Long ago, there was a dragon so powerful that even the gods feared it. Though powerful, he had grown old and eventually a human hero managed to slay the fierce creature.
This dragon, accepting its death, is reborn as a human named Dolan in a small, remote village. Now, Dolan, though still retaining his memories from his previous life, lives a simply enjoying a peace that he never got as a dragon.
One day, he meets a lamia in the forest named Celina. As she is half-snake, she has trouble getting humans to accept her, but Dolan endeavors to help her make meaningful connections.
It’s so hard to be a perfectly fine, unambitious fantasy adventure series these days when there are so many of them. If you are looking for more anime recommendations like Goodbye Dragon Life, head on down below.
Anime Like Goodbye Dragon Life
For Fans of Living That Small Town Fantasy Life
Chillin’ in My 30s after Getting Fired from the Demon King’s Army
Dariel is a dark soldier in the Demon King’s army – or rather, he was. After the son of the previous demon general took over, he swiftly fired Dariel for a lack of power and supposed usefulness.
Set adrift, Dariel rescues a girl from a monster in the woods and she takes him to her village. There, he discovers that he wasn’t actually a demon, but is a human – and an incredibly powerful one.
Now he pays the village back for all their kindness by helping them out.
Similarities Between Goodbye Dragon Life and Chillin’ in My 30s after Getting Fired from the Demon King’s Army
- Man used to being around non-humans moves to a small rural town full of humans
- The main character is the helpful and acts as a bridge between humans and the good natured non-humans in the area.
- Main character has a girl with a very clear romantic interest in him
- The plot is the main character getting pulled into various problems in the area
Differences Between Goodbye Dragon Life and Chillin’ in My 30s after Getting Fired from the Demon King’s Army
- Chillin’ in My 30s has the main character think he is just a weak demon, get kicked out of the demon army due to nepotism, and then finding out he was a human when he moved to a human town. So, no reincarnated dragons here, and they also tends to stay pretty close to town.
- Chillin’ in My 30s is more of a light-hearted series, even its serious action feels not quite so dire. Goodbye Dragon Life can be a little more brutal.
- Chillin’ in My 30s progresses its romance far further.
Farming Life in Another World
After dying of an illness, Machio Hiraku is given the opportunity to reincarnate into another world.
The god grants him a healthy body and his wish to live peacefully. Machio also asks if he can have a talent for agriculture in hopes that he can live a more fulfilling life.
The god grants him all this as well as the ability to summon a farming tool that can turn into any agricultural tool he needs, including one that makes any seeds he can think of.
Machio is sent in the middle of a forest full of dangerous creatures. Without any civilization in sight, he makes his own small farm that slowly accumulates residents that wander the woods.
Similarities Between Goodbye Dragon Life and Farming Life in Another World
- Man lives in a rural village in the woods
- Man attracts and accepts non-humans/outcasts
- Main character is average seeming, but has tremendous power he can call upon when needed
Differences Between Goodbye Dragon Life and Farming Life in Another World
- Farming Life in Another World is an isekai series, so the main character was a salaryman before rather than a dragon.
- Farming Life in Another World is far more obviously a harem, and he marries many of them.
- Farming Life in Another World is not so much about adventure or even action, instead it is more about farming, village administration, and food.
- Farming Life in Another World keeps a light, comedic tone throughout. Goodbye Dragon Life does have a few more serious moments.
Banished From The Hero’s Party, I Decided To Live A Quiet Life In The Countryside
Red was once the member of a hero’s party that sought to destroy the Demon Lord Taraxon. However, while Red was powerful at first, his companions soon eclipsed him, and thus, pushed him out of the party.
Hoping for a more laid-back life, he moves to the country with a dream to start an apothecary. He hopes to keep his past as an adventurer a secret, but that becomes increasingly more difficult when an adventurer named Rit from his past asks to move in with him.
Similarities Between Goodbye Dragon Life and Banished From The Hero’s Party
- Man lives pretty nicely in a rural town in a fantasy world.
- The main character getting pulled into various adventures/events is the plot
- Clear main love interest
Differences Between Goodbye Dragon Life and Banished From The Hero’s Party
- Banished from the Hero’s Party has the main character kicked from his party and decide to start a business in the country, so it is occasionally about him establishing his business rather than adventure.
- Banished from the Hero’s Party has far less non-humans/discrimination, its drama instead comes from his former party.
Chillin’ in Another World with Level 2 Super Cheat Powers
One day, an average merchant named Banaza is summoned to another world. It turns out that the magical kingdom of Klyrode has been summoning heroes to help them fight against demons known as the Dark Ones.
Alongside Banaza, another man was summoned whose stats wow the king and he is chosen as a hero. However, Banaza, who has dismal stats, cannot be returned home. The kingdom grants him some land in a forest, but he discovers that it is blighted by demons living in the area.
In his new home, he not only discovers that he actually has cheat level powers that make him wildly powerful, but when he uses them to defeat a powerful demon, she has decided that she will be his devoted wife!
Similarities Between Goodbye Dragon Life and Chillin’ in Another World With Level 2 Super Cheat Powers
- Main character lives a simple life in the country. He also is very accepting of non-humans due to his previous life.
- Clear main love interest who is a non-human
- The main character getting pulled into adventure is the plot
- Often light-hearted but can be pretty serious in its action
Differences Between Goodbye Dragon Life and Chillin’ in Another World With Level 2 Super Cheat Powers
- Chillin’ in Another World is an isekai about a man from a fantasy world where non-humans were oppressed, then isekai’d to a different fantasy world with magnificent powers that he uses to try and create equality and understanding between humans and demons.
- Chillin’ in Another World doesn’t have a harem, per-say, but it does have a compact group of women that live with the main character and who are big fans of him in often more of a comedic sort of way.
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For Fans of Pulled Into Adventure
The Unwanted Undead Adventurer
Rentt Faima is an adventurer who has been grinding out low-level adventuring jobs for nearly a decade. With little talent for the job, he is stuck in the low adventurer ranks, killing low-rank monsters just to make a living wage.
While doing a job in the Water Moon Dungeon, he discovers a hidden path and decides to explore it. However, at the end of the path is not treasure, but a legendary dragon that swallows him whole!
Waking up awhile later, Rentt discovers that he is very much dead. He has somehow been revived as a skeletal undead. Armed with just his sword, Rentt fights other weak monsters in the dungeon hoping to experience the Existential Evolution that monsters can go through after killing other monsters so that he may someday become a high enough ranked undead to blend back into human society.
Similarities Between Goodbye Dragon Life and The Unwanted Undead Adventurer
- Main character trying to live a simple life constantly gets pulled into adventure
- Lighter slice of small town life moments mixed with brutal serious action
- Non-human discrimination
Differences Between Goodbye Dragon Life and The Unwanted Undead Adventurer
- The Unwanted Undead Adventurer is about a human who gets eaten by a dragon, then is revived as an undead. It also has the overall plot of him fighting to evolve into a more human-like undead species so he can go back to town.
- The Unwanted Undead Adventurer features more grounded action that almost exclusively takes place in one singular local dungeon.
In The Land of Leadale
After an accident put her on life support, Keina took up playing the VRMMO game, World of Leadale.
After a power outage at the hospital, she wakes up fully inside the game as her avatar, Cayna. Furthermore, it seems that 200 years have passed since she last played and no other player characters can be found.
Similarities Between Goodbye Dragon Life and In The Land of Leadale
- Powerful main character dies, is away from the world for awhile, and then is reincarnated back in that world to see what has changed.
- Main character getting pulled into various adventure and meeting people from their past is the plot
Differences Between Goodbye Dragon Life and In The Land of Leadale
- In The Land of Leadale is a “died and reincarnated in the world of the MMO she was playing” sort of isekai.
- The main character in In The Land of Leadale is both female, and a bit less pleasantly helpful to everyone.
- In The Land of Leadale gets a decent chunk of plot from the main character trying to figure out where all the other player characters in her MMO went.
The Faraway Paladin
Born into a new world, Will awakens as a baby that has been taken in by three undead guardians of a long-dead city.
As he is raised, he is taught magic and swordsmanship, but also learns of the world that surrounds him. A world that was once ravaged by a powerful warrior that the three undead guardians only just managed to seal away.
As they are bound to that city, they can’t say for sure what became of the world or humanity after their death and undeath, but they prepare young Will for when he will eventually have to venture out into the world.
Similarities Between Goodbye Dragon Life and The Faraway Paladin
- Main character is not prejudice against non-humans due to their past lives/upbringing with non-humans
- Main character is pulled into, or wanders into, various adventures
- Detailed, interesting action with diverse enemies
Differences Between Goodbye Dragon Life and The Faraway Paladin
- Goodbye Dragon Life is light-hearted slice of life outside the action while The Faraway Paladin is a more somber, reflective journey that often leads to action. Expect less general pleasant slice of life.
- The Faraway Paladin has far less of any romance element and is pretty sparse with female characters.
- The Faraway Paladin is technically an isekai, but it is mentioned very sparingly and the main character has no past life memories to shape him.
Beast Tamer
Rein is a beast tamer and member of the Hero’s Party. However, because beast taming is rather weak magic, he is used as more of a errand boy for them instead.
That all changes when they finally fire him and he is set adrift. Kicked out of the party, he ends up meeting a girl from one of the strongest species of beast people and tames her.
Together, they become magnificent adventurers while the Hero’s Party begins to realize that their previous success was all due to Rein’s support.
Similarities Between Goodbye Dragon Life and Beast Tamer
- Nice main character often ends up involved in other people’s problems.
- Main character befriends non-human girls, who face discrimination
- Adventure is the plot
- Light-hearted story, but serious and interesting action
Differences Between Goodbye Dragon Life and Beast Tamer
- Beast Tamer is very clearly a harem
- Dolan is helpful, but no fool. The main character in Beast Tamer is so nice he often gets taken advantage of.
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