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Gangnam in complete darkness…
"Am I the only one alive? What’s going on?"
A boy wakes up to find himself in a building full of dead people. No cars, no electricity and no stars in the sky… Not only Gangnam, but the entire city seems deserted.

200 pages, Unknown Binding

Published January 1, 2014

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Youn In-wan

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Youn In-Wan (인완윤) is a South Korean manhwa writer.

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Profile Image for Mehsi.
15.1k reviews454 followers
February 24, 2017
Welll..... this was just terrific and creepy as hell. Guess what I am not going to do tonight? Yes, sleep. *shivers*

Imagine waking up in a world destroyed, imagine waking up amidst corpses of your friends, your schoolmates, your teachers. Welcome to the new world in which the male MC awakens. Understandably the MC is terrified, and well, I can tell you, he wasn't alone. The sight of all those corpses was enough to bring me nightmares, but what happens next was even more gruesome.

The world is pitch black, but that darkness brings an unfortunate thing with it. Flesh-eating bugs. Yep, you heard me right. If it wasn't enough that the world was gone, or at least the part this guy is in, you have lovely bugs that will dig into your skin to eat you. This was definitely one of the many parts that made me have goosebumps, and also one of the parts that made me want to drop the comic. I am not good with bugs, and if those bugs like to nomnom on parts of human? Eh.... NOPE. NOPE. Definitely nope. Especially some scenes were disgusting and disturbing. Like that one were we get a pretty graphic view of a beastie crawling into an eyeball. Yeahhhhh, nope.

There are other survivors, our MC quickly discovers the second MC, this time a girl. I immediately liked her, she seemed strong, dependable, and awesome. I have to say with certain revelations (we see flashbacks to a life before all this stuff) I am not sure if I like her a lot. Of course everyone makes mistakes, but what she did to a friend? No. No. No. Eh, from what I could see our MC is getting a bit of karma on her. There were 2 moments that freaked me out. I won't spoil which ones, but I am sure when you get to those points you will know what I meant. :P
But I still was rooting a lot for her. She has survived for so long, she deserves to make it. She deserves to get through.

The comic switches between the girl and the boy. The boy especially was quite interesting as there is something going on with him that is strange. He has been in a long coma (which is impossible), his wounds heal magically, and then there are the dreams. I am quite curious to see how it will proceed. What will happen to him, why does this all happen to him, is he the chosen one?

Like I said we also see flashbacks and dreams. We see hints to what happened to the world, what our MCs were doing in the world. I definitely loved it, and while they did give a clue on what was going on, they also brought a whole lot of questions with them.

I still have absolutely no clue what is going on or what is happening to the world. Is it only Seoul? Is it the world? Is it something else entirely? Then there is the bugs, the army we saw at the end of this book, the strange guy that helped out. I hope that we will get all the answers as the comic proceeds.

Then we also have some disturbed survivors. Some people survived, but totally snapped, adapted, and are now killing everyone, and eating them. Pursuing them. At first I thought they wouldn't have the capability any more to be human, but they can talk, and they can think. It is quite creepy that people went down the rabbit hole this fast. *shivers* If you thought bugs weren't bad enough, or dogs, then cannibals definitely will top the list.

The art is pretty awesome, I love the style, and how it feels. It works best if you can scroll through them from top to bottom, that just gives the feeling of a movie playing. At times the details were a bit over the top for me (like with the bug and the eye), but mostly I just love them.

What more? Mm I am not sure if I will continue reading (yes confusing right), but I don't know, I just want to immediately go to the ending, not go from one cliffhanger to the next, never knowing if we will find out what happened. So I will be waiting until this one is finished. Then I will marathon through it (though not at night, because lord, I am not sleeping already tonight and it is only the afternoon here).

I would highly recommend it. It is creepy, mysterious, bloody frightening, but so awesome that you can't stop reading.

Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
Profile Image for GRIS.
467 reviews101 followers
September 14, 2017
Todo muy tenso, caótico y creepy, pero eso ha hecho que esta lectura sea increíblemente imposible de dejar a un lado. ¡Muy adictivo!

“Hope is a mask that despair has been wearing.”
Profile Image for cindy.
1,981 reviews156 followers
March 19, 2017
"Hope is just a mask Despair has been wearing."

Oh dear God, why did I read this webtoon on lovely bright Sunday morning. It suddenly made all seems gloomy and dark and abandon.
-_______-

Storywise, it quite good and intriguing. Keep made me asking why... what happened... what did really causing it, scifi? natural disaster? goverment experiment? what???

The artwork was impressive. Although most of all were black and white (lots and lots of black) but the details were superb. Prolog chapters for each season were one single loooooong illustration. Really worth looking.

Read season 1 - 3 on line webtoon.

Wonder how to read season 4 and 5 which moved to Naver :-/
Profile Image for bisma ❀.
44 reviews5 followers
July 16, 2020
I will NEVER and I repeat: NEVER get over this webtoon
From chapter one all the way to the series finale, I was on the edge of my seat while I read this

No other webtoon (in its genre) could ever evoke such feelings as I have for this one

Solid 5 stars
Profile Image for Chelsea.
402 reviews6 followers
January 5, 2023
Literally every chapter things got worse.
Story was good though! Lots of twists and flashbacks. Most of the series, you have a lot of questions about what’s going on, why is the world ending, etc and most of them are answered by the end (I still have a couple, however).
Also, kudos to the artist, because the art style complements the story perfectly, and some panels were genuinely so creepy.
I saw a lot of people in the comments talking about YLAB’s universe and I am now invested in the superstring universe. WEBTOON, please liscense the rest of YLAB’s stuff.
Profile Image for TAJ ALGADDAFI  | تاج القذافي.
409 reviews68 followers
October 19, 2024
الجزء الاول من الرواية المصورة الكورية "سماء بعيدة" او "distant sky"
5\5⭐️
-ملخص القصة:-✨️
"هل أنا الوحيد الذي ما زال على قيد الحياة؟" يستيقظ صبي ليجد نفسه في مبنى مليء بالموتى، وجانجنام محاطة بظلام دامس. لا سيارات ولا كهرباء ولا نجوم في السماء... ليس جانجنام فقط بل المدينة بأكملها تبدو مهجورة.
-التصنيف:- رعب ، غموض.✨️
- بدأت في قراءة هذي الرواية على ويبتون في 2017 ، وقتها حتى الجزء الثاني والثالث ما كتملن ، فا توقفت عن قراءتها لسببين ، اولهم الدراسة وثانيا كنت انتظر انها تنزل كاملة وتترجم ، وتذكرتها امس بعد تقريبا 8 سنوات وقررت اكملها ، الي صدمني قد الوقت الي فات وانا كنت احسه كأنه امس وانا في الثانوية وليالي الشتاء تحت الأغطية واستمتع بقرأتها بنهم ، حاليا خريجة و الوقت فات من دون ما نحس بيه..✨️
على العموم الرواية تستحق القراءة ، يكفي اقولك ان:- تقيمها على ويبتون 9.61⭐️
وقرأها اكثر من 28.7 مليون شخص على ويبتون💖✨️
2024\10\19
السبت
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92 reviews3 followers
December 12, 2023
The art is so damn eerie and creepy *chef's kiss* Every chapter had me on the edge of the seat and the jumpscares. Oh my god the jumpscares. I never got spooked by a manhwa before lol this was amazing.
Profile Image for Ihor Kolesnyk.
636 reviews3 followers
August 9, 2025
Дуже цікава манхва. Дещо розтягнуто події першої частини, але ілюстратор добре створив атмосферу безвиході, кінця світу і темряви, з якої втікають наші герої.
Profile Image for Rosa.
47 reviews
April 23, 2025
I started this series back in 2021 and can only remember how scary it was. I’ll probably re-read it this year and finish it :3
53 reviews36 followers
December 9, 2021
"¿Por que continuar? ¿Por que seguir viviendo y luchando contra lo inevitable? ¿Tiene algún sentido el vivir ahora?"
Este es uno de esos manwhas que te hace pasar por toda tipo de emociones y que su final te deja con un sabor agridulce aun cuando es uno bastante bueno (Metafóricamente bueno, puesto que aun quedan algunos cabos sueltos sobre el fin del mundo).
Podría decirse que, junto a fire punch, es uno de esos manwha o manga que te abofetea en la cara y te hace preocupar por los personajes, aun cuando sabes que todo esta perdido... por que realmente todo lo esta. Es el fin del mundo. Nadie va a salvarse, pero aun así intentan sobrevivir. Miles y miles de desgracias, casi infinitas chocan contra la humanidad y la ultima, va a ser la peor de todas. Sin embargo, aun cuando la atmosfera se siente pesimista, tensa y oscura, su mensaje es todo lo contrario: El buscar la esperanza en las cosas y sobrevivir a todo lo que ocurre. Simplemente vivir por que eso es lo que hacemos los humanos, sobrevivir.
Añadido a esto, aparecen muchos personajes del mismo universo: Revival Man, Terror Man y otros mas. Y lo que es peor... muchos mueren.
Es increíble lo bueno que esta escrito y su arte es bastante acertado. Si es que algún día lo animan, espero que se conserve algo de su estilo, por que es uno de sus puntos mas fuertes, da como una sensación de ver imágenes entrecortadas.
Recomendado seria decir poco. Es algo que es tan bueno que no me sorprendería que luego de un tiempo se hable mucho de esta obra maestra.
Profile Image for Ayah.
29 reviews1 follower
November 22, 2020
this is a review for the series as a whole so don't read if you've only read the first book

also i'm giving a heads up that this is the least professional review you're going to find for this series

i get it ok this manhwa is more than a little confusing but it's GOOD OK WHERE ELSE ARE YOU GOING TO FIND PEOPLE IN A GIANT SINKHOLE WITH (and i'm going to number them)

1. LAVA

2. ODDLY PLACED TIGERS

3. BLOODYTHIRSTY GORILLAS

4. CONVENIENT PLACES TO DROWN

5. MENTALLY DERANGED CANNIBALS (are they dead or alive? I DONT KNOW. NOBODY KNOWS JACK SHIT IN THIS STORY EXCEPT THAT ONE DUDE WITH A GAS MASK THAT JUST POPS IN FROM TIME TO TIME)

5. HUNG PEOPLE EVERYWHERE

6. RADIOACTIVITY

7. CONCERNING MEMORY ISSUES

8. OMINOUS AMATEUR GRAFFITI

9. A HOSPITAL??? BUT ON STEROIDS

10. BUGS SO MANY BUGS. AND THEY LIKE TO BURY THEMSELVES IN YOUR SKIN!! OH THE JOY!!

11. "give me your heart mY BABY NEEDS A HEART GIVE IT HERE EVEN THOUGH IM ALREADY CARVING IT OUT OF YOUR CHEST" (who's gonna tell her that her baby is dead)

12. CONVENIENT LADDERS TO HEAVEN

13. MISSLES!!!!!!!!!!

14. MILITARY!!!!!!!!!!!!

15. SURVIVOR GENOCIDE!!!!!!!!!!

oh and there's MUCH MUCH more

THIS STORY PURPOSELY GIVES THE MAIN CHARACTERS ZERO CHANCE OF SURVIVAL. ITS JUST SO DARK AND DEPRESSING BECAUSE YOU KNOW THEY WONT SURVIVE. YOU KNOW THEYRE GOING TO DIE. it's so good i recommend to ANYONE.

also can we get an f in the chat for my boy hanuel and my baby heyool.
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302 reviews12 followers
January 21, 2024
" Mira arriba, en el cielo distante. Alcanza el cielo distante. ¿Quién es... el cielo distante?"

Una primera temporada muy interesante. Si bien es innegable su parecido con el manga Dragon Head, de Minetaro Mochizuki, ya que ambos producen una sensación opresiva, claustrofóbica y tienen una premisa bastante similar; creo que Distant sky consigue labrarse un camino propio y forjarse una esencia particular.

He de decir que esta, definitivamente, es una obra terrorífica. A lo largo del tomo, hay escenas que genuinamente me dieron escalofríos. Distant sky explora escenarios que funcionan muy bien, como esos insectos espantosos come-carne, algo de body horror, y juega hábilmente con el terror a lo desconocido, ¿qué hay ahí que no vemos?

La historia comienza con el protagonista, Haneul, un estudiante que ha despertado desorientado e inmerso en una densa oscuridad, dentro de una estación devastada. Haneul no recuerda nada, y como lectores no sabemos qué está pasando; en las paredes se habla sobre el cielo distante, pero no hay mayores explicaciones; y el olor de la muerte se mueve con ellos.

Algo ha pasado en Seúl, Corea, y no sabemos qué, solo que el miedo es asfixiante.
Profile Image for Pep.
2 reviews
December 7, 2022
Sesak. Sepertinya kalau aku berada di komik atau Manhwa ini aku sudah mati. Sedikit trauma, tapi akan lebih trauma lagi jika diteruskan baca sampai volume 5. Tapi bagus! Aku nggak tahu kenapa tapi malamnya setelah membaca ini, aku... tidur nyenyak. Mungkin karena ini terlalu draining; karena tiap-tiap panel menciptakan suasana putus asa yang kuat.

I feel like this and Jinmen has the same vibes, keduanya juga bikin pening kepala. Seru, tapi mungkin aku hanya sanggup baca volume 1 sampai mungkin, volume 3. Gambarnya bagus! Aku paling suka cara Youn In-wan atau siapapun yang menggambarnya mendeskripsikan rasa putus asa melalui goretan-goretan tinta yang unik. Coloringnya juga begitu; pengen menyampaikan bahwa tidak ada kebahagiaan sedikitpun di Distant Sky. Haha. TERUS, aku juga suka cara mereka memberi judul korea pada tiap volume. Yang paling menarik adalah Carnival; yang ditulis kanibal kalau pakai ejaan Hangeul. Word-play!
1 review1 follower
May 2, 2020
well, for people complaining about the ending. you should all finish reading season 4-5 which is available on mangadex and should also have a look into the other comics by YLab (same production as Distant Sky) they all mostly have a shared universe. so it'll help you understand the comic better. even though reading Distant Sky till season 5 (Note : 5 is the last season) will do too.
having finished all of it and the other comics by YLab, i recommend it 11/10 if you are capable of keeping up with what it has to offer.
even though at first nothing makes sense, eventually it does. thus, have fun reading!
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371 reviews1 follower
October 18, 2021
I would rate this a 3.5 out of 5 stars. I wanted to love this series. It has an interesting start. Loads of unknowns and interesting factors. However, certain things keep happening in the story that don't make sense and make it hard for me to want to keep reading. I want to keep reading but I also don't. It's one of those stories where the unknowns are so weird that you aren't sure if the explanation for why (all of this is happened or how) is even good. I will read the next season but I'm not too sure if I enjoy this series yet. 🤷🏼‍♂️

(No spoilers so the review is hard to understand but if you have read it you know what I'm talking about)
Profile Image for Mai.
849 reviews82 followers
February 27, 2021
omg. wow. survived season 1 😳😱🤯
holy hell... the apocalypse somehow happend and Seoul is literally hell in this webtoon. 💀
we got the whole package (minor spoilers?): amnestic main character, lone survivor girl, complete darkness everywhere, cannibals, deadly bugs, beastly dogs, lava, water, a tiger...🙊
a lot of things don't make sense, but hey, its a fictional story (luckily, and please no, I don't want this to become reality)... still I hope, there will be some kind of explanation for everything.
Profile Image for Lolo-lín.
259 reviews10 followers
September 6, 2022
Mentiría si no dijera que me asustó de veras; verás, no es que dé un terror absoluto pero la combinación de los oscuro que está todo, lo gore y lo caótico de la historia hace que no tengas ni idea de qué es lo que te va a salir en el panel de más abajo y oye, tiene su canguelo (y más sí lo lees de noche con la luz apagada).
Termino esta season 1 con dudas y con la sensación de que bastante no ha tenido sentido alguno... De momento me gusta. Le voy a dar de momento otra oportunidad y voy a seguir leyendo a ver qué tal. El misterio está servido.
Profile Image for ✨• r e a g a n •✨.
99 reviews
September 29, 2023
I wanna start with the art

The art was actually SO amazing and shout out to whoever sketched this out, you are so talented!

But this WEBTOON comic I read was graphic, it generally scared me, concerning, and quite the rollercoaster. There was always something happening and it kept me hooked!

Mainly because of all the dead bodies coming from the dead and trying the kill them actually scared me. Probably because I read it at night.

I see some romance starting to come into the picture! I think there might just be some! :)

I would highly recommend this to my thriller lovers out there.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
Profile Image for ˗ˏˋ✰ s y l v i e ✰ˎˊ˗.
170 reviews23 followers
February 14, 2023
4 stars for the story so far but the art is SO GORGEOUS!! absolutely one of the most beautiful and detailed graphic novels i've ever laid eyes on and it's completely free! i'm really interested to see where the story goes, at first you don't really know what's going on but slowly more things get revealed and it's so interesting and unique. definitely recommend this if you like horror and unsettling imagery of leeches that will make it feel like they're crawling on your skin :)
Profile Image for Bougainvillea.
25 reviews
September 11, 2022
This one was BRUTAL.The most bleak depiction of a post apocalyptic world I've ever seen in any media.I haven't been this eager to read something in a long time. Although it did have some murky or downright impossible plot points it was an extremely enjoyable read and they didn't deter the experience. Definitely not for the faint of heart. Some chapters will keep you up at night.
103 reviews2 followers
March 2, 2023
Genius. This is so intense and so well done. I love the artwork, the writing, the mystery, and the horror of the situations. I still don't understand much of what is happening and I can't wait to find out.
5 reviews
June 11, 2024
A story about hope and optimism that I feel changed me as a human. Worth rereading again and again. However, if people have extremely strong preferences for clean lines and don't like not knowing what goes on in/ the backstory of a story occasionally, possibly not for you.
Profile Image for ☽ Ashe ☾.
123 reviews11 followers
July 20, 2017
Ooh creepy! You know the best way to read this is at night just before you go to sleep imo. I did it and I've no regrets.
Profile Image for Roma.
775 reviews25 followers
July 9, 2018
My heart is pumping every chapter. It's so good!
2 reviews
July 11, 2019
One of the best manhwa on Webtoons. Although it may fall short in Season 4 and 5, it's still a great series.
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