(CR) As a Reincarnated Aristocrat, I'll Use My Appraisal Skill to Rise in the World

[Alchemist007]

I was thinking, aren't you from the world of LiveLeak?

[scififan]

Originally Posted by Alchemist007

I was thinking, aren't you from the world of LiveLeak?

Not everyone is into watching those stuffs. Using Skyrim intro would be more appropriate for the gamer.

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[thundrakkon]

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Originally Posted by Kakkou

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How much do you remember from 30 years ago? How much do you remember from your childhood?


Memories are a tricky thing, and they are just that, memories. How the brain processes the memory is still yet another issue. How the brain conveniently hides certain thoughts while keeping others also comes into play.


Now, add into that the hormones that plays into peoples feelings, desires, and maturity. He is not the same person as before.


So all in all, if the protagonist died and is reborn as another person, then he is a new person, not that adult you think he is. At best, he retains some data, i.e. information, that he can pull from his past life like a Google search. He is no longer an adult at this point.

[FlareKnight]

It's kind of funny that Licia's dad both gets mad at Ars and actually works through that anger all on his own . Ars didn't really have to do much of anything to calm him down. Though I guess that's the way it goes for the leader in his position. Have to process things and move on quickly.

I do think it's cute that Licia was upset at Ars' next letter being late. And that unease got her father fired up! Can't afford to forget to keep in contact with his fiance .

Glad also that Ars didn't just stick to the "you don't have to bow your head" and actually found his footing. What he needed to say was that he'd make sure Licia was happy and he did that.

Respect to the kid for putting in the effort to do everything he can. But his greatest talent is finding talent. It's good to be able to protect himself, but there are things only he can do. Plus again...that body is 11 years old. There's only so much he can do!

And regardless of what lives he's lived or anything else, it's not a shock that seeing someone's head come tumbling off would be...shocking. And admittedly the point is fair enough. Getting shaken up by something like that would make leading troops a tall order. And the last thing they need would be everything falling apart because they were worried about a freaking out or passed out Ars.

Originally Posted by thundrakkon

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Originally Posted by Kakkou

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How much do you remember from 30 years ago? How much do you remember from your childhood?


Memories are a tricky thing, and they are just that, memories. How the brain processes the memory is still yet another issue. How the brain conveniently hides certain thoughts while keeping others also comes into play.


Now, add into that the hormones that plays into peoples feelings, desires, and maturity. He is not the same person as before.


So all in all, if the protagonist died and is reborn as another person, then he is a new person, not that adult you think he is. At best, he retains some data, i.e. information, that he can pull from his past life like a Google search. He is no longer an adult at this point.

That really is it. He's lived quite some time as Ars. It's his life now. Certainly memories of his past life exist and have value. But in the end they are memories. He's lived for a long time in this second childhood so not surprisingly his mentality matches the form.

Plus let's face it. Not the first isekai that makes itself an isekai to get people's eyes on the material and then mostly discards it since it isn't actually central to the story. The key factor for Ars is his ability. Being from another world or having lived through a past life isn't really impacting his path in this life.

[Dark Wing]

Originally Posted by Frontier

We're at the point where a character having memories of being in Japan is pretty negligible .

Once again an Isekai that didn't need to be an Isekai...

[Huh...?]

Originally Posted by Dark Wing

Once again an Isekai that didn't need to be an Isekai...

Sometimes Authors make a Series Isekai, purely for the fact that they want to add a certain level of maturity to their character since young age.

Like, in this series, if MC wasn't a Isekai'ed person, he wouldn't have actually used his Appraisal Skill to search for possible candidates at such a young age.
Atmost he wouldn't have started using the skill to hire people until he was the next head or he was in his teens.
That's because a child of under 10 wouldn't really have understood the value of his own skill.

Well I know you can make the counter-argument that the author didn't need to have the MC story start for his infancy/childhood. He could have started from his Teenage instead, which is also true. But many author do want to cover the story since birth to show that the MC is exceptional.

Also removing the Isekai part would have just changed its tag from Generic Isekai to Generic Fantasy, so nothing much of a difference.

I really don't understand why there is such a hate towards Isekai genre.
If you complain about over usage, well that doesn't only apply to Isekai, it applies to every written fiction.

[Dark Wing]

Hey I usually got no problem with Isekai. It's when the past life or past experiences has little to no impact on their story that I raise an eyebrow.

[scififan]

Originally Posted by Dark Wing

Hey I usually got no problem with Isekai. It's when the past life or past experiences has little to no impact on their story that I raise an eyebrow.

Too many eyebrows have been raised.
Exploring the fantasy world doesn't need to a strict requirement. For example, the story El Hazard doesn't relies on too many past experiences. The wonder of the isekai story is journeying in a new world.

There are indeed many isekai stories relies on past experiences. The protagonists become wealthy by trading in both worlds.

[Anh_Minh]

Originally Posted by scififan

Too many eyebrows have been raised.
Exploring the fantasy world doesn't need to a strict requirement. For example, the story El Hazard doesn't relies on too many past experiences. The wonder of the isekai story is journeying in a new world.

Except here we don't really have that, because the MC is living his life like a native of the fantasy world, even if he's got a fancy superpower.

[scififan]

Originally Posted by Anh_Minh

Except here we don't really have that, because the MC is living his life like a native of the fantasy world, even if he's got a fancy superpower.

It still doesn't change the definition, since it is reincarnation(転生), summoned(召喚) or transferred(転移).

異世界転生・転移・召喚

[Frontier]

We finally see everybody in action during a fierce battle and they're putting their all into it! Even Lord Raven, fighting with all he has left even as his body fails him...and he succeeds, to the bitter end .

Ars is putting his all and then some into his training as well, feeling responsible for putting his father through this even with his ailing health because of Ars' inadequacies, and taking as many lumps as it takes to catch up to his father .

And of course Licia shows up out of concern and to be there for Ars. She's kicking herself for not being able to be with him during this difficult period in his life, but she's here now, even though after seeing how hard he's working she can't bring herself to talk to him .

Charlotte really does have literally no sense of decorum, huh ?

Lord Raven is conscious again and imparting his last request onto Ars' recruits. He was a surrogate father to all of them, and all he can ask of them is that they take care of Ars in his stead...because at the end of the day, he's just a father who wanted to protect his son. And the trio will always loyally serve Ars, just as they served Lord Raven .

It's tragic that Licia finally gets to speak with her father-in-law just as he's on his deathbed, but it's nice that they were able to spend at least some time together and Licia was able to find out why Raven chose her to be Ars' wife. He knew Ars would need her kindness and maturity to help him get through this, and nothing makes him happier than knowing she genuinely loves him with all her heart .

Lord Raven was once a boy like Ars who dreamed of being a soldier and having the noble gaiety he saw in the governor of Missian one day, and that dream carried him towards his current status as head of House Louvent with his own domain. And Raven made his own choices, so Ars has no responsibility for his final fate, but he does have a responsibility to uphold everything his father held dear...their family, their people, and their honor .

I don't think there's any better way Raven could go out than by having one last talk with son, spending time with his family, all through the night until his death. And thus were the last moments of Lord Raven .

Ars is now the head of House Louvent, and he has the love of his people, Licia, and his retainers supporting him as he succeeds his father and promises to do all that he can to honor him and the faith he and the people placed in him. And now Ars' story has truly begun .

Watch out Ars, looks like Hitomi Nabatame is coming up .

[stray]

Oh shit we made it back to episode 1, and the drunken oneesan isn't even on the dream team yet.

[frodonk]

To be honest, I forgot that this was an isekai, even if it's in the title, it hasn't really been relevant to the story

[Strahan]

Yep, easy to forget when the isekai doesn't leverage the past life experience or even mention it at all past the first ep.

I was gonna say it's a bit weird for the fiancé to come running over real late at night but then I had to remember she's a little kid. Surprised that her noble parents weren't like "oh hell no you aren't going there at this hour, get back in here!" lol.

At the funeral I saw they did lord-father flashbacks for titty mage, mini mastermind and the fiancé but I didn't see one for the warrior kid. Thought that was odd.

Originally Posted by FlareKnight

That really is it. He's lived quite some time as Ars. It's his life now. Certainly memories of his past life exist and have value. But in the end they are memories. He's lived for a long time in this second childhood so not surprisingly his mentality matches the form.

Ehh. I can't see why someone would mentally regress though. It doesn't matter if the memories are old; they are still the foundation that his personality was built upon. I may not clearly remember a lot of things from forty or fifty years ago, but they still shaped who I am today. Doesn't matter that I'm several decades away from the memories. Maybe if when he wakes up as a baby his past life is like a dream; fleeting and hard to remember once you wake up. Then I could see having a personality shift but if he wakes up as a baby no different than I'd wake up in bed tomorrow, I can't see why he'd suddenly start acting like a little kid.

[Frontier]

Originally Posted by Strahan

I was gonna say it's a bit weird for the fiancé to come running over real late at night but then I had to remember she's a little kid. Surprised that her noble parents weren't like "oh hell no you aren't going there at this hour, get back in here!" lol.

I think it probably helps that Licia's dad is a family friend.

At the funeral I saw they did lord-father flashbacks for titty mage, mini mastermind and the fiancé but I didn't see one for the warrior kid. Thought that was odd.

Rietz had his flashback when he punched the wall.

[FlareKnight]

Honestly I liked this episode. Lot of good little moments throughout. Licia rushing over that late was pretty extreme, but it just shows how much she cares at this point. Even feeling that something is off from Ars' writing (which he did continue even during all this) shows that she's really paying attention. In the end there wasn't much she herself could do about it (that was better left to Ars' father) but it did allow her to be there to talk with Raven near the end.

Ars throwing himself into combat training wasn't unexpected. In the end the only thing that could help calm his mind was the chat near the end with his father. Blame can go in any given direction. Though I'm not sure I agree that he should have taken Ars to battlefield before he was 10, it just shows the situation was what it was. The timing before Raven's health started failing him wasn't ideal. If nothing else I do respect Raven taking ownership of his own life and death. It wasn't Ars' fault he was on that battlefield, it was the culmination of Raven's way of living. Ars needs to let his father have that.

It's a lot of weight and responsibility for Ars to take up. But he's found some elite talents and is well supported. Good friends, good fighters, and a fiance that is absolutely head over heels in love with him. Not all that bad .

Originally Posted by Strahan

Yep, easy to forget when the isekai doesn't leverage the past life experience or even mention it at all past the first ep.

I was gonna say it's a bit weird for the fiancé to come running over real late at night but then I had to remember she's a little kid. Surprised that her noble parents weren't like "oh hell no you aren't going there at this hour, get back in here!" lol.

At the funeral I saw they did lord-father flashbacks for titty mage, mini mastermind and the fiancé but I didn't see one for the warrior kid. Thought that was odd.

I'm fine with the choice since Rietz got his flashback before Raven actually died. May not have been a quick conversation, but the silent nature of it got across the bond that existed between them. Things started out with Rietz proving himself in combat and they obviously fought side by side for years. As fellow swordsmen (and Rietz being there the longest) I like that his flashback came first and reflected how broken up he was over Raven's impending death.