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Hayate no Gotoku!!! Ch.249

Kurogane Shiroikaze — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:54:08 +0000

GJ, Sakuya.

Anyways, pretty serious chapter this time, as outlined below, after the last 5-6 battle-filled ones.

So, Hayate will have to choose either to save Athena or Nagi, with serious consequences for whom he doesn’t choose. A choice between the past and the status quo…. now that’s a hard one there. And all in all, it looks like Mikado’s the one behind it all (and he’s the Santa guy too?!). I wonder what’s his true objective in all this.

Sure is hard to believe that HnG is a comedy manga (supposedly).

“The weakest looking one is the pink-haired girl!”

Kurogane Shiroikaze — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:09:34 +0000

“………………………………………………….”
“………………………………………………….”
“………………………………………………….”

Yeah, he perfectly dug his own grave.

“Of course, she’s very weak, right guys?!”
“Yeah, of course!”

Oh LOL. I haven’t laughed this hard at Hayate manga since…. well, just about ever. With all the romantic drama going in the manga lately, it’s kinda hard to remember that Hayate was a gag manga in the beginning LOL. And this is chapter 221 btw.

Hayate 244

Kurogane Shiroikaze — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:35:13 +0000

A good look at A-tan’s inner thoughts this chapter.

D’awww A-tan. ;_;

And the two who have been seperated for 10 years, finally meet….

… and Hayate goes straight to the point.

What will A-tan’s answer to Hayate be?

Hayate’s Packy Adventures

Kurogane Shiroikaze — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:00:35 +0000

Obligatory Meido-fuku Hayate appearance.

Season 2 was shorter than I thought. Didn’t they say it was gonna be another 4-cour show? Looks like it got toned down a bit huh.

Anyways, the first half of this episode is the Hina in Wonderland (LOL at the CB and Geass references) chapter, while the second half is Hayate’s adventures in buying Packy, an anime original. Pretty much Nagi sends Hayate out on an errand, and we get a “Hajimete no Otsukai”-style coverage of how unlucky Hayate really is when he’s thrown outside of the mansion. The ending was pretty touching (BAWWW’ed a bit) though, and I’ll say, the writers for this season are quite good.

Hayate’s misfortune makes even Maria and Nagi despair. He really is a genius at bad luck isn’t he?

LOL he’s so unlucky until he’s had forge his own Packy!

But really…. handmade Packy, if this was any other girl and Hayate wasn’t Hayate, we’d be seeing an out-of-the-park home run already.

And with this, the curtains go down on a rather enjoyable Season 2 of Hayate no Gotoku! I’m sure hoping that there will be another season, with the same production crew, and this time, with Athena taking centerstage. Currently the manga’s kinda right where the shit is hitting the fan, so I guess in about another year or so there should be enough material for the anime to cover in 2 or 4 cours straight.

Hina is so noble ;_;

Kurogane Shiroikaze — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:06:53 +0000

Oh god, Hina ｡･ﾟ(ノД`)ﾟ・。 why are you such a noble person? You just discovered the person you love is in love with another person while you were about to confess to him and immediately you’re giving him advice to go for it…. ｡･ﾟ(ノД`)ﾟ・。

Hinagiku’s confession…

Kurogane Shiroikaze — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 04:36:06 +0000

SPOILER ALERT! Again, do not read this post if you’re really not up to knowing what happens in the Hayate storyline before the anime covers it!

It is with great trepidation that I am currently writing this post….

Hayate finally realizes his true feelings for A-tan and while it doesn’t come as much as a shocker, the way it’s framed together with the ‘unofficial’ rejection (or more like a counter-confession of love) of Hinagiku adds a lot of poignancy to it. Sure is pretty serious business in Hayate nowadays, eh.

Now… I wonder what will Hayate do to realize his feelings for A-tan?

Hinagiku finally confesses?

Kurogane Shiroikaze — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 03:00:19 +0000

SPOILER ALERT!!! People still following the anime but not the manga should avoid this post.

Hinagiku! In her evening dress! Looking fabulous! Woot!

Oh, how nostalgic this is. Hina’s phobia of heights quirk is sure being used well by the author.

That said… I’ll have to say that recent chapters of Hayate have been extremely darker in tone. Mostly to do with Hayate’s unveiled past with A-tan and the current Greece arc seems to be heading in to very dramatic end, depending on how things play out. I actually do think that it may end with a lot of heartbreak amongst the Ayasaki lovers, quite possibly beginning with poor Hinagiku.

So far, the last 4 chapters have been really focused on Hayate’s growing depression after reuniting with A-tan and Hinagiku’s decision to confess probably couldn’t have come at a worse time or better timed for additional drama effect. Ah, I can’t wait for chapter 238 to see what happens…

Meido Isumi

Kurogane Shiroikaze — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:46:42 +0000

Oh dear, Isumi makes a pretty good meido…

Especially seeing her fake smile (so viciously pointed out by Haru-san) was pretty LOL.

And speaking of which, new epic character, and also the third maid of the series (no, meido Hayate doesn’t count), Haru-san a.k.a Harukaze Chiharu of the Student Council is introduced.

And finally, just to cap everything off, meido Hayate cameo wwwwwwwwwwwwwww

I can’t get married anymore….

Kurogane Shiroikaze — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 05:42:44 +0000

Don’t you just love onsen’s?

(For those who have been waiting, sorry for the lateness of this post, was busy with politics earlier)

Yuri-flag triggered!

God damn it, Hinagiku’s so bloody cute!

Nishizawa, breaking women’s gaydars since 2009.

And finally, a little service for the lolicons. WAH and Shin will probably love this.

Feeling of Freedom

Kurogane Shiroikaze — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 20:00:35 +0000

I can’t ask for a more perfect adaptation. J.C. Staff is doing good work in this season of Hayate no Gotoku.

In fact, they even animated one of the manga’s tankouban omake about Kotetsu-kun! Impressive, really. Makes for a real nice change in the trend of anime studios screwing up the adaptations.