Today's review exists because someone said "you know what a dungeon-crawling fantasy needs? CAPITALISM!"
THE DUNGEON OF BLACK COMPANY (Meikyu Black Company), by Youhei Yasumura. First published in 2016 and first published in 2018.
PLOT:
After years of investing in stocks and real estate, Kinji was ready to rake in his fortune and lead a solitary yet hedonistic life. Then a portal drops him into another world full of demihumans, and after a scam gone awry Kinji finds himself massively in debt to a mining conglomerate powered by slave labor. Determined to rebuild his life, Kinji is willing to do anything to make money and get ahead, even if that means finding hidden portals, taking a dragon as a companion, or convincing a horde of giant ants to go on strike.
