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"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 skill: 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 choice: recruit the most talented individuals his skill can find, and rise up to new heights in his brand new world!

Source: Kodansha"

Genre(s): Isekai

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We had an eerily similar isekai just a couple years back, but the 'sim city' approach to finding and surrounding oneself with competent people being more important that being a deity oneself hasn't gotten old yet. Thankfully, the protagonist starts with tension in the form of a crumbling empire on the verge of collapse, and it will be his people's problem before long. Recruiting a retinue of specialists to avert these crisis feels much more engaging than 'living the slow life out in the country', or some other trite crap. Even though the mage girl's hatred of nobility has dulled her logical sensibilities (who could better uplift your orphan family than an actual noble you work for?), she has potential as a spunky character. I'm on board so far.