2014 Series and Oneshot Stats Summary

I'll keep this simple by displaying two charts. I don't want to give exact numbers, so I normalized the data.

There are no surprises about the top series. "Risou no Kareshitachi" was surprisingly the hit oneshot of last year. While being the most popular, this is also the oneshot that I received the most email expressing displeasure about. The least read oneshots were all of the ones released for Halloween, with "The Doll Friend" stories filling the bottom.  I'm not sure what to make of this given the popularity of "Risou Kareshitachi".

I think the only influence that this data will have on me will be our Halloween selections. With the exception of "Drive" and "Mimi no Kieta Hi", the group was "meh" on the oneshots I selected. It was slim pickings last year, but I think if I can't find stuff at least the group is enthusiastic about, then we won't do it. Unless there are some focused horror efforts from the Japanese shoujo and josei publishers in 2015, we'll definitely have a scaled down Halloween oneshot party.

Crimson Flower 2014 Oneshot/Short Series Stats

I decided to take a look at the performance of our Valentine's Day oneshots and the other oneshots and short series we've completed this year. I'll just publish the numbers here now, since I haven't made any sense of what the numbers mean. I'm not really sure whether I can.

The readership is normalized against "Risou no Kareshitachi" which had the highest readership.

1. Risou no Kareshitachi -- 1.00
2. Hajimari wa Suna no Ichiya -- .8
3. Lip Smoke -- .72
4. Risou no Ouji no Tsurikata -- .45
5. Ringo no Asobikata -- .43
6. Tobenai Washi -- .4
7. Kuma-san to Issho -- .34
8. Megane no Incubus -- .31

My Ranking from Favorite to Least Favorite

1. Lip Smoke -- shoujo age-gap romance
2. Risou no Kareshitachi -- shoujo horror
3. Ringo no Asobikata -- shoujo psychological
4. Kuma-san to Issho -- shoujo horror (zombie apocalypse)
5. Risou no Ouji no Tsurikata (guilty pleasure) -- shoujo royal social gap romance with historical setting
6. Tobenai Washi -- shoujo fantasy with animal themes
7. Hajimari wa Suna no Ichiya -- Josei desert prince romance
8. Megane no Icubus -- shoujo supernatural high school romance

What surprises me the most is the poor performance of "Megane no Incubus". Granted the female MC wasn't to my liking, but it seems in typical shoujo, this is the preferred type of heroine. Between the first chapter and the last, it lost 37% of the readers. Supernatural high school romances are popular license getters, so I expected it would be popular.  I also thought "Kuma-san to Issho" would do better, but I guess zombies were too far out of readers' shoujo comfort zone.  As for "Risou no Kareshitachi" coming out on top, I know some people were lured by the beginning because it started out like a typical high school shoujo and by the end, they were taken somewhere they didn't want to go. I think the pure shock value keeps small waves of readers coming to it every couple of weeks. "Ringo no Asobikata" seems to be one of those oneshots that only a few people got. I'm actually surprised it's hanging out in the middle of pack. I don't know... feel free offer your explanations in the comments section. "Lip Smoke" and "Hajimari" did well as I expected. No surprises with those two.

Anyhow... a lot of what's planned for the June oneshot party is different from what we done before.

January 2014 Statistics and Announcements

January went pretty well. We finished "Magnolia" and "Wild Wing".  I wanted to get some of "Rex Fabula" completed, but I didn't have time to do the translations. However, image editing continued in the background, so progress is being made. Anyhow, here are some statistics from last month:

Top 5 Releases:

1. Magnolia Chapter 38
2. Kanojo ni Naru Hi Another Chapter 2
3. Wild Wing Chapter 4
4. Magnolia Chapter 37
5. Oneshot: Kuma-san to Issho

Top 10 Visiting Countries

1. USA (CA, NY, MA, WA, FL)
2. Canada
3. France
4. Indonesia
5. Germany
6. Malaysia
7. Australia
8. Italy
9. Singapore
10. Russia (Greetings, Russian!)

And now for an announcement:

• I have the "Kanojo ni Naru Hi" Extra chapter from Lala magazine. Unfortunately it was printed in the WORST part of the magazine, so the raw is unusable. We have decided to wait for the "Kanojo ni Naru Hi -- Another" tankoubon in the hope that the extra chapter will be reprinted there.

2013 Crimson Flower/ Omari's Sister Retrospective

2013 was a tremendous year at Crimson Flower.  Thank you to everyone who volunteered, purchased stuff from our store, and participated in our community! Let's get straight to the data!

New Series Begun in 2013

• "Kyuuketsuki no Uruwashiki Kekkon" ("Lovely Vampire Weddings")
• "Kanojo ni Naru Hi"
• "Kanojo ni Naru Hi -- Another"
• "Many"
• "Nanatsu no Kururi"
• "Ao no Souyoku" ("A Pair of Blue Wings")
• "Magical Change"
• "Baraou no Souretsu"
• "Kisu ni Renzoku"
• "Lip Smoke"
• "LLLL"
• "Haikyo Shoujo"
• "Kerberos in the Silver Rain"

Series we Finished in 2013

• "Many"
• "Kyuuketsuki no Uruwashiki Kekkon" ("Lovely Vampire Weddings")
• "Kanojo ni Naru Hi"
• "Kemono Kingdom -- Zoo"
• "Furou Kyoudai"
• "LLLL"
•  "Hakamori Majo Bianca"
• "Haikyo Shoujo"
• "Lily"
• "Fushigi no Maria"
• "Boku no Hitsugi de Bansan o"
• "Detarame Mousouryoku Opera"

Top 10 Releases of 2013

1. "Kanojo ni Naru Hi" Chp 1
2. "Lovely Vampire Weddings" Story 1
3. "Lip Smoke" Chp 1
4. "Lovely Vampire Weddings" Story 2
5. "Eikyuu Shoujo"
6. "Lovely Vampire Weddings" Story 3
7. "Mayonaka ni Binetsu"
8. "Netsugen wa Koko"
9. "Magnolia" Chp 33
10. "Piano Lessons for a Adult"

(Looks like 2013 was the year of the oneshot for us.)

Top 10 Visiting Countries

1. US
2. Canada
3. France
4. Germany
5. Australia
6. Indonesia
7. Philippines
8. Malaysia
9. Italy
10. Spain

October 2013 Stats and November 2013 Activities

I have a lot to get through in the post, so hang in there with me to the end :).

October 2013 Stats

Top 10 Visiting Countries:

1. USA (CA, NY, MA, MI, WA)
2. Canada
3. France
4. Australia
5. Indonesia
6. Germany
7. Malayasia
8. Spain
9. Philippines
10. Italy

Top 5 Releases

1. Attack on Titan -- The Birth of Levi Prologue
2. Oneshot: Tasogare Renren
3. "Magnolia" Chp 36
4. "Magical Change" Chp 2
5. Oneshot: Jinrou Chronicle

CF Subscription Information
Since we've been introducing some new series lately, I though I'd post a list of the magazines I subscribe to and their frequency.

Twice a month:

• Hana to Yume

Monthly:

• Lala
• Princess (Baraou no Souretsu)
• Avarus
• Asuka
• Princess Gold (Surprise series)
• Betsuhana (Yukarism)
• Aria (Magnolia)
• Mystery Bonita

Bi-Monthy (Every two months)

• Lala DX (Kanojo ni Naru Hi)
• Wings
• Princess Petite
• Itan
• Lala Special Editions
• Zerosum Ward

 Quarterly

• Ane Lala
• Haruca (A Pair of Blue Wings)
• The Hana to Yume (Lip Smoke)

November Announcements

Retranslation -- We are not accepting any new translation partners for a few months. I, Kuroneko003, am currently overwhelmed and cannot handle the flood of requests while continuing to manage and work on projects for CF. We will continue working with our regular Spanish, French, Italian, Vietnamese, and Portuguese partners, though.

Oneshots -- Our theme continues to be horror and psychological. There will be a few other surprises too!

August 2013 Statistics, September 2013 Plans, and General Announcements (Attack on Titan Shoujo Spinoff)

August went surprisingly well. Despite me taking a somewhat spontaneous vacation at the beginning of the month, we managed complete 8 releases.  Hooray!  Here's a glimpse of August's Statistics:

Top 10 Visiting Countries (some new ones in August!)

1. USA (CA, NY, TX, MA, MI -- Greetings Michigan!)
2. Canada
3. France
4. Australia
5. Malaysia
6. Germany
7. Philippines
8. Indonesia
9. Vietnam -- Hello, new friends!
10. Russia -- Greetings, Russians!

Top 5 Releases

1. Magical Change Chp 1
2. Kanojo ni Naru Hi Chp 1 (y'all really love this series!)
3. Nanatsu no Kururi Chp 1
4. A Blue Pair of Wings Chp 1
5. Oneshot: Kutsunashihime

Top 5 Referral Sites

1. Manga Updates
2. Omari's Sister on Blog Spot
3. RSS Feed
4. TGMangas
5. Tumblr

Note:  Twitter does not generate referrals, and much to my dismay, it never has. I tweet a lot about the group's progress on Twitter, but I guess that is not where the readers are. It seems like Tumblr is effective, so I will prioritize that over Twitter.

September Plans

I'm personally making a push to complete "Kanajo ni Naru Hi".

July Statistics

Here's a quick look at the stats for Omari's Sister during the month of July.

Top 10 Visiting Countries:

1. US
2. Canada
3. France
4. Germany
5. Australia
6. Indonesia
7. Philippines
8. Malaysia
9. UK
10. Singapore

Top 5 Releases

1. Kanojo ni Naru Hi Chp 1
2. Lip Smoke Chp 1
3. Magnolia Chp 33
4. Magnolia Chp 32
5. One-shot: Koi Koinegau

June Statistics and July Announcements!

I went and checked the stats from Google Analytics rather than the Blogger stats, and WHOA! Our anniversary oneshot party was very successful! We had readership exceeding the height of Ouran, AnS, and J + K triple whammie!  Actually, it was our best month EVER! The "Lovely Vampire Weddings" compilation was incredibly popular.  Your voices have been heard and I enjoy stories like that, so we will be bringing you more from that publishing line starting this fall! We will also be bringing you more Nao Tsukiji starting in August. And we will now resume releasing oneshots regularly.  If I were purely looking at stats, it seems like the readers mainly want oneshots and "Magnolia". Haha! It makes me wonder whether there's any point to finishing Rex Fabula. I've already read it... sooo... sigh...  Anyhow, let's get to the June stats:

Top Visiting Countries:

1. US (CA, NY, TX, PA, FL)
2. Canada
3. France
4. Indonesia
5. Australia
6. Germany
7. Philippines
8. Spain
9. Singapore
10. United Kingdom

Top 5 Sources:

1. Manga Updates
2. Tumblr
3. Mangafox
4. Disqus
5. Batoto

Top 10 Releases:

1. "Lovely Vampire Weddings" Story 1
2. "Lovely Vampire Weddings" Story 2
3. "Eikyuu Shoujo"
4. "Lovely Vampire Weddings" Story 3
5. "Mayonaka ni Binetsu"
6. "Netsugen wa Koko"
7. "Otona no Tame Piano Lesson"
8. "Haru no Ame"
9. "Zutto Miteita Mono Desu kara"
10. "Shinigami no Aria"

Coming up for July!
We've got some concrete items on the schedule and some project that are being worked on in the background that might get finished in July. One of those projects in "many".  I'm quite optimistic that it will be released before the end of July.  We are also making nice progress on "LLLL".  Both of these are new short series.  We also hope for finish up "Hakamori Majo Bianca" and to take another big bite out of "Rex Fabula".  We will have a double release of "Magnolia." Chapter 32 is ready for release, but we're just waiting for it to be July already.  Also the first chapter of Akane Ogura's newest series "Kanojo ni Naru Hi" ("Becoming a Girl Day") is ready for release. Our July oneshots will be a combination of works that were not completed in time for our anniversary and three other works:

• Jinrou Chronicle
• Ogaku Mieru Otoko
• Lip Smoke
• Koi Koiegau
• Kutsunatsuhime

It should be a packed month! Please check the release schedule for details.  We are still recruiting for the summer as we begin working on oneshots for Halloween!  So if you wanna help translate, edit images, or typeset, please drop me an e-mail and I'll get you started!

Statistics! March at Omari's Sister! and Announcements!

First of all, I want to thank all the Omari's Sister volunteers for a successful March. We finished "Kemono Kingdom: Zoo" and the main story of "Furou Kyoudai", while managing to complete our usual monthly releases! It was an amazing month!

I'd like to welcome some new members to the Omari's Sister team:
Akire Shiro: Cleaner -- She's been working on a lot future releases, so her name will be popping up in the credit A LOT very soon.

Julia:  Cleaner/Redraw Artist -- She's been helping with the cleaning and the redrawing on the Vampire Wedding oneshot trio. She's quite skilled.

Dian and Krazy Kat: Redraw Artists -- They've been helping out here and there with various series.

Peonine: Translator -- She lives in France and has been translating short oneshots.

T, Dango-chan, A.Mere.Trifle: Proofreaders/QCers -- They were big helps on KKZoo and Furou Kyoudai

Hopefully, the new folks stick around for a spell.  If you would like to join the Omari's Sister team, we are currently actively recruiting all position. We are in urgent need of Japanese to English translators and redraw artists right now.  If you are interested, please see our recruitment webpage HERE.

Omari's Sister Store is ALWAYS OPEN now! I'll announce when I do a major stocking of new items, otherwise check back often so see what trickles in.  LINK  We need money to buy magazines and tankoubon, so buy some stuff to keep the manga flowing!

Okay, onto the stats!

Top 10 Visiting Countries:

1. USA (CA, NY, MA, TX, PA) -- Hello PA!
2. Canada
3. France
4. Germany
5. Australia
6. Philippines
7. UK -- you guys have been steadily moving up the ranks. Hello, hello, to you!
8. Indonesia
9. Italy
10. Malaysia

Top 5 Releases:

1. Pochamani Chp 5
2. Furou Kyoudai Chp 3
3. Kemono Kingdom Zoo Chp 1 - 8
4. Furou Kyoudai Chp 2
5. Furou Kyoudai Chp 4

W00t! W00t! I hope you readers enjoyed Kemono Kingdom and Furou Kyoudai.  If you have not read either, please take the time to check these series out.  Kemono Kingdom is very under appreciated, but I feel like it's one of our best series.  Please at least give the first 2 or 3 chapters a chance. The quirky humor will grow on you.

April we hope to take big bite out of "Rex Fabula". Our stretch goal is to finish the series, but... I imagine it'll take at least a couple of big pushes to finish the series.

January Statists and February Plans at Omari's Sister

Here's a short summary of what happened in January at Omari's Sister.

Top 5 Releases:

1. Pochamani Chps 1 - 3
2. Magnolia Chp 27
3. Ojousama no Untenshu Chp 9
4. Magnolia Chp 28
5. Lily Chp 5

Top 10 Visiting Countries (The mix is very that ususual -- more Europe and less Asia)

1. USA (CA, NY, MA, TX, NJ -- Hello, New Jersey!)
2. Canada
3. France
4. Germany
5. Philippines
6. Australia
7. Indonesia
8. United Kingdom
9. Italy
10. Spain

Last month we finished "Detarame Mousouryoku Opera" and "Ojousama no Untenshu." I extend a big thanks to Ichigo Stars and Kurohaineko for taking on and completing a ridiculous amount of stoopidly hard redraws. Thanks to them, the releases looked wonderful! This also ticks two projects off of our unfinished projects list! Hooray!!! We're making progress.

Our plans are pretty straight forward for February.  We will finish "Fushigi no Maria-kun" and complete two chapters of "Furou Kyoudai." "Magnolia" is on hiatus this month.  And lastly, we are close to releasing "Pochamani" chapter 4.

We are currently in the process of picking new projects. If all goes well with "Fushigi no Maria-kun" and "Furou Kyoudai" we will start doing oneshots again in April, but at the rate of one per month until we complete our other incomplete series. We will not start any new series until June with debuts during our 4th anniversary celebration.

2012 Omari's Sister Retrospective

Before writing about 2013, let's take a look back at 2012!

The busiest day: June 4th

Top 25 Visiting Countries (Thanks to all of you from around the world!):

    USA (CA, NY, MA, TX, FL)

1.     Canada
2.     France
3.     Philippines
4.     Indonesia
5.     Australia
6.     Germany
7.     UK
8.     Malaysia
9.     Singapore
10.     Spain
11.     Poland
12.     Italy
13.     Brazil
14.     Thailand
15.     Mexico
16.     Russia
17.     Argentina
18.     Hungary
19.     Saudi Arabia
20.     Japan (HUH????)
21.     Vietnam
22.     Netherlands
23.     Finlad
24.     Chile

Comments: People from 174 countries viewed Omari's Sister in 2012! I find it amazing that the top 25 viewing countries include nearly every continent, with the exception of Africa (Africa kicks in at #50 with Morocco!  Hello Morocco!) It always makes me happy to spread manga all over the world. Thank you world for your support!

Top Ten Releases (Big Surprises for me):

1.     Ore to Atashi no Kareshisama Chp 1
2.     Akagami no Shirayukihime Chp 33
3.     Detarame Mousouryoku Opera Chp 1
4.     Akagami no Shirayukihime Chp 32
5.     Akagami no Shirayukihime Chp 30
6.     Akagami no Shirayukihime Chp 34
7.     Ojousama no Untenshu Chp 1
8.     Akagami no Shirayukihime Chp 29
9.     Oneshot: "Wait Until it's Dark"
10.     Oneshot: "Heart Assassin"

Comments: I thought for sure a chapter of AnS would be #1 (actually, I thought AnS would sweep the top 5 positions. I also didn't expect any oneshots to be in the top ten. I did not recognize the popularity of "Wait Until it's Dark" and "Heart Assassin." Wow!

Top 5 Oneshots (More Surprises!):

1.     "Wait Until It's Dark"
2.     "Heart Assassin"
3.     "Souai Metaphysica"
4.     "The Complete Story of Mag the Thief"
5.     "Nemurenu Kishi ni Hanataba wo" ("Bouquets of Flowers for the Sleepless Knight")

Comments: "Mag the Thief"...really? and what's Sleep Knight doing there?

December Plans, Winter Break Recruitment, and November Stats

December is going to be much sparser than I planned.  The mature josei oneshot for Bakeneko's Lair is going to 3 weeks to complete and there's the craziness of the holidays.  So expect the next chapter of Magnolia to be the only release on Omari's Sister.  If we're lucky, I might be able to eek out something else. But! Do not feel sad, because January and February will be glorious. While I'm working on the josei oneshot, the rest of the group and our temps will be lending us part of their winter breaks to work on winter releases :). There should be a lot of projects close to completion at the close of year.  And! I promise you adults out there that the josei oneshot is well worth the wait and foregoing more releases.  Yes, yes, it's a wonderful sexy, funny, romantic, and sweet fairytale.

On that note, we are recruiting. If you would like to volunteer briefly over winter break, we'd be happy to have you. We need cleaners, redraw artists, and onehot translators. Of course you are welcome to stay after the break. If you are interested, please send an e-mail to me, Kuroneko003, at omarissister@gmail.com.

Now let's look back at November. There are no surprises here. "Ore to Atashi no Kareshisama" was the most downloaded release. Onto the breakdown!

Top 5 Releases

1. "Ore to Atashi no Kareshisama" Chp 2
2. "Pochamani" Chp 1
3. "Hakamori Majo Bianca" Chp 3
4. "Magnolia" Chp 26
5. "Ojousama no Untenshu" Chp 7

Top 10 Visiting Countries

1. USA (CA, NY, MA, TX, MD)
2. Canada
3. France
4. Australia
5. Philippines
6. Germany
7. Malaysia
8. Indonesia
9. UK
10. Singapore

October Stats!

Here are the statistics for October.  Which oneshot do you think was read the most?  The second most read was a big surprise to me. I should probably revisit those numbers at the end of November because many of the oneshots that were released last week are still being read.

Top Ten Releases!

1. Akuma wo Sasayaku
2. Kanojo no Kare
3. F no Meikyuu
4. Tomo no Kowai Hanashi
5. Viskeith no Akai Ningyou
6. Hakamori Majo Bianca Chp 1
7. Oni Yashiki
8. Inoribana
9. Hakamori Majo Bianca Chp 2
10. Yadokari Honpo

Top Ten Visiting Countries!

1. United States (CA, NY, MA, TX, MD -- Hello, Maryland!!!)
2. Canada
3. France
4. Australia (Hello, Aussies!) 
5. Philippines
6. Indonesia
7. Germany
8. UK
9. Malaysia
10. Singapore

Take the survey and let us know which October oneshot you liked the most.

August 2012 Statistics, September Plans and AnS

August was our themed one-shot month.  I think it went pretty well, though in the future after Halloween and Christmas, we are probably going to limit it to 3 or 4 one-shots instead of 6.  I wanted to do a more stark alternation between series and one-shots, but from now and into 2013, we have too many on-going series that we need to moving.

In September, we plan to make some progress on our series, though I admit at this moment I don't have a firm release schedule.  As of now "Ojousama no Untenshu, " "Fushigi no Maria-kun," "Furou Kyoudai," and "Servamp" are being worked on. We are also working on one-shots for our Halloween/October one-shot party.  The plan for this month is to go with the flow and see what gets done.  We have one planned one-shot from Tsukiji Nao and Aka Lala is coming in on the 11th or 12th, but until I see the magazine, I don't know how much of it we'll cover and what the schedule will look like.  I do know though with respect to Aka Lala, we will not be paying any attention to what other groups are doing.  We may duplicate efforts, but we are not going to rush.  Rather we will work at our own pace and deliver our best effort.

Okay, now on to a detailed look at August's activities.

Top 10 Visiting Countries

1. US (CA, NY, TX, MA, FL)
2. Canada
3. France
4. Philippines (Hey! Hey! You guys made a big move up the rank!)
5. Indonesia
6. Australia
7. Germany
8. Malaysia
9. Singapore
10. United Kingdom

July 2012 Statistics

Here are some statistics from July.  We passed the 3 million views mark! That was pretty cool. Readership has dropped somewhat with the absence of "Akagami no Shirayukihime." It doesn't impact what we do, but it's interesting see what people come to the blog for and what people often check for on the blog. Most of those views lasted less than a second.  To be honest, I kinda enjoyed not having the AnS hanging over my shoulder for the last two months.

We didn't have as many releases as we had hoped in July.  "Detarame Mousouryoku Opera" killed the first 10 days of the month for me and Ichi.  I've started on the last chapter, but I was so mad at how much time it chewed up that I've put it aside until can forgive the series and finish it.

Okay, onto the stats!

Top 10 Visiting Countries

1. United State (CA, NY, TX, MA, VA -- hello to all of you in VA)
2. Canada
3. France
4. Philippines
5. Australia
6. Indonesia
7. Germany
8. Malaysia
9. UK
10. Singapore

Top 5 Releases

1. One-Shot:  "00 Day of Summer Holiday"
2. "Detarame Mousouryoku Opera" Chapter 2
3. One-Shot: "Taiyou no Yuki"
4. "Ojou-sama no Untenshu" Chapter3
5. "Lily" Chapter 4

Mobile usage is up 5% since the last time I looked at the data.  The top mobile devices used to access the blog are the iPad, iPhone/iPod Touch, and the Asus Transformer Prime.

June 2012 Statistics

Here are some statistics for June 2012.

Top 5 Releases

1. Akagami no Shirayukihime Chp 34
2. One-shot: "Souai Metaphysica"
3. Magnolia Chp 23 (big jump in readership!)
4. One-shot: "Katakoi"
5. One-shot: "Wild Wing"

Top 10 Visiting Countries

1. USA (CA, NY, TX, MA, FL -- first time for FL.  Hello Floridians!)
2. Canada
3. France
4. Indonesia (Whoa! moving up in the ranks!)
5. Philippines
6. Australia
7. Germany
8. United Kingdom
9. Malaysia
10. Singapore

April 2012 Statistics

April...thank goodness it's over! Let us not have another month like that again! Anyhow...well, let's see what happened last month.

Top 10 Visiting Countries

1. US (CA, NY, MA, TX, WA)
2. Canada
3. France
4. Philippines
5. Germany
6. Indonesia
7. Australia
8. Singapore
9. Malaysia
10. United Kingdom

Top 5 Releases (Haha! There were only 5 releases)

1. One-shot: "The Most Beautiful Name in the World"
2. "Ojousama no Untenshu" Chapter 2
3. Magnolia Chapter 21
4. One-Shot:  "Bye Bye Rain"
5. "Akagami no Shirayukihime" Chapter 32

Top 5 Keywords

1. Omari's Sister
2. Vahlia's Bridegroom
3. Magnolia Manga
4. Ore to Atashi no Kareshi-sama
5. Junketsu + Kareshi Chapter 15

Haha! Wrong website for J+K folks.  Head on over to Turtle Paradise for that series. And we have no intention of resuming that series, so don't ask. It's rude to us and it's rude to Turtle Paradise. We aren't interested in it and Aya Shouoto has asked scanlators to quit scanlating her works.  We intend to respect the mangaka's stated wishes.

Anyhow...May is here and there are a lot of releases that are close to being done. Hopefully, we can make up for a craptacular April.

March 2012 Statistics!

Wow!  March went by quickly!  I think we are getting into our new groove and I think we expect 6 - 8 releases per month, down from an average of 10.   Anyhow...here are some statistics for the month of March!

Top 10 Visiting Countries

1. US (CA, NY, MA, TX, FL) -- We had visitors from all 50 states!
2. Canada
3. France
4. Philippines
5. Indonesia
6. Australia
7. Germany
8. Singapore
9. UK
10. Malaysia

January 2012 Statistics

In January, we made a big push to release chapters from some long neglected series and a couple of new series.  We introduced "Ojou-sama no Untenshu" and "Ore to Atashi no Kareshi-sama".  Both series were received well.  We also welcomed a new image editor, Kayori.  Kayori has been providing some of the wonderful banners you've been seeing on the blog lately.  Let's all welcome Kayori to the group!

Now onto the numbers!

Top 10 Visiting Countries:

1. US (CA, NY, TX, MA, WA)
2. Canada
3. France
4. Philippines
5. Indonesia
6. Germany
7. Australia
8. The United Kingdom
9. Malaysia
10. Singapore

Omari's Sister's 2011 Stats

I've been having a heck of time pulling myself from "Rex Fabula" to get this post out.  Haha! There are a few interesting developments at the beginning of chapter 4 that got me hooked.  But if I don't do this post now, I'll be on the crazy January OS train and I won't do it at all.

There were a lot of surprises for me in the statistics for 2011.  You guys sure do like your one-shots!  I did not expect that.  Actually, I expected a backlash.  But...I'm cool with that.  I love one-shots now and I hope we get do many more in 2012.

Some milestones for 2012: