# WebtoonLib — The Horizon #17

## Series
- title: The Horizon
- slug: the-horizon-91efb0

## Chapter
- number: 17
- release_date: 2025-03-06

### Summary
Following a brief moment of hope where the two main protagonists met another pair of child survivors, this chapter plunges into sudden, devastating tragedy. The four children—the Boy, the Girl, the Boy in Forest, and the Girl in Forest—are together when a startling event, described by readers as a possible missile explosion, erupts. In the ensuing panic, the Boy in Forest is startled and accidentally shoots and kills the Girl. In immediate, grief-stricken retaliation, the Boy kills the Boy in Forest. This catastrophic turn of events brutally extinguishes the nascent hope that the four could survive together, a future made even more poignant by the Boy and Girl's recent promises to marry and build a home. The chapter abruptly concludes the Girl's journey, leaving the Boy utterly alone and fulfilling the previous chapter's overwhelming sense of impending doom. The shocking and rapid sequence of violence left readers heartbroken, confused, and speechless at the story's profound cruelty.
- summary_source: graph_aggregator
- summary_verification: unverified

### Key events
- The Boy in Forest accidentally shoots the Girl; the Boy kills him in retaliation.

## Spoiler
- level: auto

### Safe teaser
Following a brief moment of hope where the two main protagonists met another pair of child survivors, this chapter plunges into sudden, devastating tragedy.

### Spoiler summary
Following a brief moment of hope where the two main protagonists met another pair of child survivors, this chapter plunges into sudden, devastating tragedy. The four children—the Boy, the Girl, the Boy in Forest, and the Girl in Forest—are together when a startling event, described by readers as a possible missile explosion, erupts. In the ensuing panic, the Boy in Forest is startled and accidentally shoots and kills the Girl. In immediate, grief-stricken retaliation, the Boy kills the Boy in Forest. This catastrophic turn of events brutally extinguishes the nascent hope that the four could survive together, a future made even more poignant by the Boy and Girl's recent promises to marry and build a home. The chapter abruptly concludes the Girl's journey, leaving the Boy utterly alone and fulfilling the previous chapter's overwhelming sense of impending doom. The shocking and rapid sequence of violence left readers heartbroken, confused, and speechless at the story's profound cruelty.

## Status
- data_status: complete
- summary_status: generated
- transcript: Hardsub chapter — image-only

## See also
- [WebtoonLib — The Horizon #17](/series/the-horizon-91efb0/chapter-17)
- for_series_detail: /llms-series/the-horizon-91efb0

## Usage
AI grounding / search / summarization. Cite WebtoonLib for any included content.