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As a Reincarnated Aristocrat, I'll Use My Appraisal Skill To Rise In The World (Light Novel) #1
As a Reincarnated Aristocrat, I'll Use My Appraisal Skill to Rise in the World 1 (light novel) (As a Reincarnated Aristocrat, I'll Use My Appraisal Skill to Rise in the World
The hit light novel series with over 30 million online views in Japan!
After thirty-five years of perfectly ordinary life, a run-of-the-mill businessman suddenly drops dead...only to be reborn in another world! Now he must live as Ars Louvent, scion of a minor noble family and wielder of a fabulous Appraisal, the power to perceive the strengths and abilities of others at a glance.
He'll need it, too, because there are plenty of problems to solve in the Louvent family's territory! Ars only has one recruit the most talented individuals his skill can find, and rise up to new heights in his brand new world!
After thirty-five years of perfectly ordinary life, a run-of-the-mill businessman suddenly drops dead...only to be reborn in another world! Now he must live as Ars Louvent, scion of a minor noble family and wielder of a fabulous Appraisal, the power to perceive the strengths and abilities of others at a glance.
He'll need it, too, because there are plenty of problems to solve in the Louvent family's territory! Ars only has one recruit the most talented individuals his skill can find, and rise up to new heights in his brand new world!
308 pages, Paperback
Published March 14, 2023
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December 28, 2024
由於買的同捆包裡有小說和漫畫，所以能夠比較媒體間的差異
漫畫版加戲了不少，2本漫畫對應到小說第1集的前40%，有些是加得不錯
但是漫畫很少表現主角在想什麼，大多數是嘴巴開開看著加戲的手下發揮，有種讓轉生而且有著大人頭腦的設定變得沒意義
漫畫也比小說多了不少讓角色哭的場景
整體而言，我喜歡小說版勝過漫畫版
看起來動畫劇情與畫風都是像漫畫……
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由於我先看了漫畫，而對小說沒有期待
成為第1本靠AI翻譯讀過去的輕小說
漫畫版加戲了不少，2本漫畫對應到小說第1集的前40%，有些是加得不錯
但是漫畫很少表現主角在想什麼，大多數是嘴巴開開看著加戲的手下發揮，有種讓轉生而且有著大人頭腦的設定變得沒意義
漫畫也比小說多了不少讓角色哭的場景
整體而言，我喜歡小說版勝過漫畫版
看起來動畫劇情與畫風都是像漫畫……
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由於我先看了漫畫，而對小說沒有期待
成為第1本靠AI翻譯讀過去的輕小說
February 7, 2023
As of volume one this series is rather generic, If you like this type of story or genre you won't have any reason to dislike this but I don't imagine it will make any top 10 or even top 25 lists. This volume is largely character introduction and set up for volume two so very little actually happens and the fact that it has all of this set up and no pay off in this volume does make it suffer for it. The one thing I will praise this for is having actual content even if it was set up content, unlike many in the genre it didn't have 70% story then 30% side stories no one cares about, this had story right up until the last page which I can appreciate and is the reason I will give volume two a chance when it comes out.
August 23, 2024
Salary man dies of a heart attack on the way to work and is reborn as the oldest son of a minor noble. He has the skill to see the stats and talents as related to ruling and the military. Realizing he lives in a nation on the brink of civil war, he needs that skill to find skilled retainers that would keep him and his loved ones alive and thriving. Recruiting people as a kid is not easy though.
I enjoyed the story well enough, entertaining characters, and an intriguing core plot. The MC is not somebody who can handwave their way to victory on his own. Less a fan of making it an isekai, because at least in this volume the only thing it adds is an explanation for his smarts as a kid, which could easily be avoided by simply having the story start at a later age. It also very much a set up volume, introducing characters, world and plot, but with little true progress, which I don't mind much, but it does mean it lacks a strong hook for the reader.
All in all, decent read for its genre, and one with potential despite its flaws.
I enjoyed the story well enough, entertaining characters, and an intriguing core plot. The MC is not somebody who can handwave their way to victory on his own. Less a fan of making it an isekai, because at least in this volume the only thing it adds is an explanation for his smarts as a kid, which could easily be avoided by simply having the story start at a later age. It also very much a set up volume, introducing characters, world and plot, but with little true progress, which I don't mind much, but it does mean it lacks a strong hook for the reader.
All in all, decent read for its genre, and one with potential despite its flaws.
September 12, 2024
I picked this up because I've watched the first season of the anime (I sincerely hope there are more seasons coming) and I have been reading the manga as it's been released. Typically it's been my experience that the light novels provide more meat to the story that gets cut from the other two formats or events happen in a different order chronically or play out differently.
While one scene did play out differently, what I found was that the story had less detail than the manga and anime. In fact, it feels more like the bare bones of the story and the anime and manga did more to add details and flesh out the characters. I really hope future volumes improve.
While one scene did play out differently, what I found was that the story had less detail than the manga and anime. In fact, it feels more like the bare bones of the story and the anime and manga did more to add details and flesh out the characters. I really hope future volumes improve.
April 3, 2024
This is a different take on a reincarnation story. The main character does not have any special powers himself, he just has the power to see powers in other people or rather, the potential that other people have. I really like the premise of this story, and I look forward to seeing him grow more and more powerful as time goes by.
April 29, 2024
Pretty decent overall
Overall, the story has a fast pace and it is predictable. The protagonist is quite underwhelming when compared to others in the same genre, but overall, still a good read to pass the time. I also feel like there are lots of opportunity to add depth to the story and some parts feel a bit lacking.
Overall, the story has a fast pace and it is predictable. The protagonist is quite underwhelming when compared to others in the same genre, but overall, still a good read to pass the time. I also feel like there are lots of opportunity to add depth to the story and some parts feel a bit lacking.
August 7, 2023
Not for me
I was only able to get through 17% of the book. It was very boring for me. The main character was strange to read as it seemed he only existed to find special people; sort of like the ultimate side character.
I hope everyone else enjoys it More than I did. Have fun.
I was only able to get through 17% of the book. It was very boring for me. The main character was strange to read as it seemed he only existed to find special people; sort of like the ultimate side character.
I hope everyone else enjoys it More than I did. Have fun.
March 2, 2025
its nice and all but i felt like the main character's responsibility is too much tho, he's still 12 ish and already started with tasks as a Lord
the beginning is nice but i just felt bored in the middle of it
the beginning is nice but i just felt bored in the middle of it
June 22, 2023
💜💙💛💚
Wow what an amazing start to a series. I cannot wait to see what happens next!! War is on the horizon and Ars is hopefully going to make a splash in it and show his worth.
Wow what an amazing start to a series. I cannot wait to see what happens next!! War is on the horizon and Ars is hopefully going to make a splash in it and show his worth.
November 1, 2023
So cute
Amazing story, fun to read. I'm not big on strategy in games, but this book made it some what more understand. I really like the characters as well. Hope to see more!
Amazing story, fun to read. I'm not big on strategy in games, but this book made it some what more understand. I really like the characters as well. Hope to see more!
August 6, 2023
Navigating the treacherous course of a territory in turmoil, Ars Louvent is too young to know what he's actually doing. Or, he should be. It's not as if he has much of a choice. His father is ill, his neighbors encroach his borders, and the regional duke's two sons are about to kick off a civil war. Ars is too young to know what he's actually doing. Or is he?
REINCARNATED ARISTOCRAT v1 is a gem. Not because it's exceedingly original and difficult to find, but because this story is nestled comfortably in a niche genre and the author executes its narrative to absolute perfection. This is not a reincarnation story with overpowered heroes, a harem of young hybrid animal ladies, or tales of gruesome death around every corner. This novel is about political gamesmanship, the methodical merging of economic and military interests, and the people-management calculations made in the shadows of increasingly corrupted statecraft.
This novel focuses on the people who manage the land, as well as the personal relationships, economic hardships, and territorial disputes that come with being a minor lord in a much larger chess game. Readers who want their feudal lordship brimming with bloodshed should look elsewhere. Similarly, readers who want their isekai narratives packed with inexplicably outsized magecraft should look elsewhere.
Ars's ability to view people's skills and abilities via an old school RPG status screen forms the foundation of the book's trajectory. He knows when a soldier might fare better as an archer, rather than as a hand-to-hand combatant. He also knows when a political leader is more heavily inclined toward betrayal than facile loyalty. And in the case of his unexpected engagement to a friendly lord's young daughter, Ars also knows when someone is shockingly skilled at political subterfuge.
AS A REINCARNATED ARISTOCRAT, I'LL USE MY APPRAISAL SKILL TO RISE IN THE WORLD v1 is a fun book but can be difficult to follow. The novel wields dozens of place names (territories, counties, countries), people (attendants, lords, dukes), and alliances (mercenary groups, duchy coups), and it pays to have a notepad at the ready. For example, Ars, the acting lord of the Lamberg territory, finds himself thrust into the spotlight, lending needed information and aid to House Pyres, which is guided by Count Lumeire Pyres, governor of the County of Canarre, in his support of Lord Couran Salemakhia, eldest son of the ailing Lord Amador Salemakhia, the Duke of Missian, of the Summerforth Empire. Got all that? The more complex version includes Lord Couran's rival (brother), Count Pyres's rivals (neighboring counties), a plausible assassination attempt, and more. This is not a book one can put down one day, and nonchalantly pick up a week later.
Layered and complicated though the character dynamics may be, the novel is written very loosely. The book is full of clever writing and amicable characters. Ars is overly cautious but more sarcastic than not. He shudders at the thought of using his appraisal skill to climb the political ranks ("Could you imagine just how much of a pain in the ass being an emperor would be?" page 54). Unfortunately, some supporting characters earn more space on the page than others, but there's plenty of room for them to grow.
Ars recruits a skilled mercenary as his personal retainer, locates and hires a marginally intelligent but comically vain mage to lead his army, and strikes a lucrative deal with a crossdressing information broker whose intelligence and combat prowess are second to none. Ars may find it a royal pain to seek out those capable of helping him achieve his or his greater lord's goals, but the deeper he wades into the waters of governance and intrigue, the more he values the hunt for what it is ("I was starting to appreciate that there was always a lot more to a person deep down than what my little power could tell me about them," page 273).
The novel's pensive approach to domestic statecraft, as well as its deliberately obsequious view of domestic political relations, includes social commentary on enslaved peoples, arranged marriages, feuds among royalty, the economics of betrayal, the imperatives of nursing a good strategist, and more. REINCARNATED ARISTOCRAT v1 goes deep, intentionally, and the book can feel like a tome packed with entertaining but immaterial lore, but in reality, everything boils down to "medieval territory management," as the author says in the afterword. Still, it's a gem.
REINCARNATED ARISTOCRAT v1 is a gem. Not because it's exceedingly original and difficult to find, but because this story is nestled comfortably in a niche genre and the author executes its narrative to absolute perfection. This is not a reincarnation story with overpowered heroes, a harem of young hybrid animal ladies, or tales of gruesome death around every corner. This novel is about political gamesmanship, the methodical merging of economic and military interests, and the people-management calculations made in the shadows of increasingly corrupted statecraft.
This novel focuses on the people who manage the land, as well as the personal relationships, economic hardships, and territorial disputes that come with being a minor lord in a much larger chess game. Readers who want their feudal lordship brimming with bloodshed should look elsewhere. Similarly, readers who want their isekai narratives packed with inexplicably outsized magecraft should look elsewhere.
Ars's ability to view people's skills and abilities via an old school RPG status screen forms the foundation of the book's trajectory. He knows when a soldier might fare better as an archer, rather than as a hand-to-hand combatant. He also knows when a political leader is more heavily inclined toward betrayal than facile loyalty. And in the case of his unexpected engagement to a friendly lord's young daughter, Ars also knows when someone is shockingly skilled at political subterfuge.
AS A REINCARNATED ARISTOCRAT, I'LL USE MY APPRAISAL SKILL TO RISE IN THE WORLD v1 is a fun book but can be difficult to follow. The novel wields dozens of place names (territories, counties, countries), people (attendants, lords, dukes), and alliances (mercenary groups, duchy coups), and it pays to have a notepad at the ready. For example, Ars, the acting lord of the Lamberg territory, finds himself thrust into the spotlight, lending needed information and aid to House Pyres, which is guided by Count Lumeire Pyres, governor of the County of Canarre, in his support of Lord Couran Salemakhia, eldest son of the ailing Lord Amador Salemakhia, the Duke of Missian, of the Summerforth Empire. Got all that? The more complex version includes Lord Couran's rival (brother), Count Pyres's rivals (neighboring counties), a plausible assassination attempt, and more. This is not a book one can put down one day, and nonchalantly pick up a week later.
Layered and complicated though the character dynamics may be, the novel is written very loosely. The book is full of clever writing and amicable characters. Ars is overly cautious but more sarcastic than not. He shudders at the thought of using his appraisal skill to climb the political ranks ("Could you imagine just how much of a pain in the ass being an emperor would be?" page 54). Unfortunately, some supporting characters earn more space on the page than others, but there's plenty of room for them to grow.
Ars recruits a skilled mercenary as his personal retainer, locates and hires a marginally intelligent but comically vain mage to lead his army, and strikes a lucrative deal with a crossdressing information broker whose intelligence and combat prowess are second to none. Ars may find it a royal pain to seek out those capable of helping him achieve his or his greater lord's goals, but the deeper he wades into the waters of governance and intrigue, the more he values the hunt for what it is ("I was starting to appreciate that there was always a lot more to a person deep down than what my little power could tell me about them," page 273).
The novel's pensive approach to domestic statecraft, as well as its deliberately obsequious view of domestic political relations, includes social commentary on enslaved peoples, arranged marriages, feuds among royalty, the economics of betrayal, the imperatives of nursing a good strategist, and more. REINCARNATED ARISTOCRAT v1 goes deep, intentionally, and the book can feel like a tome packed with entertaining but immaterial lore, but in reality, everything boils down to "medieval territory management," as the author says in the afterword. Still, it's a gem.
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