They tend to be, but who knows? I've bought some pretty notebooks for a really low price :P

I felt so bad watching that! xD I wanted to laugh, but at the same time I thought they were too mean with him u,u I don't know if it was just my impression, but he looked like he was about to cry at some point... :/ Poor boy... (but well, I also thought the same when he was in Shabekuri earlier this year, so idk...)