Hayate no Gotoku! 257

I was quite disappointed that Hayate didn't appear in a single panel of this chapter.
(No, Hina's flashback on page 3 doesn't count.)

Chapter 257

01

Chimaera: Kshaaaaah!!
Sakuya: Waaaah!!

Machina: Are you okay?

Sakuya: Eh?
Sakuya: Y-yeah...

Left margin: Sakuya is saved at the last second. Volume 22 is on sale now!! As is the special version with the photo of Katsura Hinagiku!!

02

Machina: That was close.
Machina: I haven't had you put pickles on this yet.

Sakuya: Beat up everyone over there and I'll put them on.
Machina: Really!?
Machina: I'm on it!!

Title: Chapter 257 "Someone Loves You"

Right margin: Because she's been so busy, loneliness permeates her.

03

Hina: I'm so jealous of Tennousu-san.

Hina: Hayate-kun...
Hina: has had feelings for her for 10 years...

Hina: The truth that Hayate-kun loves someone makes my heart hurt.
Hina: And when I think about...
Hina: how Ayumu will feel the same way once I tell her, it makes it even more painful...

Hina: What...
Hina: should I do...?

Hina: Eh?

04

Yukiji: What are you so troubled about?

Hina: Eh?
Hina: This voice...!!

Yukiji: If your expression is so dull even in a place this wonderful...
Yukiji: your life is going to be dull.
Hina: O-Onee-chan!?

Hina: Eh!? But she was in Italy...
Hina: Did she come from Italy to Greece?

Hina: It would only take 2 hours by plane, but...!!

Yukiji: I-if you're troubled about something...
Yukiji: why don't you get some advice from me, a teache-...I mean, General Jark?

Hina: Onee-chan...

05

Hina: Um...well...
Yukiji: Oh!! What is it!?

Hina: My sister does nothing but drink and cause people problems and I'd like to get her to stop...
Yukiji: Eh!?

Yukiji: Th-that's not what I...!!
Hina: Or I'd like to get her to pay back all the money that she's borrowed and hasn't paid back...
Yukiji: That's not what I meant either...!!

Yukiji: Don't you have something else troubling you? Something else.
Yukiji: Something more...psychological...
Hina: Something else...

Hina: But...I just can't...
Hina: Not that...

Ayumu: Then can I ask for advice about what's troubling me?

06

Hina: Ayumu.

Ayumu: There's a guy I'm in love with...
Ayumu: But no matter what I do, I can't get my feelings across to him.

Ayumu: What should I do?

Yukiji: When you can't...
Yukiji: get your feelings across to the person you love...

Yukiji: W-well, in those cases, it would be best to just give up...
Yukiji: and move on to the next person, wouldn't it?

Ayumu: B-but...!!
Ayumu: What if it's someone you just can't give up on?

07

Yukiji: Then you have no choice but go for it...
Yukiji: knowing you'll get hurt.

Yukiji: But not to the extent that you make him think you're a stalker.

Yukiji: But about 90% of the time...
Yukiji: things in life...
Yukiji: don't go the way you think they will.

Yukiji: So no matter how hard you try...
Yukiji: your feelings may never reach him.

Yukiji: That's why...
Yukiji: people end up searching for...
Yukiji: a power of the gods or something that can grant any wish.

Yukiji: But...
Yukiji: It's perfectly fine if your feelings and wishes don't pan out.
Hina: Eh?

Yukiji: Even if...
Yukiji: none of your wishes come true...

08

Yukiji: as long as you have...
Yukiji: someone with you during the sorrowful nights....

Yukiji: you won't be...
Yukiji: all that unhappy.

Hina: Onee-chan...

Yukiji: Well!! If that doesn't work, there's always alcohol!!
Yukiji: When you're drunk, not much really matters to you!!

Yukiji: But it seems you have a person who's with you...

09

Yukiji: So...
Yukiji: I'll be going.

Yukiji: And when you're old enough to drink...
Yukiji: I'll tell you what comes next.
Yukiji: But until then...
Yukiji: get hurt until you're satisfied.

Ayumu: What a wonderful monster.
Hina: Yes...

Hina: I respect that monster more than anyone else in the world.
Hina: But don't tell the monster that.

Ayumu: Oh, by the way, I was given something interesting.
Hina: Something interesting?

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Hina: U-umm...
Ayumu: Isn't it cool?

Ayumu: All of my memories on this trip...
Ayumu: were a gift from that hero.

Hina: Eh?

Ayumu: During the quiz competition for the trip...
Ayumu: I saw how hard that hero was working...
Ayumu: and that's why I ended up here.

Hina: Ah...

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Ayumu: So...
Ayumu: I'd be fine...
Ayumu: hearing anything from that hero.

Hina: I...
Hina: wasn't able to confess...

Hina: Hayate-kun...
Hina: said he has someone he loves...

12

Ayumu: I see...

Hina: Hayate-kun said he's loved that person for about 10 years.
Hina: He was reunited with her here in Athens and it seems a lot happened.
Hina: That's why he's been down.

Hina: You gave me a push...
Hina: and told me to tell him how I felt because I'd been hesitating so much.

Hina: I'm sorry...
Hina: I was scared and didn't say anything.

Ayumu: You...
Ayumu: don't have to apologize for that.

Ayumu: Hm, I see...
Ayumu: Ten years, huh...?

Ayumu: But that...
Ayumu: actually makes me kind of happy.

Hina: Eh?

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Ayumu: I mean, with someone who's loved a single person for a looong time,
Ayumu: when compared to someone who goes from girl to girl,

Ayumu: wouldn't you say...
Ayumu: that they have a much deeper love?

Ayumu: True, it's unfortunate...
Ayumu: that that person isn't me...

Ayumu: But when I think about how deep Hayate-kun's love is...
Ayumu: it kinda makes me love him more.

Hina: Ayumu...
Hina: I see...

Hina: That's amazing...
Hina: I didn't think of thinking about it like that...

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Ayumu: Nevertheless!! You never know!!
Ayumu: For Hayate-kun to fall in love with her, this girl must be quite beautiful, right?
Hina: Eh?
Hina: Uh...yeah...

Ayumu: So even if his feelings for her were to grow, there's a good chance he'd be rejected...!!
Ayumu: So there could be plenty more opportunities!

Ayumu: So...
Ayumu: maybe it's too early...
Ayumu: for the hero to give up.

Hina: Ayumu...

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Ginka: Feh feh feh!! C'mon, none of you are a match for me!!

Hina: Wha-!?
Ayumu: That's...!!

Ayumu: Wow.
Ayumu: This party even has a play.
Box: Normal reasoning.

Box: And in the party hall.
Miki: Kyaaaaaaah!!
Nagi: What's with these guyyyys!?
Text above medusa monster: Uneh uneh

Aika: Oh, a refill?

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Text on the right: Kyaaah!
Aika: Costumes these days...
Aika: are really well made.
Box: Indifferent.

Box: And in the kitchen.
Maria: Hey!!

Maria: You know you shouldn't eat those yet!!
Text right of medusa monster: Uneh uneh

Maria: I don't know who's in there, but I made sure to make enough for everyone.
Maria: Okay, hand me that bowl.
Maria: And, you, chop up those onions!!
Box: She tamed them.

Right margin: The monsters attacking the costume party stopped being an issue at some point. But their threat is real. Where is the off-duty butler...!?