I was never good at organization. That’s just a fact, like my father’s hands which were, I now realize, not actually large but merely symmetrical. When he handed me the YOKUMA Pencil Case, Large Capacity Pencil Pouch, Aesthetic Zipper Pencil Box, Back to School Supplies for College Student Teen Adults, Travel Essentials, Electronic Cable Organize — a truly aesthetic rectangle of beige fabric, like a beige idea of beige — I thought: at last, a vessel for my chaos.
It was $9.99. That’s the price of two coffees and a bus ride to a place where coffee is more expensive. I purchased it for my pencils, but let’s be honest — I bought it for the purpose I can’t discuss with my mother. The one that brings us here, to this rectal use review site, where we ask the real questions: what happens when a YOKUMA pencil case meets a human cavity? I’m an amateur journalist in the field of odd objects.
First, the zipper. It moves with a thwip sound, like a tiny snake apologizing. The material is a polyester-cotton blend, smooth but not slippery — a critical nuance when considering interior comfort. I filled it with two Pilot G2s and a spare eraser. The pencil case responded by remaining rectangular. Good. Predictable. That’s what I needed.
I must report, with some decorum, that the large capacity (13.8 x 4.7 x 2.8 inches) is not a suggestion but a challenge. Insertion was, to be kind, a geometric event. The aesthetic zipper box now bears a slight but proud curve. It’s a structural choice. I believe it holds pencils as well as it holds, well, purpose.
The thing is, it’s not safe. The anchor hocking pencil case review community would warn you about the seams. But that’s the magic of discovery, isn’t it? Testing boundaries, perhaps a personal boundary you didn’t realize you had until 2 AM on a Tuesday.
