Hayate no Gotoku! 307

• 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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Title: as spring approaches, everyone has a common goal. Chapter 307 “To Become the Petroleum King”. (Yeah… after her long absence, Sakuya immediately gives a big fanservice to remind us of her distinct early-age-development… -_-)
(It’s the same thing for the margins on the cover every week, so I’m just gonna skip those…)

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Right margin: While working at the video rental shop, Saki battles the product prices everyday…

Box: society’s been really down lately…

Saki: Whew, the weather’s been getting warmer ——

I better plan ahead and get a summertime maid dress…

Wow, this dress is really cute!
And only 1000 yen, what a good price!! (t/n: 1000 yen = about $12.13, really is a good price…)

I need some summer cloths now anyways…
So I’ll just…

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Box arrow: 250 yen
No bills at all
Saki: ……

SFX: disappinted

Box: society’s been…
Saki: Well…
It’s not that hot yet… (Aw… poor Saki…)
Box: really down lately…

Wataru: ……
Hmm……

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Wataru: not good…
I’m in the red zone now…

If this keeps up…
I’ll have to seriously consider closing down this store…

I have to think of something…
Otherwise I can’t even afford Saki’s salary this month…

Saki: Really?
Wataru: Ahh!!

Wha… What are you doing?!
Don’t just suddenly come back like that!
Saki: is… Is that a problem…?

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Saki: is the store’s business…
Really that bad?
Wataru: ?!

Of… Of course not!
Don’t worry about it!

Saki: but weren’t you just mumbling about not even able to pay me this month?
Wataru: ……

If… If push really comes to shove…
I’ll give you your wages even if I have to sell the store!! (Whoo! Cheers for Wataru for saying it like a real man, even if you’re still only 13… ^_^)

Saki: ……

Is… Is that so…
Wataru: ?!

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Sakuya: well ~ sorry about this ~ having you shopping along with me… (Hmm… A rather anticlimactic way for Sakuya to show up again after absent in the story for so long… -_-)
Hayate: no problem, I came here to shop for the house anyways…

Huh?

Hey, isn’t that Saki-san?
Sakuya: yeah, you’re right!
Didn’t recognize her for a sec without her maid uniform on. (Come to think of it, did we ever see Saki outside in something else besides her maid uniform before…? Not counting her pajamas…)

And what’s with that get up? Looking for a job?
Hayate: maybe…?

Sakuya: maybe she left Wataru and started seeking a job elsewhere?
Hayate: haha, could be that…

Box: society’s been really down lately…
……

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Sakuya: Saki-san!! Saki-san!!

What… What has happened?! For you to dress up like this…
Hayate: Where is your maid uniform?
Saki: oh, hey you guys…

True, I’m rather not used to not wearing it…
But do I look weird or something?
Hayate: of… Of course not…

It’s just that…
You’re dressed as if looking for a new job…

Saki: that’s right.
I’m almost unable to pay the rent, so I have to find a new job.

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……

Saki: well, I have an interview coming up, later then…
Hayate: ……

Sakuya: I see ~~
Looks like she left Wataru…
Hayate: seems like it…

Box: but in this current society…
It’s not that easy to find jobs…

Saki: for now…
I may as well check online…

To see what kind of job suits me.
Click

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Saki: !

“Coffee has cosmetic benefits?!”
Eh? Really? I’ve been drinking it every day…!! (Well, I’m not entirely sure about that, but I know coffee is overall unhealthy…)

Huh? Hmm…
Eh? “A giant mystery creature has appeared in Tokyo Bay?!”

Ah, I see…
Wow, I didn’t know Conger eels can grow that big…

“What a surprise ~~ (image)”, haha, how cute ~~
“Ways to make money”? Eh ~ a mailing magazine for the race tracks…?

Box: two hours later ——
SFX: AH!!

Saki: shoot, I got too into all the news titles…
And searched online for two hours, though I did learn a bunch of things…
Box: a very common occurrence…

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Saki: finding a job…
Is not easy…
Box: that’s correct.

Wataru: ha?
Saki is looking for a new job?

Sakuya: so you didn’t know about it after all…
I’m telling you, she’s pretty serious about this.
Wataru: ……

So…? What’s wrong with that?
Japan is a country with freedom in career choices, right?
Sakuya: hmph—

I guess it can’t be helped…
When the boss gets too poor to keep the maid ~~

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Sakuya: when you’re out of money, you’re out of luck as well…
It’s probably better for her this way ~~
Wataru: ……

Saki: sigh…

“The Ice Age for Employment”…
What a true name for the current period/era ~~

Looks like I should have finished college ~~ (Remember that Saki’s only 20…)
Otherwise nobody’s going to look at my resumes much…

If only there’s some working class expert…
To give me some advices…

Hayate: you look pretty tired…

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Hayate: how’s your job hunting going?
Saki: ah, Hayate-sama… (I checked carefully, it should be “sama”, as she was addressing him in a formal and respectful way…)

That’s right! Although only 16, he is in fact an expert in working…
Maybe I can gain some insights from him…

Well, Hayate-sama…!!
What do you think I should do to successfully get jobs?

Hayate: eh…?
How to find jobs…?

……

……

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Hayate: it’ll probably be easy if you graduate from Tokyo University…?
Saki: that’s not easily applicable at all ——!!

No…! I don’t mean those, I mean more practical methods…
Hayate: huh?
Ok… then…

Probably… Write a resume and go for interviews…
Saki: how can someone as dull as him have jobs ——?!

Hayate: well, I worked in various part-time jobs when I was young, and although I have a stable job as a butler now, I’m only 16…
So I’m not quite sure about advices…
Saki: I… I guess so…

Hayate: However… Although I don’t have any useful advices…

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Hayate: I believe that the cloths that suits Saki-san the best…
Is still your maid uniform.

Saki: ……
Hayate-sama… (Hey, is this a Saki-Hayate moment…? Watch out, Wataru!!)

Wataru: forget about…
Looking for new jobs, Saki ——!! (Nice job Wataru, right on cue… ;) )

Saki: young… Young master…
Wataru: hoof ——
Hoof ——

Wataru: I just used the store as a guarantee…
And borrowed 100,000,000 yen from Sakuya. (Wow, Sakuya’s a really good friend, loaning Wataru $1,213,300 with only that small store as a guarantee…)
Hoof

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Hayate and Saki: seriously?!

Wataru: I’m going to do some new business with those money…
And become the Mark Zuckerberg in Japan!! (*t/n: in case you don’t know, Mark Zuckerberg is the super-rich founder of Facebook…)

I will never skip out on your salaries!!
So… don’t search for other jobs anymore… Stay with me, Saki!! (Woohoo!! Cheers for Wataru again for dreaming and acting like a real man…!!)

Saki: eh…?
Well…

But… I never intended to leave you in the first place.
Wataru: What?!

But didn’t you start job hunting as soon as finding out that I’m having trouble paying you…?!
Saki: well, that’s because…

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Saki: if you couldn’t even afford my salary…
I was planning to find an extra job to help pay for the store…

You can pay my salaries back later, after you settle everything out…
Huh? Are you alright, young master?
Wataru: ……
Box: “What’s the point of that ——?!” is what Wataru wanted to yell out…

Box: after hearing those words…
SFX: hug
Box: the young man is determined…

Wataru: we will reach Zuckerberg’s level, Saki ——!!
Saki: yes…! Of course!! (Yeah! Go for it Wataru…!! ^_^)
Box: to achieve success… Seriously…

Hayate: come to think of it, Who is Zuckerberg? (Ok, I’m gonna bet that even most Americans never bothered to find out who he is, despite using Facebook on a regular basis… :P)
Nagi: a very rich guy.

Right margin: Money can’t buy happiness, but you can’t maintain happiness without money… The young entrepreneur Wataru has marched into the ocean of business…?!