Elsewhere, a furious Yukiji can’t stand the fact that Hayate won ¥150 million when she picked up ¥28 million in debt, which she voices to Kayura and Chiharu.
Back in the hotel, Hina ponders the situation of Hayate paying off his debts, but while she wants to take action, she doesn’t know what her next move should be.
Meanwhile, Hayate and Nagi are walking and discussing the forthcoming trip to the Grand Canyon when they run into Kananiwa. She mentions doing another orientation, since her final contest at the Grand Canyon was never done after Hayate got them to do the card game. The angry and frustrated Yukiji shows up, demanding a chance for redemption. Hayate realizes he’s being dragged into a situation he doesn’t want to be in, which is aided by Isumi who wants to participate.
When Kayura asks about a possible prize, Kananiwa says there are ¥10 million in gold coins hidden in the Grand Canyon. Others want to join this, which Kananiwa is fine with. Hayate doesn’t like this, but Nagi says that since his prize money isn’t at stake, it is just a fun game. Hayate ponders this and wonders why Yukiji is OK with picking up a mere ¥10 million when she owes ¥28 million. Sister Sonia asks this privately of Yukiji, getting the response that one never knows what will happen in a competition.
Back at the hotel, Sakuya reports to Mikado that Nagi [and Hayate] have Kananiwa’s King’s Jewel. She says she can get it, but Mikado asks her to leave it alone and warns her to be careful as he thinks an assassin as been sent to get the stone.
Thoughts/Review:
So after a very pointless school trip arc so far, Hata-sensei may have discovered a bit of motivation for writing something a bit meaningful and explain Ruri’s presence, which up until now, was merely fanservice for those of use who’d watched the Can’t Take My Eyes Off You anime.
Hayate having won the ¥150 million was anti-climactic to me, but while I felt this meant that Hata-sensei wanted to end the manga, I accepted that Hayate had the funds to mostly pay off his debt and wanted to see where Hata-sensei would go from there. With this chapter, Hata-sensei is putting out the notion that Hayate may well end up with ¥300 million in debt before all is said and done. If the status quo is returned with Hayate getting more debt, I think I will be quite angry.
Regardless, we get one more competition where everyone is involved. Suggesting that Ruri might be an assassin is a bit interesting, but she still hasn’t been properly set up as a character. Ruri addresses Nagi as “oneechan” in the manga, but that hasn’t been touched properly. I can only assume this was done because Ruri in CTMEOY had a story arc where her goal was to get close to Nagi by pretending to be Nagi’s younger sister and thus addressed Nagi as oneechan. It is unfortunate that Ruri hasn’t properly been set up in the manga.
As to Yukiji, I’m hoping for her to really receive some massive punishment. More than that, wouldn’t it be cool if this next sub-arc allowed us to get a deep exploration of Yukiji’s and Hina’s past?
Speaking of which, since we are going to have one more story in Vegas, I suppose it is too much to hope for that Hata-sensei will actually put effort into this and give us something meaningful. I don’t mind gags and such, but I want to see really good stuff in terms of characters and plot. How awesome would it be to have Nagi’s father brought into the story as he was in the anime? [Not saying the same way, but in a similar way.] Or as I mentioned, a really good look at Hina’s and Yukiji’s past.
Still, with us going into the holiday season, I can’t see us getting too much in the way of plot. Hata-sensei sometimes surprises us, but I figure he’ll follow the pattern he did last year [presuming he isn’t attempting to get this manga ended as soon as possible].
Finally, I was amused by Hata-sensei’s comment on the splash page by naming the chapter, “The More I Drew, the Cuter Kananiwa-san Became.” I’d recently chatted with other Hayate fans about Kananiwa vs. Dolly from Can’t Take My Eyes Off You, and this topic came up, so it was more meaningful and amusing to me.
In the end, this chapter implies there might be interesting things to come, but also that the status quo might be restored. Nothing to do but wait and see what Hata-sensei decides to do with this.
Hayate Ayasaki, 16, the world's unluckiest boy. Working hard as a child for food and school fees, his unemployed and indebted parents sold him to the yakuza for his internal organs. After temporarily escaping the criminals and contemplating the benefits of a life of crime, he was saved by a wealthy young girl; who now employs him as a live-in butler.
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Chàng quản gia Hayate no Gotoku Hayate the Combat Butler Hayate, mayordomo de combate Боевой дворецкий Хаятэ ฮายาเตะ พ่อบ้านประจัญบาน ハヤテのごとく! 旋风管家
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52 Volumes [Complete] 02 - Perfect Edition Volumes [Ongoing]
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Starts at Vol 1, Chap 1 [S1] / Vol 14, Chap 149 [Cuties] Ends at Vol 14, Chap 148 [S2] / Vol 35, Chap 373 [Cuties adapts only 47 chapters]
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HATA Kenjiro
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The first 100 chapters are good
Staring from chapter 120 ish, and up to, it becomes stale, there are some chspters though that reengages the reader, but fir the most asrt it is stale. Chapter 170ish, especially 179-187 are really interesting, gers boring around chapter 210 ish area, gets interesting from 232 -266, some after are interesting, it beocmes tedious when the femc little girl, forgot her name funniyl enough, is trying to sell her manga, like i loved tbe chapters before her selling cause it showed us that she has a vuneravle side. But the con part where they sell the mangas felt lacklustre. It become more engagin in 300 section,
356 is boeing
362 and after are good
It gets stale but good again, but by chapter 431, spmething happenes which i am somewhat sad about
Chapter 463 and after are good
533 yay
Ok after chapter 500, everything becomes stale
Now for my reveiw,this manga has some serious pacing issues, like i understand that is the point of mangas similar to this, but it really eould ruin the important bits of information to move the plot, also after a cettain girl is introduced, does the plot of mc romance start moving, near chapter 500 the end was not that great imo, they shoehorned in villains
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the parents and the sister and the other butler, honestly at that point was not paying attention
While this was not the best work fromt he author, i would highly recommend their other work "Fly Me To The Moon" cause in that manga, the pacing is so so SO much better. And the author seems to use the feedback from this manga and improved his new manga with said feed back,
Overall, strong start, middle section was jumping from boring to epic, wnding 500 chapters were like get this over with
... Last updated on April 11th, 2023, 9:49pm
F*ck Ending
One of my favorite manga it is good despite being dragged out simply because it never take itself seriously even sometime throwing joke at the series itself. But this is exactly why the series can go for so long and still being read and loved by many.
And then come out the ending probably the worst since TWGOK or Negima, and I actually like those ending even thought many probably disagree. TWGOK is simply end like that because the logic actually support it, and Negima end like that simply because they need to set up a stage for new series. But HnG just doesnt have any of those. It simply wham bam thank you mam!!... the end... It feel way too rushed. It defy all my logic, making it impossible to even think such thing is possible, it will be much better if they just leave it all hanging IMO.
It still is a really good series worth read over and over. The ending feel rushed but so is most of other manga.
... Last updated on June 6th, 2017, 6:15am
I'm really glad i waited this one out, if i had to wait for each release i would have gone mental figuring out what the hell was happening. SO MUCH FILLER but it is still entertaining and there is sometimes a reaaaally subtle point towards the main plot. Though one thing really bothers me were the hell has the tiger gone
Two weeks ago i bought hayate volume 33 just to entertain myself while waiting my newest book of main collection manga title to be published. At that time i was just had that only book of hayate. Now, i continue it until 37th book plus get the 17th also 21th book.
The story flows very natural and easy to understand. If you want to kill some time waiting your favorite manga title[s], by reading another manga with easy feeling, hayate is all you need.
Al principio me costo engancharme con su estilo de comedia...pero una vez que conoces un poco más de la cultura nipona este manga se torna más y más divertido. Hasta se dio el lujo de agregar un poco de drama en algunos arcos. This is a good manga, and I enjoy read [my english sucks]
The series is good and had a lot of potential.... but then author keeps on dragging and dragging the story. Most time doesn't have nothing to do with the story. The comedy are over used, the story has too many cliché moments.
If this gets a conclusion soon, then miht be worth finishing it, but the way its going, its hard to say.
Hayate no Gotoku start off as a funny manga filled with pop culture references. It was enjoyable; a perfect read while sipping some coffee at a cafe or something. The manga continues to add characters - very likable characters, mind you - as it progresses. Then it throws the Athena arc at you. Suddenly, you're thrown into a manga full of drama, suspense, and romance - pure romance [not rom-com], and somehow, this impossible segue is made believable, thanks to the hard efforts of the mangaka. After that, the plot slowly declined, till it reached the point to where the whole thing was basically filler. I like filler, if it's done well, but since this comment is for the sake of those who don't like filler, I'll add that to the short list of cons the manga has. Then, in an act to save the manga, the mangaka introduced some conflict. It's refreshing to see something different from the usual romance "conflict" the filler contains. All in all, Hayate no Gotoku is an enjoyable read, and even if there are a few stumbles here and there, it's still worth reading.
I didn't drop this prematurely, I kept up with it as it came out for weeks, and I just couldn't keep up with the so-called "comedy" derived from pop-culture references. As far as these types of manga go, I much rather prefer Keroro Gunsou and Sayonara Zetsubou-sensei.
I've been reading the manga and watching the anime from back in 2007,and i have to say this is the best manga i've ever read.Yes,everyone has their likes and yes,i'm particularly a fan of rom-com/harem,but i have to say this manga was wayy more satisfying than some other mangas i've read.Hell,i'd rate it above even mainstream manga like Fairy Tail and Iris Zero,both of which i've read fully.Yes,the Athena arc was indeed the best part of the manga and for about 20 of the next mangas,it was not that good.But the current part is really nice and charming.I doubt that you could find any mangas with better parodies and light-hearted humor,save for a few fully comedy based mangas.You'd be a fool to pass on the chance to read this manga.
Does Hayate pay off his debt?
sort of. Now the butler of a wealthy young lady, Hayate can finally pay back his debts, and it'll only take him 40 years to do it. The manga-drawing duel, with Hayate's very body on the line, reaches its shocking conclusion! [Or maybe not so shocking, since Nagi spoiled it back in volume 37.]
Did Hinagiku confess to Hayate?
Hinagiku has strong feelings of love for Hayate. At first, she tries to deny it but finally realizes to herself that she really loves him [See "Her Birthday" section below]. However, she has not successfully confessed to him yet. She had two attempts on confessing but failed.
Do Hayate and nagi end up together?
Nagi proudly declared that she had done very well on her own in the past two years, only for Hayate to express his own feelings that he wanted to be with her. The two held hands and… the end!
What is the relationship between Hayate and Nagi?
Hayate, her butler, is indebted to her, so Hayate always saves Nagi from any accident, kidnapping, or assassination. Even though Hayate himself attempted to kidnap her for ransom money, Nagi has a crush on Hayate ever since she first met him in the kidnapping situation.