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The ink of this pen is great quality! It didn’t bleed through the paper. I love how the extra fine tip is so versatile between fine lines and thick lines - as I showed in the photo. Highly recommend!

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!

Really nice pen for my son as he studies Japanese. The look of it is really nice and it writes smoothly.

I use these pens to be practice Japanese kanji and I am a very happy customer. I will definitely buy them again in the future. They are quality pens and very comfortable to use. It takes some practice but it is easy to understand and control the flux of ink when using the brush pens, which is a basic skill of any calligraphy practice regardless of the language or writing system. I recommend this product.

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.

Best Real brush pens on the market, Kuretake is the best in the business

Great pens. They last a long time. They're useful for drawing. Highly recommend

The Kuretake Bimoji Brush Pen set is a must for every artist or those interested in Japanese calligraphy. The versatile brush tips make it easy to create everything from fine, hair-thin lines to bold, dramatic strokes. The ink is deep black and doesn’t fade, giving every piece a clean, professional look. They perform beautifully whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned artist, and the price is excellent for the quality you get.