nice collection! Thank you for showing the color comparisons

I have been waiting for you to get these three pens and hear your opinion. I have these three and love them as well. However, in 2025, I am going to be more selective about the pens I buy, so unless they come out with a color I absolutely love, I’m not getting every color that comes out.

Your amazonite is so pretty!! Swirly swirls 😍

I've been resisting that Amazonite, but it's so pretty! Love the other ones too though; they're really testing me with all these blues and greens. 💙💚

Oh my gosh you have a turquoise twsbi can you please please pretty please do a comparison of all the blues blue greens so I can finally see the difference between them

My local indie bookstore has the Amazonite and it’s so pretty, I’m very tempted! ❤

Pretty pens. I had a pause on TWSBIs but I had to get the Caribbean since I’m a Caribbean gal 😂. Inked it with Diamine Peacock Flare. Absolutely gorgeous. 😍

I 90% if the time get broad nibs and I also noticed that the coated nibs write finer.

I am interested in getting the Diamond 580 Caribbean w/Onyx. I have the Diamond 580 in Prussian Blue (M), but I left ink inside for too long ( a few years! I stopped using Fountain pen while I was in grad school), and now I can't use it since I can't clean the ink out of it since it stuck inside. 😞

I'm actually hoping that TWSBI would do more clear ones.

Wow, pretty! That was great fun!

Unrelated to TWSBI, did you see the new Benu Pixie collection? I thought I was gonna be able to resist new pens for a while, but... 😩

Why don't you remove the cartridge from the pen?

You sold me on this ink!

Got my Iris a couple of days ago. Lots of purple and blues, just a few hints of yellow. I’ve got a broad nib, as it suits my writing style. I’ve inked mine with Iroshizuku Forest Green ink. Writes lovely and wet.

I’m interested in the Toro; I’ll probably get a sample at some point. But I think it’s CRIMES on Pilot’s part that they got rid of all three of these inks-especially Kiri-same!!! I remember kosumosu being really popular near me a few years ago, and I always meant to get a tsutsuji, having liked a sample I’d gotten. My Amber Custom 823 is permanently-inked with Kiri-same, so I had to buy a couple of backup-bottles! Thanks for covering the new releases, Manda-hadn’t heard about either the new releases or the discos yet! P.S. I’m really curious about how Rikka compares to Taccia’s Fukakihanada. If you have it, would you consider showing a comparison?

Hi Manda, I have a question. I just started using my A5 Hobonichi 2025, and I am noticing that my letters are thicker than in my 2024 one, when I test ink. Have you noticed this too?

U didn't tell us how to fill pen. Some of us are new to fountain pens

Is Noodler's Black a good ink?

Thank you so much for doing this!! I’ve been waiting for a local retailer to offer these in samples so I can try them. I was most excited for syun-gyo to see how it compares to tsukushi. As much as I agree that there are so many blue inks already, why am I actually kind of excited for Rikka? 😆 And all the positive feedback about toro is making me excited to try it. It seems like it’s be a great fit for my deep yellow VP! 😁

Wait I thought I wrote a comment about how Rikka seems like my kind of color. But now I don't see it. I even asked if it was Sharksy teal. Did I hallucinate this?! Heh

Excellent selection of inks! They show up so differently with the cotton swab swatches. I haven’t been to Push/Pull yet, but I hope to make it there in January. I’ve heard great things about the shop and the inks. Thank you so much for sharing! ✒️💜🧡🖋

Thank you for the video. I love the weirdness and look forward to my pending sample!

Thank you for the review and all the effort. I have a sample in my Goulet Pens cart. This pairs so well with your eco white and rose gold!

I got the yellow and I really like it.

If you've come here for your Purl fix go to 27:00 Better? now watch the whole video for inky goodness 🫡

I wonder how Syun-Gyo compares to the Forest Gateau Inkvent ink? 🤔

Still my fave ink brand, AND I still haven’t forgiven them for Ina Ho.

How did you come up with Pearl's name? Is she named after someone?

I really like Syun-gyo.

Too many blues for sure… I like syun-gyo, but I don‘t care for the sheen… and yellow inks are not my thing, so I probably won‘t get any of them.

So fun! I want the blue and possibly the brown/burgundy. Yay. I had to pick up an extra bottle of tsutsuji.. sad to see it go.

Hey lady! Yeah I'm with ya - I like the yellow. It's happy and a good addition to the line. The brown/maroon is intriguing but the blue I'm just meh about because they already have a shit-ton in the line. So confused why they'd take away such wildly popular ones - especially Tsutsuji! 😧

I really like that yellow if the hobonichi sucks this year I'm gonna walk down get me a archer and olive and a sample of that yellow ink and some tsutsuji while they have some

I am bloody mad I bought the hobonichi cousin and I tried to do a swatch in the back and EVERYTHING BLED THROUGH even some of my rollerball and gel pens I'm so mad right now what a waiste if it isnt good by the first week I'm gonna throw it in the pile of journals that suck and walk down to my local stationary shop and buy an Archer ande Olive notebook.. we will see

I tried every spelling I could and could not get google translate to come up with the same meaning I kept getting seasonal fish lol

Definitely a fan of Toro and Syun-gyo. Rikka looks nice - it's just that it's another blue! Agree it would have been better to keep one of the discontinued ones... Kiri-same or Ina-ho imo. Perhaps it's based on sales though?

Thank you so much for comparing these inks to the current and past Pilot ink colors. I had wondered how close Syun-gyo was to Tsukushi. Now I want to add Yama-Guri to my ink collection! I have Syun-gyo and I can’t wait to get it into a pen too. I do like that it is a dark purple with that green sheen. It will be fun in an M or B nib. Happy New Year! 🎉

To Ro reminds me of Dominant Industry’s Citrus Yellow. I don’t think Syun Gyo is close to anything they have so far. I like Syun Gyo and I hope to get the other two soon.

The yellow reminds me a lot of Yu Yake? Are they similiar or is that just me? Edit: She says before watching the part where you compare the Yellow inks. Should have known that I guess, LOL. 🤣

Damn! I need that purple-brown.

I only have two full bottles of irishozuki inks - ku jaku and tsuki yo. I really didn't think I'd be interested in the new blue, but it's obvs right in my wheelhouse!! Rikka reminds me a bit of Waterman's mysterious blue (at least the old formula) as it has that slightest hint of green.

I love all of them upon swatching, but agree it stinks to get rid of the three they did and add another blue. Kosumosu was one of my first ink loves so I picked up a backup bottle. I am looking forward to writing with these though! Syun-gyo is especially pretty, I think.

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These are the two I just ordered, both in fine. Can't wait to try them!

Glad to hear you are doing inkvent - so curious about your thoughts. I inked the first scented one in a pen and the color is great. Weird about the “sediment” in your ink flight. Thanks for the video! Merry Christmas 😊

I was absolutely shocked at how beautiful and well behaved the scented ink from inkvent is! I am curious to see what any other scented inks in there will be like, hoping they'll be as well behaved as the first one. Also, these inks look like they're very dry...

I quit getting the ink flights because most of them were too unsaturated for me. I really need darker ink to see them well. There may be one or two out of the whole group that I could maybe use! So far I am loving the Diamine ink vent!

My Inkvent favorite so far is the A Christmas Carol themed one, though the first day one is a pretty close second. I'm not has happy with the Colorvent. It is very heavy on one color. (Am I being vague enough here?)

Scented, no I don't believe it.