English Title: Didn’t I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life?!
Japanese Title: 私、能力は平均値でって言ったよね！ — Watashi, Nouryoku wa Heikinchi de tte Itta yo ne! — “I Said Make My Abilities Average!”
Author: FUNA
Illustrator: Itsuki Akata — 亜方逸樹
Translator: Diana Taylor
Genre: Comedy, Isekai, Fantasy
Original Run: May 2016 – ongoing
English Run: February 2017 – ongoing
Japanese Publisher: Earth Star Novel (Earth Star Entertainment)
English Publisher: Seven Seas
Volumes in Japanese: 15 (In Progress)(+1 Side Novel)
Volumes in English: 13 (In Progress)
Average Price Per Volume: Kindle $8 – Nook $9 — Paperback $14
Note: Volumes will release digitally first, and then physically a few months later.

• English Website — Japanese Website
• MAL Entry — Forum — Anime-Planet
• Baka Updates — LNDB.info — Novel Updates

Synopsis: When gifted student Kurihara Misato dies right after her high school graduation, she meets God and has a peculiar request: to make her abilities average in the next life. But few things–especially wishes–ever go quite as planned. As she navigates her new life as a ten-year-old girl in a magic-filled world, she realizes God has a unique definition of average!

Volume 1
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eBook Released February 1, 2018 — ASIN: B078T1H829

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Paperback released June 12, 2018 -- ISBN-13: 978-1626928695

Volume 2
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eBook Released June 14, 2018 — ASIN: B07CM1JCYM

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Paperback released August 7, 2018 -- ISBN-13: 978-1626928718

Volume 3
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eBook Released August 9, 2018 — ASIN: B07DWQBR6M

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Paperback released September 11, 2018 -- ISBN-13: 978-1626929616

Volume 4
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eBook Released September 13, 2018 — ASIN: B07FYFHL6L

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Paperback released November 20, 2018 -- ISBN-13: 978-1626929371

Volume 5
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eBook Released December 13, 2018 — ASIN: B07JBH8HDP

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Paperback released March 19, 2019 -- ISBN-13: 978-1642750034

Volume 6
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eBook Released April 11, 2019 — ASIN: B07P89V6CQ

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Paperback released June 25, 2019 -- ISBN-13: 978-1642750867

Volume 7
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eBook Released July 11, 2019 — ASIN: B07S6ZP44M

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Paperback released November 5, 2019 -- ISBN-13: 978-1642757224

Volume 8
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eBook Released November 14, 2019 — ASIN: B07X4BG1C8

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Paperback Releasing March 24, 2020 -- ISBN-13: 978-1645052111

Volume 9
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eBook Released March 26, 2020 — ASIN: B084JR17F9

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Paperback Releasing July 07, 2020 -- ISBN-13: 978-1645054870

Volume 10
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Releasing September 01, 2020 -- ISBN-13: 978-1645057215

Volume 11 (eBook)(print releases December 22, 2020)
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eBook Released December 3, 2020 -- ASIN: B08LTW7DYJ

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Releasing December 22, 2020 -- ISBN-13: 978-1645057925

Volume 12
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Releasing April 6, 2021 -- ISBN-13: 9781645058182

Volume 13
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Releasing June 29, 2021 -- ISBN-13: 9781648272011

Reviews of Didn’t I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life?!

• Manga Bookshelf: Vol 1 — Vol 2 — Vol 3 — Vol 4 — Vol 5 — Vol 6 — Vol 7 — Vol 8 — Vol 9 — Vol 10 — Vol 11
• Justus R. Stone: Vol 1

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Anime Adaptation

MAL Entry — 12 episodes. Aired October 2019 to December 2019

Manga Adaptation

MAL Entry — Published August 2016 – ongoing (English release by Seven Seas)
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If you liked Didn’t I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life?!, you might also want to try…

• I Shall Survive Using Potions! — also written by FUNA, isekai fantasy
• Saving 80,000 gold in Another World for My Retirement — also written by FUNA, isekai fantasy
• I’ve Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years — isekai reincarnation, lighter tone
• Obsessions of an Otome Gamer — isekai setup, young girl protagonist

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