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I waited with bated breath for this.... and I finished it in 10 minutes

I'm very new to the sequential art game. The two that I have read have been finished or almost finished and have taken me at least a couple of days to read. So this was a very strange experience for me, especially given how excited I was for it.

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The story so far is pretty intriguing, though there's not much to it other than what is mentioned in the synopsis. Essentially, new amateur to the fencing world takes on a famous fencer in a regional competition. We get a little bit of a backstory, mostly through imagery/background art of the panels and it was all very well done. I'm definitely interested in knowing more about Nicholas' life. And of course, we get a little cliff hanger.

Also: how it possible to already feel sexual tension in such a short lil book? Pacat is a genius.

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It was absolutely gorgeous. I'm by no means a professional sequential art reader but this is definitely the best art I've read/looked at so far. The emotion on the faces was so nuanced, the panels very well thought out, and the use and nonuse of words to accompany panels was perfect (sometimes I find that too much or too little text can take away from the overall story).

I really do think you should all buy this... but maybe wait and buy it once the second one comes out as well? Might just be my sad, quick reading heart talking. But anyway, Pacat didn't disappoint.