Book Review
Title: Fence: Volume 4 by C.S. Pacat
Genre: Graphic Novel, Sports, Humour
Rating: 4 Stars
Volume 3 of Fence a let down after the first two volumes but I am hoping volume 4 can bring it back. Volume 4 definitely brought back what the first two volumes had with more focus on the characters, their relationships and their unity as a team when it matters the most. Seiji was the standout character of this volume for me as we see his character beginning to shift slightly already and I can’t wait to see more of that.
This entire volume centres around the first practice match between Kings Row and MLC, their long standing rivals. Before this Nicholas is undergoing basic training that the others don’t because of his poor foundations but he very quickly sees small improvements in his fencing. By the time we get around to the practice match he has started to build a proper friendship with Seiji. It seems like something happened between Seiji and Jesse like there was a misunderstanding of feelings and Seiji hasn’t forgiven Jesse for it but we do see the potential romance between him and Nicholas developing nicely especially when Seiji helps Nicholas train for they can be a better team.
The practice match itself was amazing as the Kings Rows boys realise the flaws in themselves individually and as a team and use Nicholas to patch them as he is an unknown to MLC and it actually helps them turn the tide of the match in their favour. After this Harvard, Seiji, Eugene and Nicholas see themselves as more of a team, Aiden is excluded from this as he doesn’t really turn up for practice matches. We learn that this is possibly because of his romantic feeling for Harvard which he keeps hidden although I have the feeling that they would be returned. Aiden suffers from a lot of self-doubt even if he doesn’t show it which is something I liked seeing as well as Aiden being a very sexually open character.
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