Hayate no Gotoku! 328

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• Note: Ok, so some of the translations may not be direct or exact translation because I switched the word orders or paraphrased for better sentence flow in English grammar or slang, but the overall meaning will remain the same. Sometimes I’ll use the slash “/” for when I can’t decide an exact English word to use and put a couple choices. Sentences in parentheses are my opinions or translator’s notes/explanations for some parts or scenes, and maybe on occasion a commentary on the situation (you guys just decide whether to put those in for fun/humor or not, for the none-t/n ones). Different/separate sentences in connected bubbles or boxes will also be in new lines. New lines with no speaker indicated in the front means they have the same speaker as the line above.


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Chapter title: today’s hard work and struggle will definitely become a beautiful memory someday. Chapter 328: “We Still Haven’t Get Paid For Our Assistant Job That Day.”

Left part: Volume 29 will be released on August 10th!! As well as the limited edition with a collection of artworks of others! And my art book “Hayate no Gotoku! Girls Graphics, Hata Kenjirou’s Art Book” will also be released on the same day!!

Left margin: the theatrical anime will air on Saturday, August 27th!!

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While continuing to work on her manga for the upcoming doujinshi convention, Lady Nagi takes a short 8-hour nap…

SFX: chirp, chirp

Nagi: zzz
Zzz
Zzz (Yep, looks like it’s true, the best way to start on drawing Nagi’s head is with a drafting compass…)

Hayate: Ojou-sama, if you are going to sleep, it’s better to go to your futon…
Nagi: ah!!

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Nagi: I… I wasn’t asleep!! I was just…
Just gathering my thoughts for a bit!!
Hayate: I see…

But drawing a manga…
Is really no easy task.
Nagi: of course…
SFX: sketch, sketch

Hayate: it really makes people wonder how mangakas who serialize in weekly magazines manage to keep releasing every week…
Nagi: I know… but what about it?

Hayate: what I’m trying to say it… Can you finish it on time?
SFX: shock

Hayate: since you plan to make an offset book, you have to take this to a print shop, right?
Then isn’t your deadline approaching soon…?

Nagi:
Hmph…
What are you saying…?

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Nagi: listen to me closely…!!
Humans struggle through this kind of things with their inborn determinations!!
Hayate: ……

Nagi: time does not control people! It is people who control time!!
Hayate: even if you bring out famous quotes like this… (Yep, typical of Nagi, bringing out big, fancying sayings whenever she lacks reasons for her arguments…)

Nagi: however…
There is no denying that I won’t make it on time if I just keep working like this…

A strategy meeting is in order!!
To Akiba we go, Hayate!!
Hayate: eh?!
Why are we going there?!

SFX: honk, honk

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Nagi: as always…
This city is filled with dark aura… (*t/n: the lab coat and the quote are direct parodies of the visual novel Stein;sGate…)
Hayate: oh…

Hayate: so how is fooling around here going to help?
Nagi: um…

Um…

How troublesome…
SFX: flip, select
Hayate: please don’t just buy games like crazy when you are troubled… (Yeah, especially considering that you are not rich anymore…)

But anyways, that lab coat suits you really well, Ojou-sama.
Nagi: Is it because I’m small?! Are you implying that I look good in the lab coat because I’m a small genius girl? Don’t call me small!! (And Nagi wonders why she doesn’t have much popularity and social connections a few pages later… She keeps finding negative traits out of each comment or compliment she receives… -_-b)

Guess I have no choice…
I’ll go for some advice from the part-time warrior. (*t/n: another parody of Stein;sGate…)

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Chiharu: well, the best choice is obviously…
Getting someone to help out.

Nagi: you mean, get an assistant…?
Chiharu: yep, pretty much.

Just so you know, I can’t do it.
I’m quite busy with many things.

Nagi: and you call yourself a lab member?!
Chiharu: I’m not a lab member. (t/n: and another line parodying Stein;sGate…)

Hayate: well, finding someone to help out mainly depends on your popularity and connections…
So let’s try looking around…

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Ayumu: this is work that earned me the “effort award” in the 6th grade. ♥
It’s called “The Cute Panda-chan/Little Panda”. ♥ (Use whichever one you feel sounds better…)
Nagi: ……

Ayumu: so? Do I have talent in art?
Do I?
Nagi: ……

A-tan: art?
I can do a pretty good job…
If you’re talking about oil portraits… (Note, new talent for A-tan spotted, recording…)

Manga?
I’m not that familiar with that kind of general and public art…
Nagi: ……

Hina: sorry, I’ve never drawn any manga before…
Besides, I’m pretty busy right now.

Sakuya: How would I know anything about drawing manga…?

Maria: you should…
Overcome this with your own strength. ♥ (Maria’s being the right guardian here…)

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Isumi: ……
SFX: excited, excited
Nagi: …… (Yep, who can forget Isumi’s kitten when we are talking about drawing mangas in this series…?)

Hayate…
I completely lack popularity or connections… (Yeah, big surprise… -_-)
Hayate: I – it’s alright!! You still have me!!

Nagi: you’re more skilled than me, so it’d make me feel like an idiot…
I feel pissed off just thinking about it!!
Hayate: even if you say that… (There you go, the reason why Hayate hasn’t been helping her with it, and more reinforcement on why she has no connection…)

Nagi: sigh ~… Even if I don’t have an assistant, if only there is a fellow artist to draw with me…
I know it’s not the same, but ~…

Hayate: a fellow artist…
To draw with you…?

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SFX: ta —— da
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SFX: exhausted ~
Ruka: …… (LOL, look at the contrast in art style from last page… :D)

Ah…
Your bento is as good as ever, Hayate-kun.
Hayate: thank you very much. (Hmm… I’ve been wondering what kind of request will Ruka have for Hayate…)

By the way, you’re presenting another work at the next doujinshi convention, right?
Ruka: well, yes…

Hayate: so how’s that going?

Ruka: ……
SFX: depressed
Hayate: well, your must’ve been very busy with your job.

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Hayate: well, there are always some things that you’d feel hopeless about…
When you are handling them on your own.

But if you have a fellow artist by your side…
You might make more progress than you think.

Ruka: fellow artist…?

Nagi: ……

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Ruka: hi there, fellow artist! ♥
Nagi: ……

Wh – wh – what were you thinking, bringing an idol here to help?!
Hayate: it’s alright. You guys are just going to draw manga together!

Nagi: even so…
You…

Ruka: let’s do our best together,
Nagi-chan. ♥

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Hayate: then I’ll go make some coffee…
Just do your best.

SFX: close
Nagi: ……

Dammit, Hayate!!
Leaving me alone with an idol here…!!
What should I do?!!

Ruka: it’s a bit awkward, isn’t it?
Nagi: eh?

Being alone with…
Someone you just met… (nice, it’s like Ruka just read Nagi’s mind…)

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SFX: take out (It looks more like a PFP to me… And why would you need to parody Sony if Izumi’s family actually owns it in this series…? XP)

Ruka: times like this…
Call for a round of Monhun! ♥ (I wonder if it’s ok for it to directly use the name of Monster Hunters here… -_-)
Nagi: what about the manga?!

—— But she still played along…
SFX: click, click

Ruka: I’m…

Quite serious about becoming a mangaka…
Who can sell a trillion copies…

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Nagi: ah…
“I will become a mangaka who can sell a trillion copies…”

Nagi: I’m quite serious about that as well…
But nobody around really believes in me.
Ruka: haha, same here.


Ruka: if you are stuck anywhere, would you like my help?
I’m still planning out my storyboard.
Nagi: eh?! But…!!

Ruka: but I don’t come cheap as an assistant…
I charge two hundred million yen an hour!
Nagi: eh?!

Ruka: you can pay me once you succeed…
Even if it’s a few hundred years later…
You can pay me after you succeed and become wealthy.

Nagi: hehe…
Then I guess I’ll accept your offer.

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Chiharu: ……

Then get to work already!!
Nagi: ah…
Right. (For a minute there I thought Nagi was an inflated doll than a person… -_-b)
Ruka: of course.

Nagi: alright then!! Let’s do our best ——!!
Ruka: yeah ——!!

Bottom: to be continued in issue 34 on Wednesday July 20th.

Right margin: sharing the same dream, the two sit down next to each other. Nothing is impossible for the kindred spirits! Or at least they feel so…

Promo Pic

(We’ll use the last page…)

Chiharu: ……

I thought you guys said that you’re tired of always appearing comically chibi in all the panels…!!
Nagi: ah…
Well…
Ruka: true that…

Chiharu: then put those games down and do something serious already!! If you do nothing but goofing around…
You two will never escape the comical, chibi art style like I did!!

Right margin: will those two ever act serious enough to avoid being drawn as little bobbleheads? We might never find out… o_O