Locker & Opener - Reviews

Pretty good! For me this does some things really well and some things not so well. So let's list what's good and you can decide if it is your cup of tea.

Features: proper enemies-to-lovers, action-packed story, morally ambiguous MC's, beautiful art, creative power interactions, and a protagonist with a rather unusual post-redeemed -> corruption arc. It's rare to find a romance story where the MC's are legitimately trying to kill each other at first, it's savage and it's great lol

That's all you need to know to decide really! You can infer spoilers from what I write after, so it is up to you if you want to read on.

Weaker aspects:

* The side characters start strong but become reduced to exposition/plot-devices as the story goes on.

* A vigilante antagonist arc felt weak. This character is shown as rather reasonable, empathetic and frankly a better person then both MC's, despite being the one actually killing people lol

Then, in a very quick chapter span, they devolve into a delusional lunatic, devoid of personality or humanity. After that the villainous villain gets defeated yay! This totally fell flat for me.

* The ending. But! lets just say if you are looking for a romance then you won't be disapointed.

So why do I write this? It felt like the author wasn't commited to their resolution, or changed their mind partways. The ending comes across as a bit generic or half-hearted.

* The heroine/ML's actions didn't match the resolution she was given. Same with the MC but to a lesser extent - If it was a corruption arc, stick to that. If it was about redemption, there needed to be more redemption you know?

Conclusion:

I have to give credit to this manga for being so ballsy with how criminal the MC's are, the cutthroat viciousness at the start and the protagonist had a tonne of potential.

Since the ending and villains are such huge factors (and they did my favourite data-loving side character dirty lol) I can only give a conditional recommendation!

Wow this one is a really fun one! The story is quite confusing especially starting out, but as it goes omg it gets soo interesting! The dynamics between the characters are so new and changing it's amazing! But the most best part of this story is the plot. OMG THE PACING IS PERFECT AND IT NEVER DRAGS ON!! I feel like main characters could actually die and that people who want to kill the other actually do it?! It's very intense and it very interesting! I can't wait for more! If you want a rush of adreninline and a super interesting characters just read this! It really is an amazing read.

Reviewed at chapter 62

It's pretty confusing in start but it gets better later on. You should wait some chapters to decide.

I read some comments that translation is shit but it's not story's just bit complex in start.

If you like action where mc was bad guy in past now became good but is slowly returning to his old self.