TLDR: I didn't like it, if you're really into isekais/more laid back animes, give it a watch and decide for yourself; else, stay away, waste of time and braincells.
Marinate1016
With so many reincarnated as a noble style shows coming out every season, it’s always nice to get one that does things differently. Instead of focusing on the usual OP MC fighting demon king army trope, Kantei skill focuses on nation building through the recruitment of talented individuals whom society has discarded. As someone who loves politics and public policy, I found this to be a very refreshing watch and it ended up being one of my favourite shows of the season. The main selling points for me with this series are the characters who are all very well written due to them being the focusof the story as well as the political intrigue. Ars forsees his family domain and nation falling due to political unrest caused by ill qualified leaders, a message that hits a little too close to home these days. So in this life, he’s determined to surround himself with the most qualified people regardless of background, gender or status using his appraisal skill which lets him see everyone’s potential. Of course what we end up learning throughout the series is that the brightest people are often found in the darkest of situations. Ars’ inclusive meritocratic philosophy earns him a lot of recognition and success at a young age, propelling him into the national spotlight. Really enjoyed seeing he and the other characters navigate the increasing fame while continuing to recruit other capable people in the midst of a potential civil war.
Even if you’re not a massive political fan, I think the characters are more than enough to draw you in. It’s such a cool diverse cast who couldn’t be more different, yet they’re all bound by the fact Ars believed in them when no one else did. It’s kind of like a new spin on the found family trope. There’s also no forced romance or harems, just straight up character development, world building and political manoeuvring which is a breath of fresh air in the fantasy genre. In fact, the only real fan service in the show is Charlotte’s design.(which I love) but this is a really solid story. Feels mature, competent and focused and there’s plenty of emotional story beats that got me teary eyed. I’m a big underdog fan and all these characters have had to overcome so much adversity to get where they are. Even if you can’t relate to the fantastical elements of the story, there’s a lot of life lessons you can take from this. Chiefly, don’t let your current circumstances deter you from achieving greatness.
Now my one big complaint and probably what stopped me from giving a 10 is the fact that Ars despite being a reincarnated grown man from Japan, acts like a child far too often. He gets flustered over things that a grown man shouldn’t, acts scared to talk to people etc. It just logically doesn’t make sense considering he would’ve had to have done all that stuff in his previous life. If it’s an isekai, it defeats the purpose if the person doesn’t use any knowledge or experience from his previous life.. that said, it didn’t hamper my enjoyment too much, but it’s definitely a head scratcher.
This show had no reason looking as good as it does from a production standpoint. The art style is so bright and colourful. I found it extremely pleasing to look at it, character designs have to be some of the best this season. The action animation is surprisingly really good too. One of the fights from the first two episodes is actually in my top fights of the season. It’s a very well put together show.
Kantei Skill’s a must watch for anyone who likes nation building, politics or just wants to see a mature fantasy story that doesn’t treat you like you’re a 14 year old boy looking for a power fantasy. It was a joy to watch every week and I’ll miss it a lot.
Kantei skill gets 9, out of 10.
AeroGunz
“As a Reincarnated Aristocrat, I'll Use My Appraisal Skill to Rise in the World”(aka Kanseiskill), I guess short titles are out of fashion, is what happens when You play pokemon with black jack and whoo… I mean… with people. This show at first glance has a unique twist on the isekai genre in the form that our MC isn’t a walking apocalypse capable of one-shotting entire battalions of enemies. I say “at the first glance” because despite the fact he has no combat skills he is absolutely capable of one-shotting entire battalions, just not in the “normal” way. I’ll get to that. Before we start Iwould like to explain something. I will be talking about “plot” and “story”. Many people use those terms interchangeably. I’m not one of those people, so to make sure everyone is on the same page…
I use the definitions for “plot” and “story” as Lisa Cron describes them:
“What happens in the story is the PLOT, the surface events.”
“STORY is about how the things that happen affect someone in pursuit of a difficult goal, and how that person changes internally as a result”.
I’ll start with this. I really like the story. It’s not very original but is solid. It’s a story about a young (reincarnated) boy who steps up to succeed his father in the time of turmoil, despite his very young age. It’s not exactly a coming of age story but it is close. So why did I give it just 5? Well… everything else in this show is pretty much bottom tier. From writing to logic, characters and worldbuilding. Everything is just so subpar.
Let me explain.
The premise itself is pretty interesting. A normal, hard working man dies of a heart attack, probably from overworking, another point for karoshi. Instead of the great beyond or the blessed annihilation he is reborn in another world. Of course, because we can’t have anything original, it’s a fantasy world. In this season it’s a bit more on the low fantasy side of things but don’t worry, there is still magic just not as prevalent as in some other isekais. He also has a special skill, he is able to appraise (I bet You’re shocked, nothing, especially not the title, could prepare You for such a twist) people to find out their… stats. Yes. Stats. Like in a video game. Another game logic bullshit. How original. Still… It appears that only he has such a game related bullshit skill so that’s a small blessing I guess. You don’t get bombarded by RPG crap from every corner. Because he’s the heir to a noble family he intends to use this OP skill to gather the most powerful people to serve him (Do You see why I said he still is able to one-shot everything? Yeah… he gets OP minions that are 100% loyal to him and have no intention to betray him in any way, shape or form). So far, so cliche but it’s not total travesty and I would even say it’s interesting.
For 12 episodes we see Ars - our MC, grow both figuratively and literally, from a kid to a teenager who has responsibilities thrusted upon him. Good thing for his band of diamonds in the rough. Shame they don’t stay in the rough longer, it would make for a far better story and plot. This is my main complaint about the show: It mixes pretty solid, sometimes even very good story beats with a really shitty plot. If I had to give numbers I would say it’s a 7/10 story held back by 3/10 plot.
The first episode (don’t worry I wont be talking about each episode but I need to talk about the first two in a spoiler free way) is actually good. We start from a pretty shitty (for our MC, for the viewer it’s pretty solid) place, yes his father commands a small army but as we later find out it’s not all burritos and strippers. There is a war coming and his troops lack mages and most of them are solid, but not great, as soldiers. We even get a scene where the MC sees that one of the soldiers is terribly miscast as a melee fighter but has pretty high skills in archery. Being a 3 year old child he uses his baby charm to manipulate the soldier to try a bow. It of course goes awesome and the soldier becomes an archer. That is actually a pretty solid scene. We get to see how his appraisal skill works and what kind of stats he actually sees. The thing I’m a bit iffy about is that some stats have numerical values and others just plain old letters (from D to S). Also there is something really badly explained. One of the stats he sees is called “prowess” and appears to be related to combat and has numerical value. But… he also sees proficiencies in things like archer, infantry, navy etc. and those use letters as their value. It’s never explained how those two stats interact with each other. Can someone with high prowess but D in archery be a skilled archer? Can someone with very little in prowess but with S in infantry be a killing machine with a sword? It’s never explained and bugged me every time it was mentioned. Back to our scene with the soldier. Apart from showing us how the skill works it also is used as a way to show the soldiers that Ars is capable of “sensing” someone's talents. I can actually appreciate the show don’t tell approach. The soldiers aren’t told by someone that this 3 year old kid has a knack for telling people's skills. They are shown that. He is even questioned about the incident by his father. It’s a nice piece of setting things up for later. So in the first episode we get a goal for our MC, setting up his reputation for later and in the second half we see how normal people see him and even get the first OP follower - Rietz (an ultimate non-magic weapon in a form of a teenage ex mercenary)for the protagonist and his faction. All in all it’s a solid first episode. If I had to change anything I think I would make the father be more reluctant to test out the teenager that his son brought to join his faction, after all the father seems to be at least a bit racist towards him and I would like that aspect be more explored.
The second episode is both my favourite and ,unfortunately, the episode that heralds the fall of good plot writing. Don’t worry, the story is still there and even has some good moments but plot wise… It’s all downhill from here. Ars visits a nearby city and witnesses the social disparity between the poor and the rest of the denizens. It gives him some much needed perspective on the world and that perspective is even more reassured at the end of the episode. The second thing he learns is that finding people who would actually be useful in his endeavour is hard. Extremely hard. He is able to find a girl with S rank magic skill but she refuses to work with him. I loved that. It gives him something he wants - the girl to join his faction, and a very solid obstacle for achieving that goal - she’s taking care of some young kids on the street. I was actually hoping that making her join would be an arc in of itself. Something to show both her character and his devotion to his goal. Something to make him work for an amazing reward. Yeah… no. That would mean the writers have skill and intellect to actually create something meaningful and we can’t have that in an isekai. He actually recruits her in the next episode after Rietz solos an entire slave organisation and Ars gives a half assed, feel good monologue that is absolutely misplaced in this scene (by the way, slavery seems to be legal, because of course it is). It is there just to show what a good egg Ars is. And just like that he gets an OP mage on his team. Does anyone still harbour illusions that this show will give him any kind of challenge? Back to the mage - Charlotte. Why did she decide to go with them? Because of the save? That’s not exactly a good reason when You are responsible for four very young kids. Both she and those kids are orphans, beggars who live on the street. There were no scenes indicating that those kids are competent enough to be left without a babysitter. Yes, she asks Ars to send her pay to those kids but, send where? The orphanage that we see in a later episode didn’t exist yet. It’s stated that Ars was the one who built it. You don’t build things just like that, there was some time when those kids were left alone to their own devices and with the slavers in town I have a hard time believing they weren’t sold by the time the orphanage was fully functioning. Of course the kids were fine because the world revolves around Ars and his decisions and we can’t have him make a bad one. Even as a goddamn 3 year old child. No. Because he's the MC of an isekai he must be the embodiment of perfect decision making from the get go. Now You understand why I say that the writing goes downhill after this.
Now, for the main problem. The goddamn repetitiveness of the process that’s shown when he recruits someone. It’s the same 3 out of 4 times. He meets someone who has OP AF stats. He wants them to serve him. They start iffy and usually have a reason why they don’t want to. It sounds solid and I would agree but the solutions to those problems are almost all banal and cheap. Plus they rarely solve the main problem, they just mask it with a bandaid but it seems that's enough for people to change their minds. Well… that and a metric shit ton of plot conveniences topped with the fact that 4 out of 5 of his closest allies are far beneath his social status. The only person that is his equal is his fiance but I wouldn’t call her a full fledged member of his coterie. All others are either beggars or just simple people. Why? If it is some kind of effed up social commentary that people below a certain status can be amazing it misses the mark completely because it’s classist in the opposite direction. Apart from his father and maybe 3 more characters, everyone that has a noble status is portrayed as mediocre at best and total waste of space or cannon fodder at worst. Why? Nobles have far more opportunities to train, learn and gain skills. Why would only the poor have OP skill levels? My guess is, recruiting someone who is closer in status to Ars would require a writer who actually knows about logic and has enough imagination to make it believable.
My second gripe with the show is Ars himself. I know I praised some scenes with him and the fact he has a goal. The problem? He has zero plan to achieve it. His idea of creating his naive-ville is to just recruit people with amazing skills. That’s it. I’m not even talking about a long term plan. He doesn't even have a short term one. About half way through the series he becomes the lord of his domain and… changes absolutely nothing. No new edicts, no attempts at social changes, no economic revolutions (something that maybe a little he would know about from his past life). Nothing. He just goes through the motions. When he’s presented with an obstacle he asks his coterie what to do and does that they say with little thought. I get it, it shows that his followers are competent and have skills and insight that he lacks but for fucks sake. He was shown to study hard everything about this world. He should at least present them with his own plan. He is supposed to be a leader, he has to show initiative. Nope. He always acts like a naive moron. He has no personality whatsoever. All he is is kind, and the worst kind of kind. The kind that can do nothing wrong and for whom the world bends over backwards. In all 12 episodes he made zero bad decisions. Every decision he made was ultimately a good one. Even if they were stupid as fuck like assaulting a slavers shop with just one man. Because that man was Rietz it all turned out dandy but the plan itself was idiotic. Without Rietz he would have nothing to “convince” the slaver to “sell” Charlotte.
And that brings me to his coterie. They are absurd. Each and everyone of them is a god-like creature in their expertise. Rietz is basically unrivalled in melee combat to the point where he can just solo an entire slave organisation. Charlotte, despite never using magic, can create an amazing explosion on her very first try. Rosell is intelligent and has knowledge about almost anything. He even taught himself to read. Apart from some artificial crap they all go through when they meet Ars they also have little to no character and are embodiments of perfection. Why? Why the fuck would anyone think that’s a good idea. A character at the end of their journey that is OP AF is a solid choice. Once we see all his hard work. His being OP is a reward for his suffering, hard work and all the tears, blood and sweat that he sheds. Main thing. AT THE END OF HIS JOURNEY (not life mind You). Charlotte, Rietz and Rosell had some inconveniences but we did not see them work for anything they have. They are all just naturals at what they do.
Why not show Charlotte struggling to control her magic? Make her hurt someone, preferably Ars or his father. Let her have a crisis about that and show her struggling with her inner thoughts and feelings. Let her fall and show us how she gets up. She doesn’t have to do it alone. Let Ars help her, but make her do most of the work.
Why not have Ars injured after being assaulted when Rietz is away fighting? Let Rietz have his own crisis and show how he wants to be punished for something that’s not his fault. Let me see how he deals with the fact that he can’t always protect everyone and maybe has a different approach to serving and protecting Ars.
Risell is a kid. A kid who goes to war and sees things that he shouldn’t Give him PTSD.
No. What we get are 3 fully functioning powerful adults in teenage and kid forms. It’s all so… boring. There are no stakes at all. Why would I care about a show that has no stakes?
Like I said. I like the story. A story about a young boy who wants to create something (even if it’s naive) and has to step up in times of turmoil is a solid idea. Hell… the moment when his father shows him how inadequate he is to go to war and command his forces is amazing. It breaks Ars mentally. It proves the point in the most painful way possible. It changes the way our MC sees himself and it’s awesome. It’s a brutal wakeup call, something that he really needed. This is the moment when plot serves the story and it’s damn good. If the whole show had this kind of relation between story and plot it would be amazing. Unfortunately what we got is a story that is mostly separated from the plot. A lot of things use the “And then this happened” and not the “And because of that, this happened” way of telling its plot and story. There is also no good reason for this to be an isekai. Ars previous life never comes up and changes nothing. Despite being an adult trapped in a kid's body he acts like a kid almost all the time.
To be fair I can see why someone would like this show. It’s a bit different at least on the surface to be considered a breath of fresh air in the stale isekai genre. It uses a lot of cheap tricks to invoice emotions in scenes that don’t really deserve them but a lot of people don’t have a problem with those kinds of tricks. I do.
At the end of the day I stick to what I wrote earlier:
It's a 7/10 story held back by a 3/10 plot.
20DollarBJ
Welcome to another episode of: Why the HELL is this isekai? Let me preface by saying it's a fantastic series, but let's talk about what's the main point of an Isekai anime. It's to utilize the knowledge from our world in a more permeative setting, thus bringing unlikely scenarios like pitching a dragon against a rocket launcher. If we take out the first minute of the first episode, this anime has ZERO isekai elements attached to it and becomes a relatively decent low fantasy story. Recently the concept of Isekai has been reduced to either: 1. Gain some bullshit OP ability that nobody else in the world have. 2."Wow everything works just like a video game!" with the more stupid ones even having the HUDs and skill points.
3. They just want to have isekai in the title, nothing the MC does differs from people of this world.
This series falls victim to all three to some extend. First, instead of having a good backstory or world building, MC's bullshit (but not really OP) high fantasy power is granted when he got isekai-ed into a low fantasy world. Then the power manifests in a way that can only be applied to video game logics, with different class and skills accompanying a numeric value and rank to each one. And finally he does absolutely nothing special with his previous life's knowledge, except for some obscure references inside of his own head.
I usually rate shows very generously, so as long as they don't bore me to death they earn a passing grade. That being said the show is an easy 8/10 with great visuals, story, and character design. But I'm inclined to give it a 7 or even 6 due to the massive wasted potential, the literal clickbait title, and the lazy attempt at giving the MC special power with the excuse of Isekai. As a true Isekai connoisseur who would watch any isekai no matter how trash they are, this is both a surprising delight at how good it is and a disappointment at the fact that THIS SHIT IS NOT ISEKAI.
ST63LTH
Kanteiskill follows a 35-year-old businessman from modern Japan who reincarnates as the young master Ars Louvent of a noble family. In the territory ruled by his family's patriarch Raven Louvent, war is brewing as the Emperor of the Sammaforth Empire loses faith in his people, instigating uprisings among neighboring factions. Feeling inclined to help his family succeed on the frontlines, Ars uses his unique skill, Appraisal, to find hidden talents regardless of race, upbringing, or background. How will Ars' journey unfold? Story & Character: 6/10 The story starts out as a typical fantasy isekai where the main character gains a cheat skill, but what stands out inthis series is its journey. We follow Ars as he begins gathering promising individuals in his resistance against opposing factions. Instead of an intense struggle for direct power, this story focuses on external power through talented individuals. It achieves this with a fairly organic narrative of adventure and exploration. The chance encounters fit seamlessly into the progressive storyline and delve deep into lower socioeconomic and minority figures to find potential. This works well initially, but after the second time, it grows repetitive and the chance encounters lose their impact on the story. The confusing political climate between multiple municipalities also makes it difficult to follow, especially later in the series where there is a lack of initial development.
Character development is more of an enjoyable aspect of this series. Ars' journey takes us through different avenues where he puts faith in individuals with controversial histories or ethnicities. Instead of the typical harem of eye candy anime girls, we see characters with more authentic backgrounds and evolving personalities as they grow more attached to Ars. However, similar to the story, the characters also feel repetitive after the second addition, as it becomes a common theme for Ars to search for characters in 'unexpected' places. The characters tend to grow more defensive of Ars, which gets annoying when they constantly isolate any sort of elevated conflict. Ars' character lacks integrity in terms of development and values until much later when his overwhelming growth occurs after a certain change in plot direction.
Art & Sound: 5/10 & 6/10
The art isn't bad, but there isn't anything notably different compared to other budget series. The quality degrades in the latter half of the series with fewer action and movement frames; it becomes dialogue-heavy with characters exchanging information. Wide frames felt lower quality, especially because the character designs fell apart in quality.
Sound design was decent, with nothing extraordinary in terms of voice acting, sound effects, or soundtrack.
Overall & Enjoyment: 6/10
I enjoyed that Kanteiskill was more of a passive action series where Ars was tactful in his team selection, using the most suitable characters for their tasks. At times, seeing characters with coincidentally high unique attributes felt too far-fetched and inevitably became predictable. Although Kanteiskill lacked a harem, it seemed to head in that direction later in the series with the introduction and return of a few powerful female characters. Overall, it was unique in the sense that the main character's skill is passive and his ambition was clear from the start.
TheBearBee
There is technically a plot, but there is hardly conflict and no surprises. Everything is resolved exactly as the MC wants it with no challenge. It feels like the plot was written with "and then" repeatedly. The characters are largely shallow with only a single dimension to them. A smart character. A strong mage. The fighter. That and the fact that they all love the MC. The MC has no real personality. Just a plain person with an overpowered ability and being born rich enough to use their op skill to amass power Oh and there a bunch of side characters that show up for oneepisode, do nothing, try to make us care about them and then just disappear forever.
The animation feels cheap and stilted. Many of the action scenes are just shaking still images with sound.
FelineCircuitry
I've watched dozens of isekai anime and read even more, and this series feels like a rare gem. Although it starts a bit slowly, it truly finds its stride around episode six. It’s actually more of an anti-isekai: rather than showcasing an overpowered protagonist dominating a new world, it’s about how a group of people grow stronger together, with the protagonist acting as the unifying force. The focus is on human connection rather than individual ego. The music is wonderful, and the emotional scenes hit deeply. I agree with some of the genre criticisms, though. This isn't so much an isekai or even an adventure series;it feels more like a character-driven drama set in a fantasy world. The fact that the protagonist comes from another world feels completely forgotten. More early emphasis on character development could have made the series even stronger.
This series filled a hole I rarely see filled by other series for me and I will definitely rewatch it in the future.
ArchangelEST
Reincarnated Aristocrat is a fantasy isekai with pretty good production values and some interesting worldbuilding, but ultimately doesn't achieve much in its short runtime. Animation / Art / General Visuals - 7/10 ----------------------------------------------- While there aren't any really flashy animations, the base quality of the art and basic animations is above average. As the show isn't overly combat heavy, the lack of good combat animations aren't too much of a negative. Sound / Music / Voice Acting - 8/10------------------------------------------
Good OP and some good thematic orchestral tunes elevate the experience quite a bit.
Story - 6/10
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Another season, another isekai. Another case of our adult character getting re-incarnated as a noble child, into a nice cushy life, with a juicy bonus ability on top.
The story does take an interesting twist with our protagonist being largely incapable of much anything, as his special power only allows him to see the talents of others, but not his own. And indeed, he displays no real skill or affinity for anything. So it is somewhat interesting to watch him rely completely on others.
Alas, not much happens in the show. Our protagonist gathers only a handful of talented people to serve him. Not making particularly much use of his special ability. And these talented people really don't do anything noteworthy either. We're told of their prowess, but see precious little of it in action.
The show does have some interesting worldbuilding in regards to kingdom politics, with succession disputes, and corruption and such, but ultimately, not much happens in this regard either.
Show spends way too much time on meaningless slice of life that adds no real value. Progressing neither the worldbuilding, the story, nor any of the characters in any meaningful ways.
Honestly, the entire anime feels like a prologue to the actual story, and could have probably been condensed to a handful of action packed episodes, followed by some proper developments.
Characters - 5/10
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Characterization is fairly weak.
The protagonist is your usual Japanese office worker dropped dead from stress and then isekaid. He has no real personality other than the usual "I like my new cushy life and the people in it, so I want this life to continue". A generic nice guy.
He's individually fairly incompetent outside of being somewhat intelligent. He also lacks any real confidence. As a whole, he's not an interesting protagonist, nor particularly likeable.
Secondary characters are better, though woefully under-developed.
All of them are very one dimensional, and most barely get any relevant screen time at all. It's hard to care for any of them in any way.
It feels like a major missed opportunity as the foundations for interesting characters are there, but everyone is relegated to a comically one dimensional cardboard cutout. The story takes place over 10 years, yet you can hardly tell anything changing about any of the characters.
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Total - 6/10
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Reincarnated Aristocrat is a fantasy isekai that is propped up by its solid production values, yet fails to really impress in any other regard.
The potential for a better show is there, and perhaps a second season could bring about something interesting, now that the foundations are set. But as it stands, there's little reason to recommend it to anyone in particular.
PanzerIV-J
Let's be honest, "As a Reincarnated Aristocrat, I'll Use My Appraisal Skill to Rise in the World" is a pretty good anime. It's not boring, and the characters are interesting enough to keep you watching. But there are better anime out there that do similar things and do them better. When I think of shows like this, "The Genius Prince's Guide to Raising a Nation Out of Debt" and "How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom" come to mind. They have main characters who are more mature and don’t rely on just one skill to get things done. These shows have more nuanced characters and eachtakes a different approach to leadership. For example, "As a Reincarnated Aristocrat" is all about finding skilled people to help run the kingdom. "Realist Hero" focuses on using advisors' information to make smart decisions, while "Genius Prince" is about outsmarting enemies and handling bureaucracy.
In "As a Reincarnated Aristocrat," the main character, Ars, doesn’t really show great leadership skills. His success is mostly thanks to his retainers doing the heavy lifting. He’s not a great leader himself, just lucky to have good people around him.
That said, the story is decent. It's not amazing, but not bad either. Sure, there are some dumb twists, but that's typical for isekai, so I wouldn’t be too harsh on it.
🗿 7/10. It’s good, but those other shows I mentioned are probably better. 🗿
KyomaBritannia
Great premise and definitely has some fun moments. Biggest problem is that the writing is not good, so it ends up very mid. -He is reincarnated with his memories, but this never affects his new life at all. He thinks and acts as his new age 100% of the time. He either needed a memory wipe or drop the reincarnation angle all together. -Some of the dialogue is just cringe and makes the MC seem incompetent, but then there are also times where it lands quite well. -MC barely progresses, but not a big negative as he has outsourced this to his retainers. -A lot of unneeded fanservice, butsome of it was actually quite funny.
-Basic plot that you can see coming from miles and miles away. If you aren't too critical, you can enjoy the journey there though.
Don't expect anything anywhere near groundbreaking with this show, if you like the genre you can likely enjoy this one if you just want something light and fun to watch. I'm going to watch season 2 in hopes that it improves.
Tonwing
A wise man once said, "We have more military power and money than them." BUT "That doesn't mean much if the one leading them is incompetent." Guess who ;).Aside from this very obvious part that everybody keeps complaining about, I really love the uniqueness of this anime.
It kind of reminded me of another isekai anime of a guy who have no powers but only OpP because he is a great commander (psst he have a smartphone that check soldier stuff...)
Going back I hopr the author allow all this childishness and immaturity to happen only to build him up.
This story is promising I look forward to how it will develop.
Kays90
Real story is yet to begin... A lot of preliminary reviews complains about character development. Well this whole cour has been nothing but about character development only. Nothing really happened in these 12 episodes other than character development. If one is planning to watch a story in these 12 episodes here, then read this small gist & decide accordingly. "This is no Season 1. This is just Part 1 of a longer season marketed as first Season, avoid it unless you are willing to wait for real story & enjoy a long slow filler.". Now coming back to main part. I don't get it why the art & animation ofthe show is so outdated. This show has produced shows with great art work but this definitely not the one. It feels so mid-2010s.
Dialogues & sound effects could be done way better. A lot of cost cutting can be felt in this. Until something is extremely necessary, its skipped even though those things play a very important part of story-telling.
Its a average slow-paced direction towards character development with not really a story yet. Story has barely moved in last 5-6 episodes, hell in last 10-11 episodes. Character development has been thorough but only in prospective sense.
History of every character is conveniently skipped/ignored even though there was enough time to cover that aspect without any significant change in pacing of storyline (as if anything really happened in these episodes).
This show has been filled with a lot of other minor things can be grimed about but lets just skip those afterall these don't take much of a screentime in grand scheme of things.
Let's conclude things. I personally would recommend this show if you have some patience & hope that this patience will suitable rewarded in the coming sequel(s). If you like nobility based shows with some serious undertones, then you can also consider this as an option. For isekai/fantasy haters & impatient ones, its better not to consider it at all.
P.S. For now I have rated this show as a 7/10 (a generous score) but I plan on revaluating the score at a later date after upcoming sequel (which I consider as Part 2 of the season) is completed.
Duddex
This anime fills out the void many new animes have been having with the "lord-war-battle" style animes that have been popping up. As others have said already, it takes the genre to the next level. Instead of focusing on an OP MC it now focuses on building nations which is cool and interesting to see. The show has brought lovable characters who all have backstories and it has built a world in which a viewer can be interested. This might be a personal favorite for the smaller animes this season. Can recommend this one to anyone interested in the genre since it did do things that othershaven't. 9/10
Chuy_diazz
An anime that, if you know how to value it for what it offers, can give you fun moments as well as moments of reflection. The anime is about a Japanese man who is reincarnated as a child in a world of fantasy and magic. So far everything is normal, this is an ordinary isekai. The issue is that our protagonist only obtained one appraisal skill. This allows him to see the statistics, attributes, strengths and weaknesses of any person. Normally we are used to an isekai protagonist having something that can complement an evaluation skill, whether it is another skill that allows him to stealattributes or other skills, or he is extremely intelligent and can make strategies with the information obtained. Here, the protagonist has none of that, he is neither strong nor intelligent nor anything that can complement his ability, he is a fairly ordinary child. Except that the protagonist is quite idealistic and wants his people to live in a time of peace, but to want peace he will first have to face war.
I feel that this is the strongest point of the work, putting a man from the modern world where people live "in peace" in a world where war is a constant. We see how our protagonist, with his ability, recruits powerful people to help him lead his people to that time of peace that he desiresr. The anime takes care of showing us that it won't be that easy and gives us examples that war is not as fun or interesting as most of the fantasy genre wants to make it seem. There is a scene where they make him see what he can find on the battlefield, it is a scene that does not touch the heart and breaks the protagonist.
On the other hand, my biggest problem with this anime is the visual representation of the skill. When our protagonist activates his ability, he enters a blue field and the attributes are flying through said field. They have no order and because of the camera movements you can sometimes lose information about the character. I feel like they chose the easiest way, instead of dedicating a little budget to it. In the manga they have some character cards, similar to what you can find in Fire Emblem Heroes that look pretty. I feel like it was an area of opportunity that they didn't see.
For me it is an anime that I would recommend for the discourse of idealism vs reality that it handles. I would only recommend it with the disclaimer that if you expect to see a super broken protagonist, this anime is not for you. He is an ordinary human who can only value people numerically and now has the responsibility of managing an army at a young age, nothing more, nothing less.
KuroiKizu
(There're just "minor spoilers" which I didn't even consider as such, but you've been warned ;-) Unfortunately, for me this is another example of an Isekai where I ask myself "What's the point of making it an Isekai anyway?" since his former life doesn't has any effect. Ars could be just a normal born Child in this world with a special Skill. I mean, he's mainly beheaving like someone in his age would do and not like a grown up who got reborn. Also, I kinda dislike it when the first episode shows a point at the end or middle of the Anime so that you alreadyknow or can guess how things will turn out. Of course there are exceptions like "Honzuki" but not here. Therefore, within the first half I never felt any tension if Ars can manage to make someone to his subordinate or not.
Speaking of his subs, this Anime feels kinda rushed. For example, they took time for Ars getting Rietz and Charlotte which is good. However, just 2 episodes later there already not just accepted by everyone but also super strong companions but we saw neither of them really struggle to get their. Okay, Rietz had a bad start, but he overcomes that in no time. It's like you get a new character in a Game but then he grows from LV 1 to 50 after just one battle. The worst of them however, is Rosell. He can build traps and is clever so he makes a good strategist - that's completely fine. But why do we never see how he's working and rethinking about a strategy which leads to a win of a Batlle? He's joining the team and next episode he's already a good strategist and everyone is fine with a child giving commands... Why do they tell but not show when they even have the possibility since it's an Anime?
I could go on with other things that bothered me but I guess you already got a glimpse. But don't get me wrong, that doesn't mean the Anime is bad - it's just that there are similar Anime which do a better job, for example "Realist Hero". But one thing I really appreciated is the fact that Ars may have a super special Skill but that doesn't make him to a completely OP protagonist who doesn't have to work for anything. He has to learn how to convince people to joining his team, he has to learn how to fight AND he has to learn what he's capable of and what not since he can't see his own strengths with his skill. But unfortunately he's the only character who really gets fleshed out while the others get an introduction and then they are just there (at least that's what it feels like for me).
In conclusion... well, I neither like nor dislike this Anime. The animation is okay as well as opening and ending are. I just saw already better Anime with a similar concept and there's no point in making it an Isekai. Also, Charlotte and Mireille are the best characters since they not behave like everyone else and like to tease others a bit.
Kamitori
TL;DR This anime is amazing! I can tell you the author at least did some homework before writing. The story is not unique but good, the art is really good, and the OST is amazing. The setting of the world is above average, it is well explained, but nothing we didn't see. The characters are well written and this is the best part of the anime. Don't take the isekai part too seriously and you would enjoy it as much as I did. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The story of this anime is about a boy who was born as the son of a baron in a small town, he hasthe ability to see people's statistics and potential, and he uses it to find people he can trust and people who will help him in achieving his dream, a country without wars where children can live happily with a smile on their faces.
Despite this anime's adversities as isekai, it doesn't feel like an isekai at all, so some people who are isekai fanatics may not enjoy it and drop it, but they are losing a gold mine; my best guess is the author did the isekai part only to make it easier to appeal to a wider audience.
The anime story is not the original one, but it is well-written. I found it interesting from the first episode when I saw that the author knows some facts about middle-age Europe, so I knew the author did at least some reading before writing. Most shows today know almost nothing about middle-age Europe, and they write about it from what they heard in school or from friends, without even checking if it's true or not, this is not the case, you can see that the author has some knowledge.
The art in the anime is really good and somewhat realistic, by realistic I mean it looks like something that can exist in reality. The quality of the drawing is top-tier, and the details on each thing are splendid. Most anime do simple art without much detail and minimum shades, but this is not the case for this anime. Let's say your eyes definitely won't be tired from looking at the art.
The OST in this anime is amazing! They did a really good job on each composition, and you can feel the OST and notice it in each episode and scene. This anime is more of a "management" type, so the OST doesn't feel too fantasy, and I'm not sure it will be good for D&D sessions, but some compositions definitely can be used for sure.
The setting of the show is above average and the politics are well explained. The author did a good job explaining what each title is and the difference between them, how the politics are working, and all of that. The setting is a continent where one kingdom managed to conquer all the other kingdoms and form a successful and advanced empire; the years in the show count from the day the empire was formed. However, after 200 years, the empire is in bad shape and it looks like everything is going to fall apart unless someone does something to keep it together.
The characters in this anime are well-written and may rival the characters in the top animes. You can feel the personality of each character, their wants and needs, and the anime shows how they come to the place they are right now. The only characters you don't know well are the not important ones and the characters that showed late in the anime.
The main character in the anime is really good, he is not OP and I would say pretty average. He uses his ability to find people who are better than him and help them with their problems and goals, and for that, they agree to serve him. This makes you love the character more and increases the stakes a lot more than your average generic anime.
The only issue I have with the main character is the isekai part, it was made probably to appeal to a wider audience, but it was just unnecessary. The reincarnation doesn't help the main character in any way. It only makes him a little smarter than your average human in this world, and that is it. The author could easily achieve the same by making the kid smarter than average and writing it as a regular fantasy show.
I enjoyed watching the anime and talked about what happened in almost every episode. It is pretty interesting, but I enjoyed more of the characters, their story, their development, and how they are working hard for their goals. The politics are nice, but I can feel at least for season 1 that they are focusing more on the characters part. I can say that season 1 is probably somewhat of a prologue to the real story that we will see unfold in the following seasons.
Overall, I recommend you to watch it and don't take the isekai part too seriously, better, just ignore it. Take this anime as a fantasy, and it would be more interesting to watch.
EMP1009
It's not about isekai at all. A world of under-fantasy. The beginning of "everyday" pulled out the grade. Overall rating 6.00/10 The first part of the anime 7.35/10 Here we are introduced to the main characters (albeit rather superficially); the structure of the world (quite strangely "limited" geographically, and "physically" - except for magic, which was not "explained" in any way, do not expect anything else); the idea that the protagonist will collect a "team" through his ability, while remaining in the background. But it is done in general, not so bad. A bit of "typical" everyday life, relatively high-quality fights. The characters "grow" little by little, exceptfor the protagonist (which looks very strange). Therefore, it can be watched, there is nothing extremely bad about it (although certain "questions" will arise not in a good sense).
The second part of the series
5.00/10
In accordance with the "plot", the protagonist has to "grow up" quickly, but this will not change his moral qualities or anything else (and yes, do not mention that he is a reborn adult) - and the "attempt to grow" will end very quickly. They just continue to treat him like a child, because he deserves it. You can already feel the taste of manipulation by adults, although they do not show it "clearly" yet. Again, the secondary characters progress over themselves - but they show it very "superficially". The plot itself... Well, it's a little different from everyday life, but nothing "unexpected". And only for the finale, the "spirit of the beginning" was returned a little, because of which everything does not look so bad. In general, this part carries absolutely nothing, all the events can be written in a couple of sentences and nothing would change for the anime. Rather, it would even be more useful to reduce it all to praising the chef from the beginning. There won't be anything really interesting to watch here.
sayuri_yuri
It's better than I expected this anime to be. At the beginning of three or four episodes, there are parts where it's very cliche to connect the main characters' feelings, back stories, and reasoning to the story's protagonist. It felt a bit forced, but it's not overbearing compared to similar tropes. The "isekai" part of the anime could've been redacted from the story and the plot would have flowed just as nicely, as there are barely any points in the story where he connects his world to Earth. After the fourth episode, the protagonist's connections to the main characters in the story become more fluid and more fleshedout. It's more cohesive and the world-building becomes more pronounced. However, the geopolitical world becomes a bit difficult to follow as they're spewing words as if we live in their world.
The protagonist of the story is a bit "dramatic" which should've been resolved in the later half of this anime in which both major events happened which should've affected the protagonist, barely anything has changed.
It's a decent "isekai" fantasy anime.
ScotchnStout
Tensei Kizoku, Kantei Skill de Nariagaru had no right to be an Isekai anime, his reincarnation served no purpose to the plot and I think actually detracted from the story itself, if this was actually about a 12 year old in a fantasy world having to step up after the untimely demise of his father and using the skills he has to prevail I think it would've been quite a good show, but every time you remember Ars is actually forty-seven mentality and not twelve, well it will really make you think what the eff am I watching. There are literal children in world andamongst his retainers that act with more maturity and common sense than your forty seven year old MC.
