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Sep 27, 2023
Preliminary (5/12 eps)
If you enjoyed "Ascendance of a Bookworm" and "Parallel World Pharmacy" I would recommend this anime as well. Despite all three anime following that same story path; The MCs all have a very specific goals they want to achieve, but they die before they could achieve it, Its interesting to see this from different job perspectives; A librarian, A pharmacist, and a baker. When they become reincarnated they still have their dream, but because of their new circumstances, there's a several obstacles that prevent the quickest path forward to that end goal. Because they all are from a different world and still remember their past lives, they have knowledge of doing new things that their current world doesn't possess, like new recipes and technologies.
Sorry its a vague sentence, but I don't want to spoil any specific details because it was enjoyable to watch on how each character overcomes their challenges.

Knowing all this, I do put "Ascendance of a Bookworm" in first place, only because there's more seasons out and the story is more engaging with their world building and the way they showcase classism in the society, even in season 1. There isn't any annoying characters, but the MC will have her moments of being too focused on her dream.

Second would be "Parallel World Pharmacy" because of how they broach the idea of someone who is younger knowing more then their top Pharmacist. Although, currently, the world building is lacking, despite constantly saying the MC is some great being (You find this out very quickly, ep1, so I don't count this as a spoiler). I only wish they had elaborated on plot points that could have expanded the world building, instead of it just being; Here is an issue that could be detrimental to the MC's wellbeing and secret! oh, look. It was resolved in an episode or 2. But still, no annoying characters, which seams the norm in isekai anime.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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