Sailor Yurameku Yoi Review

[dragondazd]

My third ever ink review. I recently bought a sample of Yoi. I bought samples of the two Yuramekus that seemed the darkest. 

 

This ink works by having the yellower colors sink into the page and the purpler colors rise to the surface. It was advertised as appearing different on different papers and changing over time. I found that to be accurate in this case. Look back at it a day or two later and see if it changes. Under most circumstances, it's a nice looking grey, and sometimes a little pink comes to the surface eventually (may take a day or two) like a dull un-sheeny sheen. The exception is the Midori paper where it looks brown (!!) which is pretty cool. Still, for the papers and pens I use, it's mostly grey most of the time. 

 

This ink is fun. I am glad I got a sample to play with. For me, I think the question is, do I like the grey enough that I'd pay $1/ml for it? probably not. This was however worth the sample cost.

[LizEF]

Thanks again, @dragondazd!   It does sound interesting - but I can't imagine trying more than a sample - I like to know what my ink's going to look like...  I also like that you're using your own format for the review - I hope it will encourage more folks to share ink reviews - I find your conclusions just as helpful as other formats.

[amberleadavis]

Thank you for the review.

[yazeh]

Thanks for the review

@LizEFwhen ever I read/see/hear the word interesting, it normally means something else...

 

 

 

[LizEF]

33 minutes ago, yazeh said:

@LizEFwhen ever I read/see/hear the word interesting, it normally means something else...

Hmm.  How interesting that you would say that.  I found the description of the ink interesting.  Seems like it would be interesting to observe it's behaviors first hand, just not enough to get more than a sample....  Meanwhile, Private Reserve Infinity Black (just finished) and Sheaffer Skrip Blue/Black (yet to ink) are both interesting in unusual and different ways.   The Sheaffer seems interested in annoying me...

[yazeh]

13 minutes ago, LizEF said:

Hmm.  How interesting that you would say that.  I found the description of the ink interesting.  Seems like it would be interesting to observe it's behaviors first hand, just not enough to get more than a sample....  Meanwhile, Private Reserve Infinity Black (just finished) and Sheaffer Skrip Blue/Black (yet to ink) are both interesting in unusual and different ways.   The Sheaffer seems interested in annoying me...

Interesting and excited are two annoying words. 

People often say in interviews, I'm so excited to be here, are you really? Or do you need a thesaurus

Interesting is often a polite word used when one doesn't know how to react about an ink. And I'm not saying it because of your comment. When I saw the ink, the first though was interesting...

 

[LizEF]

53 minutes ago, yazeh said:

Interesting and excited are two annoying words. 

People often say in interviews, I'm so excited to be here, are you really? Or do you need a thesaurus

Interesting is often a polite word used when one doesn't know how to react about an ink. And I'm not saying it because of your comment. When I saw the ink, the first though was interesting...

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[Intensity]

Thank you very much for this review / demonstration of the ink!

 

I confess, I hate the currently popular off-gray unsaturated inks with complex chromatography for writing.  For using them as watercolor, they seem perfect.  But for how they look on the page in writing, as well as generally having very poor fading resistance for constituent components, plus very dry flow just make them drab and unpractical.  With that said, I like the more colorful, muted pastel ink versions with those properties, such as Sailor Nekoyanagi.  It’s the more off-gray-beige stuff like the Sailor Yurameku series and #123 that are highly underwhelming, looking like dirty watercolor brush run-off.  I remember when Sailor Ink Studio inks came out, and those multishaders like #123 were all the rage, along with Troublemaker multishaders.  I got my bottle ASAP but passed it on equally fast after trying.

[dragondazd]

36 minutes ago, Intensity said:

Thank you very much for this review / demonstration of the ink!

 

I confess, I hate the currently popular off-gray unsaturated inks with complex chromatography for writing.  For using them as watercolor, they seem perfect.  But for how they look on the page in writing, as well as generally having very poor fading resistance for constituent components, plus very dry flow just make them drab and unpractical.  With that said, I like the more colorful, muted pastel ink versions with those properties, such as Sailor Nekoyanagi.  It’s the more off-gray-beige stuff like the Sailor Yurameku series and #123 that are highly underwhelming, looking like dirty watercolor brush run-off.  I remember when Sailor Ink Studio inks came out, and those multishaders like #123 were all the rage, along with Troublemaker multishaders.  I got my bottle ASAP but passed it on equally fast after trying.

Sounds like you, like me, will also want to pass on all the yuramekus and try the manyos coming out next month 

 

I am very excited for those!