The Eyes of Sora

by Summer

When Jeongha, the temperamental young son of a wealthy businessman was suddenly stricken down with a mysterious illness, his father scrambled to look for a cure. But the debilitating affliction persisted. Desperate and out of option, the father sought out help from a temple up on a misty mountain to save the life of his only son. As he stood waiting at the foot of the mountain for the temple people, he was approached by a village elderly man. The man told him that if the problem was small, he would be met by young temple people. If the problem was average, he would be met by middle aged people. And if the problem was grave, he would be met by elderly people, in which case he would need to prepare his heart for the worst. But on the rare occasion where a child came down to meet him, he would have to beg for his child’s life as if his own life depended on it.

Genres: Manga, Fantasy

2000 pages, Webtoon

Published January 1, 2017

Reviews

[Grace · Rating 5 out of 5]

The story starts out a bit slow, not explaining much about what is going on. It just tells of a young boy who has been sick most of his life suddenly gets sicker and his father looks desperately for help. His father comes home with another young boy from the mountains above who was beginning to/learned the "monk" ways, called Sora. Throughout the years of adolescence and teen years, Sora and Jungha's (the sick one) relationship is quite rocky. Jungha never seems to appreciate what Sora is doing for him (Sora kind of keeps the "illness" at bay for Jungha and takes on the burden himself) and Sora kind of becomes an outcast at school as well. But as Sora's fatigue gets more noticeable, Jungha starts to show that cares about Sora, something that Sora doesn't really believe in. Overlapping this whole story, are the powers of Sora, being able to see spirits, both bad and good, malignant spirit possession, and the theme of love vs. hatred. (there really is kind of a plot twist in the middle) ;)

[Katyayini Sharma · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is my favourite webtoon, and honestly it might be because this hits literally all the right spots for me. The tone is sombre and dark, but still had some light moments, and I had no idea where the story was going at any point. Sora as a protagonist is so compelling, and I can't help but love Jeongha even with his little mean streak. The world building is wonderful and scary, and everything is so achingly beautiful. Each update towards the end just ripped my heart out and pieced it back together. Every time I think about this I want to re-read it, it's so amazing.

[Leila ✨ · Rating 2 out of 5]

Tenía el potencial to be great, pero yo estaba en un mood de leer un BL chill y tierno y este manwha fue extremadamente angsty y fantasioso ahr y me obligó a pensar demasiado (? y no tenía ganas de pensar xd así que eso le jugó en contra lo 100to autor/a

2 de 5 estrellas.

[Manta · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read it here: https://manta.net/series/1221

[sandy · Rating 2 out of 5]

i’m gonna kms