Even Given the Worthless "Appraiser" Class, I'm Actually the Strongest (不遇職【鑑定士】が実は最強だった～奈落で鍛えた最強の【神眼】で無双する～) is a Japanese light novel series written by Ibarakino and illustrated by Hitaki Yuu. It was serialized online from December 2019 to January 2022 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō. It was later acquired by Kodansha, who have published four volumes since October 2020 under their Kodansha Ranobe Books imprint. A manga adaptation with art by Morohoshi Fuji has been serialized online via Kodansha's Magazine Pocket website since July 2020 and has been collected in sixteen volumes. The manga is licensed digitally in North America by Kodansha USA. An anime television series adaptation produced by Okuruto Noboru aired from January to March 2025.
Plot
In a fantasy world similar to a role-playing game, Ein is a boy who was mistreated and mocked for being assigned the Appraiser job, which is considered weak. One day, his party is surrounded by a pack of monsters, and they abandon him to save themselves. Wounded and unable to escape the dungeon, he jumps off of a cliff, but awakens with his injuries healed underneath a Yggdrasil tree, which is located in an even more dangerous dungeon. Yuri, the Yggdrasil's spirit, quickly grows attached to Ein and has her guardian, Ursula, care for him; they grant him a magical Spirit's Eye, and begin training him in combat so he will be strong enough to return to the surface. After reaching this goal, Ein and Yuri go on a journey so that Yuri can meet her sisters, the other Yggdrasil spirits.