Tensei Kizoku, Kantei Skill de Nariagaru: Jakushou Ryouchi wo Uketsuida node, Yuushuu na Jinzai wo Fuyashiteitara, Saikyou Ryouchi ni Natteta

“Reincarnated as an Aristocrat with an Appraisal Skill” is effectively the story of a mediocre man who has a spidey sense for great men. I was immediately taken with the novel premise and generally competent presentation. But caveats! I can get down right autistic about certain things within my wheelhouse, differential psychology being one. The appraisal system was stimulating my ire because of this. 4 attributes (bizarre picks at that), ambition and then a small platter of traits related to combat. Hmmm… It’s works and it’s obviously a fucking manga so who really cares how much actual psychological constructs associated with individual variation in “talent” map onto the MCs appraisal table... Butttttt I can’t help myself.

The self-evident concern here is derived from the stories concept. One of the primary tropes of isekai is the overpowered, cheating protagonist. People don’t tend to be that engaged by mediocrity, and there is something particularly snivelling about someone who is amazing at sniffing out talent, but has none of it themselves. In which case, the readers prism for viewing the world becomes immediately less interesting and important than his coterie of geniuses.

This has sort of been the story so far. Our MC is likeable, charismatic and has a rather empathetic/humanitarian view of the future which has allowed him to pick up some talented vassals. But he himself has done nothing. He is protected and guided by his comrades and simply told how successful they are out on the battlefield because he can not take part. Sure, the MC is still young, but his mind and strategic chops are also completely neutered when compared to his 3rd companion, who is a year younger than him as well. What is left for our MC? Is he simply the stat checker, soon to be relegated to the shadows as a more adept leader replaces him!? So, I am going to give “Reincarnated…” a 7…

But wait, whose that on the horizon?! Blond hair, bangs and a diminutive stature? The loli Machiavelli!

The MCs fiancee is a fantastic character and has the best arc so far. She’s adorable, has some great scenes and the interaction between both her and the MC that feel sincere and cutesy. The way in which both their talents bounced off each other to inform their meeting and eventual appreciation of each other was also top tier! Fantastic stuff.

So while I do have concerns about the trajectory of this story and possibly the underlying foundation, I do think it has demonstrated that it has the capacity for greats moments and an enjoyable run. The current arc is also hinting towards the need for the MC to nurture his own ability, which he quite clearly should have given his father and siblings. I look forward to more chapters!

This manga is like your typical Isekai story the MC dies and is resurrected in another world. The interesting part is the MC main ability is the appraisal to see everyone stats which help him build an army of strong individuals for a upcoming war. His main concern is that he knows he not strong compare to the people he his recruiting to his army and he afraid that one day they will betray him.

Overall this manga is interesting and it’s kinda different from other Isekai stories which I give it a 7 out of 10 which is not bad in my opinion. I do recommend this if my review help in any way, all this is from what I got by reading 5 chapters.