Mechanical pencil

A mechanical pencil comprising:

• a body cylinder;
• a lead releasing unit which is configured to release a writing lead and has a rear region that is supported inside the body cylinder such that a front region thereof is flexurally deformable or tiltable inside the body cylinder;
• an overhanging portion provided on an outer circumferential surface of the front region of the lead releasing unit;
• a protruding portion provided on an inner circumferential surface of the body cylinder on a rear side in an axial direction as compared to the overhanging portion;
• and
• a stretchable elastic body arranged in a compressed state between the overhanging portion and the protruding portion,
• wherein the lead releasing unit has a pressed portion on the outer circumferential surface of the front region,
• the body cylinder has a pressing portion in a front region,
• at least one of the pressing portion and the pressed portion is a tapered surface which gradually increases in diameter toward the rear side in the axial direction, and
• the pressing portion and the pressed portion abut on each other before the front region of the lead releasing unit is flexurally deformed or tilted inside the body cylinder, and the pressing portion causes the pressed portion to relatively move to the rear side in the axial direction with respect to the body cylinder when the front region of the lead releasing unit is flexurally deformed or tilted inside the body cylinder.