| Goodbye, Dragon Life | |
First light novel volume cover
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| さようなら竜生、こんにちは人生 (Sayonara Ryūsei, Konnichiwa Jinsei) | |
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| Genre | Fantasy[1] |
| Novel series | |
| Written by | Hiroaki Nagashima |
| Published by | Shōsetsuka ni Narō (January 20, 2013–August 31, 2016) AlphaPolis (August 16, 2016–present) |
| Original run | January 20, 2013 – present |
| Light novel | |
| Written by | Hiroaki Nagashima |
| Illustrated by | Kisuke Ichimaru |
| Published by | AlphaPolis |
| Demographic | Male |
| Original run | April 8, 2015 – present |
| Volumes | 24 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Hiroaki Nagashima |
| Illustrated by | Kurono |
| Published by | AlphaPolis |
| English publisher | Alpha Manga |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | December 22, 2015 – present |
| Volumes | 12 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Kenichi Nishida |
| Written by | Naokatsu Tsuda |
| Music by | Hanae Nakamura |
| Studio |
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| Original network | TBS |
| Original run | October 2024 – scheduled |
Goodbye, Dragon Life (さようなら竜生、こんにちは人生, Sayonara Ryūsei, Konnichiwa Jinsei) is a Japanese light novel series written by Hiroaki Nagashima and illustrated by Kisuke Ichimaru. It began serialization online in January 2013 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō, and it moved to the AlphaPolis website in August 2016. It was also later acquired by AlphaPolis, who have published twenty-four volumes since April 2015. A manga adaptation with art by Kurono has been serialized online via AlphaPolis' manga website since December 2015 and has been collected in twelve tankōbon volumes. The manga is published digitally in English through Alpha Manga. An anime television series adaptation produced by SynergySP and Vega Entertainment is set to premiere in October 2024.
| No. | Release date | ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | April 8, 2015[4] | 978-4-43-420426-5 |
| 2 | June 26, 2015[5] | 978-4-43-420769-3 |
| 3 | September 30, 2015[6] | 978-4-43-421116-4 |
| 4 | December 25, 2015[7] | 978-4-43-421513-1 |
| 5 | March 28, 2016[8] | 978-4-43-421770-8 |
| 6 | June 27, 2016[9] | 978-4-43-422115-6 |
| 7 | September 30, 2016[10] | 978-4-43-422441-6 |
| 8 | January 31, 2017[11] | 978-4-43-422954-1 |
| 9 | May 31, 2017[12] | 978-4-43-423376-0 |
| 10 | August 31, 2017[13] | 978-4-43-423723-2 |
| 11 | November 30, 2017[14] | 978-4-43-424022-5 |
| 12 | February 28, 2018[15] | 978-4-43-424339-4 |
| 13 | June 30, 2018[16] | 978-4-43-424810-8 |
| 14 | October 31, 2018[17] | 978-4-43-425281-5 |
| 15 | January 31, 2019[18] | 978-4-43-425593-9 |
| 16 | May 31, 2019[19] | 978-4-43-426058-2 |
| 17 | September 30, 2019[20] | 978-4-43-426516-7 |
| 18 | December 27, 2019[21] | 978-4-43-426887-8 |
| 19 | June 30, 2020[22] | 978-4-43-427240-0 |
| 20 | February 26, 2021[23] | 978-4-43-428552-3 |
| 21 | August 31, 2021[24] | 978-4-43-429268-2 |
| 22 | December 30, 2021[25] | 978-4-43-429729-8 |
| 23 | December 28, 2022[26] | 978-4-43-431344-8 |
| 24 | March 31, 2024[27] | 978-4-43-433599-0 |
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | January 31, 2017[28] | 978-4-43-422798-1 | July 28, 2023[29] | — |
| 2 | December 31, 2017[30] | 978-4-43-423966-3 | July 28, 2023[31] | — |
| 3 | December 31, 2018[32] | 978-4-43-425366-9 | July 28, 2023[33] | — |
| 4 | December 31, 2019[34] | 978-4-43-426773-4 | October 27, 2023[35] | — |
| 5 | June 30, 2020[36] | 978-4-43-427534-0 | October 27, 2023[37] | — |
| 6 | December 31, 2020[38] | 978-4-43-428255-3 | October 27, 2023[39] | — |
| 7 | July 31, 2021[40] | 978-4-43-429126-5 | — | — |
| 8 | March 31, 2022[41] | 978-4-43-430097-4 | — | — |
| 9 | September 30, 2022[42] | 978-4-43-430883-3 | — | — |
| 10 | April 30, 2023[43] | 978-4-43-431930-3 | — | — |
| 11 | November 30, 2023[44] | 978-4-43-432948-7 | — | — |
| 12 | March 31, 2024[45] | 978-4-43-433614-0 | — | — |
Ananime television series adaptation was announced on March 15, 2024. The series is produced by SynergySP and Vega Entertainment and directed by Kenichi Nishida, with Naokatsu Tsuda writing series scripts, Nozomi Kawashige designing the characters, and Hanae Nakamura composing the music.[2][1] It is set to premiere on TBS in October 2024.[3][46]
