Kondou inadvertently gets swept into a parallel fantasy world where he becomes, in short order, the head accountant (mostly because he is the only one who will reject inexact budgets). Aresh, a captain of the guard, is a handsome, stoic, Darcy-type who sweeps to Kondou's rescue when Kondou over-imbibes on pick-me-ups that he bought to stay awake as he works (Aresh's "rescue" involves countering magical interactions through sex--so, standard fare).
The series stands out for several reasons. For one, Kondou is entirely serious about his desire to work. And he is right about a lot of stuff. He returns the budgets because their inexact nature makes it difficult to set aside a surplus for emergencies when the Miasma that everyone is so worried about strikes.
To the maiden who was "kidnapped" from the modern world to hold off the Miasma, Kondou attempts to point out, "You don't even know if they are telling you the truth." His efforts to alert her to the most basic precautions have so far proved unsuccessful.
The series got my attention immediately, however, for one simple, basic idea. Kondou wants a job in this new world. He realizes that the place may have a different numbering system. He figures if he can grasp the concepts, he can grasp everything else. Within a few pages, he has figured out time, realizing that the "second" is still the motivating concept, and has figured out money to the point where he compares rula to yen.
Granted, he figures out these things very fast, and I'm not sure that figuring out concepts is the same as becoming, say, an instantly adept engineer--or an instantly brilliant accountant. But for the genre--light, unpretentious yaoi--I appreciated the acknowledgement: I'm somewhere new. I have to learn things!
