Watashi, Nouryoku wa Heikinchi de tte Itta yo ne!
Didn't I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life?!

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As far as isekai light novels go, "Abilaverage" (the author's abbreviated title) has more unique traits than most. The main character is a girl, ...well, one is more than none, right?

I'm kidding. A lot of people seem to bash the isekai genre for its paucity of originality, but I don't really care about that; all that matters is that it's entertaining. Besides the all-girl main cast, though, there are a few characteristics I noticed in this one that make it a bit different from others. For one, the only thing driving the plot is the girl's desire to be average. There's no demon lord ... or enemy forces to defeat, no half-elf to crown queen, no nation to rule, and she doesn't have any desire to return to earth. Some people might think that you can't have a plot without a goal, but let's be real here. How many of the events in re:zero have anything to do with the royal selection? Are the cast of konosuba even trying to defeat the demon lord? In Abilaverage, FUNA wrote a fun and entertaining story without needing to use any kind of end-game pretext to justify its existence. In my opinion, that's kinda impressive, actually.

Another quirky detail in this one is that it's technically more science-fiction than fantasy. The magic in this world has a pseudoscience explanation that actually has some pretty significant consequences. Adele/Mile doesn't just have some crazy high "affinity" for magic. I mean, her ability alone is definitely pretty strong, but her incredible power comes mostly from exclusive knowledge of the real reason why things work, while everyone else in the world is operating based on false assumptions. This means that the most important thing elevating her above everyone else is just her ability to keep a secret; if her knowledge gets out, everyone else would suddenly become pretty OP too. It really does make things more interesting.

While the story has some good things going for it, the greatest weaknesses I found were in the writing. The pacing is even worse than Shield Hero, and although I can't explain exactly why, the language just seems a bit amateurish. What really stood out was the dialogue. If you were to take r/thatHappened and condense it into a character, you'd get Adele/Mile. Some of the events, which actually include everyone standing up and clapping, are just so ludicrously contrived that the only proper response to reading them is an incredulous guffaw. I mean, it is a work of fiction, and the whole thing is unavoidably unrealistic by definition, but come on.

All in all, though, it's a very fun and lighthearted read, and if you're an isekai junkie like me then you definitely should give it a try. Mile/Adele really is a pretty entertaining main character. Just be ready for what happens whenever a guy says something she doesn't like.

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 because ... it'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.