Sailor Que Será Erasable Gel Ink Pen Review

They are trying.And you know what? I give Sailor credit for that. As Pilot has proven with the FriXion, there is an enormous market for erasable gel ink pens. Pilot has been perfecting theirs for 20 years, which is important context to keep in mind as I go through the rest of this review, because the Sailor Que Será is not a good pen. Yet.The Que Será was launched by Sailor earlier this year, with an ink formulation designed to differentiate itself from the FriXion. Where the FriXion uses thermo-sensitive ink and erases via heat generated by friction, the Que Será designed their ink to essentially sit on top of the page, and allow the eraser to “peel” off the ink, similar to a traditional pencil erasing experience. Shades of a Sharpie marker, but with Pentel parts on the front end. That may sound weird, but it works. The eraser marks are mostly clean, although there is some mess left behind, again, like a standard pencil. This time, it’s ink bits, not eraser bits, left on the page…