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I've forgotten where I said I would show a side-by-each comparison of KWZ Blue #3 and Iroshizuku Tsuki-yo, so I'm putting it here. I'm a little frustrated with trying to capture the differences in color and tone, which are obvious on the paper, not so much in the photo. (My phone's camera didn't capture it, and my regular lens is broken, so I had to take this photo with my 55-200mm lens, hahaha, and I'm in a hurry (and the sun's in my eye, et cetera), so this will have to do.) I uploaded a rather large photo so you can zoom in for a better look. I'm looking at the actual comparison, and the teal tone of ITY is obvious, whereas Blue #3 is blue, blue, blue. The red sheen of the ITY makes it look as if the letters are outlined in red. The top line and left side are the Blue #3; the right side and the lines right under the smears are ITY. Obviously, the wetter the ink, the darker. All the straight lines - except for the one under "Still this is teal-er" - are Blue #3. My Opinion: They are both very pretty colors, but I would like the ITY better without the red sheen. For me, the red sheen falls into the "less is more" category - good for some uses but not for a even a full paragraph of writing. That dark blue (#3), though, wow - it's lovely.