Didn't I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life?!

Didn't I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life?! (私、能力は平均値でって言ったよね!, Watashi, Nōryoku wa Heikinchi de tte Itta yo ne!) is a Japanese light novel series written by FUNA and illustrated by Itsuki Akata. A manga adaptation by Neko Mint began serialization in 2016. Both the light novel and manga have been licensed in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment. An anime television series adaptation by Project No.9 aired from October 7 to December 23, 2019. From December 2021, comicalization has been serialized in the "Gangan ONLINE" app version (Square Enix).

Watashi, Nouryoku wa Heikinchi de tte Itta yo ne! began as a web novel on Shousetsuka ni Narou on January 14, 2016. Earth Star Entertainment has released a revised and illustrated version of the series since May 14, 2016 under its Earth Star Novel label. The series has been published digitally in English as Didn't I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life?! by Seven Seas Entertainment since February 1, 2018.

Watashi, Nouryoku wa Heikinchi de tte Itta yo ne! (Manga) has been licensed in English as Didn't I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life?! by Seven Seas Entertainment.

Synopsis
When she turns ten years old, Adele von Ascham is hit with a horrible headache—and memories of her previous life as an eighteen-year-old Japanese girl named Kurihara Misato. That life changed abruptly, however, when Misato died trying to aid a little girl and met god. During that meeting, she made an odd request and asked for average abilities in her next life. But few things—especially wishes—ever go quite as planned.

(Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

List of Published Books
FUNA began serializing the story as a web novel on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō on January 14, 2016. As of November 3, 2020, 492 chapters of the web novel have been published

Light Novels
The series was acquired for print publication by Earth Star Entertainment, who published the first light novel, with illustrations by Itsuki Akata, in May 2016 under their Earth Star Novel imprint. Seven Seas Entertainment announced on September 11, 2017, that they had licensed the series. A spin-off light novel by Kousuke Akai has also been released.


 * FUNA (Author) / Itsuki Akata (Illustration) "Watashi, Nōryoku wa Heikinchi de tte Itta yo ne!" Earth Star Entertainment → Square Enix  (Vol: 1-12) → SQEX Novel (Vol: 13-17), 17 volumes already published (as of July 7, 2022)
 * Released on May 14, 2016 - ISBN 978-4-8030-0922-4
 * Released on August 15, 2016 - ISBN 978-4-8030-0949-1
 * Released on November 15, 2016 - ISBN 978-4-8030-0966-8
 * Released on March 15, 2017 - ISBN 978-4-8030-1025-1
 * Released on June 15, 2017 - ISBN 978-4-8030-1065-7
 * Released on October 17, 2017 - ISBN 978-4-8030-1121-0
 * Released on March 15, 2018 - ISBN 978-4-8030-1160-9
 * Released on July 14, 2018 - ISBN 978-4-8030-1210-1
 * Released on November 15, 2018 - ISBN 78-4-8030-1252-1
 * Released on March 15, 2019 - ISBN 978-4-8030-1281-1
 * Released on July 16, 2019 - ISBN 978-4-8030-1314-6
 * Released on October 12, 2019 - ISBN 78-4-8030-1349-8
 * Released on March 14, 2020 - ISBN 978-4-8030-1400-6
 * Released on January 7, 2021 - ISBN 978-4-7575-7024-5
 * Released on June 7, 2021 - ISBN 978-4-7575-7309-3
 * Released on December 7, 2021 - ISBN 978-4-7575-7619-3
 * Released on July 7, 2022 - ISBN 978-4-7575-8021-3

Manga
A manga adaptation with art by Neko Mint began serialization online on Earth Star Entertainment's Comic Earth Star website on August 5, 2016. Seven Seas announced on September 11, 2017, that they had licensed the manga. A spin-off manga titled ''Didn't I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life?! Everyday Misadventures! began serialization in Comic Earth Star'' in July 2019. In April 2020, Seven Seas Entertainment announced its license to the spin-off manga.


 * FUNA (Original) / Itsuki Akata (Character Draft) / Nekominto (Illustrator) "Watashi, Nōryoku wa Heikinchi de tte Itta yo ne!" Earth Star Entertainment , 4 volumes already published (as of October 12, 2019)
 * Released on March 15, 2017 - ISBN 978-4-8030-1009-1
 * Released on October 17, 2017 - ISBN 978-4-8030-1117-3
 * Released on June 12, 2018 - ISBN 978-4-8030-1200-2
 * Released on October 12, 2019 - ISBN 978-4-8030-1343-6

Character
"I'm aiming for just one thing! Absolutely average, completely unremarkable, everyday happiness!"

- Adele von Ascham

The main character of this work. She has long silver hair with a pink ribbon. He was 12 when he entered Hunter Training School. Her previous life was Misato Kurihara, a Japanese, and when she was 18 years old in Japan, she had an accident while protecting a girl, reincarnated as Adele von Ascham, and was born into the Viscount Ascham family. For about 10 years after her birth, no memory of her previous life existed, but one day when she turned 10 she remembered everything with a severe headache. When she was reincarnated, she was informed of the existence of nanomachines by the creator she met, and before she entered the school, she realized that she could talk to nanomachines. At that time, she learns that Adel's own thought wave output is about half the maximum output of the ancient dragon species in this world, and about 6800 times the average value of humans with magical power. She is further informed that the permission level for using nanomachines is 5 (normal creatures are basically level 1, creators are level 10).

Even so, she entered Ekland Academy under the philosophy of living as an "ordinary girl", but failed because she could not hide her abilities. She continues to attend school for a while, but a certain incident triggers a request for an audience with Morena, the third princess of this country. Leaving her home country, she calls herself Mile in a local city and registers as her hunter. She then enrolled in the Hunter Training School on the recommendation of a Hunter staff member, where she met the current members of the "The Crimson Vow."

Because her magical power and authority level are out of the standard, her abilities are tremendous, and she is sometimes treated like a master of swordsmanship and magic by the members of the Crimson Vow, but she wants to live as a normal girl. Because of that, they rarely reveal their abilities to the public. However, she will do her best when it comes to the life of herself or her companions. She is sometimes referred to as her storage girl by those who are not familiar with her because of her overwhelming storage magic ability (actually an item box).

Before the memory of his previous life came back (around the age of 8 for Adele), he was killed by his father, who was a son-in-law who planned to usurp his grandfather and mother (a felony equivalent to capital punishment). After that, his second wife and her stepchild Prissy, who entered the Viscount's residence by his father, hijacked the Viscount family, and Adele was ignored or bullied until she entered school. send miserable circumstances. Later, their house takeover came to light, and their father and second wife were captured and executed. becomes.

Night after night, he presents various modified stories to his friends under the pseudonym "Miama Satodale", and receives manuscript fees from publishers. However, although he keeps it a secret from his friends, the other members have already found out that he is actually. In the anime, she talks about general otaku culture, manga, anime, and games from her previous life. She seems to have knowledge of Fist of the North Star, Gyakuten Saiban, Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Dragon Ball, Steel Jeeg, and Space Battleship Yamato. In particular, her image of the Inquiry Committee is the dark room itself that appears in the 31st episode of the anime Legend of the Galactic Heroes, "Inquiry Board". The original story side is an automatic opening and closing door, but Noukin's image is a wooden door with a doorknob.

Adele's cover name is derived from the term "nautical mile" in Japanese, which has the same kanji as her Japanese first name. Personality


 * Adele is able to comprehend everything that isn't common sense, however, for everything that is common sense, she is bad. (It's unknown if this was something she had in her past life, or if it's a consequence of her reincarnation affecting her brain.) She likes otaku culture and enjoys referencing anime/manga and making figures of her hunter team. Pauline remarks her figures are excellent in quality. Adele also likes animal-eared girls and will make many attempts to get close to them. She is typically happy-go-lucky and carefree but will become very serious when her friends are in danger.
 * Adele being something of an anthro-lover was a well-known fact amongst the Crimson Vow. They had heard from her, again and again, just how terribly splendid beast-eared girls were.
 * Adele is unable to keep a secret long, due to being so honest-natured; so she runs away or changes subjects quickly.

Abilities
"Okay! Time to redo of my life in a new world! This time I'm going to find normal happiness!"

- Adele von Ascham Her name in her previous life was Misato Kurihara, and she died in an accident when she was 18. Since I was feeling more cramped than the average as a "child who can do it", in order to live as a normal girl, when I reincarnated, I asked, "Please give me an average ability!" It has become an average value of the minimum and maximum values ​​for each field in existence, that is, about 6800 times the average human ability value. Mile was blessed by God with the average strength of all the creatures in the other world; meaning she is half as strong as the world's strongest being: the Ancient Dragon / Elder Dragon King. God also modified her body so it's constantly under self-strengthening magic, which she can further enhance with magic; making her, in fact, the strongest being in the other world.

Adel's own thought wave output is about half the maximum output of the Ancient Dragon / Elder Dragon species in this world, and about 6800 times the average value of humans with magical power. She is further informed that the permission level for using nanomachines is 5 (normal creatures are basically level 1, creators are level 10) Technique:
 * So called "Average Abilities" - was given the body that is completely average for this world by God. This "average" is actually the average between the strongest and weakest creature (otherwise known as the midrange).
 * Increased Strength - increased strength to roughly half the strength that an elder dragon may reach.
 * Increased Speed - able to move at a speed high enough to perform her clone technique.
 * Increased Endurance - able to continue fighting against veteran hunters without showing any signs of growing tired.
 * Increased Thought Pulse Strength - increases the efficacy of the actions the Nanos can. Roughly 6800 times stronger than the average magic-wielding human.
 * The strongest thought pulse belongs to an elder dragon. So her "magic ability" is the average between that elder dragon and someone who is unable to use magic at all.
 * Authorization Level 5 - grants various functions to the Nano-machines, including the ability to call upon the Nanos and use their power and knowledge to a certain degree. Some restrictions apply.
 * The highest authorization level is 10 with the lowest being 0.
 * Increased Sense of Smell - able to detect smells better than an average human.
 * Increased Sense of Sound - able to hear sounds better than an average human.
 * Increased Sturdiness - able to take blows better than an average human.
 * Increased Appetite - able to eat more than someone her size does. Possible side-effect from her other average abilities. She has been known to be able to eat food at an abnormal speed.
 * Interdimensional Storage - allows for items to be stored outside the space-time continuum. As this has the items stored in another pre-existing dimension, no energy is required to maintain the "loot box", unlike traditional storage magic.
 * Item Creation - ability to create almost any imagined item by using the Nano-machines.
 * Examples: See Equipment for examples of items created using this power.
 * Uncanny Senses - an ability that allows someone to be able to easily spot prey, including small animals.
 * Night Vision - ability to have improved vision over others at night.
 * Deflect Spells - ability to redirect an incoming spell towards another target.
 * Alarm Clock - due to Mile having an Authorization Level 5, she can ask the Nanos to quietly wake her up at any time.
 * Authorization Level Control - ability to change the authorization levels of those who have an authorization level lower than the user.
 * Incantation: “Set the authorization level of every elder dragon here… to 0…”
 * Note: Can only be done once the user reaches Authorization Level 4. It is a temporary effect at level 4 but becomes permanent at level 5.
 * Nano-machine Surgery - ability to perform surgery on a target person by using Nano-machines. Can be used to fix birth defects.


 * Battering Blade - technique increases the power behind a sword strike.
 * Clone Technique - a technique that gives the appearance of duplicating yourself by quickly moving back and forth between two spot.
 * Finger Gun - a technique that fires off a pebble towards the target. Can be used to kill small animals in one shot.


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TV Anime
An anime adaptation was announced via Twitter on February 26, 2018. The anime later confirmed to be a television series, is directed by Masahiko Ohta, written by Takashi Aoshima, and animated by Project No.9, with Sō Watanabe as character designer and Yasuhiro Misawa as music composer. The series aired from October 7 to December 23, 2019 on AT-X, Tokyo MX, BS11, TVA, and ABC. Azumi Waki, Sora Tokui, Fumiko Uchimura, and Masumi Tazawa performed the series' opening theme song "Smile Skill=Sukisukiskill", while Waki performed the series' ending theme song "Genzai ↑ Banzai ↑". The series is streamed by Crunchyroll worldwide outside of Asia. The anime covers the first four volumes of the novel series.

Staff

 * Original - FUNA & Itsuki Akata
 * Director - Masahiko Ohta
 * Series composition - Takashi Aoshima
 * Character Design - Kanade Watanabe
 * Prop Design - Haruo Miyagawa
 * Art director - Masazumi Matsumiya & Mio Miyamoto
 * Art setting - Matsukichi Kagawa
 * Color design - Yoko Suzuki
 * CG Line Director - Toshiro Hamamura
 * Cinematographer - Fumi Nimura
 * Editing - Emi Onodera
 * Acoustic Director - Ebina Yasunori
 * Sound Production - Dax Production
 * Music - Yasuhiro Misawa
 * Music Production - Avex Pictures
 * Music Producer - Kanji Ohgo
 * Produced by Tetsuro Satomi
 * Produce Production - Barnum Studio
 * Chief Producer - Kanji Ogo & Takahiro Inagaki
 * Producers - Aya Iizuka, Mitsugu Iwano, Yosuke Shimizu, Kazusa Umeda & Yurika Yokota
 * Animation Producer - Satoshi Kojiya
 * Animation production - project No.9
 * Production - Noukin Production Committee

Web radio
A web radio by four people, Azumi Waki ​​as Mile / Sora Tokui as Rena / Fumiko Uchimura as Maevis / Masumi Tazawa as Pauline. Will be distributed on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month at Onsen from October 10, 2019.

Trivia
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