So when a series presents a sport in a realistic manner, the audience will take its depiction of that sport as a truthful portrayal. I know dozens of people who started playing volleyball or swimming or running because of sports anime. Media about sports, particularly uncommon sports, are often the audience’s first introduction to how that sport works. If he’s so bad at everything, how did he make the team? He shouldn’t even have a blade in his hand until he learns what distance means. If Nicholas is terrible at everything, he needs to start with footwork. All beginners start with advancing and retreating, just walking back and forth in a line until the correct posture is ingrained in their muscle memory. Footwork and distance are the foundation of good fencing. Any fencing coach will tell you this is not a smart move. Nicholas is described to the audience as a complete beginner who lucked into being on the team because of his super amazing reflexes, and is told to focus on his bladework and accuracy. Small details like the insignia on the socks being on the wrong side and the members of the team getting their names on jackets instead of school patches on the sleeves were distracting, but ultimately not a huge problem.Ī bigger problem is the way practice at King’s Row is run.
Okay, not everything, but there are a lot of inaccuracies both minor and major that drew my attention as a former high school fencer. Pacat (writer) Johanna the Mad (artist) Joana Lafuente (colors) Jim Campbell (letters)
This new volume further develops the relationships that were set up earlier in the series and explores the world of fencing a bit more.Įxcept everything it says about fencing is wrong.įence: Rivals C. Pacat and Johanna the Mad returns in graphic novel format as Fence: Rivals, collecting four chapters about King’s Row Academy’s practice match against the school that knocked them out of the State Championships last year.
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