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In this fun and queer young adult contemporary comic series, you’ll be treated to �

� A chemical and explosive enemies-to-still-getting-there gay romance between two teen fencers who want to throttle each other. There is building tension, deliciously taut; there is petty rivalry, childishly entertaining; and there is sports—oh yes there is sports with stressful competition and tragic heartbreak and whatevernot.

� Lots and lots of casual, delightful queerness and diversity—from bi boys and gay boys and transboys to racial diversity and various social classes and family backgrounds. My rainbow heart was weeping in joy. Someone give this book an award for glorious beauty. *clutches chest and dies*

� An overwhelming amount of heartwarming cuteness in lessons of kindness, adorable bonds between characters, and friendships peppered with boarding school misadventures—what more do you need? Oh, you need more? Alrighty.





� The confident and stubborn sweet little puppy by the name of Nicholas Cox whose life is a tragedy but his will will shake worlds. He’s my angry baby and I love how he handles bullies with style—meaning he doesn’t let them drag him down and marches into battle with his unpredictable cluelessness and bold hotheaded attitude.

You might say he’s too angry and overconfident; if you do, I’ll tell you to kindly shoo. Because when your life starts at the rock bottom, when your privileged half-brother has everything you can only dream of, the only way to rise, to succeed, is through sheer determination and certainty that you can and that nothing can stop or beat you.

� Also an arrogant, holier-than-thou jerk named Seiji Katayama whose arrogance is not unfounded (he truly is exceptionally skilled) and whose infuriating shetbag attitude makes sense because of his secret insecurities, but that still does not change the fact that I want to pummel him. Just why, no why, should he be named Seiji and keep reminding me of my Robin Hood Souji in The Burning God?

� If you’re still unconvinced, then I give you: C.S. Pacat’s LOL-inducing, stomach-aching humour and top notch storytelling technique—both getting better and better with each issue as the hilarity grows and the writing awes you with its perfect building of drama and tension.

� And last but not least, Johanna the Mad’s madly scrumptious and captivatingly refined art that turned this series unforgettable, making characters and stress jump out of the page and greedily drag you down into their depth and adding to the humour until it chokes you. I stan.

What are you waiting for? If you enjoy young adult contemporary comics and gay boys being in love, then read this. I went in with no expectations, I came out addicted—even though I needed more from this graphic novel in some cases. Still, I loved it and here’s the character sheets for your amusement �

Companions: Playlist & Related Reviews

Book series playlist:
Books in series:
� Fence #1 ★★★✯�
� Fence #2 ★★★✯�
� Fence #3 ★★★★�
� Fence #4 ★★★✯�
� Fence #5 ★★★★�
� Fence #6 ★★★★�
� Fence #7 ★★★★�
� Fence #8 ★★★★�
� Fence #9 ★★★★�
� Fence #10 ★★★★�
� Fence #11 ★★★★�
� Fence #12 ★★★★�
� Fence, Vol. 1 (Fence, #1-4) ★★★★�
� Fence, Vol. 2 (Fence, #5-8) ★★★★�
� Fence, Vol. 3 (Fence, #9-12) ★★★★�
� Fence, Vol. 4 (Fence, #13-16) ★★★★�