Didn't I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life?! · review
If you like FUNA's other series (Saving 80000 gold in another world, I shall survive using potions), this one should suit your taste. It's by no means a great story, but it's the kind of funny light-hearted story, that one can easily get into and read in a few hours. The story, following FUNA story pattern, is about a somewhat young girl who upon her death finds herself with great powers in another world, where she will "tried" to live a normal life and maybe spread her genes, all of that while being accompanied by a bunch of cute girls. If it sounds familiar it's normal, first becauseit's the summary for all 3 of FUNA's series but also because if you replace the young girl MC by a young boy, you get the summary of every generic isekai ever.
To start with the good point, what saves the series from being a walking cliché is FUNA writing and the comedy, both are really good and let the story steadily advance without letting the reader care too much about cliché. The characters are also quite good, as the story, they're not particularly deep, most of them even the main characters are rather one dimensional but for that kind of story it's usually not a problem, they're likable and we can quickly understand them which is what's really matter.
It's not a story that will make one reflect on interesting questions or worry about the character, keeping the reader under hight tension. It's very much a laid back funny story.
That said there are times where that aspect can go a little too far or appear a little too often, and that's where we switch to the minus.
- first way too much plot convenience, to be clear whatever plan the MC comes up with sound slightly clever will work 100% of the time, at least if it's not a plan to keep her power hidden those always fail. And while at first, it's fun, over time, it can be annoying when even borderline stupid plan which only appears clever works, same for how the MC says all the time that she wants to appear normal and yet will always do the opposite when she has the choice.
- the second problem, is a form of strange Manicheism where everybody who is good is perfectly good, bad people are either the worst person possible or will immediately and totally repent once they fail, and women are always good. Overall it makes a strange world where rape, murder, and slavery are widespread yet most people are absolutely good and in fact, in most fights, both sides are trying not to kill the other, which can become annoying at times.
But overall while they're annoying those problems are rather minor, so if you want a quick read and light-hearted story, try this one.
Also, the art is quite good, but who cares about that, it's a novel.
If I were to rank it compare to other FUNA's series, I think I would rank it slightly bellow 80000gold but above potion loli.