Hayate no Gotoku! 176

Chapter 176 (aka Volume 17 Chapter 3)

This was the next untranslated chapter and was referenced in the latest chapter, so I decided to go ahead and translate it.

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Title: Chapter 3 "Because she's a hero, she can't show anyone the sweat and tears beneath her mask"

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Hayate: Ginnan Shopping District Spring Silver Festival?
Text in circles on sign: Ginnan Shopping District
Text on banner at bottom of sign: Spring Silver Festival
Text in between on sign: Everyone come and play.

Hayate: Manager.
Hayate: What's this?
Manager: Oh, that's an event the shopping district has every year.

Manager: We have various events and a prize drawing to bring business to the shops.
Manager: It's like a small festival.
Sign: Cafe Donguri

Manager: But every year no one comes, so we have to really go all out this year.
Manager: No one seems too excited about it.
Hayate: Oh...

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Hayate: By the way, what can you win in the drawing?
On sign: There will be a drawing.
Manager: Hm?

Manager: An HD-DVD player for a 360.
Hayate: Aren't they just getting rid of their inventory?

Hayate: I'm sure you could get people to come if you could win an overseas trip.
Nagi: Yeah, only an enthusiast would want what they have now.
Manager: Oh, but the hero show is supposed to be amazing this year.

Hayate: Hero show?
Manager: Yes. We have a stage event each year.

Manager: This year there's going to be a mysterious newcomer who's identity is a secret.
Manager: I hear the action scenes are amazing!!

Hayate: Oh...
Manager: But the newcomer...

Manager: is afraid of heights.

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Monster: Kshaaaah!!
Monster: Foolish humans!! I will take your lives!!

Girl: Kyaaah!!
Girl: Someone help!!
Text right of girl: Mask

Hero: Waaaait!!

Hero: I won't forgive any villain...
Hero: who disrupts the peace of this shopping district!!

Hero: We're the sympathetic squadron...
Hero: Silver Seat!!

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Hayate: They call themselves a squadron, but it's just two people.
Nagi: Well, it would cost a lot of money to have 5 costumes made.

Hayate: So these are local heroes.
Nagi: Yes. Like Geidaigar of the Osaka University of Arts.
Hayate: Milady, that's a rather minor group to mention. You could at least mention a major group like the Patriotic Squadron of Great Japan...
Nagi: They're pretty minor actually.
Hayate: Eh!?

Hayate: But that Red is much better than the rest.
Nagi: Yes, he's pretty amazing.

Nagi: They said his identity was a secret, but no normal human could move like that.
Nagi: He must be someone famous.
Hayate: It's possible.

Nagi: Okay, now that that's decided, let's go get his autograph, Hayate!!
Hayate: Eh? Seriously?

Sign: Preparation Room

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Hina: Hoo...

Aika: Good job.
Hina: This has really turned into a big deal.

Hina: We came to the shopping district on student council work and they didn't know what to do because the guy playing Red was injured.
Hina: I said I'd do it if they kept my identity a secret, but...

Aika: What's wrong with having people know it's you?
Aika: Having the president volunteer to play a hero is kind of cool.
Hina: No!!

Aika: Why?

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Hina: If people I knew saw me...
Hina: it'd be embarrassing.

Aika: So that would be embarrassing.
Hina: You have to keep it a secret!!

Aika: Well, even so, you need to wipe your brow and go practice the second half.
Nagi: Is this where they're practicing?
Hayate: This looks like a preparation room.

SFX: *crash* *bang*
Nagi: Hm?

Hayate: Oh.

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Hayate: Wah!! Milady!! It's Red!!
Nagi: Y-you're right!!

Hina: Hayate-kun!?
Hina: And Nagi!?

Nagi: Um...You were really cool before. Could you sign this for me?
Hina: What are you two doing here...!?

Nagi: Hm?
Hayate: Huh?

Nagi: I feel like I know that voice from somewhere.
Hayate: It sounded like Ya**erman No. 2.

Hina: *cough*...Ah...um...What are you two doing here...?
SFX left of Hina: *cough* *cough*
Nagi: Oh, I was wrong.
Hayate: It sounded like Boo*a.

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Aika: Sorry. "He" just lost his voice.
Hayate: Huh? Is that you, Aika-san?

Hayate: Why are you here?
Aika: To bring business to the area, Hakuou will be giving the shopping district a subsidy starting this year, so I came here to inspect it.
Hayate: Oh...

Hayate: When I first heard his voice...
Hayate: I thought the person playing Red was a woman.
Aika: Oh, c'mon, Ayasaki-kun.

Nagi: That's right, Hayate. Only a real amateur would think that.
Hayate: Eh? Why is that?

Nagi: Normally, when women play action heroes like this,
Nagi: they couldn't play a male character because their breasts would get in the way!!

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Hayate: Oh, is that so?
Nagi: Yes. A real flat-chested girl might be able to do it, but a normal one definitely couldn't!!

Aika: That's true...
Text above Aika: Hee hee

Aika: So you two went out of your way to come get Red's signature?
Hayate: Yes. We thought he looked really cool when we saw him before.

Aika: Oh, well isn't that something.
Guys: Aika-san!! We have a problem!!

Aika: What is it?
Guys: Well.. The guy playing Blue said he wouldn't work on this boring production and left...!!

Guys: This is a problem. We only have old guys left.
Guys: At this rate, the production's over...
Guys: Hmm...

Guys: If only...
Guys: we could find a young guy with good reflexes, who can perform rigorous action scenes, and has a good memory...

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SFX: *stare*
Hayate: Eh?

Aika: C'mon, Ayasaki-kun. Let me take your measurements for the costume.
Text right of the small Aika head: Hee hee
Hayate: Eh!? Eh!?
Hayate: Um!? Uh...!!?

Hina: This is bad...

Hayate: Sorry you have to work with an amateur like me.
Hayate: Oh, that's right, you can't speak. Sorry.

Hina: I never thought I'd be standing on this stage with Hayate-kun.
Hina: In a way, he's the person I'd be most embarrassed to find out it was me...

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Hina: Anyway, I just have to end this by killing him...
Hina: before my identity is found out.
Hayate: Why am I...
Hayate: feeling such amazing deadly intent coming from my supposed ally, Red?

Aika: Sorry about borrowing Ayasaki-kun.
Nagi: Oh, I don't mind that.

Nagi: But after reading this script...
Nagi: I kind of get why Blue ran away.

Guy: Oh? What do you mean?
Nagi: These days, just having the enemy come out and be defeated isn't going to excite the audience.

Guy: True.
Guy: But what should we do?
Nagi: Let's see. You could...

Nagi: How about you have Red actually be in love with Blue?

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Hayate: What is it?

Guy: Oh!! That would get people excited!!
Guy: Somehow it really stimulates the imagination!!
Nagi: Doesn't it!?

Guy: But is it really okay to go with that!?
Guy: Blue and Red are both supposed to be men!
Nagi: It doesn't matter!!

Nagi: In fact, that makes it even better!!
Guy: I see!!

Nagi: And when Blue notices how Red feels about him...
Nagi: he softly embraces Red from behind!!

Hina: Wait...!! That girl...!!
Hina: What is she saying...?

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Hayate: Um...Like this?

Nagi: Oh!! That's Hayate for you!!
Nagi: That's exactly it!!

Nagi: But!! Red can't respond to...
Nagi: Blue's feelings and...!!

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Nagi: cuts Blue in half!!
Guys: Bluuuue!!

Guys: We're going with this!!
Hina: Haa
Hina: Haa
Guys: Red's performance seemed somehow real!!

Guys: Now everyone's going to be really excited about the Ginnan Festival!!
Guys: We're sure to attract more customers!!

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Nagi: No...
Nagi: The whole hero concept is out of fashion, so it won't work.

Nagi: You'd get that effect if you made the grand prize for the drawing something wonderful, though.
Box: A sound argument.

Aika: Then...to show your friendship for this area, could the Sanzenin family donate the grand prize?
Nagi: Hm?
Nagi: Fine.

Nagi: How about a pair of tickets for an overseas trip worth three million yen?
Guys: Oh!! That would be amazing!!!
Hina: What about my effort...?

Box: As a result, the Ginnan Shopping District Spring Silver Festival...
Box: was an unprecedented success.

Box: And...
Ayumu: Win the trip, win the trip!!