Hayate no Gotoku! 317

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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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The movie will air this summer!!
Chapter 317: “Don’t Let Go of Something if It’s Important!”
Phrase: although good fortune is supposed to drop by everyone once a while, I could never get a visit!!

P2

Right margin: Armageddon, the dog that apparently brings misfortune, has stolen something that Wataru treats more important than his own life…

Fumi: lalalalalala ——
Another happy day of skipping merrily in the park ~~

Armageddon: woof!
Fumi: huh?

Ah, I was wondering who’s there…
If it isn’t Fumi’s own large but simple-minded Armageddon?
Armageddon: woof!!
Fumi: what is it, Armageddon?

P3

Armageddon: woof!
Fumi: eh?
What’s with that case?
SFX: knock, knock

Fumi: haha ~ ♥ bad dog, Armageddon ~
I know you are a glutton, but you can’t just grab random things on the floor to find food…
SFX: opens

A full stash of one hundred million yen
Fumi: ……

……
……

P4

Fumi: Ahhh! Armage —— ddon!!!
Isn’t this money ——?!

Well done, Armageddon!!
—— No, not that!!
Where did you get this kind of money ——?!
Armageddon: woof?

Fumi: anyways…
I better take this to the police first…

Sharna: so you finally did it, huh Fumi-chan…? (Wow, when was her last appearance in the story…?)
Fumi: !!

P5

Fumi: no…!! That’s not it, Sharna-chan!!
Fumi did not steal this money…!!
It… It was Armageddon who took it on his own…!!

Sharna: Well, maybe…
Maybe it is Armageddon who snatched the case…

But Armageddon is Fumi-chan’s dog!!
So anything stolen by Armageddon…
Is the same as stolen by Fumi-chan ——!!!
Fumi: !!!

SFX: Wahhhh!!

P6

Fumi: how… How did this happen…? Fumi…
Suddenly ended up a kaito*…? (*means “phantom thief” likely parodying Kaito Kid…)
Sharna: it’s good that you finally get it, Fumi-chan…

Fumi: How…
How severe is Fumi’s crime?!
How severe is the crime of thievery, Sharna-chan?!
Sharna: well…

If you get caught by the police, it’s probably…
Death sentence!! (And cue the ominous piano music in those horror movies…)

Fumi: ……!! (I really like the lightning background… ^ ^)

It’s too short…
Fumi’s life…
Is too short…!

P7

Fumi: Wahhh ——!!
I don’t wanna die yet, Sharna-chan!!
Fumi still wants to live for at least another 2 years or so!! (Uh… I don’t know what to respond about this… -_-)
Help me! Please think of something, Sharna-chan!!
Sharna: but I don’t really have a solution either, Fumi-chan…

SFX: bite

SFX: dash
Fumi: eh?

Armageddon?! Where are you going, Armageddon?!

Box: on the other hand ——
SFX: tears

P8

Saki: It’s… It’s all my fault… That important hundred million yen…
Wataru: no, no… It’s not your fault…

Saki: bu… but… If I hanged on…
Tighter to the case before…

Wu… Wah ~~
SFX: teardrops
Wataru: come on, don’t cry!

Hayate: by the way… I actually have a little clue about that dog, so I’ll go find him…
You two go contact the police first…

Wataru: oh… Ok, then I’ll leave that to you…
Hayate: of course! Don’t worry about it!!

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Wataru: but…
Will the police believe us if we tell them that a dog snatched a hundred million yen…?
Saki:……

Well…
If we can’t find that hundred million yen…

I’ll…
I’ll just go look for another job!!

And try my best…
To earn back the hundred million…

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Wataru: nah, there’s no way you can do that… (Wow, talk about anticlimactic, even if it’s true… >_<)
Saki: wha?!!

Tha… That’s not true ~~!! If I just get serious about it…
Wataru: then why couldn’t you ever get serious about work before?

Besides…
I’ve learned something from this incident…

Don’t ever let go…
Of anything truly important to you… (Nicely said, Wataru… Two birds with one stone…)

Saki: eh…?

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Wataru: anyways…
I won’t let go…

Hayate: anyways…
Even if I can’t find the dog right away…

If I can locate his owner…

Hayate: found her!!

Fumi: not good, Sharna-chan!
If we don’t… If we don’t get that case back quickly…
Sharna: what’s the big deal? The cops will believe you even if you say that your dog did it…

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Fumi: not that!! Fumi’s fingerprints are all over that case!!
I can’t clear my name on the suspect list if I don’t wipe those off!!
Sharna: wow, Fumi-chan’s being surprisingly logical…

Fumi: if this keeps up, Fumi…
Fumi’s gonna end up in the slammer!!

Hayate: excuse me…
Fumi: Kyahh ————!!!

Fumi: I’m so sorry!! I’m sorry that I was ever born!!
Fumi did not steal that money, so please, not death sentence…!!
Hayate: Eh…? I’m not talking about that…

P13

Sharna: the case-snatching dog is not here anymore…
Hayate: eh?

Sharna: although he brought it here a while ago…
He ran off with it again when Fumi was busy being shocked…

Hayate: when she was shocked…?
Where did he go then…?

Ah… if that’s the case…
Then maybe…

P14

SFX: dull ————…… (I really wonders what does A-tan do all day now that she’s Alice in Apartment Land… -_-?)

Armageddon: woof!!

A-tan: ah… If it isn’t Armageddon…
Did you run off from your master again?
Armageddon: woof!!

A-tan: huh?
What’s with that case?
SFX: pat, pat

A-tan: haha, don’t tell me you brought it here for me?
Well, that does make me smile. Nice job, Armageddon!
Armageddon: Woof!

P15

Hayate: thank goodness…
I figured he would come here…
To hope to get praised…
Huff
Puff
A-tan: Hayate…

Hayate: Wataru-kun! I found the case!! The money is ok!!
Wataru: oh! Really?!

A-tan: money…?
What money?

Hayate: well… the money belongs to Wataru-kun…
It’s great that I found it!
Then I’ll just wait for you here then…
A-tan: ……

Looks like…
You got tangled in some money-related misfortune again, huh…

Hayate: haha, you can say that…
But it’s great that I was able to recover the money so quickly this time…

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A-tan: well… There seems to be no money in here though…
SFX: empty
Hayate: ……

Woof!
……
……

A-tan: so, what are you going to do now, Hayate?
Hayate: what… what do I do now…?
Box: truly a butler who can make money vanish simply with a touch…

Bottom: to be continued in the combined issues 22 and 23 on Wednesday April 27th…
Right margin: A case is made for storing items, and the contents are meant to be taken out… So where is the hundred million yen taken out of the case…?