Episode 2

Episode 2 Title Card

**Didn't I Say the Four of Us Would Be a Party?!** is the 2nd episode of the Didn’t I Say To Make My Abilities Average In The Next Life?! anime.

## Plot

Mile manages to enroll into the Hunter training academy, but to discover that the other three girls who assisted in the kidnapping case are her new roommates much to her dismay. While she befriends the knight, Mavis von Austien, Reina the mage, and Pauline the merchant, Mile does her best to hold back her "irregular" abilities, but only to make her roommates more suspicious of her instead. The only solution to restore the balance is for Mile to trains her roommates to become stronger.

## Characters

* Adele von Ascham
* Reina
* Mavis von Austien
* Pauline
* Elbert
* Moob
* Nano
* Arledy
* Arledy's Underlings

## Cultural References

* 0:17 - The face Mile makes is the same as that of the rabbits in the Miffy series.

* 3:03 - The iconic pose and “異議あり！” (igi ari! / objection) in the courtroom is from the Gyakuten Saiban (Ace Attorney) series.

* 3:04 - Mile being “inquired” and the room with the 3 inquisitors is from Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu (Legend of the Galactic Heroes) where Yang Wen-li is inquired.

* 3:07 - The “torture” imagery and helmet is from the manga series Berserk and its character, Griffith.

* 7:32 - The “listen Marcelina” sequence is a parody of the “アロエリーナ / Aroeriina” commercials, with the lines being mostly the same except for “Aroeriina” being switched out for “Marcelina”. The name “Nendonaroid” is a parody of “Nendoroid”.

* 13:37 - The handstand while thinking and reaching a solution is from the Japanese novel and TV series “あばれはっちゃく / Abarencchaku”.

* 15:38 - The face made by Mile in different art style while saying “20 times” is a parody of Son Gokuu from the manga Dragonball who used Kaiouken at 20 times in a fight against Frieza.

* 16:24 - The old man with sunglasses and turtle shell character parodied by Mile is Muten Roushi (Master Roushi) from the Dragonball series.

* 16:33 - The training involving the vertical hang and transporting the liquid via the two cups is a parody of the training from the film 醉拳 / Drunken Master. The hat on Mile’s head resembles that of Beggar So, the teacher of the protagonist in the film and the way she supervises is also similar to him.

* 18:05 - The sword coming out of the fissured earth and Mile’s poses are from the anime Juushin Raigaa (Juushin Liger).

* 19:47 - The “babanban” said by Mile is from the 1975-1976 anime series Koutetsu Jeeg opening song Kotetsu Zieg no Uta. The golems being held together by magnetic force is also a reference to the titular giant robot Kotetsu Jeeg (Steel Jeeg) who’s limbs were attached with magnetic force.

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## References

1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 Anime References