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Fence: Redemption (Single Issues) #4
Fence: Redemption #4
In the FINAL ISSUE of The GLAAD Media Award-nominated sports comic's latest chapter, Seiji gets an up close and personal look into Nicholas' past, and a clearer picture of just how much determination it took for Nicholas to overcome adversity and a rocky start.
While preparing for the difficult road ahead and the State Championships, and (especially) while spending some hometown time together, they're faced with a tempting thought...
Is this... a date?
While preparing for the difficult road ahead and the State Championships, and (especially) while spending some hometown time together, they're faced with a tempting thought...
Is this... a date?
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First published September 13, 2023
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C.S. Pacat
70 books16.8k followersC.S. Pacat is the USA-Today best-selling author of Dark Rise, the Captive Prince trilogy, and the GLAAD-nominated graphic novels Fence.
Born in Australia and educated at the University of Melbourne, C.S. Pacat has lived in a number of cities, including Tokyo and Perugia, and currently resides and writes in Melbourne.
Born in Australia and educated at the University of Melbourne, C.S. Pacat has lived in a number of cities, including Tokyo and Perugia, and currently resides and writes in Melbourne.
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April 24, 2024
YOU CANNOT END THIS WITH THAT LITTLE MOMENT BETWEEN SEIJI AND NICHOLAS AND EXPECT ME TO CHILL
September 18, 2023
Un-Follow Me Now, This Is Gonna Be the Only Thing I Tweet About For The Next Week. Ive Wanted This For Years Fuck. What The Fuck.
September 19, 2023
I read this last night, but I'm flipping through it again now and just noticed that NICHOLAS GIVES SEIJI HIS JACKET TO WEAR while they're walking back to camp and I AM UNWELL WHYYYYYYYYYYY HOW LONG ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE NEXT ISSUE I AM IN PAIN 🍨🍨🌅😍💘❤️🔥🥹💀
September 13, 2023
so, disarmed just isn’t canon now?
I was so disappointed with redemption as a whole because it just felt like disjointed mediocre fanservice. let’s hope the next volume is better.
I was so disappointed with redemption as a whole because it just felt like disjointed mediocre fanservice. let’s hope the next volume is better.
October 20, 2023
THISSSSS!! FINALLY!! OMG
I've read books so romantic and fluffy before but the little fact of Nick giving Seiji his jacket got me jumping from the roof. I'd probably die before this gets completed but I LOVE THEM SO MUCH!
Thedate appointment could have been a little longer. Let me have a panel of them eating sundaes. Let me have a panel of them being idiots. Ahhhh every time i finish a Fence issue I just crave for the next one.
I've read books so romantic and fluffy before but the little fact of Nick giving Seiji his jacket got me jumping from the roof. I'd probably die before this gets completed but I LOVE THEM SO MUCH!
The
November 17, 2023
THEY ARE JUST SO CUTE I'M LITERALLY CRYING AAAAAAAHHHH I NEED MORE WHYYYYYY
I just want to grab Nick and Seiji and hug them and put them in a little box and protect them forever because I just love them so much
I just want to grab Nick and Seiji and hug them and put them in a little box and protect them forever because I just love them so much
September 13, 2023
AHHHHH OMG OMG OMG
WHAT DID I JUST SEE?????
WHAT DID I JUST SEE?????
September 13, 2023
HE GAVE HIM HIS JACKET
AHSHHDJSKSKA
AHSHHDJSKSKA
September 13, 2023
Wait I still want to know what happened between the two coaches 😭😭😭😭
October 11, 2023
next update when ?
(i'm going insane)
(i'm going insane)
October 30, 2023
OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD
September 30, 2025
Reading history:
Normally I keep this in my private notes section, but I'm moving it. Yay!
Reading history was not added on Goodreads, but was instead kept on a post-it note with the book.
Started September 14th, 2025.
Finished September 14th, 2025.
September 14th, 2025: read chapters #24 / issues #4 in "Fence Vol. 6: Redemption" compilation in physical form.
Normally I keep this in my private notes section, but I'm moving it. Yay!
Reading history was not added on Goodreads, but was instead kept on a post-it note with the book.
Started September 14th, 2025.
Finished September 14th, 2025.
September 14th, 2025: read chapters #24 / issues #4 in "Fence Vol. 6: Redemption" compilation in physical form.
February 18, 2025
A DATE !! Finally. They're so cute i'm screaming .
October 12, 2023
”I thought I was so far ahead of you. I don’t understand… how you’ve closed this much distance… when I have began this race with a ten-year head start? Have I been so focused on the boy ahead of me… that I haven’t noticed who’s coming up behind?”
The training at Halverton Camp has ended and the boys have four hours of free time. Seiji and Nicholas head out on their appointment (which is definitely not a date, not at all), Bobby uncovers secrets from their Coach's past and Harvard learns to prioritise himself.
I am so sad that this miniseries is already over. I want and need more Fence in my life, soon. This issue was cute and funny, just like all the issues have been so far, and I really liked seeing Nicholas and Seiji in their spare time. Nicholas showing Seiji his hometown, where he trained and Seiji realising how a) difficult Nicholas's childhood was and b) how brilliant he is considering he never had proper training before Kings Row. Also, them having sundaes was way too cute, as was their insistence that this was not a date they just went on. I love them. I need them to kiss.
Speaking of people I want to see kiss, Harvard and Aiden were once again pathetic in this issue. Harvard is going out on a date for the first time in probably ages, and Aiden is all sorts of sad about it. They are silly and stupid and oblivious, and I would like them to smooch. I appreciated that even though Aiden obviously wishes to be the one Harvard goes on dates with, he does not try and sabotage Harvard's love life, as crappier love interests would. He is a good friend to Harvard, even if it costs him.
I am intrigued by the hinted tea between Coaches Sally and Alessandra. I want to learn more!
As I said, I am sad this chapter of this story is over, since there is no way of knowing yet when Fence will come back again. I am gonna miss these monthly chapters a lot.
The training at Halverton Camp has ended and the boys have four hours of free time. Seiji and Nicholas head out on their appointment (which is definitely not a date, not at all), Bobby uncovers secrets from their Coach's past and Harvard learns to prioritise himself.
I am so sad that this miniseries is already over. I want and need more Fence in my life, soon. This issue was cute and funny, just like all the issues have been so far, and I really liked seeing Nicholas and Seiji in their spare time. Nicholas showing Seiji his hometown, where he trained and Seiji realising how a) difficult Nicholas's childhood was and b) how brilliant he is considering he never had proper training before Kings Row. Also, them having sundaes was way too cute, as was their insistence that this was not a date they just went on. I love them. I need them to kiss.
Speaking of people I want to see kiss, Harvard and Aiden were once again pathetic in this issue. Harvard is going out on a date for the first time in probably ages, and Aiden is all sorts of sad about it. They are silly and stupid and oblivious, and I would like them to smooch. I appreciated that even though Aiden obviously wishes to be the one Harvard goes on dates with, he does not try and sabotage Harvard's love life, as crappier love interests would. He is a good friend to Harvard, even if it costs him.
I am intrigued by the hinted tea between Coaches Sally and Alessandra. I want to learn more!
As I said, I am sad this chapter of this story is over, since there is no way of knowing yet when Fence will come back again. I am gonna miss these monthly chapters a lot.
October 23, 2023
Eu simplesmente amei????? A reunião/encontro do Seiji e do Nicholas aaaaaaaaaaaa que fofos! E o Harvard finalmente fazendo coisas por si mesmo! Mas fiquei com muita dózinha do Aiden, poxa, sem revelar os verdadeiros sentimentos dele e tendo que sofrer em silêncio. Preciso de mais capítulos de Fence Redemption!!!
September 18, 2023
I was so excited about the continuation of the story and I was not dissapointed. The story delivered and we had an improvement in design as well. The only thing I didn't like is the feeling I got that it progressed a bit fast, that I missed a chapter or something. All in all, great!
September 26, 2023
llevo esperando años por esto.. una cita seijinicho, mis niños preciosos. y seiji tan sorprendido que estaba de nicholas, my boy is in love 🥺 pero obvio que me tenía que dejar sufriendo por aiden. ah sí, el esgrima también estuvo bueno.
September 13, 2023
Finally some progress! Also Seiji wearing Nicholas jacket ☠️ 😍
September 24, 2023
It’s a date!
Okay, but it’s a bit disappointing that the date I looked forward to so much was only a few pages long. After all this time that’s the only thing we get.
Okay, but it’s a bit disappointing that the date I looked forward to so much was only a few pages long. After all this time that’s the only thing we get.
September 26, 2023
I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD LIVE LONG ENOUGH TO READ A NICOSEIJI DATE OH MY GOD WHEN NICHOLAS GAVE HIS JACKET TO SEIJI I LOST IT 😭
September 26, 2023
THE APPOINTMENT 😭😭😭
September 26, 2023
tan corto 😭
October 13, 2023
i breath for the slow burn this fencers give 😭
October 14, 2023
This was by far the best out of the four single issues.
I cannot believe how long the wait has been!
I cannot believe how long the wait has been!
October 21, 2023
dates!!??
November 5, 2023
Five stars for the fanservice, three stars for how short this was and how disjointed and now idk wtf kinda timeline we're on anymore 😭😭😭
September 21, 2023
This issue felt very oddly paced. I felt like we were jumping a little too much.
This issue for once and for all lays to rest the canonicity of Striking Distance and Disarmed. The books are unfortunately not canon. Up till now, the comics have really waffled on committing one way or the other but in this issue, it's quite clear. I'm personally not a fan of this decision because I loved those books like Disarmed was truly amazing and I'm in love with it but knowing it is not canon hurts. The only positive side to the books not being canon is that we will probably get to see Aiden and Harvard get together for the first time again.
My favourite part of this issue was Nicholas and Seiji'sdate appointment but that too felt oddly rushed even though it was really romantic.
This issue ends with the implication that the next time this story picks up it will be with the State Championships and I'm a little apprehensive that we are headed towards the end because I am not really sure how long this comic plans to continue for. But even if we are not headed towards an end to the comic itself I feel like there is a lot that still needs to happen because it feels very unsatisfying to be headed to the Championships when truly not a lot seems to have happened. I feel like Nicholas should have improved more than he has and his relationship with Seiji should have been more toward the middle and not in its very first stages.
Overall, I feel like I can no longer excuse the comic for taking its time because things in the characters' personal lives seem to moving at a glacial pace compared to the narrative of the comic itself. The first three volumes of this comic where just deciding who would be on the team than the next volume was the match against MLC and then the last two volumes have focused on the Halverton Training Camp, it feels like a lot of time has gone by yet the plot is still stuck taking baby steps. I'm not a fan but I feel like if I had more of an idea of how long they plan this comic to be I would be more settled and comfortable with the creators taking their time but as it has been, I didn't even realize this volume was even happening till the first issue had already been published.
This issue for once and for all lays to rest the canonicity of Striking Distance and Disarmed. The books are unfortunately not canon. Up till now, the comics have really waffled on committing one way or the other but in this issue, it's quite clear. I'm personally not a fan of this decision because I loved those books like Disarmed was truly amazing and I'm in love with it but knowing it is not canon hurts. The only positive side to the books not being canon is that we will probably get to see Aiden and Harvard get together for the first time again.
My favourite part of this issue was Nicholas and Seiji's
This issue ends with the implication that the next time this story picks up it will be with the State Championships and I'm a little apprehensive that we are headed towards the end because I am not really sure how long this comic plans to continue for. But even if we are not headed towards an end to the comic itself I feel like there is a lot that still needs to happen because it feels very unsatisfying to be headed to the Championships when truly not a lot seems to have happened. I feel like Nicholas should have improved more than he has and his relationship with Seiji should have been more toward the middle and not in its very first stages.
Overall, I feel like I can no longer excuse the comic for taking its time because things in the characters' personal lives seem to moving at a glacial pace compared to the narrative of the comic itself. The first three volumes of this comic where just deciding who would be on the team than the next volume was the match against MLC and then the last two volumes have focused on the Halverton Training Camp, it feels like a lot of time has gone by yet the plot is still stuck taking baby steps. I'm not a fan but I feel like if I had more of an idea of how long they plan this comic to be I would be more settled and comfortable with the creators taking their time but as it has been, I didn't even realize this volume was even happening till the first issue had already been published.
July 17, 2025
Review applies to vol 1-4 of this comic series. I feel like I stepped too far into a world of specific jargon and we'll established characters who already know each other so well. It was a little overwhelming to jump straight into this series with no prior knowledge of their preferences, strengths and challenges. I also have realised it takes a really special sports manga/comic to really grab my attention. I liked the cute faces the illustrator did!
October 1, 2023
oof Aiden baby u ok?
I NEED more of Seiji and Nicholasdates "appointments"!!! And are we just going to ignore Seiji wearing Nicholas's jacket??!?
Wish we'd seen some of Harvard's date. Eugene really got zero page-time in Redemption. ngl I don't care about the coach rivalry backstory, but happy for y'all.
I NEED more of Seiji and Nicholas
Wish we'd seen some of Harvard's date. Eugene really got zero page-time in Redemption. ngl I don't care about the coach rivalry backstory, but happy for y'all.
December 30, 2023
the cover arts are amazing
Craving the backstory
(also shipping them)
but of course it is 😌✨
Craving the backstory
(also shipping them)
but of course it is 😌✨
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