Hayate no Gotoku! 285

Chapter 285

01

SFX: Burning

Hayate: Wh-
Hayate: What!?

Tama: Hot!!!
Tama: What the hell!?

Hayate: Calm down!!
Hayate: I'll put out the fire!!

Margin: A sudden predicament! Tama is trapped and this tense butler suspense story continues!

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02

Hayate: What!? Did this bottle rocket fly over here by chance!?
Hayate: But from where?
Hayate: And the odds of that are...

SFX: Flash

SFX: Grab

Hayate: Another one!!
Hayate: This is no coincidence!!

Hayate: Watch out!! We're being targeted!!

03

Title: Chapter 285 "No matter how far you go, you will never be high end, but..."
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04

Tama: T-
Tama: Targeted!?

Tama: By the police!? Am I being targeted by the police?
Tama: Arrested...I'll be arrested...and then get the death penalty...the death penalty...death...
Tama: I'll die!!!!!

Tama: Waaaaaah!!
Tama: I don't wanna diiiiiiie!!!!
SFX: Dash

Hayate: Wah!! You idiot!!!
Hayate: Get back here!!!

05

Hayate: This is bad!! If Tama runs off like this...
Hayate: he'll be on the front page of tomorrow's newspaper!! Everyone will be in an uproar!! And it isn't going to be good news for Tama!!

Hayate: Hey!!
Hayate: Wait!!
SFX: Dash

Hayate: But why were we being targeted?
Hayate: I could understand the police wanting to question me, but why would someone shoot bottle rockets at us!?

Hayate: Was it just a prank!?
Hayate: That would be fine, but...

Hayate: Anyway...
Hayate: I need to get Tama to the apartment building safely.

06

Tama: Pant
Tama: Pant
Tama: Pant
Tama: Pant

Tama: Gasp
Tama: Gasp
SFX: To all fours
Tama: Oh, no.
Tama: I haven't been exercising...I can't run...

Tama: Uuuh...
Tama: Also...

Tama: Where...
Tama: am I?

Tama: Uuh...This is bad...At this rate...
Tama: I really am going to be executed.

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Tama: Anyway, I need to find the river.
Tama: If I get through this park to the river, I just have to follow the river down to get to Lady Nagi's place.

Tama: I can't die here.
Tama: I WILL live with her again!!

Tama: Lady Nagiiii!!

SFX: Knock knock

Chiharu: Yes, what is it?
SFX: Open

08

Nagi: Hey, Hayate hasn't come back yet...
Nagi: so play Monster Hunter with me.

Chiharu: Actually...
Chiharu: I'm trying to study.

Nagi: You can still play with me.
Nagi: Oh, you have the new FMP novel!! I wanted to read that!!

Chiharu: I have to study tonight.
Chiharu: You can take any book you want, but just go to bed!!
Nagi: Eh? But what about Monster Hunter?
Chiharu: I'll play tomorrow.

Nagi: Chehh...

09

Nagi: Hey, are these books...
Nagi: doujinshis?

Chiharu: Yeah. Those are all...
Chiharu: "edge" doujinshis.

Nagi: Edge...?
Chiharu: Yeah.

Chiharu: Doujinshis are basically effusions of one's spirit. People write them with passionate feelings, right?
Chiharu: But sometimes people have the passion but not the skills. That results in something that may have been made with passion, but ends up being a complete mess.

Chiharu: Doujinshis that are just raw effusions like that are called "edge" doujinshis...
Chiharu: by me.
Nagi: You're the only one that calls them that!?

10

Nagi: Hm...
SFX: Flip
Nagi: Edge doujinshis, huh?
Top right of cover: Circle -Shinsen-
Title: Akurioenne
Below title: Established Materials Collection

Nagi: Bwa ha ha ha ha!!

Nagi: Oh, wow! The enemy's name in this doujinshi is Anbasutoreina!!
Nagi: And the hero's name is Konketsumaruchinichu!! That's just too much!!
Chiharu: It's an effusion of their spirit!! Call it an effusion!!

Nagi: Wow. You really have a lot of these...
Nagi: Let's see. This one is...
SFX: Flip

11

Chiharu: That dolphin one is pretty good, isn't it?
Nagi: Fweh!?

Chiharu: This was that person's first one.
Chiharu: Their inexperience may show through in quite a few places, but if you look past that...
Title: Dolphin Sensei
Dolphin: From today on I'll be your homeroom teacher.
Dolphin: My name is Dolphin.

Chiharu: that doujinshi...
Chiharu: is quite good.

12

Chiharu: That person...
Chiharu: could be your future rival.

SFX: Destroyed...

Hayate: Crap.
Hayate: Where did Tama get off to.

Hayate: He's an idiot, but his cowardice makes him cautious.
Hayate: He won't just run out in front of someone.
Hayate: He'll probably head towards the river while hiding.

13

Hayate: I need to catch up to him, but if he's going to live with us...

Hayate: I need to find out...
Hayate: who attacked us with those fireworks.

Hayate: If whoever it was was targeting us because they knew about Tama...
Hayate: they'll still be watching us.

SFX: Wind blowing...

SFX: Rustle

Hayate: Over there!!
SFX: Dash

14

SFX: Appear

Hayate: Why...
Hayate: are you targeting us!?

Girl: Eh?
Girl: Eh?
Girl: Eh?

15

Girl: Eh? Eh?
Girl: D-do you need something?
Hayate: Don't play dumb!! You shot those fireworks at us!

Girl: I'm just...
Girl: walking my dog.
SFX: Pant pant pant pant

Hayate: Eh...?

SFX: Rustle

Hayate: No!!
Hayate: It wasn't coming from here!?

Hayate: Damn. It's getting further away.
Hayate: They got away.
SFX: Rustle

Girl: U-um...

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Girl: Was...
Girl: that all?

Hayate: Um...
Hayate: Uh...
Hayate: Y-yes, sorry.
Girl: It's fine...

Box: Meanwhile
Tama: Anyway...I'll survive...
Tama: Survive and go live with Lady Nagi.

SFX: Appear
Tama: I'll survive...

Bottom: To be continued in Issue 40 which will be released on Wednesday September 1st.

Margin: While Hayate meets and apologizes to an unknown girl, a dark shadow approaches Tama!! Is this his death flag!?