Don't let the schoolgirl fool you -- this is actually a comprehensive treatment of the "person from earth ends up in fantasy world trope," and lets you play characters much more diverse than Kagome from Inuyasha! It falls short on the actual execution in several ways, though.
First, the moves. Most of them are actually really cool and flavourful, and I like how it's designed to make the character stand out for better AND for worse. A lot of the advanced moves seem like basic, character-defining things, though, the kind that you SHOULD get at least one of starting at level 1. (You don't even get a fighting style at level 1, but you DO get to pester the NPC who brought you here literally whenever you want. And it says you get "useful knowledge [or] a boon" every time, with no drawback.)
So, it's roughly half "a handful of different, well-written tropes based on this concept," and half "a grab bag of multiclass stuff." And most of it you only get through leveling up.
Second, the editing. While the prose itself is well-written and I didn't catch any problems with it, there are some pretty noticeable layout errors. The ones I caught: The "Someone's Got To" move's title is merged with one of the bullets from Revered as the Chosen One, and the second page of advanced moves in the playbook itself is labeled "Gear." These aren't really BIG things, but they give the impression of haphazard work.
I don't think it's unsalvageable, though. At the very least, it makes a good starting point for someone who wanted to make this trope their own.
(Also, it's CC-By-SA licensed.)
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