There are som many glaring structural failings of Average that... it would take all year to name them. And that's just in the first episode! The biggest FIVE problems (and yes I am judging this after watching the full thing) are 1: The "Idol Syndrome" 2: The refusal to tell the Crimson Vow her true backstory, 3: Skipping the school days, 4: Ruining the backstory(s), and 5: not committing to the bit.
I will start at the bottom. #5: Not committing to the Bit-
Average REFUSES to let their dark characters BE dark. Basically, they want to have their cake and eat it too. They want a light-hearted romp with "cute" girls doing "cute" things to sell figurines, but they also want to be taken seriously and have dramatic tension. Their darkest character Pauline, a girl who is nightmarishly psychopathic, cannot truly be the psychotic monster that she is. They tease that Pauline is 120% down to do horrific things (like beating another girl's head in during an exhibition match) but her opponents always weasel their way out of danger... by surrendering... EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.
And then on the other end of the spectrum, they often ruin a good set up by skipping the joke altogether. (more on that later.)
#4: Ruining the backstory(s)-
These characters all give their backstories in one episode. We spend so little time in their past that, even though three of their pasts are plot-relevant, we could've skipped the flashbacks all together and missed nothing of value. The reason they did this is because they want us to take these characters seriously. But they spoil it because they still want to be a comedy. And Average is left in this awkward middle-ground that's not truly either.
#3: Skipping the School Days-
This one ties in with the "skipping the joke altogether" bit that I mentioned earlier. Average cuts A LOT of content that needed to be filled out. The six months the girls spent "training in school" was one of them. This was a joke waiting to happen. The teacher assigns a task, MC does it too well, her friends then go Waaaaaaaaay over the top doing the task and break every record the school ever held. And then they graduate into the lowest category of hunters...
Except that's not what happens. Instead, all of that is skipped, they fight in an arena at their graduation, and they become top-tier hunters right off the bat.
In one episode.
Another example is the literal exposition at the end of the first episode explaining how MC's so strong even though she wished to be average! Son of a — Let us have a JOKE!!
#2: The Refusal to Tell Crimson Vow her Real Backstory-
So, the MC doesn't want to stand out. That's her gimmick. But she's also God-tier. That's her problem. Her closest friends won't stop pestering her for her backstory. Does she A: Tell them the Truth so they can all work together to make her wishes come true, involving them in wacky hijinks that the MC has always wanted to do, but the CV think is totally normal for MC, or B: Lie her ass off and only tell her BEST FRIENDS the things that have happened to her since she got to their world.
If you chose B, you watched this show... Congrats? No... So sorry.
#1: The "Idol Syndrome"-
These characters are not characters; their Idols. They exist for merchandising. This is an unfortunately common problem with female characters in anime. They exist to be cute so horny men will buy their stuff. And in this setting, with this premise: it ruins the show. The girls cannot be dark because that would ruin the brand. They also can't truly shine because that wouldn't be "cute."
You end up with something that truly is: Average.
