Episode 7

Didn't I Say We Should Take Breaks Sometimes?! is the 7th episode of the Didn’t I Say To Make My Abilities Average In The Next Life?! anime.

Plot
Exhausted from their recent string of successful quests that they’ve taken upon. The Crimson Vow group unanimously decide to take a day off. The following day, each of the girls spends their time around town while Adele tries in earnest to find something to do. Later that day dissatisfied and envious of her group's day thus far, Adele suggests they all go to the beach and the group is in congruence with that idea. To prepare for this event, Adele creates bathing suits for everyone after she takes each of their measurements. At the beach, they all enjoy themselves until an incident starts involving their beach clothes. On their way home, Pauline notices a solider walk down an alleyway and immediately desserts her friends, leaving them perplexed on where she is.

Characters

 * Adele von Ascham
 * Reina
 * Pauline
 * Mavis von Austien
 * Lenny
 * Nano-machines

Cultural References

 * 5:37 - Mile asks if Mavis has a childhood friend named “André” which is a reference to André Grandier from the manga Versailles no Bara / The Roses of Versailles. Her character design at the time also resembles that of André. Mile also asks if Mavis has a best friend who is a princess named “Marie” which is a reference to “Marie Antoinette” also from Versailles no Bara / The Roses of Versailles. The character design, again, matches that of Marie. Further, from the 2 relations she implies that Mavis is the main character, Oscar Francois de Jarjayes, from Versailles no Bara / The Roses of Versailles.


 * 7:40 - “onee-san ni makasenasai” is a parody of the signature line, “onee-chan ni makasenasai“, of Hoto Mocha and Hoto Cocoa from the manga Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka?. Both basically mean “leave it to Big Sister”.


 * 8:38 - The character in the imagination of the imprisonment and escape to get revenge is a reference to the character Count of Monte Cristo from the French novel Le Comte de Monte-Cristo / The Count of Monte Cristo. However, the visual imagery of the character resembles the Count of Monte Cristo character from the anime adaptation Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo.


 * 8:46 - “Monte, Chris and Count” (romaji: Monte to Kurisu to Haku) is a parody of the title The Count of Monte Cristo (romaji: Monte Kurisuto Haku).


 * 16:18 - The gun on the sand resembles the beam rifle from Kidou Senshi Gundam / Mobile Suit Gundam. Mile also said “stab” the umbrella which is a pun on “sashite” which both can mean to “stab” and to “put up” (an umbrella).


 * 17:09 - The 3 entrances is possibly a reference to the marubatsu quiz from Ultra Quiz or Gaki no Tsukai (unsure).


 * 18:14 - The hair style or Reina resembles that of Hamata from Gaki no Tsukai.


 * 18:46 - Nano says “sasuga Mile-sama kitanai” (roughly “as expected of Mile-sama; dirty” which may be a parody of “kitanai sasuga ninja kitanai” (roughly “Dirty. As expected of (a) ninja; dirty”) a line from the game Final Fantasy XI said by the character Buront towards the ninja class.


 * 20:03 - The other gun shown held by Reina and Pauline is the Zaku machine gun also from Kidou Senshi Gundami / Mobile Suit Gundam.


 * 21:13 - The sound “gyaa” was translated as “kyaa“.