WARNING: THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR Even Given the Worthless Appraiser Class Im Actually the Strongest. You have been warned. Even Given the Worthless Appraiser Class Im Actually the Strongest is a fantasy anime. With a title like that you mightve wondered Is this an isekai? Well surprisingly its not. This is a straightup fantasy show with no reincarnation or otherworld travel. It starts as your typical underdog story where the weak rise to prove themselves against the odds. But to my dismay the plot quickly turns into a ridiculously generic mess that might as well be an isekai. Meet Ein Ein is the main character of the show but before that lets talk about his worthless class first. Appraisers in this world seem to be very common. Noncombatant jobs like theirs are seen as worthless and useless known for being unable to fight. Their whole purpose in this world is basically to be a pawnshop where you can trade in goods from your dungeonslaying adventures or an item rarity checker with a fee of course. But our MC had a terrible life as a child he lost his parents in a house fire which left him growing up penniless. Since he doesnt have a house to act as a pawn shop he decided to maybe join an adventure guild. He figured he could appraise items for his party members checking if theyre worth taking or not. To our surprise everyone rejected him because they didnt want dead weight in a party seeing as they believed Appraisers cannot fight. He later found a party willing to accept him but of course being a class thats was deemed useless and only good at one thing he was treated like absolute shit by his two party members Zoid and Jolene. One day out on a dungeon exploration with his party members they battled a giant rat. Ein being the Appraiser was treated like trash told to inspect the body for anything of value. He then found a rare Btier enemy called a Hellhound which would fetch a pretty penny. Ein got scared knowing the dungeon map said youd only find these specific creatures deeper in. Seeing a dead Hellhound knowing it was a mob that wasnt supposed to be here made him even more scared. He told his party members Zoid and Jolene that they should leave. But them being arrogant people thinking a few adventurers already came here and cleared it outeven leaving dead corpses for them to pickthey pushed deeper. To their surprise as they went deeper they found a pack of Hellhounds. Zoid in his sadistic thinking then said We will make Ein as bait and told Jolene to cast a paralyze spell on him. As the two made a run for it Ein was left to be ravaged by the pack of Hellhounds. Miraculously still being able to walk he arrived at the entrance they came in only to find it was broken by his two party members so those Hellhounds couldnt escape. Ein later saw another passageway but to his surprise it was just a dead end with a giant hole in the ground. He jumped into the giant hole while regretting living in this world and thats the start of the story. What annoyed me The mechanic of the Divine Eye being able to enhance the users spell while letting Appraise gain/take abilities of slain foes this single mechanic singlehandedly makes power creep utterly ridiculous. Youre telling me he can gain the abilities of any foe he defeats just by appraising them? Seriously? So every other abilitys latent potential is locked behind a Divine Eye? And a Human Eye is the one holding the shackles of its potential? He quickly goes from strong to overpowered within just four episodes because he keeps taking each of his foes abilities NOT TO MENTION THEIR STIER ABILITIES This results in him feeling super bland with all the fighting ending within 10 minutes while the other half is a mess for the MC to resolve or just a comic relief scene. What I liked The way Appraise was showcased as a skill that could predict what enemies would do instead of just short descriptions rarity and so on. Could Would Should You watch it? Do you like characters with too much power? Is owning a harem enjoyable for you? If so then watch the anime. If not dont waste your time. Since episode 12 left the audience wondering where the other World Tree Spirit sisters were hinting a season 2 of this anime. I give this anime a rating of 6/10 for me.
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