Tensei Shitara Dragon no Tamago datta: Saikyou Igai Mezasa nee (Novel)

Description

A fantasy isekai adventure about a man who has to restart life…as an egg?!

Our hero wakes up one day in a brand new world…but his new life doesn’t come with fighting skills or magic powers, or even arms and legs! He’s reborn as a helpless egg, stuck in an unfamiliar forest surrounded by terrifying, hungry beasts. But eggs hatch, hatchlings grow up, and humble beginnings can lead to something great. He’ll do his best to become the strongest dragon ever, and no measly shell will get in his way!

Source: Seven Seas Entertainment

Type

Novel

Associated Names

DoraTama (Novel)

Reincarnated as a Dragon Egg: I Won't Aim for Anything but Being the Strongest

Reincarnated as a Dragon Hatchling (Novel)

Reincarnated as a Dragon's Egg - Let's Aim to Be the Strongest (Novel)

Reincarnated as a Dragon's Egg: Let's Aim to Be the Strongest

Tensei Shitara Dragon no Tamago datta - Saikyou Igai Mezasa Nee (Novel)

ドラたま（小説）

転生したらドラゴンの卵だった　～最強以外目指さねぇ～

转生之后的我变成了龙蛋~目标乃是世界最强~ (Novel)

Groups Scanlating

87 Percent Translation

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Reincarnation Translations

Traveler's Translations

Latest Release(s)

c.109 by Reincarnation Translations 9 years ago

c.108 by Reincarnation Translations 9 years ago

c.107 by Reincarnation Translations 9 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

680 Web Chapters (Ongoing)
14 LN Volumes (Ongoing)

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Anime Start/End Chapter

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User Rating

Average: 6.5 / 10.0 (30 votes)

Bayesian Average: 6.37 / 10.0

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Last Updated

September 27th, 2025 4:14pm PDT - 3 weeks ago

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Genre

Action Adventure Comedy Fantasy
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Recommendations

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Author(s)

Nekoko

Artist(s)

NAJI Yanagida [Add]

Year

2015

Original Publisher

Earth Star Novel (vols 1-12)

Square Enix (vols 13-14)

Syosetu (Webnovel)

Serialized In (magazine)

N/A

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Airship (11 Volumes; Ongoing)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

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3 Month Pos #3333

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Year Pos #7188

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List Stats

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On 106 wish lists

On 14 completed lists

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WOW.... not

by dragonheck
9 years ago

Rating: N/A

While I did enjoy quite a bit of this story even with the random skills and the whining mc but the later chapters 89 as of now has killed any desire to continue reading this story goes from funny to a bit sad with humor to just plain dark and depressing welp i am off to reread Legendary Moonlight Sculpture to make my soul feel good or maybe the bow chief guy

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It's a decent story that has a worse reputation than it deserves IMO.

by bobIV123
9 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

I think a lot of people really enjoy Kumo Desu ga, Nani ka?, read some of this, see that there's similarities, and then decide to just judge it by comparing the two. Personally, I really don't think this is a fair comparison to make, as Kumo Desu ga, Nani ka? is significantly farther along than this (the translated chapters anyway) and has had more time to develop the world and a compelling storyline. To say that this is just "'Kumo Desu ga, Nani ka?' - Dragon edition" is a vast oversimplification and ignores the complexities of both works.

That being said, I think there are still plenty of fair criticisms to make about this work. As Wickian points out, the skills and titles seem to be a bit frivolous, but that seems to be changing a bit as the work progresses and the writer improves. I think Veridis also makes a good point that one particular evolution choice leaves the reader frustrated, but looking at the whole set so far (Chapter 88), that's pretty much an isolated case (imo).

To discuss another point that Veridis makes, I think that the MC's deliberations about wether to act as a dragon or a human can be considered an integral part of this work, and I personally find it interesting. This isn't a story about, say, a lone spider monster in a labyrinth murdering everything in its path for 88 chapters; this is about a guy, reborn as a dragon, left to wander as an egg, trying to grow and reconcile 'who' he is with 'what' he is, as well as find suitable companionship.

If you don't care about those kinds things, you probably aren't going to like this as much as, say, Kumo Desu ga, Nani ka?. If you are interested in those topics, then I definitely recommend this to you.

As a side note, I feel that I should mention that some of the translations are a little painful to read, particularly early on, so if you can't tolerate that kind of thing, you may want to avoid this until someone improves those chapters.

... Last updated 9 years ago

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Yawn

by imercenary
9 years ago

Rating: 1.0 / 10.0

"Kumo Desu ga, Nani ka?" - Dragon edition... but worse.

Bad characters, bad setting, bad writing.

What else is there to say? There are so many free webnovels these days (translated and natively in English) that theres no point in settling for bad works. Do a little research and read the best you can find... just make sure you don't listen to the hardcore fans too much.

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Bland story and bad writing

by Wickian
9 years ago

Rating: 6.0 / 10.0

It's not terrible overall, but it is bad. Getting skill after skill at the drop of a hat with no rhyme or reason is bad writing. If he gets fall resistance after falling once, clumsy after tripping once, a liar title after lying once, a hero title after saving someone once and so on then why not get an obscure skill/title for EVERY SINGLE THING HE DOES just to keep consistency? The writer doesn't do this though and limits the skill and title gains to his discretion as the narrator instead of writing about a system that makes some kind of sense.

Lazy writing and bad planning wrapped around a generically "I'm gonna be an evil dragon who can also be good if I want" plot makes for a bad story.

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So-so

by Veridis
10 years ago

Rating: 6.0 / 10.0

It is pretty interesting when he gets to evolve and the paths he can take, but he keeps ****ing up and makes to slow down almost to a dead halt. He doesn't act like a dragon at all, and keeps on trying to be more human. All in all this novel gets a So-so

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Whiny MC

by drunkguy
10 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

This reads like "Kumo Desu ga, Nani ka?" except than mc is a dragon and none too bright. Seriously, he is pretty annoying with all his whining. It looks like he is on the road to being OP and there is no harem in the future as far as I can tell since at the end of the day, he is a glorified lizard.

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