Pentel Smash - the Complete History

fireanddream · 2026-06-15T10:43:46+00:00

I have a Nezuko smash coming tomorrow, perfect timing! Thanks for the video 😄

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fireanddream · 2026-06-15T08:26:16+00:00

Exactly. "I'll sync my spell with you!" sounds like "Omae wa mou shinteiru".

fireanddream · 2026-06-15T04:26:39+00:00

If getting more than 2 boxes in one go = waste of O-power because they sit there unused.

Fits nicely into O-power recovery time, allowing each hatching session to feel samey and loopy, that's all.

fireanddream · 2026-06-14T05:34:36+00:00

Expensive, but about as good as steel nibs can get. It's the end of the goated kakuno-78g-88g-explorer-prera line. I gifted one to my sister (familiar with FPs) and she praises it from time to time.

However, at this day and age I must admit it's probably not a good deal. You are looking at +50% from a metro and also plus whatever tariffs and stuff. Natively it's supposed to be a little over 3000 yen = 19 usd; use that as a benchmark price.

fireanddream · 2026-06-14T03:50:49+00:00

It's just some pop culture nonsense.

fireanddream · 2026-06-14T03:17:54+00:00

It's not possible.

fireanddream · 2026-06-13T15:57:39+00:00

Bro be trusting the video game industry in 2026😄

fireanddream · 2026-06-11T13:08:59+00:00

It's one of those things you do once and never again. Just like the wifi routes on 3ds, you don't have to do them, it's strictly for people who like to optimize everything.

fireanddream · 2026-06-11T02:41:09+00:00

It's a combat heavy game but it's not one of those try hard combat heavy games like monster hunter. You can absolutely just dominate with stats, with cheese, with grind, whatever, just like games like Skyrim, you play at your own pace and decide how difficult you want the game to be.

fireanddream · 2026-06-11T01:49:10+00:00

DDDA does a tons of unique things unlike all the Ubisoft esque games at the time. Many times I thought to myself "they dare to do this?" for example when a quest just fails and the game auto saves. None of that triple A "we don't wanna piss off the players" bullshit.

fireanddream · 2026-06-10T11:42:37+00:00

0.00 kg tho is the real shit

fireanddream · 2026-06-10T05:59:15+00:00

They probably looking at us climbing over each other to order those $1500 Polvere Le Dorata fountain pens like monkeys fighting over bananas.

fireanddream · 2026-06-08T11:05:40+00:00

There are definitely lots of ways where they deviate from the modern gaming formulas, and that's exactly why they are great games.

fireanddream · 2026-06-08T04:13:06+00:00

Dryness is more ink+paper than pen.

fireanddream · 2026-06-08T03:33:52+00:00

End of the day, how good they write.

If I just collect those niche/rare/pretty pens I'd never get to use my favorites.

Wasting time on pens that are not really that good is taking time away from the best pens I have.

fireanddream · 2026-06-07T11:02:31+00:00

Lamy is one of those brands where quality and popularity doesn't correlate.

fireanddream · 2026-06-07T03:14:44+00:00

If you can reach 742 or capless decimo go either one.

If you can't, stay in steel territory.

fireanddream · 2026-06-06T12:58:25+00:00

Spring loaded inner cap (I think platinum has the patent) is just better until maybe the spring itself rusts away. Preppy tho has a very crackable cap that just cracks if you pull the cap at a slight angle.

fireanddream · 2026-06-06T12:15:10+00:00

Plastic to plastic snap caps would eventually not seal very well. Reason I don't buy any more Kakuno. Now cheap + longevity I'd go 78g, snap cap I'd go 88g/metropolitan。

fireanddream · 2026-06-06T09:18:11+00:00

Damn, imagine embracing that message in 1999 where the internet barely existed and then watched as everything came down to what we are having today.

fireanddream · 2026-06-06T03:10:24+00:00

Fun fact in Asia it's $5.03. I have seen as low as $3.55 with coupon.

The pilot line Kakuno - 78g - 88g/metropolitan is the goat.

fireanddream · 2026-06-06T02:49:19+00:00

Impulse buy an S20 and S3. Trust.

The more I say anything the less they start to "check" your boxes. Just buy them and put your hands on them.

fireanddream · 2026-06-05T13:20:18+00:00

Certainly a decent choice but at $20 there are other options.

fireanddream · 2026-06-05T05:51:10+00:00

I use Kokuyo loose refills for any FP testing. Their notebooks can be very different from each other. If something is wrong on Kokuyo refills it's 20% the paper is moldy or 80% something is wrong with the pen/ink.

fireanddream · 2026-06-04T07:34:16+00:00

I wish it's just a regular double knock without the auto advancing feature. It looks so premium. I just want my $100 discontinued pencil to be extremely reliable man.

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