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"As a Reincarnated Aristocrat, I'll Use My Appraisal Skill to Rise in the World", another entry into the hyper-saturated genre of video game-esque "another world" stories, takes a unashamedly straightforward approach to the genre and executes it convincingly. The show does not attempt to revolutionize the genre, but rather promises the watcher a tale of a reincarnated aristocrat gathering OP allies and working alongside them to "Rise in the World". After all, it's all right there in the title.


Appraisal skill plays its plot and character beats extremely straight. Ars, the protagonist, is cartoonishly charitable and good-natured. His companions are similarly sincere about their ... emotions and speak in a manner more befitting a stage play than TV. Long speeches on friendship, feelings, and other standard anime fare on all on display here, executed so by-the-numbers that you feel you must have already seen it before. Yet, in spite of the overwhelmingly well-trod territory the show so heavily relies on, it is presented so earnestly and sincerely that the audience can't help but find it endearing.


Appraisal skill will not blow the minds of any of its viewers, and it is liable to bore many who fall outside the show's target audience. But for the unapologetic fans of campy high fantasy, Appraisal Skill offers an enjoyable show with a predictable and competently-executed payoff.


Reviewed as of episode 7, 19 May 2024.