수평선 3

Horizon (수평선) #3

by Jung Ji Hun, 정지훈

『수평선』제3권. 세상이 멸망하고 부모님을 잃은 소년·소녀가 우연히 만나 함께 앞을 향해 걸어간다. 소년·소녀는 많은 것을 잃었지만, 함께 영원히 앞으로 걸어갈 수 있다는 한 가지 희망을 마음속에 품고 있다. 그렇게 소년·소녀는 무작정 앞을 향해 걸어가면서 몇몇 어른들과 만나지만, 망가진 본능과 망가진 이성만을 가진 어른들은 소년·소녀를 위협하거나 이용하면서 세상에는 언제나 죽음이 주위에 있다는 것을 깨닫게 된다. 하지만 그런 위험을 헤쳐 나갈수록 소년과 소녀는 점차 가까워지는데··· 소년·소녀가 무작정 앞으로 걸어가면서 이루고자 하는 꿈은 무엇일까? 그리고 그 꿈을 이룰 수 있을까?

Genres: Manga, Manhwa, Horror, Graphic Novels, Drama, Dystopia, Comics

360 pages, Paperback

First published November 10, 2016

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Reviews

[aleksandra · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5/5

I don't remember the last time I felt so much while reading a graphic novel. I was terrified, I was heartbroken and in tears, I was happy, then I was depressed. It was such a rollercoaster of emotions. If you want to feel something, just read it. At your own risk, but read it.

[Haylee · Rating 5 out of 5]

WHAT AN ENDING I’M SOBBING

[KalynAbridged · Rating 5 out of 5]

Holy cow, that ending was just phenomenal. These might be my favorite books of the whole year. I just don’t know how you can beat it. Forever will be crying because of these. The first 2 were dark and this one was filled with hope and love, the messaging behind it and the final few images just hit me like a freight train.

[Tayjah · Rating 5 out of 5]

AHHHH I LOVED THIS MANHWA!!! I’m glad I got a happy ending after all that dark shit I just read😭 definitely a tearjerker

[Toni · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5

[Liam · Rating 5 out of 5]

this was my first manhwa. it's a great series. very dark but I like that every now and then. thanks to Urbon for the recommendation!
now to see what other manhwa are out there!

[Dandy ˙ᵕ˙ · Rating 5 out of 5]

this whole series has just been Bad Times Central but this ending :sob: 10/10

[Tamara Ducatel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Trois manga superbement bien dessiné, une belle petite histoire ou un peu toutes les émotions sont abordées et que j’ai éprouvée également tout au long de ce manga. J’ai Adoré!

[Lily · Rating 3 out of 5]

There are things I really appreciated about this (atmosphere, art, style overall), but damn, I really can’t help but feel that the entire point of this story is to just make you depressed. Feels melodramatic in that way. Pulls on your heartstrings because how can it not, but it leaves you feeling like there was no point to it all.

2.5. I can see why others like it. Perhaps not for me.

[Gabe Mellow · Rating 5 out of 5]

What is life anyway?
I'm sobbing. It's beautiful and painful....

[Dumb popcorn's manga · Rating 5 out of 5]

Genuinely made me cry. Absolutely soul-crushing

[H.Sapiens · Rating 5 out of 5]

A no tak, to się tak kończy, oczywiście, powinnam się domyśleć po tym jak zaczęli sobie planować razem przyszłość 🥲

[Mademoiselle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ich weine nicht. 😢 Du weinst.

[Lenna · Rating 5 out of 5]

painfully beautiful look at what it means to be a human💔❤️

[kayla · Rating 5 out of 5]

as the manga finished, so did i. 😍

[Timur Paszkiewicz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Crying

[Andrea]

Qué ganas tenía de leer este manhwa. Ha sido todo lo que esperaba y más. El dibujo es superexpresivo, y el hecho de que haya poquito texto lo potencia todavía más. Me ha dejado tristísima, pero con un poquito de esperanza 🌞.

[Its me Topher 🫧🫧😩 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gave me hope, took it away, gave me hope, took it away, gave me hope, took it away, and then finally gave me hope. This series catches humanity so gracefully whilst showing the good and bad of humans.

[Andrada Brătescu · Rating 5 out of 5]

This series genuinely broke me a bit, I went in blind and I think that made it have an even bigger impact on me. Although the aspect and the writing may seem simplistic, The Horizon portrays the return of the human mind to its basic principles, what indeed makes us human, along with a touch of viscerality that adds to the whole picture. In a way, it reminded me of Lord of the Flies, since we can see children basically discover morality and different philosophical approaches on life thanks to the horrific warzone the whole world seems to have turned into, circumstances they did not choose, but that they're forced to put up with through the (not so simple) act of living. These books made me feel like I was reading the embodiment of the quote "I talk to God, but the sky is empty", made me cry several times and I don't regret a single moment of it. It truly captures the essence of all the atrocities man has chosen to be governed by, fear, anger, war, principles, and how we each have to carry these burdens even if we weren't given a choice, and a great way to make us realize that we should look around and be more aware of how we decide to see life and how we live it.

[Rocío García · Rating 3 out of 5]

El existencialismo postapocalíptico me hace débil. En ocasiones algo tremendista, pero la verdad es que te mantiene con el corazón encogido la escasa hora y media que tardas en "leer" (porque hay más historia en las expresiones y los fondos negros que en los bocadillos) la historia completa.

[Katya · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved every page. I wish there were more. But all things must come to an end, I guess.

3 books filled with endless emotions.

[Samkip · Rating 3 out of 5]

When the whale said "🫤," I felt that.

[Nicole · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’ve written about The Horizon before and the story / art are a 5/5 for me. JH is a talented storyteller. He gets all the stars.

I’ve rated it a 4/5 though because I was a tad disappointed with the formatting and translation of the Horizon from vertical webtoon to a hardcopy book.

First, the good: I love how important panels were emphasized by making them a splash page; I often found myself lingering on these pages. I think the third volume of the Horizon did this masterfully especially when it’s the only volume that uses color.

At the same time, there is some odd formatting across the volumes that threw me off. The bottom panels are at times cut off so you can’t see the full expression of a character or a speech bubble will look out of place. I can’t imagine how challenging it is to reformat from a vertical layout to a horizontal one but I’m disappointed that some of the excellent art / typesetting were cut off.

I also wish the print quality of the black / white scenes was better. These scenes are so clear in its digital format despite the dark lighting in some scenes yet I had a lot of difficulty reading these same panels in the physical copy. Again, it’s disappointing considering how manga volumes, which are considerably cheaper than these manhwa volumes, can be crisp and clear.

This is one of my most favorite webtoons. I just wish the publishing company took more care in printing it.

[Daria (altrimari_archive) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Perché, anche nei momenti più tragici e dolorosi, lottiamo per rimanere in vita? Cosa rende la vita degna di essere vissuta?

Un'opera violenta, esistenzialista, con pochissimi dialoghi: sono le immagini a parlare, il tratto sporco, l'inchiostro nero che macchia le pagine, interrotto e contrastato da pagine luminose, colorate, accecanti.

Come si preserva la propria umanità? Forse sono le persone che ci amano a tenerci a galla.

[James DeSantis · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’m honestly struggling to find the right words for this one. It’s haunting, heartbreaking, and unexpectedly beautiful. I smiled just as often as I wanted to cry. This book is about accepting life in all its messiness, the joy and the pain, and damn, that’s a hard truth to sit with. It’s going to stay with me for a while, and I’ll be thinking about it long after the last page.

[Urbon Adamsson · Rating 5 out of 5]

No! 😔🥺😭

Life is about finding light in the dark.

This book is the conclusion of a painful journey.

This whole series is some of the best books I have ever read.

A good representation of life is.

A must read.

Absolutely masterpiece.

[Catarina Prata · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was worth it.

[Rebecca · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm not sure it was worth it.

[madryds · Rating 5 out of 5]

congrats! now i’m depressed

[shaneypie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a sad but amazing ending to the story, I’ll be reading this many times.