Stationery

I bought a bunch of cool and expensive Japanese stationery so I thought it would be fun to make a blog post about it

Kokuyo Campus Notebooks

$10 for a pack of 5
Really good quality paper, smooth as butter
I like using them, but I feel like 30 sheets is not enough for a full year of writing, so depending on how much notes I take, I might have to buy a new set, which is annoying
Pack has 5 diff colors: Blue, Green, Purple, Pink, Yellow, and you can either get them in black covers with a color stripe or colored covers

Pilot Dr. Grip 4+1 Multi Pen

$8 for a single multi pen :skull:
Comes with 4 ballpoints all in 0.5 mm, and a mechanical pencil in 0.5
It's supposed to be super ergonomic and stuff, and it's pretty good I guess, but my hand still gets pretty tired easily (maybe due to the weight or my grip)
The ballpoint ink is really nice

Sakura Arch Foam erasers

$5/5 erasers
Never used a foam eraser before this
Cool sleeve design, uses an arch (wow) to provide a grip and to make the eraser not decapitate itself
Erases really cleanly
Comes in black and white

Pentel Energel RTX pens

$2/2 or something similar
I love these so much
They glide so nicely, especially on campus paper
Really good dark ink
Some ghosting on basically all papers since it's so dark, but it's not that bad

Zebra Sarasa Vintage Pens - Set 1

$5/5 or smth similar
Pretty good gel pens
Interesting colors, very mellow-ish?
I usually use them to add embellishments to my notes, and it's especially nice for that as they aren't super vibrant colors, and are readable
Issues with railroading if you press too hard, but if you use them lightly, they are OK

Platinum Preppy Fountain Pen

$5/1 pen :skull:
I got the black one with a Fine nib
Not too sure if I'm a fan of fountain pens honestly
Ink was pretty light, might be water diluting the ink still post-wash, but it has been a few days and it's still relatively light compared to some of my other pens
Fountain pens are apparently pretty good at relieving pain from long writing due to not needing pressure, but I didn't feel much difference (also possibly due to my grip)
Gave it to a friend and he misaligned the tines pretty fast, so not for people who write with basically any pressure at all, so that basically ended my fountain pen career 2 days after it started
Getting one in a thicker nib though, so maybe my fountain pen career still has a chance of surviving

Summary

not sure, japanese stationery is cool i guess, but it's super expensive lmao. feel free to send any suggestions, reccomendations, or insults to suhas@omg.lol