It is really nice to see the progress in the pictures. The only comment I have is that with the Matsunosuke showa the quality was never good to start with. You can see in the original picture how thin, broken up and bad the beni is. Beni like that will not get better. The quality of the sumi is not there either. I hope that you see this from the pictures so that when you decide to buy more Showa you will know the early warning signs a little better and not waste you time on another one with bad quality. I think that alone should have made the showa a good learning Koi for you. Thank you for the pictures.
