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* Based on a comedy fantasy shounen manga by Yasumura Youhei.

Kinji, who lacks any kind of work ethic, is a layabout in his modern life. One day, he finds himself transported to another world–but not in a grand fantasy of a hero welcomed with open arms. He's immediately shoved into a terrible job! Now enslaved by an evil mining company in a fantasy world, Kinji's about to really learn the meaning of hard work!

Source: Seven Seas Entertainment

Genre(s): Fantasy, Comedy

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Based on the art alone, I was expecting another edgy fantasy/isekai harem show, but this is closer to a deconstruction like Konosuba, but don't get your hopes up. The first episode was a bit exposition heavy and the concept didn't really grab me too much. Guy puts in effort to get set for life, and is then summoned to another world and has to start over accumulating wealth, and he's not happy about it. It kind of reminds me of that arc in Kaiji where he was wasting away in a mine, because that's exactly what this is, minus the exciting gambling showdown.

This has the opposite problem of another show this season in that I have no idea the path that will lead the main character to prosperity, but whatever it is will likely come off as contrived given how he was able to treat people and his attitude towards earning money at other's expense. Maybe some redemption might warm me up, but for now we have a hungry dragon loli to tide us over.