A gacha based economy would be interesting — First Impressions

I can so understand the frustration Richard Eisenbeis has with the wasted potential of generic isekai series #1,098, Level 1 Dakedo Unique Skill de Saikyou Desu:

The setting is likewise a mess of wasted potential. The idea of a world where literally everything comes from dungeons is insane. People with high drop rates for plants replace farmers. Those with high drop rates for weapons replace weapon smiths. Basically, all jobs outside the dungeon would be the infrastructure for those going into it.

Fully exploring this thought experiment would honestly make for an interesting fantasy story. What kind of government would arise in such a world—what kind of art, music, and religion. And since everything comes from the dungeon, how would technology advance—or would it at all? Then, on the isekai front, you could look at what would happen if someone from our world taught people how to farm—breaking the dungeon-industrial complex’s strangle hold on the agricultural economy in the process. It’s a playground for stories. It’s just unfortunate its used in this anime as little more than a one-off line to explain why slimes drop bean-sprouts.

Honestly the economics never make sense in any isekai series. Where is the money coming from to pay adventurers to kill monsters in the first place? How can a medievaloid society sustain an elaborate, country or even worldwide guild system filled iwth what are objectively deadbeats when in reality most of those would be needed to either farm or do craft work? How come there’s enough gold available to mint millions of coins to pay the protagonist their absurd monster bounties and not crash the economy? Foolish to worry about of course; that’s not what isekai stories are written for. It’s power fantasies all the way down and that includes the fantasy of finding treasure.

And this is a typical example. A guy dies of overwork in Japan and discovers while he’s only level 1, his ability to pull from gacha is S-tiered. So he goes hunting slimes to make enough money to afford a home with the cheerful small blonde girl who fed him soup when he first awoke in the dungeon. There are going to be more girls later on, if the opening is to be trusted. The animation and character design is not something to watch this series for, so it all depends on how you like the usual isekai formula.