Sailor Manyo Haha

[lgsoltek]

The Manyo inks are a recent new line from Sailor that is sold outside Japan only.

Haha is one of those light, undersaturated but complex inks that are quite popular lately (eg. Sailor Ink Studio 123, 162, Troublemaker Abalone, Petrichor, etc.). Haha has a complex hue that ranges from a light cyan and green to dusty violet. It seems that the more ink is on paper, the more violet it will look. Therefore, it can look quite different on different papers with different pens. On more absorbent papers and with dry pens, it’ll look bluer and very light. Less absorbent papers show a more violet colour with wet pens. It has a lot of shading and haloing as well.

Given the low saturation, it is expected that Haha is a rather dry ink with little lubrication. It doesn’t quite provide the same pleasure in writing as most other Sailor inks do. However, it still fares better than the two from Troublemaker.

Splash

(Maruman word card)

(Col-o-ring card)

Sample

(Pens: Pelikan M1000 Broad, Pilot Justus 95 FM)

(Rhodia)

(Tomoe River)

(It looks very attractively galactic with Pilot Parallel pens.)

(Maruman Looseleaf)

(Cardboard)

Comparison

(with some other inks)

(on different papers)

Full page of Haha

[thudthwacker]

Wow -- gorgeous pictures. Your reviews are always great, but this is really exceptional.

 

Haha is a really beautiful ink -- though I was writing a letter with it (to a fellow ink fan), and after a couple of paragraphs, it occurred to me that it might be a bit taxing to read a lot of it. But, man, *so* nice.

[Willtato]

I have the Haha, Nekoyanagi and 123. Of the three, the 123 has the most effect/easiest to create the different colours. It's also the most "mature", being both darker and redder when saturated.

Many people I've personally asked prefer the Nekoyanagi to the haha, but I'm not sure why. Maybe it's because the colour is more useable?

All three produce very light colours with dry lines I found.

 

Personally however, the HAha is my favourite. The colour combination is magic to me. The blue/mint is a nice base for the purple and darker green halos. From afar, I even get tricked into thinking it's got silver in it. An absolute masterpiece.

[GreenMountain]

Lgsoltek - this ink has been on my radar for some time...though I'm still in my blue-black phase! Thanks much for the review.

Willtato...why don't you show us a line or two of all three? Not a review, mind you, but just some scribbles so we can see the 3 together.

[namrehsnoom]

Stunning looks in this ink! Thanks for showcasing it so beautifully. I really like the interplay between the different hues (blue / purple / green) - all in a single line of text. Wonderful!

From your description, this ink is best paired with wet pens and broad nibs. My comfort zone is F/M - can anyone share their experience with this ink with EF/F/M nibs, e.g. with a wet Pelikan or similar wet pen, i.e. is the ink still gorgeous when used with a wet pen / fine nib combo ?

[lgsoltek]

Stunning looks in this ink! Thanks for showcasing it so beautifully. I really like the interplay between the different hues (blue / purple / green) - all in a single line of text. Wonderful!

From your description, this ink is best paired with wet pens and broad nibs. My comfort zone is F/M - can anyone share their experience with this ink with EF/F/M nibs, e.g. with a wet Pelikan or similar wet pen, i.e. is the ink still gorgeous when used with a wet pen / fine nib combo ?

I pushed the converter of my Pilot to prime the nib. This might give you an idea:

 

(Rhodia)

 

 

 

 

(Tomoe River)

 

 

 

 

The contrast looks better on less absorbent paper like Tomoe River.

[SashK]

This one is my favorite of these inks. Unicorn colors in a single ink.

 

223 is the most legible but rarely brought up, but has all the same undertones.

[Eclipse157]

Awesome review thanks! I just received a sample and can't wait to use it. Seems like Tomoe River is the match made in heaven for this ink...

[DrDebG]

Great review! I absolutely love both Haha and Nekoyanagi. Actually, it was because of Haha that I decided to buy the entire line of Sailor Manyo Inks. I really like each one of them.

 

Haha, Nekoyanagi and Yamabuki (yellow-orange) are just a bit drier than the others. The darker colors like Akebi, Kuzu and Kikiyou don't have the multi-color variation but they have very nice sheen - not too much, but nice. They all shade nicely.

[SashK]

Great review! I absolutely love both Haha and Nekoyanagi. Actually, it was because of Haha that I decided to buy the entire line of Sailor Manyo Inks. I really like each one of them.

 

Haha, Nekoyanagi and Yamabuki (yellow-orange) are just a bit drier than the others. The darker colors like Akebi, Kuzu and Kikiyou don't have the multi-color variation but they have very nice sheen - not too much, but nice. They all shade nicely.

Couldn't agree more

[farmkiti]

Awesome review! Really, really awesome.

 

I have this ink on order and CANNOT WAIT to try it out! I favor B nibs and stubs, so I'm dying to try it. I wonder - has anyone out there tried it in a Yoseka notebook? I know lots of y'all are probably using those notebooks. I do, and I'm wondering how Haha will look on Yoseka paper.

 

Anybody?

Edited April 21, 2020 by farmkiti

[DrDebG]

Awesome review! Really, really awesome.

 

I have this ink on order and CANNOT WAIT to try it out! I favor B nibs and stubs, so I'm dying to try it. I wonder - has anyone out there tried it in a Yoseka notebook? I know lots of y'all are probably using those notebooks. I do, and I'm wondering how Haha will look on Yoseka paper.

 

Anybody?

 

The Yoseka notebook has Tomoe River paper (65gsm) in it. It should look much those samples above written on Tomoe River paper. I have used Haha on both 52gsm and 65gsm Tomoe River paper and the beautiful coloration shows up on both. It doesn't show up as much on poor, absorbant papers, though.

[farmkiti]

 

The Yoseka notebook has Tomoe River paper (65gsm) in it. It should look much those samples above written on Tomoe River paper. I have used Haha on both 52gsm and 65gsm Tomoe River paper and the beautiful coloration shows up on both. It doesn't show up as much on poor, absorbant papers, though.

If you look up Yoseka Stationery online, and then go further to their Yoseka Notebook, there is a story of how their paper was developed. I don't believe it has anything to do with Tomoe River paper. In my experience, it is a very different type of paper than Tomoe River, even the thicker Tomoe River paper. Yoseka paper is 85gsm, and more suitable for writing on both sides.

 

But, I didn't post here to cause a conflict. I just wanted to see the ink on Yoseka paper if somebody happened to have both handy. It may end up looking very similar to the way it looks on Tomoe River. However, in my experience with Yoseka paper, it shows off shading and sheen even better (gasp!!!) than Tomoe River does. But that's just my opinion. I love Tomoe River; I also love Yoseka. But they are different.

 

I've already ordered some Sailor Manyo Haha. I'm just waiting for the vendor to get more in stock. And I'm curious to see how it looks on Yoseka paper, since I use that paper a lot. I just hope I get my bottle soon!

[SashK]

If you look up Yoseka Stationery online, and then go further to their Yoseka Notebook, there is a story of how their paper was developed. I don't believe it has anything to do with Tomoe River paper. In my experience, it is a very different type of paper than Tomoe River, even the thicker Tomoe River paper. Yoseka paper is 85gsm, and more suitable for writing on both sides.

 

But, I didn't post here to cause a conflict. I just wanted to see the ink on Yoseka paper if somebody happened to have both handy. It may end up looking very similar to the way it looks on Tomoe River. However, in my experience with Yoseka paper, it shows off shading and sheen even better (gasp!!!) than Tomoe River does. But that's just my opinion. I love Tomoe River; I also love Yoseka. But they are different.

 

I've already ordered some Sailor Manyo Haha. I'm just waiting for the vendor to get more in stock. And I'm curious to see how it looks on Yoseka paper, since I use that paper a lot. I just hope I get my bottle soon!

I can try to help you with that.

[XYZZY]

If you look up Yoseka Stationery online, and then go further to their Yoseka Notebook, there is a story of how their paper was developed. I don't believe it has anything to do with Tomoe River paper. In my experience, it is a very different type of paper than Tomoe River, even the thicker Tomoe River paper. Yoseka paper is 85gsm, and more suitable for writing on both sides.

 

 

Tomoe but better? I would love to hear more about that paper!

[farmkiti]

 

Tomoe but better? I would love to hear more about that paper!

It's awesome paper. You wouldn't think it would show off shading and sheen, because at first, it seems like thick, absorbent paper. But inks sit on top of it very nicely while they pool and dry, and so it shows off shading and sheen like nobody's business. It's not quite pure white, but close, and it shows off the true color of "regular" inks, too. Some papers are so "ivory" toned that they change the ink color, but not Yoseka. All I can say is I highly recommend it. You can find it at yosekastationery.com.

[cgreenberg19]

Great review! Thanks for posting, beautiful ink. It's fun that one ink can have so many undertones.

[chromantic]

Not really my color yet it looks quite interesting nonetheless, enough so to try it. But where did you get yours? All the colors seems available on ebay *except* this one.

[lgsoltek]

Not really my color yet it looks quite interesting nonetheless, enough so to try it. But where did you get yours? All the colors seems available on ebay *except* this one.

On Seitz Kreuznach. It seems to have sold out.

[Karmachanic]

On Seitz Kreuznach. It seems to have sold out.

See what you did!