Nonono, it's only the black rectangles.
The scum brother is necessary to bring the plot forward, not exactly an enemy.

That's according to Alpha's plan.

Reminder: Alpha's is not on Akira's side, she is using him.

Premise is nice,
But the combat scene are too chatty with lines like "No more holding back" "true power" then some love shouts and flirtings.

TLDR: Cringy af & Chuunibyou

3/5

Wait guys, this person onto something

The fight too chatty...

Will this goes the same route as Isekai NTR?

It's more of him not using all his cards (considering those are black magics), I don't see a problem of him losing

He lose, a main character got a mana increase
He win, he got a mana increase.

win-win eitherway, nothing for him to get all serious

"Dumb" would be a genius level ability

Sure bro.

TLDR; Good for you, just stay dumb.

Btw,
Antman logic is fine, what is not fine is that the Antman's author/writer can't apply it correctly most of the time. The author often forgot about it.

That is the more healthy way (only until mouth).
Some people like it inhaling it till their lung, some only just inside the mouth.

My Grandpa is a heavy smoker (6 cigar per day) and he is the inhale till mouth only type.
When sent for routine health check, his lung was still healthy, the only problem that came from smoking was his throat and excess thick saliva (Smokers get this issue at some point).

That an ongoing quest.
Like my list of quest in Skyrim, never reducing.

I think those ancient powers are actually super important despite how the novel MC's read is saying they are just meh.
MC's only read the novel to volume 5,
those ancient powers probably make a big role much later in the novel.

This would push our MC to a protag position, when he learned only he got the power to solve, maybe a world crisis.

I think this series start in 2005~6?
About 18 years.

I still remember when my friend recommend this to me

Misha's brother (the one she mentioned here) is an evil spirit?

Phil is sus as hell + she triggered MC's flashback (It only happen with Phil)

Seriously where is this apartment complex
I don't mind if the rent is ten times of what I have right now.

they are to be collected for achievements

Not to mention how expensive it is to run AI like ChatGPT
And it's not even close to what needed to run characters like in this manhwa

3/10

to be eaten?