4 Stars

This next volume containing comics #5-8 shows the pressure is on as the students at King’s Row face off with each other to grab the top 3 spots for the fencing team!

I look forward to seeing how this all plays out!
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Se está poniendo mejor!!! ( )

Nicolas is a whole mood!! ( )

Hints at Seiji’s dark past? Yes, please. Nicholas’s character development? Nice. And good lord, Aiden and Seiji’s match! It was so exciting I caught myself holding my breath.

Fave quote of the issue is this one, hands down:

I want to win this match and erase Aidan's win against you. So that the one you look at as a rival is ME.

I mean, on one hand, the DRAMA of it all, the sweet, sweet rivalry. I am so here for this. But also Nicholas being a little shit and annoying Seiji after the match? That’s the stuff the best ships are made of.

As a person whose only interest in sports consists of sometimes watching random figure skaters on YouTube and lifting weights in my apartment a couple of times a week, Fence does a fantastic job of introducing fencing in a way that makes me genuinely interested in the sport.

Fun fun fun. ( )

The first four volumes of the comic Fence, about Nick Cox, a talented but not well-trained high school fencer who wants to compete at a high level. He receives a scholarship to a school where he can fence, but he must make the team to stay on. The first four volumes follow Nick as he first arrives at school, begins practicing with the team, and nurses his rivalry (and friendship?) with elite fencer Seiji. This comic is a delight, with great friendships, lots of queer rep, and neat fencing sequences. I'm looking forward to more of it. ( )