Audience reviews
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AeroGunz
“Didn’t I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life?!” is what happens when You almost understand the structure and form of a parody.
As much as I hate to admit it, given how cliché this show is overall, I was actually impressed a few times with the writing. Unlike most comedy / parody shows, this one uses contrast rather effectively in a few places. The main gripe I have with a lot of shows that try to poke fun at cliches, stereotypes and genres in general is that they rapid fire, not so funny, jokes at You and hope You get entertained. That’s not how You write a meaningful comedy. You need contrast to let the jokes breathe and for the viewer to have something more meaningful. Otherwise You run the risk that Your audience will forget about your show the moment it ends. Having a g…
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Watashi, Nouryoku wa Heikinchi de tte Itta yo ne!" is an isekai that fully embraces its charm, comedy, and overpowered protagonist in the best possible way. It starts with a wish to live a normal life — and turns that into a hilarious and heartwarming adventure where nothing goes quite as planned.
The strength of this anime lies in its balance: it’s cute but not shallow, action-packed but not overwhelming, and funny without losing emotional depth. The friendships between the characters are genuine and enjoyable, giving the show a strong emotional core amid the jokes and magical antics.
Visually, it's colorful and expressive, with a light art style that fits its cheerful tone perfectly. The series also enjoys poking fun at isekai clichés while still delivering satisfying fantasy elements,…
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The anime is not bad in itself, but comparing it with other animes of its season then you could say that it is
a not so average isekai with little touches of CGDCT. Still, the aspect of the tenderness and the regretful emotional scenes is something I can highlight about this anime.
As you read, the anime adaptation has skipped the arc of the academy where "Adele" was, which is considered important to empathize with our protagonist and understand her even better, but personally, it is not that difficult to connect. with her and the main group of friends she has, they are just different personalities and necessary for this isekai story to work.
In short, if you're going to watch this anime, do it mainly to have a good time, just enjoy it as much as you can. ☕💕
-Translated from English to…
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DISCLAIMER
This is my opinion as someone who vividly read the source material, the light novel, and thus comparing it to it in context of adaptation.
I am not saying it shouldn't be enjoyable or if it were bad but I am just talking about how this adaptation physically and mentally hurts me.
END OF DISCLAIMER
When i started reading the light novel i started taking a massive liking to the writing style, characterization and way of making use of a more realistic approach to young women traveling as an adventurers party.
This adaptation may be enjoyable by itself but I feel nothing but massive dread when comparing it to the source material.
Characters whos character got completely changed (Reina), complete change of morals in the world (where did the swimsuit episode come from??), skipping…
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I see your CGDCT anime hiding behind the guise of an isekai. It's not even the first fantasy anime I've seen do that. The fact that this is an isekai is just a byproduct of it's light novel origins, that and it's stupid title and gimmicky premise. You can lamp shade isekai tropes all you want, it doesn't make them any less overused. Why not just have it be in a normal fantasy setting? The story doesn't even need to change, just have the main girl be so strong because she's secretly from that royal family. But then they can't make constant meta jokes about otaku culture and other Japanese stuff.
Maybe I'm just too cynical, but it's hard to come at these shows with a fresh eye every time. They just won't stop making them, and they probably won't any time soon. I guess you might as well enjo…
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I love me some generic Isekai trash. I’m content to watch a quirky, overpowered protagonist carve a niche out for themselves in generic fantasyland with whatever twist they bring to the formula. Even if it’s narratively stale, I’m usually satisfied, and I’m likewise happy to recommend whatever I just watched to my anime-watching kindred spirits.
I can’t recommend Watashi, Nouryoku wa Heikinchi de tte Itta yo ne! (henceforth abbreviated God Bless Me?) to anyone, though. It’s a shame, since it began with such a cute premise.
Story: 1/10
The story begins with a simple enough premise. Mile, with her freakishly high power level, does her best at the Hunter Academy to be as average as possible. Though she blunders in hiding her skills, she succeeds in making friends and forming an adventuring…
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OVERALL (4)
There's really not much gained or lost from watching this series. It's essentially slice-of-life with half-bothered storylines. Which is always fine and fun, of course, but makes it rather lackluster as it's not strong with its comedic flair or even its moe factor.
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STORY (2)
Basic premise, basic writing, and I'm definitely not going to read the light novel after watching this. For starters, the worldbuilding is seemingly hardly constructed -- interesting, yes, but the way the writing's gone about things is so speedy that I imagine the light novel didn't expect to last longer than a handful of simple character introduction/resolution arcs, and then had to think of a deeper story.
And (very vague spoiler) that stuff at the end when Mile is struggling with a particular…
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Youkosou to the review of a generic anime by a person who's simply bored and sleepy. I'll try to make this review as straightforward as possibly and not too stretched.
Story : 8/10
First half of the series is good. Though its pretty much the generic MC flexing. The comedy adds a touch to it, making it amusing and enjoying to watch.
The second half of the series is an utter disappointment. It was tainted with unnecessary drama which ruins the tranquil and serenity the show had built.
The story can be drastically improved if it simply becomes a full-fledged comedy show like Endro. It's either that or the story has to be very good in order for the drama to be "acceptable".
Art : 9/10
Project No.9 is known for making shit isekais. But this is probably the best one they've made. The…
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I Wished to Be Born Average This Time! is a show with an absolutely PROFOUND concept... but tragically face plants at every available opportunity.
There are som many glaring structural failings of Average that... it would take all year to name them. And that's just in the first episode! The biggest FIVE problems (and yes I am judging this after watching the full thing) are 1: The "Idol Syndrome" 2: The refusal to tell the Crimson Vow her true backstory, 3: Skipping the school days, 4: Ruining the backstory(s), and 5: not committing to the bit.
I will start at the bottom. #5: Not committing to the Bit-
Average REFUSES to let their dark characters BE dark. Basically, they want to have their cake and eat it too. They want a light-hearted romp with "cute" girls doing "cute" things to sell fi…
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Another iseakai anime, well honestly I WANT A SECOND SEASON HEREEEE!!! The story of this anime was up and down sometimes good sometimes bad but, just like in the genre most of it are for comedy purposes, however, even though its comedy the story still quite caught my attention because, how the main character (or Mile) actually develops in the story, how she actually slowly shows that she is strong. And this kind of scenes really stir up my attention and likings. Really have to compliment this anime at the end it ended in such a way that you would really like for a second season, ANDDDDD, IT ENDED IN SUCH A WAY THAT THERE IS STILL SECOND SEASON. So let us support it and have patient and wait for it.
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The first few episodes seemed somewhat promising, as despite the lack of an interesting story/characters there was at least the occasional joke I found genuinely funny. There were lots of meta jokes pointing out how stupidly stereotypical everything happening was; these seemed to stop around episode 3 or 4, and by then I was just watching the most stereotypical isekai ever made.
The story was completely lacking; there was no goal, stakes, or actual wordbuilding until the final episode. The characters were all pretty one-dimensional, the strongest of which was definitely Mile, although the "small boob joke" (you know the one), and her constantly breaking down crying at every opportunity didn't exactly help. The boob joke has to be the most unfunny joke in anime, it's been reused 1000 times…
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To begin with, I stress that the only reason I picked this show up and endured all the way to the end was because the creative team behind this was also responsible for some of my favourite shows from the past few years, including Yuru Yuri, Uzamaid, Sabagebu and the list goes on. Basically wacky comedies with a reliance on slapstick to get its point across. Simple, wholesome and very effective. Come Noukin however, and I honestly wondered what happened to the team.
The series started out decently enough, a bit overly reliant on referential humour and running gags, but it still worked decently enough. Then came episode 4 and oh boy after this the show was never the same again. The main problem that permeates this, (and Kotoura-san I add) is that Ohta and team can not do Drama. At all. The…
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you have to watch this super funny, full of parodies, overpowered main character anime.. yea yea.. another isekai movie, died because of truck-kun, and become overpowered.. BUT thats the whole point of this anime as it is doing funny stuff and parodies all over the episodes. The anime feels kinda like a slice of life, anime but in the last part, the story is going forward as they finally found a something to investigate.. too bad it ends right at there. hope season 2 will be announced soon! easily one of my favourite anime series of this season! super super enjoy this anime series. 9/10
Read at the sourceHajictan
best thing: the opening I will miss those on my Mondays.
anime was okay, fun to watch and have a chill time to get back home and have an episode to enjoy.
The last episode they decided to add the story, but well this one is not likely to get a second season so for those like me who will watch and forget this, the last episode was a farewell to a soothing Monday.
cringe, a lot of it but fun to watch if you do not start nitpicking faults, better to do it once you have seen and enjoyed all of it >:3
characters were lovable and funny but sometimes a little too much, especially MC from time to time was over the top 7/10
the story was, apart from the last episode, cute girls doing adventurer stuff nothing more 3/10
music was really enjoyable and catchy for the opening but during the episode…
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Right off the bat Ive just got to say, this is an amazing series.
This anime was honestly such a breath of fresh air with it being an isekai with a female main protaganist. We dont have nearly enough of those so this series was such a treat to watch. In the same vein Slice of life anime in my opinion have sort of reached a wall of originality or at least Im sort of tired of them so getting a slice of life anime about adventurer girls doing their day to day life is the perfect combination. It took my love for Isekai anime, and my love for Slice of Life anime, and combined them making this beautiful creation.
The cast is absolutely lovable and all have a quirk of some sort to give them character. Mile doesnt know about the absurdness of her powers leading to some hilarious reactions when s…
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Cute girls doing cute shit, the anime.
Abilities Average is one of my favourite light novel series. So, when I heard it was getting an anime adaptation, needless to say, I was extremely happy. However, I quickly realised that as with many of my favourite light novel adaptations this year *cough cough Arifureta, the studio was going to butcher the source material, skip entire arcs and change the story around completely.
Now, that's a big deal for me as someone who is a LN reader, but if you go into this as an anime only, you may have a totally different experience and opinion. However, for me this was a huge let down. As for the story we do get in the anime, it is still pretty entertaining, we get a unique take on the most popular anime genre. Unlike other generic isekai protags, Adele w…
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I despise this series, it has everything that I hate in a comedy series, and even being the iseaki trash I am I can't justify this. The jokes are repetitive and not funny, there were close to no moments that I generally liked, and I hate myself for watching this.
Firstly I wanna say what I did like, that one episode where they were around the campfire sharing stories it was wholesome and I did enjoy that, I love the OP even though I wish I didn't, and a few of the anime references the put in. That's about it.
Firstly the comedy is dreadful. It's mainly about Adele being like, "I just wanna be average", and she gets her wish just not the way she wanted. She "tries" not to show her power to anyone, but whenever someone says flat, she turns into a rage like, "YOU CALLE…
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"You can attack me as many times as you like. I'll heal up every single time, and then bring this staff down upon the head of the person who insulted my friends." - Pauline, very cutely, and with a cute smile. I think you can see where this is going...
My feelings about 'Didn't I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life?!' (Noukin) can be summed up with four simple words: I LOVE this show! That's right, I fucking said it: I. FUCKING. LOVE. THIS. SHOW. Do something about it.
Because there are a few aspects of this show which will displease those who use a fine crystal wine glass to savor the aroma of their farts, here is a friendly little disclaimer:
- Yes, it's another isekai anime.
- Yes, there are plenty of tropes.
- Yes, it probably doesn't follow the source material to the…
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The ever expanding world of Isekai light novels just keep getting bigger and bigger with all kinds of similar but weird concepts, but what if I told you that a change will actually cast some new light onto these stories and shed an entirely new function that is still a good watch? That's the result of "Watashi, Nouryoku wa Heikinchi de tte Itta yo ne!", with the main MC being reincarnated (for reasons obvious) with a wish of wanting to be average in the next world (but who cares, the Isekai gods aren't wavering, so they STILL made her look OP instead).
But as-is with the elephant in the room, I have to address this serious problem: "Do changes outside of the source materials make or break them?" This is always an ongoing issue that we have experienced time and time again, and you can say…
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FUNA’s anime adaptation follows a common trend in recent years with the flood of fantasy isekai. Abilities Average (the shortened title I’ll be referring to) doesn’t demand much on the creative side as we witness the transformation of a teenage girl into an overpowered adventurer. Joining main female protagonist Mile includes Reina, Pauline, and Reina. Are you ready to watch an adventure with these four goofballs?
Clocking in at 12 episodes, the early warning flag raised is the faithfulness of the anime adaptation. Unfortunately, it’s easy to say the anime decided to condense the material in order to maintain a flow of the overall series. Rather than following a faithful roadmap, the anime omits Mile's days at academy and instead puts her right into the 4-girls group as we are most famili…
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