Hayate no Gotoku! 316

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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 316: “Don’t Move Another Step”
Text: When the maid starts to run, an incident’s bound to occur?!
Right side: Volumes 1 – 27 and Hata Kenjirou’s early work “Hayate no Gotoku no Mae” are hot on sale!!
Right side, underneath: The theatrical anime will air this summer!!

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Right margin: a mountain of cash rests right before their eye; this would be the so-called violent economy?! The ordinary, everyday minds of Wataru and Saki-san have been instantly shattered!!

SFX: Ta ———— da!!

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Text: previously (?) on Hayate no Gotoku…
Wataru’s video rental shop was not doing well…
And after a series of incidents, he used the store as a guarantee to get a loan…
And so Sakuya agreed to lend him a hundred million yen*… (*About 1.2 million U.S. dollars…)

Wataru: It…
It’s a hundred million…

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Store sign: Tachibana Video Rental
Wataru: putting that aside…
Why did she just suddenly send them all over here in cash?!

Saki: This amount…!! Isn’t it usually transferred through bank accounts?!
Wataru: well of course it is!!
I’m calling Sakuya right now!!

Sakuya: oh, Wataru?
Did you receive what you asked for?

Wataru: yeah, I received it all right…
But why did you just suddenly send them all over in cash?!

Sakuya: oh…
Well, that’s because…
A book that I really love has a quote like this…

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Sakuya: “If you want to grow…
You should sleep with money in your arms…!!” (t/n: a parody of an older manga, Gin to Kin (Silver and Gold)…)

Wataru: …… (Yep, I had the same reaction… Even if she’s the most rational one out of all the rich girls, guess once a while Sakuya still displays a lack of common sense due to her status as an Ojousama… -_-)

Sakuya: and that book also says that…
“Possessing a large amount of cash will discipline a man…
By granting him an exhilarating life”…

As a man… (Is it me or did Sakuya just grew Yozora’s eyes…? O_o)
Don’t you wish to discipline yourself a bit?

Wataru: ……

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Sakuya: I wanted you to physically take a look at what you actually borrowed…
Instead of just glancing at a change of number in your bank account.

SFX: beep

Saki: Wha… What’s the matter?
Wataru: ……

Wataru: this here is…
One hundred million…

Wataru: this is… The loan that I took using the store as a guarantee… My entire property…
This will decide my future… (Don’t worry Wataru, you can do it… As long as Hayate doesn’t touch those…)

I have to be extra careful…
Not to lose it…

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Hayate: pardon me ~
Wataru: Crap! The expert in losing money has showed up already!!

Just… What the heck are you doing here?!
Hayate: eh?
Well, I came to return this DVD…

Hayate: Hmm?
Wataru: !

Hayate: what the?! Where did all that money come from?!
That’s around a hundred million yen there, right?!

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Hayate: I see… So this is the one hundred million yen…
That you borrowed from Sakuya-san a few days ago…

But this is really impressive of her…
To be able to send it all over in cash so soon…
Wataru: I’m telling you that she went too far!!

Saki: anyways… We can’t just leave the cash here, right?
Wataru: of course…

A hundred million…
I haven’t even planned what kind of business to use it to start yet…

But for now…
Let’s just deposit it all into the bank…

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Hayate: oh! Ok, then I’ll come along too ♥

Wataru: Absolutely never!!
Hayate: eh…?! But why not?!
Am I just that untrustworthy?!

Wataru: It’s not that I don’t trust you as a person…
It’s just that nobody can beat you when it comes to losing money!!
Hayate: Oh, come on… It’s not like I can just make money vanish by touch…

Although I admit that…
I have a debt of a hundred and fifty million, but…

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Box: because of that debt, all of my family went missing…
And I have no idea where my brother is…
Hayate: ……

Box: And A-tan suffered so much after getting involved with me… (Well, I’d rather disagree with that… A-tan’ll probably be trapped in the Royal Garden for eternity if Hayate never went there by accident… -_-)
Hayate: ……

Box: in fact, even someone as rich as Ojousama lost all her fortune and now lives in that run-down apartment because of me…
Hayate: ……

Am I really…
A hopeless god of poverty……?
Saki: No…!! That’s not true, Hayate-san!!

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Saki: And to prove that Hayate-san is not the god of poverty…
Why don’t you come along with me to deposit the one hundred million yen?!

Wataru: Wait a minute! Why is it just you two going?!
Saki: eh? But someone has to stay and watch the store…
And besides, you and Hayate-san are still minors, so I have to go…

So this is the only logical combination…

Hayate: don’t worry! Just leave it all to me!!
I will make sure that I deposit the money safely into the bank!!

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Box: Not good… I haven’t had that hundred million yen for over 10 minutes…
And I can already see/feel a flag of losing it all…

Hayate: Then let’s hurry and put the money in this bag…
Ah… Looks like it won’t fit all of it.
Saki: Then let’s put the rest into this plastic bag.
SFX: rustle, rustle (Ok, I know Hata’s trying to play up the humor, but still, treating the older ones here as complete morons…? -_-b)
Wataru: ……

Box: my heart hurts…
Sakuya was right… Just having this much cash is too exhilarating to handle…

Hayate: ok then! All packed and ready to go!
Saki: we’ll be right back.
Wataru: ……

Wataru: ho…!
Hold it…!!

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Wataru: I’m…
I’m coming as well…!!
Hayate: eh? How come?!

Wataru: the store’s not going to last long anyway, so I’ll just close it for now…
The money that I borrowed it more important…
It’s my livelihood right now…
So I’m not letting it out of my sight for even a moment…

So, of course…
I’m taking it over there myself!!!

SFX: clank

Wataru: this is heavier than I thought…
Hayate: well, a hundred million yen bills weigh about 10 kg.

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Wataru: the nearest bank is over at the shopping district.
Crossing directly through the park would be a shortcut, but it’s still fairly far…
Top label in the chart: here
Right label: Tokyo Station
Left: Park
Bottom: port


Wataru: I just hope everything goes well…

Hayate: Don’t worry…
Nothing’s going to happen…

Wataru: I hope you’re right…

SFX: Dash!!!

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Armageddon: woof!
SFX: tackle

SFX: slide, slide

Armageddon: woof, woof!
Hayate: Ah! Armageddon?! What are you doing here?! (And this just proves once again that Fumi is an incompetent pet owner…)

Saki: young master!!
Are you alright?!
Wataru: Don’t worry about me!!

Just hurry and…
Get that hundred million yen…!!
Saki: Ah! Of course!!

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Yukiji: a hundred million yen… (Oh shoot, the one person who can make your money vanish even faster than Hayate… Though not by losing them…)
Is there really a hundred million yen in this case…?
Saki: ……

What… What are you saying, Sensei…
How can there be a hundred million yen in there…
Yukiji: no, I just heard him saying there is… right in here…

But I’m not going to take it, you know… After all, the owner is right in front of me…
I am still a teacher after all. Please have a little faith in me…
Saki: I – I’m sorry.

Armageddon: woof!!
SFX: snatch

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SFX: dashes off

Wataru: Sakiiiiii!!
Saki: Ah! Oh shoot!!

Wataru: get that dog!!
Saki: Ah! Yes!! (Quickly, someone get Fumi or Alice and her princess curls…!)

Box: Ah? Am I really the god of poverty?
Box: the indebted butler’s head is filled with anxiety… (Don’t just stand there Hayate, run after him! Run like the combat butler you are…!!)

Bottom: To be continued in Issue 21 on Wednesday, April 20th…

Right margin: the fast dog dashes off with the huge amount of Japanese bank notes, taking the young man’s hopes and future with him… How will this chase turn out…?!