Tensei Kizoku, Kantei Skill de Nariagaru 2nd Season

Title: Tensei Kizoku and Kantei Skill de Nariagaru
Genre: Isekai, Fantasy, Strategy
Studio: J.C. Staff
Episodes: 12 (Season 2)
Aired: Fall 2024

Tensei Kizoku and Kantei Skill de Nariagaru are back for a second season, and it came out fast! If you’re still buzzing from the first season, you’ll be thrilled to know that this continuation picks up right where it left off—no time skips, no filler, just straight back into the action (well, as much "action" as the MC's appraising abilities allow, anyway).

Synopsis Refresher:
The story follows a man who dies and gets reincarnated as a noble in a small, conflict-ridden country. The twist? Our protagonist doesn’t have the usual ... O.P. combat powers or mind-blowing strategies. Instead, he has one simple but unique talent: the ability to appraise people. While this might not sound flashy, it’s surprisingly effective—he can see the hidden strengths and potential of those around him, allowing him to assemble a team of talented companions to help build the peaceful nation he dreams of.

If you haven’t watched season one, here's a fair warning: jumping into this without any context will leave you scratching your head. But for those already invested, this feels like a natural continuation—more like the next episode rather than a whole new season, which is excellent if you like consistency!

Season Two Impressions:
So far, the series keeps up its vibe—no earth-shattering battles or over-the-top power-ups, but it delivers on some solid strategy, political intrigue, and character development. The MC’s knack for scheming without ever having to pick up a sword continues to be a fun twist. If you’re into anime that focuses on building alliances, developing kingdoms, and outsmarting opponents with clever (but sometimes simple) plans, this one remains a good watch.

The character progression feels steady, and you can sense that the story is gearing up for something epic. It’s laying down the foundations—building relationships, preparing for conflict—and you know a bigger payoff is on the horizon.

Final Thoughts:
If you enjoyed season one, you’re in for a treat. It’s more of the same in the best way possible. However, this one won't change your mind if you didn’t vibe with the first season. It’s not trying to reinvent itself; it’s just continuing to build on the solid base it already established.

Either way, I’m glad I can watch more of this isekai goodness. It’s the kind of show that knows what it’s doing and does it well.

This is just going to be a rant, excuse me.

I can't stand shows in which the characters are illogical and stupid because of lazy writing and to progress the story.

The supposedly smart characters are not actually smart either, they pull schemes out of their ass that somehow just work conveniently for the plot, even if it makes no sense when you think about it. It disrespects my slightly above average intelligence.

The interaction between characters also feels forced. Most of the time it's over the top teenage sentimental BS. You know when the characters dramatize their irrational emotions then get some phony talk-no-jutsu by the MC? ... Yeah.

I watched the whole first season, it started strong but fell off fast. Then the first 4 episodes of the 2nd season are just unbearable. Just another one in the pile of barely passable isekai. I don't know if I'd categorize it as isekai, the MC seems to lose all maturity, knowledge and wisdom from his past life and act like a regular kid, regardless of the past memories he possess.

World building is decent though.

This is a show that seems written for, and by, children.

The characters are one-dimensional, with each simply having one characteristic they're supposed to excel at, and that's their entire character, other than their blind loyalty for Ars.

Ars, the main character, continues his lackluster performance from season 1 where, despite the entire show being premised on him A) being a reincarnated adult and 2) having a unique ability to "appraise" people, neither of these characteristics is ever used properly and in fact in almost every episode they aren't used at all. Ars is less a MC and more an annoyingly naive walking camera so we ... can watch the other characters in the show do his job for him. He almost never makes any real decisions other than to "trust" his companions, never leads his forces, never does much of anything except give incredibly generic ra-ra speeches. He could be replaced with a moderately limited sound board of "I believe in you" phrases and the show would not be much different. In fact, he could be removed from the show entirely without much difference. Because he never provides any meaningful leadership or uses his reincarnated memories at all and virtually never uses his ability, when he does use his ability it's almost always for no reason and doesn't affect the story, and because the only times he's actually affected the story is to find a handful of super-characters which other forces have equivalents to WITHOUT his ability to find people, it's arguable that Ars adds literally nothing to the show at all.

If you're here for military strategy instead of isekai, prepare to be disappointed as well. The animation of battles is some of the worst I've ever seen, with a combination of slide-show graphics and entire armies represented as badly drawn groups of 3-5 people. The "strategy" from the "s-class" strategists invariably ends up to be blindingly obvious to anyone who isn't an idiot, almost always coming down to a variation of "more people defeats less people" or "what if we...attack harder? ZOMG." or "let's not just attack with 100% of our army and leave the entire rest of the country undefended." Who could possibly have thought of that? Every once in a while they'll pull something which is supposed to be strategic, but instead really feels more like unexplained omniscience and luck, AKA plot armor.

The voice acting is fine and the character design is fine, at least as long as the scenes don't have many characters and/or they aren't moving. That's it. That's the only redeeming quality of this show.

This is a terrible show and I don't understand how it's getting its rating.