Hayate no Gotoku! 175

Chapter 175

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Title: Chapter 2 "You bump into everyone you need in life."

02

Box: A couple of weeks earlier
Sakuya: Heeey.
Sakuya: Makita, Kunieda.

Kunieda: Yes?
Makita: What do you need, Lady Sakuya?

Sakuya: I don't like this one; go bring me a black one.

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Sakuya: Hey.
Sakuya: What is it?

Kunieda: Milady!! At least put on a shirt before you call for us!!
Sakuya: Wh-what's this all of a sudden?

Kunieda: This is bad...
Box: Kunieda. Has worked for the Aizawa family for 16 years. 34 years old.

Makita: Yes.
Makita: This is a serious problem.
Box: Makita. Has worked for the Aizawa family for 14 years. 35 years old.

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Makita: Milady, you're almost 14. We've always thought of you as a child...
Makita: but you've grown quite a bit lately.

Kunieda: We have no choice.
Kunieda: You're going to have to...

Sakuya: Huh?
Sakuya: Hire an exclusive maid?

Sakuya: No.
Sakuya: I'm going to Nagi's.
Makita: Please wait, milady!!

Sakuya: What?
Makita: The more womanly your body grows, the less we as men can serve you!!

Sakuya: I don't mind, so there's no problem.
Kunieda: We mind!!

05

Sakuya: Well there's always my nursemaid, Tome-san!
Sakuya: Are you saying she isn't enough?

Kunieda: Tome-san will be 77 this year.
Kunieda: She said she can't play around like she used to be able to and is thinking of retiring soon.

Sakuya: Well, if I could find a flawless genius like Maria-san...
Sakuya: or someone I could have a middle-aged couple style relationship with like Wataru's...
Sakuya: I'd be willing...

Sakuya: but I wouldn't be able to relax having a complete stranger following me around.
Kunieda: Don't worry!!

Kunieda: We have a ground-breaking project...
Kunieda: for finding you the perfect maid!!

Sakuya: Eh?

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Sign: Maid Cafe Sakunyan

Sakuya: First of all...
Sakuya: that sign pisses me off, so could you change it?

Sakuya: And, well, I can see that this is exactly the kind of thing you two would come up with...
Sakuya: but how much money did you spend on finding me a single maid?
Sign: Maid Cafe Himawari

Kunieda: But we're actually making a profit with this...
Kunieda: and, most importantly, we can see how they work.
Sakuya: Really?

Makita: So are there any girls...
Makita: who just jump out at you?

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Makita: Oh, look...
Makita: a new one just came in...

Sakuya: No, she won't work.
Makita: Why not? She looks diligent and cute, doesn't she?

Sakuya: Being cute's fine, but if I had to see that bored-looking face all day...
Sakuya: it would depress me.

Sakuya: If I was going to hire one of these maids...
Sakuya: she would have to be brighter, more energetic,
Sakuya: and most importantly, be funny enough to make me spit out my drink.

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Chiharu: Welcome home, master!

SFX: *spit*

Chiharu: Welcome home, master. What do you want today?
Chiharu: Coffee? Tea? Or. My. Smile?

Kunieda: She certainly is bright and energetic.
Makita: And she made you spit out your drink, didn't she?
Sakuya: Y-yes!! She certainly is funny...!!

09

Sakuya: She's funny, but can she do the job of a maid!?
Sakuya: She probably can't do her job quickly...

Box: The ability that has been forged in her by the Hakuou Student Council.
Kunieda: She's doing it.
Makita: She's skillful.

Sakuya: B-but what's essential is her compatibility with me!!
Sakuya: If it isn't good, she won't work out...!!

Kunieda: So do you want to talk with her in person?
Sakuya: Eh?

Sakuya: Ah!! I just remembered something I have to do!!
Sakuya: Well, I'm heading out!!
Sign: Maid Cafe Himawari
Makita: Eh? Milady!?

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Hayate: What is it, Sakuya-san?
Hayate: You look kind of down...

Sakuya: Bright, energetic, skillful, and funny...
Hayate: Yes?

Sakuya: Why are you a guy!? Why are you a butler and not a maid!?
Hayate: Eh!?
Hayate: Eh!?

Nagi: I wouldn't mind if he was a maid.
Text left of Nagi: Hee hee hee hee
Maria: I prefer him as a maid better, too.

Nagi: By the way...
Nagi: Why are you going to people's houses looking so down?
Sakuya: Well...

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Sakuya: Hey...
Sakuya: Why did you hire this indebted butler?

Sakuya: Um...Are you saying you have a problem with my abilities as a butler...?
Sakuya: Eh!? No, no!! That's not what I meant!!

Sakuya: I mean, at first, a butler is a complete stranger, right!?
Sakuya: So, ignoring ability, why did you choose him?

Nagi: Fate.
Sakuya: Eh?

Nagi: On that day...
Nagi: fate had us meet!

Nagi: That's all.

12

Sakuya: Fate, huh...?

Poster: Vattalion 12 The fate of the world lies in your gun. Protect the peace from the evil zombie army!!

Word zoomed in on on the sign: Fate

Sakuya: Well...
Sakuya: It's true that without something like that...
Sakuya: you wouldn't choose a stranger to spend the rest of your life with.

Sakuya: Ah...I put money in without thinking...
Sakuya: But how do you do this...?
Sakuya: Um, I think you...huh?

Chiharu: Lightly shake the gun to load it. Press the button in front of you to use grenades.

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Sakuya: Eh?

Sakuya: Oh, she's the one from before...

Chiharu: You don't usually see a cute girl playing this by herself...
Chiharu: I put in my coins without thinking... Am I intruding?
Sakuya: N-no, not at all!!

Chiharu: So she's a Kansai girl..
[TN: Sakuya's previous line was an obvious use of the Kansai dialect.]
Chiharu: Then, let's begin...

Sakuya: But this is the first time I've done this...
Sakuya: Won't I die right away?

Chiharu: You won't die...
Sakuya: Eh?

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Chiharu: Because I'll protect you. (a la Ayanami)
Box: For Chiharu...

Box: saying that was a bad habit she wasn't aware of...
Box: but it worked on Sakuya because she wasn't familiar with what it was referencing.

Chiharu: Okay, let's go!!
Sakuya: Y-yeah!!
Box: And...

Zombie: Shaaaah!!

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Chiharu: This is...
Chiharu: the last one!!

Text on screen: You have protected the peace of the world...
Sakuya: Hoo...
Sakuya: It looks like we managed to beat it...

Chiharu: But you were pretty good. You picked it up really fast.
Sakuya: That's not true at all.

Sakuya: But a scary game like that isn't really for girls.

Chiharu: What's wrong with...
Chiharu: a girl relieving her stress by shooting some 2D zombies to death for just 2 coins?

Chiharu: And they were evil zombies, so we managed to protect the peace of the world.
Sakuya: Ha ha.
Sakuya: But isn't that fiction?

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Chiharu: Yes. The zombies...
Chiharu: can be revived with a single reset.
Sakuya: Eh?

Chiharu: E-excuse me!!
Chiharu: I'll be going now...!!
Sakuya: Ha ha. You don't have to do that.

Sakuya: I...
Sakuya: love funny people.

Sakuya: So wait up, my new maid.
Chiharu: Eh!?