Like everyone, Ein was given a special ability when he was born. However, instead of something that would make him into a powerful adventurer, he received the Appraisal power. This power allows him to appraise the value and quality of items, which has only led to him being used and abused by adventuring parties.
On his most recent delve into the the dungeon, Ein is abandoned by his party and left for dead. However, as he plunges to the deepest depths of the dungeon, he meets a spirit who will turn his life around.
It’s probably never going to be anyone’s favorite series, but there’s nothing to really hate too much here either. If you are looking for more anime recommendations like Even Given the Worthless “Appraiser” Class, I’m Actually the Strongest, head on down below.
Anime Like Even Given the Worthless “Appraiser” Class, I’m Actually the Strongest
For Fans of Used, Abused Low Rank Adventurers Get Strong
Arifureta – From Commonplace to World’s Strongest
Otaku Hajime Nagumo and several of his classmates are summoned to a fantasy world and tasked with saving mankind. However, while his classmates are gifted with great abilities, Hajime only has transmutation skills that have no real offensive use.
He is soon betrayed by a classmate and sent into an abyss filled with monsters. Resolving to not die to the darkness, he struggles to survive and teams up with an imprisoned vampire to return to the world above.
Similarities Between Even Given the Worthless “Appraiser” Class, I’m Actually the Strongest and Arifureta
- Nice main character has a pretty useless skill
- The main character gets betrayed by his party and left for dead in a dungeon.
- At the bottom of a dungeon, he doesn’t die, but instead meets a girl and power scales wildly to become overpowered.
- Male main character gathers a whole harem of special/outcast girls
Differences Between Even Given the Worthless “Appraiser” Class, I’m Actually the Strongest and Arifureta
- The main character in Arifureta emerged from his ordeal angry, edgy, and bitter unlike Ein who remained as nice as the day he was left for dead.
- Arifureta is an isekai about a whole class sent to another world
- Arifureta is the less cheerful series since the main character is no longer quite so nice.
Failure Frame – I Became the Strongest and Annihilated Everything With Low-Level Spells
Touka Mimori has been summoned to another world alongside his classmates to act as heroes to protect the world.
While many of his classmates were accessed with magnificent abilities, Mimori only havs weak low level poison, paralyze, and sleep skills that are near useless for their low success rate. Being deemed pitiably weak, Vicius, the goddess who summoned the heroes, states that it has been tradition to dispose of weak heroes so as to not taint their legend.
Mimori suddenly finds himself transported to a dangerous dungeon and face-to-face with creatures that want to kill him. In an attempt to survive, he uses his worthless skills only to realize that they work almost every time. Quickly leveling, he escapes the dungeon and vows revenge on the goddess that cast him aside.
Similarities Between Even Given the Worthless “Appraiser” Class, I’m Actually the Strongest and Failure Frame
- Normal male main character has a weak skill that seems useless
- He is left for dead at the bottom of a dungeon
- He eventually escapes the dungeon, emerging from its deadly cocoon as an overpowered protagonist.
- He gathers a whole harem of outcast women that travel with him, but with a clear main love interest (who is a busty blonde girl)
Differences Between Even Given the Worthless “Appraiser” Class, I’m Actually the Strongest and Failure Frame
- The main character in Failure Frame is fairly pissed about being left for dead, and thus, the plot of the series is him going to kill the person who did it.
- Failure Frame is the darker, edgier, less wholesome series
- Failure Frame is an isekai about a whole class being sent to another world
- The main character in Failure Frame discovers that his “weak skill” is actually not weak, so he isn’t trained to be overpowered like Ein is in Even Given the Worthless Appraiser Class.
Berserk of Gluttony
In this world where everyone is born with a special skill, the useful skills find respect in society. Those with particularly good skills are often elevated into noble families and rise through the ranks of the Holy Knights that protect the people.
However, for people like Fate Graphite whose Gluttony skill just means he is always hungry, he struggles through each day just to stay fed.
However, one day Fate discovers the true nature of Gluttony. His skill awakens and allows him to absorb the stats and skills of everything he kills. However, the more he devours, the more he must devour or risk losing himself in a berserk starving state.
Similarities Between Even Given the Worthless “Appraiser” Class, I’m Actually the Strongest and Berserk of Gluttony
- Nice male main character is born with a useless skill that has relegated him to “errand boy” for more powerful people.
- Something happens and the main characters suddenly become overpowered adventurers, though they still remain fairly nice and normal in personality.
- The main character grows closer to a busty blonde lady that they have feelings for and who appears to have feelings for him.
Differences Between Even Given the Worthless “Appraiser” Class, I’m Actually the Strongest and Berserk of Gluttony
- Berserk of Gluttony is more of a discovery that he simply didn’t understand his skill, and it is actually overpowered.
- The overpowered nature of the main character in Berserk of Gluttony comes with the big risk of him going berserk if he doesn’t kill enough.
- Berserk of Gluttony is the more brutal series in that the main character does kill people and the combat can be quite savage.
The Most Notorious “Talker” Runs the World’s Greatest Clan
Ever since he was a child, Noel had wanted to become a powerful seeker like his grandfather Overdeath. He trained his body so he could slay beasts that emerge from the Abysses and explore the world. However, when he had his job appraised, it turns out he was just a Talker, a support class that is considered the absolute bottom tier in terms of combat abilities.
Although encouraged to continue to aim for his goal by his grandfather, Noel didn’t shy away from reality. Accepting that he will never become a great seeker on his own, he decides to start a clan and staff it with powerful individuals no matter what it takes.
Similarities Between Even Given the Worthless “Appraiser” Class, I’m Actually the Strongest and The Notorious Talker Runs the World’s Greatest Clan
- The main character has his innate skill be something seen as weak and is looked down on by others
- They train gruelingly to become overpowered in all respects
Differences Between Even Given the Worthless “Appraiser” Class, I’m Actually the Strongest and The Notorious Talker Runs the World’s Greatest Clan
- Notorious Talker has a more linear plot about him building his own clan, and not always using the most aboveboard means to do so.
- Notorious Talker has a more gender balanced cast and/or isn’t a harem affair.
- Notorious Talker is the darker, more sinister, less wholesome series
For Fans of Appraisal Skills
As a Reincarnated Aristocrat, I’ll Use My Appraisal Skill to Rise in the World
After passing away, a Japanese salaryman finds himself reincarnated in another world as Ars, the first-born son of the Louvent family, a minor lord in the Summerforth Empire.
As the world is plagued with inequality and political instability, Ars seeks to strengthen his small territory. However, the only special power he has is the ability to see the potential of others through his unique Appraisal skill. Using this skill to read their stats, he uses it to recruit and fill his retinue with enough skilled fighters and thinkers to safeguard his people from the wars to come.
Similarities Between Even Given the Worthless “Appraiser” Class, I’m Actually the Strongest and As a Reincarnated Aristocrat, I’ll Use My Appraisal Skill to Rise in the World
- The main character’s only special ability is appraising things, though in different ways
- The main character starts recruiting companions like they are Pokemon.
Differences Between Even Given the Worthless “Appraiser” Class, I’m Actually the Strongest and As a Reincarnated Aristocrat, I’ll Use My Appraisal Skill to Rise in the World
- As a Reincarnated Aristocrat is an isekai story, while Even Given The Worthless Appraiser Class is a standard fantasy adventure.
- As a Reincarnated Aristocrat focuses more on the main character improving the territory he oversees as a noble as well as fighting to defend it in wars.
- The appraisal skill in As a Reincarnated Aristocrat is really only something he can use to appraise people and their skills/potential. Even Given The Worthless Appraiser Class allows the main character to appraise everything EXCEPT people.
For Fans of Harem of Spirits
Date a Live
Thirty years ago, an explosion devastated East Asia, killing over 150 million people. In the present day, such “spacequakes” are now a common occurrence.
One day, Shidou Itsuka races to rescue his little sister from one such spacequake. However, when he is caught in the blast, he discovers a mysterious girl who turns out to be a Spirit. These girls are responsible for the devastation when they come crashing to Earth.
However, when Shidou is rescued by an anti-Spirit team, he discovers it is headed up by his little sister. Recruited in and tasked with neutralizing Spirits with extreme force, Shidou discovers he can come to a more peaceful solution – making the Spirits fall in love.
Similarities Between Even Given the Worthless “Appraiser” Class, I’m Actually the Strongest and Date a Live
- Normal guy main character tames one spirit by making her fall in love with him.
- The main character slowly amasses a whole harem of spirits
- Clear main love interest despite the numerous other interested parties.
Differences Between Even Given the Worthless “Appraiser” Class, I’m Actually the Strongest and Date a Live
- Date a Live is modern, if not slightly sci-fi in its setting
- Date a Live is very much a “date the girl if you want to save the world” sort of affair.
- Date a Live has grander, more frequent action.
Sekirei
One day, completely useless college student Minato Sahashi collides with a beautiful girl named Musubi. She is a Sekirei, a powerful humanoid that descended to earth.
She is fleeing from two of her own kind and suddenly kisses Minato to awaken her true power. Due to his special genes, Musubi asks Minato to stay by her side and fight in a survival game between the Sekirei.
The winner gets to ascend to the higher sky, but the fate of the Earth might just hang in the balance as well.
Similarities Between Even Given the Worthless “Appraiser” Class, I’m Actually the Strongest and Sekirei
- Nice, likable, fairly meek male main character has a spirit fall for him, and binds his life to hers.
- The main character slowly amasses more spirit girls, gathering them like Pokemon
- Clear main romantic interest, but still harem or harem-adjacent.
Differences Between Even Given the Worthless “Appraiser” Class, I’m Actually the Strongest and Sekirei
- Sekirei is more urban fantasy in that it takes place in our world, but spirit girls are secretly fighting each other here.
- Sekirei is very clearly a harem, and a pretty ecchi one. Even Given The Worthless Appraiser Class is more debatable as its status as a harem, and not especially ecchi.
- Sekirei has more of a focus on action, though it is usually the girls fighting and not the male main character.
Tales of Wedding Rings
Ever since they met mysteriously as children, Satou has has a crush on his childhood friend and neighbor, Hime. After mysteriously appearing with her grandfather 10 years ago, he learns that Hime is moving away.
Mustering up all of his nerve to confess his feelings before she leaves, he discovers that “moving away” means going back to the fantasy world she came from in the first place to get married to a fiancee she never met.
Not giving it a second thought, Satou follows her through the portal, confesses his feelings, and marries her instead of the fiancee that her kingdom chose for her.
Now, not only does Satou have a beautiful new wife, but he discoveres that she is the bearer of one of five powerful rings that the Ring King will don to fight the Abyss King that threatens the world. However, the new Ring King Satou must now obtain these rings by marrying four other women.
Similarities Between Even Given the Worthless “Appraiser” Class, I’m Actually the Strongest and Tales of Wedding Rings
- Nice, easy-to-like male main character travels through a fantasy world
- Collecting wives and/or spirits throughout various places in the world is the plot and reason for their journey.
- Clear main romantic interest, but still harem or harem-adjacent.
Differences Between Even Given the Worthless “Appraiser” Class, I’m Actually the Strongest and Tales of Wedding Rings
- Tales of Wedding Rings is an isekai where the main character is supposed to be saving the world.
- Tales of Wedding Rings is very clearly a harem and a very ecchi one. Even Given The Worthless Appraiser Class is more debatable as its status as a harem, and not especially ecchi.
- Ein in Even Given The Worthless Appraiser Class is trained to be powerful. The main character in Tale of Wedding Rings isn’t trained and isn’t too terribly good at combat, but has to fight anyway.
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