Love, Love, Love.

Japanese fine-point pens will be the death of me, but it will be a beautiful ending to my life. I first encountered the Pilot Juice series at work (I am an instructor at a tutoring center), when our lovely boss gave us new correcting pens. I fell in love with the neatness and super-fine points of these babies, not to mention that they write wonderfully (no skipping!!!). They may use gel ink, but the dry time is pretty fast given that they're extra fine; I've never had any issues with smudging. If you are an artist, they're perfect for quick sketches! The color also builds up, so you can create many layers of color with just one pen. I ended up buying five of them from JetPens. Here's a tip for purchasing some of your own:

Individual pens and pen sets have the same price per pen. If you like to choose your colors, I recommend picking your own favorites and just buying them separately. If you like pen sets, then choose the pen sets. I personally only chose the colors I really wanted at the beginning, but I will most likely buy some more soon. Also, as I did buy individual pens, you'll see this review on a select few colors on this site.

Highly recommended for anyone who enjoys fine-point pens.

I got this pen in a bunch of different colors. I'm super particular about my physics notes and have to write down a lot of equations and pictures so I wanted a pen that was smooth but didn't smudge or bleed so that all of my notes were very clear. I have super small handwriting so I've had some issues finding the right pen. These pens are amazing. I have, however, had troubles with the orange and green pens that I got. For some reason they don't flow very well so I can really only use them to draw lines and aren't very useful for taking notes because the ink sort of skips in and out. But these are the only colors I've had trouble with. Otherwise a very nice pen that results in elegant looking handwriting.

The Pilot Juice offers smooth ink flow, a thin line, and a comfortable barrel size. The barrel is thinner than the Zebra Sarasa clip and thicker than the Pentel Slicci.

I've ordered this pen in 2014 and it's my favorite pen still. It's my everyday pen and also used for all the writing in my art journal. I like how the grip is close to the tip because I hold pens and pencils very close to it. I've seen the hype for the .38mm Muji black pens before and bought them too off-site, but found them uncomfortable in my grip. Therefore, I gave them away and went back to the ol' Pilot Juice. It doesn't feather or bleed, and ghosting on the opposite page is very, very minimal.

The only bad thing about this pen is that it smears with sweaty fingers. Yes, weird, I know, but I have people go through my journal sometimes, pointing at certain spots I have written on or holding the page at a part that is text-heavy, and afterwards I see that words have been SMEARED UGH. Out of habit and as an artist, I myself am always careful not to put my hands all over or directly on any art or handwriting, but of course, some people don't even think of it. Until I find another pen that can survive uncultured swine-hands, I'm sticking to this one for eternity.

Love this pen. I use this everyday. Long lasting and writes great.