One, two, buckle my spying shoe… another year is through!

It’s with great pride that I celebrate Undercover’s 2nd birthday! ~YAY!

Now, since I’ve already done the obligatory historical account of Undercover last year, it’s not much of a tl;dr post this time around; just a quick look at some of the stats and a brief preview of what’s to come…

I didn’t include the stats in my previous anniversary post, so I’ll put in some of the figures from the past 2 years, from June 2007 to 2009.

Top posts and pages:

1. Anime Preview: Spring 2008
2. Extra: Darker than Black [ep 26/OVA]
3. Honey and Clover drama cast + preview
4. Anime Preview: Fall 2008
5. Detective Conan: Clash of Red and Black!
6. Extra: La Corda d’Oro ~primo passo~ [A Summer Encore/ep 26]
7. Anime Preview: Spring 2009
8. Detective Conan: Manga File 654 – The End of “The Return” arc
9. Anime Preview: Winter 2007/2008
10. Darker than Black DVD OVA
    

Top search terms (and related terms):

• darker than black OVA / darker than black mask / darker than black 26 / darker than black dvd / darker than black ep 25
  
• 2008 anime / spring anime 2008 / best anime 2008 / anime previews
  
• honey and clover drama
• detective conan manga / detective conan bourbon / okiya subaru (a character from Detective Conan)
• lovely complex episode summary
• la corda d’oro / la corda d’oro secondo passo
• switch OVA
• minami-ke
• kaze no stigma / kaze no stigma light novel
• shion no ou
• hayate no gotoku episode 23 / hayate no gotoku episode 25 / hayate no gotoku crossdress (lol, LOTS of hits from that last one xD)
  

Some amusing search terms:

• hayate crossdress, hayate dressed as a girl
• when they cry live action (lolwut?! I’ve never even heard of this title, let alone seen it, whether in anime or live action form xDD… well, now I know what it is)
• anime undercover characters
• happy meal (and this was only due to ONE POST in which I babbled about the Detective Conan happy meal that I bought )
• avatar the last airbender keychain (again, this was only due to ONE POST in which I referred to the series because of the cosplayers)
• cherrybark oak (lol, huh? probably because of Darker than Black ep 26/OVA which has “cherry blossom tree” in the title/entry)
• anime song transfers dimension (I have no idea xDD)
• there were a bunch of other more amusing lines but I lost my list… ahehe… I’ll try to keep better track next time for more lolz…  Anyway, moving on…
  

Welcome to version 5.0! ~ To show my LOVE for Cross Game, I made a CG header! So Kou, Aoba, and Azuma (with a tiny Wakaba and an even tinier Nomo) will grace my blog until December. The layout stays the same because I’m quite fond of this theme.

So what else is coming, you wonder? I’ll be continuing with the batch episode summaries of Eden of the East until its finale. As usual, anime previews, first impressions, and notable OP/ED themes posts will keep their regular appearances. Expect my review of book 1 (Guardian of the Spirit) in the Moribito series of novels anytime this week. My review/summary of the 2nd book (Guardian of the Darkness) is also in the works. Also, more series overviews and random fangirl babbles on the way, including Detective Conan, Cross Game, Toshokan Sensou, Ookiku Furikabutte, and xxxHolic, to name a few.  Work can be really crazy at times, but I’d still continue to update whenever I find some free time to blog, mostly sticking with weekly/monthly posts.

For the past couple of years, it’s been 165+ posts, 110,000+ views,  and 690+ comments. It’s not much, but I’m still glad that people do bother to come around and read my babbles, even sharing their thoughts now and then.

… And of course, to my dear readers, whether old or new, strangers or acquaintances, passers by or regulars: ~ A BIG THANKS TO YOU! ^_^

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** Header texture by hybrid genesis, Ookiku Furikabutte icon by deadweasel icons, Darker than Black icon by me, but I don’t know who made the Hayate no Gotoku! crossdressing banner (I got it from a forum in Crunchyroll)