Ihoujin, Dungeon ni Kuguru.
The Otherworlder, Exploring the Dungeon

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In the most coherent translation of the title, "Ihoujin, Dungeon ni Kuguru", that I could find, "A Foreigner Dives Into the Dungeon" was the one that actually sounded correct. This manga was based on the light novel of the same name, where a salaryman accepts a perilous assignment to an alternate world, all to provide for his sister a better life.

This being an isekai story, it doesn't really stand out in a bookstore filled with similar stories. Even it's most eye-catching element, modern guns in a sword and fantasy setting, isn't exactly unique. However, it avoids the most common tropes that afflict ... such stories in execution. First, it has an older main character, instead of the more common high schooler. Second, it's not a power fantasy, the main character relies on actual developed skills and not on cheat video game skills. Third, it has an actual plot that the main character is moving towards to a resolution. Add decent art and competent storytelling, and we have a promising story for its first volume.

However, the rushed ending betrays all of that promise for a solipsist application of the main character's original main goal. What's even more unfulfilling is that the main antagonist doesn't even get the deserved punishment of his most heinous crime. It ultimately reduces this work into a light novel advertisement.