Midori MD notebook Squares ruled line

La qualité du papier est très bonne et le marchand a donné un bonbon !

1日のTODOや気になったこと行きたいお店など、思いついたら全てメモをとる癖があるので、このサイズが取り出しやすく持ちやすく、本当にちょうどいいです。 紙質も厚め硬めなので裏写りもなく、ガリガリ書けます。

What's to be said? As advertised. Arrived in perfect condition. Just one more quality notebook I'm afraid to use. Simply beautiful in its pure form, I loathe to mar its pages with my chicken scratch... sigh.

I love this brand of notebooks. Very useful for bullet journaling, and of the utmost quality. You can use a fountain pen or highlighter without bleeding through.

Okay, I'll admit that I thought I was getting the A5 version, but I forgot we are in Europe and here the A5 version costs around 20 euros, not 10 like in the US (which made me complacent when ordering I guess). The description of the item by Amazon is atrocious and I seriously doubt they'll fix the product page after my report (they've never done so before in my experience). You can see the product dimensions though, so it really is my fault in the end. I am happy to say that I've found the perfect use for this little A6 notebook (my first ever A6 notebook), and the quality is very good. The covers are sturdy enough and the paper is very nice to write on. There is ghosting (from both ballpoint and fountain pens), but no bleed-through. What I really like is that thanks to the unique binding, the notebook lies completely flat when open (sometimes you have to run your hand down the middle of the notebook applying a bit of pressure to make it that way). The minimalistic looks is very pleasant to the eye, but it's also here where the few problems start. The cover is made from thick paper, and the notebook comes with a "protective" cover that I would liken to baking paper. Yeah that can't protect the notebook for very long and I expect it to disintegrate after a couple of trips in my backpack. Meaning the cover will surely get dirty unless I buy a protective cover. I guess also producing a black version wouldn't be minimalistic enough. Another con for me is the bookmark, which is rather flimsy for my liking. I hope the notebook can take a little beating, but despite the paper cover and the style of binding, the notebook feels solid in my hands, so let's see. Just because this is not mentioned on the product page, let me tell you that there are 176 pages, each page with 26 rows of grids, 18 grids per row. Each grid is 5x5 mm. All in all, this is a great little notebook. The build and paper quality justify the higher price. Give this beauty a try!