On a final note, I do like all the tie-ins and callbacks in the series. I always thought it was weird that Oka’s Student Roster skill said the reincarnations died by having their skills removed. She thought it was because the skills were stolen but she strips Natsume of his skills and he doesn’t die so that seemed odd. But later on when you see Ariel’s plan it makes sense. How cool is that? Early volumes forshadow events all the way at the end of the series.
Whew… damn, it was only two books but I wrote a whole freaking novel here. As far as the series as a whole, I loved how nothing was ever as it seemed and how most of the typical tropes were subverted. Almost everything is explained as well. Usually there’s just hand-waving in an isekai but not here. However some of the side characters are so stuffy or one-dimensional as to make their perspectives such a pain to read. For every Ariel there’s a Julius. And as stated before, the ending could definitely have been better. It’s not quite tripping at the finish line but it’s close. Overall I’d probably still give it an 8/10. Sure there were some crappy moments but when it was good it was REALLY good. White is a 10/10 Chaos Gremlin.
<Didn’t I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life!> Volumes 1 - 6. Very surprised by how different the anime is from the LN. Sure, the anime hits some of the same plot points but it’s vastly different in execution. For instance, how Nano is made into an actual character in the anime. Likewise in the book there are just vague references to things, like how she only knows training from anime. In the anime, she actually dresses up like Master Roshi and stuff, so those jokes hit better.
They completely skip the Eckland Academy arc and start the story after Adele has become Mile then change a lot of the wacky things that happen at Eckland to things that instead happen at the Hunter Prep school. And that whole kidnapping ring in the anime? Not a thing in the LN. Nor is the female member of Crimson Lightning who takes care of Reina a thing.
On the flipside, Marcela’s role is much bigger in the LN and Mile’s backstory is much more relevant.
What I’m trying to say is that I’ve never seen an anime differ so much from the source material before. It’s like they took the best parts of the first four novels and redid it into a 12 episode anime… and yet they still threw in extra bits like Reina, Mavis, and Pauline secretly trying to buy Mile a gift. Reading the LN, it’s very obvious that would NEVER happen because they were always about working together and earning money as a team except on very explicit rest days. And then there’s the ubiquitous beach episode. So yeah, it’s a bit baffling in some regards.
On a side note, I didn’t know FUNA also wrote I’ll Shall Survive Using Potions and Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for My Retirement. Those are two other anime isekais I enjoyed for being unique even if they were silly. I might have to consider reading the LNs now.
What I do love is how Mile keeps trying to be an “normal, average girl” yet she keeps doing all these crazy feats that leave everyone banging their heads against the wall. Literally. There’s so much more random nonsense than we got to witness in the anime. If White is a chaos gremlin, Mile is a ditz gremlin. Marcella’s incantation to get her “Adele Simulator” working is particularly hilarious: “Lower intelligence, remove all common sense, increase carelessness times five…”
The side stories are also particularly unique from other LNs. Usually a side story is something that’s not particularly relevant to the main plot but might give some extra insight or a different perspective on things. The side stories here though are sometimes completely random and seemingly totally irrelevant to everything.
Also, the art is STUPIDLY cute. Just adorable. I also love how they even include “non-canon” art that the artist did just for fun in the back of the books too. I mean, how cool is it that the artist loves illustrating this novel so much that they do extra art just for funsies?
Anyway, I 'm definitely enjoying it, if it wasn’t obvious from the fact I’m already 6 volumes deep already. Thanks for the recommendation!
Hello Bookworm! I looked it up, and the Library in Alexandria — which just so happens to be the greatest in all of Yurgenschmidt, nay… even the entire world — has the following entries:
PART 3
On a final note, I do like all the tie-ins and callbacks in the series. I always thought it was weird that Oka’s Student Roster skill said the reincarnations died by having their skills removed. She thought it was because the skills were stolen but she strips Natsume of his skills and he doesn’t die so that seemed odd. But later on when you see Ariel’s plan it makes sense. How cool is that? Early volumes forshadow events all the way at the end of the series.
Whew… damn, it was only two books but I wrote a whole freaking novel here. As far as the series as a whole, I loved how nothing was ever as it seemed and how most of the typical tropes were subverted. Almost everything is explained as well. Usually there’s just hand-waving in an isekai but not here. However some of the side characters are so stuffy or one-dimensional as to make their perspectives such a pain to read. For every Ariel there’s a Julius. And as stated before, the ending could definitely have been better. It’s not quite tripping at the finish line but it’s close. Overall I’d probably still give it an 8/10. Sure there were some crappy moments but when it was good it was REALLY good. White is a 10/10 Chaos Gremlin.
<Didn’t I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life!> Volumes 1 - 6. Very surprised by how different the anime is from the LN. Sure, the anime hits some of the same plot points but it’s vastly different in execution. For instance, how Nano is made into an actual character in the anime. Likewise in the book there are just vague references to things, like how she only knows training from anime. In the anime, she actually dresses up like Master Roshi and stuff, so those jokes hit better.
They completely skip the Eckland Academy arc and start the story after Adele has become Mile then change a lot of the wacky things that happen at Eckland to things that instead happen at the Hunter Prep school. And that whole kidnapping ring in the anime? Not a thing in the LN. Nor is the female member of Crimson Lightning who takes care of Reina a thing.
On the flipside, Marcela’s role is much bigger in the LN and Mile’s backstory is much more relevant.
What I’m trying to say is that I’ve never seen an anime differ so much from the source material before. It’s like they took the best parts of the first four novels and redid it into a 12 episode anime… and yet they still threw in extra bits like Reina, Mavis, and Pauline secretly trying to buy Mile a gift. Reading the LN, it’s very obvious that would NEVER happen because they were always about working together and earning money as a team except on very explicit rest days. And then there’s the ubiquitous beach episode. So yeah, it’s a bit baffling in some regards.
On a side note, I didn’t know FUNA also wrote I’ll Shall Survive Using Potions and Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for My Retirement. Those are two other anime isekais I enjoyed for being unique even if they were silly. I might have to consider reading the LNs now.
What I do love is how Mile keeps trying to be an “normal, average girl” yet she keeps doing all these crazy feats that leave everyone banging their heads against the wall. Literally. There’s so much more random nonsense than we got to witness in the anime. If White is a chaos gremlin, Mile is a ditz gremlin. Marcella’s incantation to get her “Adele Simulator” working is particularly hilarious: “Lower intelligence, remove all common sense, increase carelessness times five…”
The side stories are also particularly unique from other LNs. Usually a side story is something that’s not particularly relevant to the main plot but might give some extra insight or a different perspective on things. The side stories here though are sometimes completely random and seemingly totally irrelevant to everything.
Also, the art is STUPIDLY cute. Just adorable. I also love how they even include “non-canon” art that the artist did just for fun in the back of the books too. I mean, how cool is it that the artist loves illustrating this novel so much that they do extra art just for funsies?
Anyway, I 'm definitely enjoying it, if it wasn’t obvious from the fact I’m already 6 volumes deep already. Thanks for the recommendation!
Hello Bookworm! I looked it up, and the Library in Alexandria — which just so happens to be the greatest in all of Yurgenschmidt, nay… even the entire world — has the following entries:
Didn’t I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life?! by Seven Seas Entertainment: 📖 Vol. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20; 🖥️ Vol. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20