Sailor Manyo Ume - Ink Sample

I wanted to like it

I love a good red ink... They're great when you want to pretend you're a teacher grading that silly memo your boss just sent full of typos adding needless work to your day. They're also great if you actually are a teacher who really does grade assignments. And honestly, they're just great in general. For me, this particular ink let me down. I know, I know, the Sailor Manyo line is supposed to be great, right? Sure. Much of it is. But this one has a weird green sheen as a secondary color that I just didn't enjoy and that never seemed to look good regardless of the type of paper I was using. With that said, why don't you figure out if you agree with me and get yourself a sample?

Very Orange

To start, it’s a very nice ink. However, my sample looks like a rusty orange rather than the pinkish red in the pictures. I used Clairefontaine paper. I may reorder this to see if my sample was just odd.

Sailor Manyo Ume Ink

I love this ink. Not only is it a really beautiful color and high contrast for easy reading, but it seems to flow better through my pen. Not sure why, but when I am writing with this ink the flow and experience seems better to me. I will not run out of this ink for a while as I bought a 50ml bottle after trying the sample, but I will definitely be trying some additional Sailor inks in this line.