Kuretake Bimoji Felt Tip Brush Pen for Manga/Calligraphy, Superfine Tip (XT1-10S)

So I was experimenting for a pen to use with study sessions and classes. I was looking for a pen that has a nice stream of rich black ink where it could be easily read, without it bleeding through the paper, writes smoothly with little resistance/pressure needed, and affordability/ durability.I wasn’t looking for a luxury pen cuz i got enough of those, i wanted something more ergonomic. I found that that felt pens fit my needs most and remembered a few videos of American professors and mathematicians talking about how fantastic the pencils and chalk from Japan is and how they’re superior. So i took their word and that’s how I ended up here!What i have to say is it’s definitely one of the smoothest writing pens with a wonderfully rich black ink that doesn’t bleed and just flows naturally when jotting down notes in a lecture and general studying. The few things Ill have to say is that highlighters don’t pair well with the pen cuz the black ink stain the marker itself, thus darkening the highlights, and it lasted me almost 2 months of intense college courses and studying. It also isn’t quite a practical pen you would carry around in your daily life. However the price of the pen is extremely affordable and when it comes to studying/ note taking, or drawing/ calligraphy, this pen excels above most if not any pen I have ever used!

Thank you! It works well and came on time. Flows nicely when drawing.

Has a wonderful line quality so you can get variance in the line thickness for artwork. A lot of fun to use!

I was pleasantly surprised how well these pens worked, i stole one from my husband and he told me to go order my own. So i did. And now we are both happily writing with these pens. They seem to be a sleeper, not many people know about them. I recommend you try them.

This says it's for manga or calligraphy, but that's not quite true. The problem is that while you can vary the line thickness with this pen brush, you cannot do much to change the intensity, it's going to be dark. Calligraphy depends on a uniform darkness, you use different brushes to vary the thickness of the characters. Writing Kanji uses a stroke order and three basic types of strokes, a sweep where the line tapers to a sharp end, a stop where the line comes to an abrupt end, and a bounce where the line sort of check marks again to a sharp end. Calligraphy angles and tilts the brush to accomplish these, each component is a continuous stroke without lifting the brush. This tip does a nice job is practicing your small character writing for Japanese, and maybe Chinese as well.I bought a couple of workbooks, one for Katakana, one for Hiragana, to practice the various Japanese alphabets. I found this worked way better for creating the characters than a normal pen or pencil. It helped me to practice the stroke order and reinforced why a stroke order is used. As for other uses of this pen, you could actually do a fair job of caricatures. Many years ago I worked with a guy who was known as the Phantom, he did fantastic caricatures of people who worked for the power company. Some of these were not flattering to management, besides being good, they were mostly black line, no shading for filling, but made their point. This pen would be ideal for that type of drawing, but things with more detail or shading not so much.Recommended for practicing or writing Chinese or Japanese characters at least in the small size. If you really want to do calligraphy, they use a special paper and much larger brushes for thick bold strokes. Still if you master the smaller versions, the larger sized characters will be easier to do.

Great pen for drawing good ink and handling!

I love this pen for quick sketches. I can easily get very thin lines for details or thicker lines to quickly cover larger areas. Kuritake is my FAVORITE brand for many painting and inking supplies. They make great well designed products that are a good value for the $.

I love this pen! Plus the finer tip one. It goes on smooth and the tip stays firm without mushing. It holds an incredible amount of ink. I have used one pen on a lot of work & its still not running out. The ink is not completely waterproof but will not run after it dries. And the price is terrific.