Hayate no Gotoku! 287

Chapter 287

01

Nagi: Heeee
Nagi: eeeey!!!

Nagi: What are you two...
Nagi: doing so early in the morning!!?

Housen: What...
Housen: are we doing?

Margin: You wake up and your butler is with some strange girl...!! Your drowsiness disappears.

Bottom: A climax - Hayate no Gotoku! - so early in the morning?

02

Housen: As you can clearly see...
Housen: I'm here to rent a room!!

Nagi: H-

Nagi: How am I supposed to know that!!?
Box: That was the obvious thing to yell.

03

Top: Quick Announcement! "Hayate no Gotoku!" is being made into a television drama in Taiwan!!
Text: This worthy butler is popular both in his neighborhood and around the world!
Title: Chapter 287 "Mask"
Below title: Volumes 1 - 25 & "Hata Kenjirou's Early Works Collection - Before Hayate no Gotoku!" are for sale!!
Below that: Hata Kenjirou
Bottom: The net radio show "Hayasan" starts this fall!! For details see Onsen at http://www.onsen.ag/!!

04

SFX: Chn

SFX: Spread

SFX: Scoop

SFX: Clatter

SFX: Bite

SFX: Munch munch

SFX: Sip

05

Nagi: How am I supposed to know that!!?
Chiharu: She sure is noisy for this early in the morning...

Hayate: C'mon, milady.
Hayate: Just calm down.

Hayate: Someone's come to rent a room...
Hayate: so we need to be calm for now.
Nagi: But you should ask the landlord if you want to rent a room!!!
Hayate: Well, that's true...

SFX: Glare

06

Housen: Ha ha, sorry. I just stumbled a bit back there.
Housen: I wasn't trying to start a fight with you or anything.
Housen: I just want to see the place because I'm thinking of renting a room here.

Housen: Oh, I know.
SFX: Rummage rummage
Housen: As an apology...

Housen: I'll give you this.

Nagi: Th-
Nagi: That's...!!?

Nagi: The new gu*pla that came out with the most recent ones and is always sold out everywhere!!
Nagi: The RG Gu*dam 1/144!!!

07

Housen: I just so happened to buy two of them, so you can have one.
Nagi: W-wow...!!
Nagi: Where were they selling this!?
Hayate: How did she fit that in her bag?
Maria: And why was she carrying it around this early in the morning?

Nagi: W-well, I guess I can at least show you around.
Nagi: What kind of room do you want to rent?

Housen: Hm...Let's see...
Housen: A normal one, I guess.

Hayate: A normal one?
Housen: Yeah! This is a pretty old apartment building, right? And I'd like to avoid a room containing anything with a questionable history.

Housen: Some old apartments do have...
Housen: spiritual items and the like.
Hayate: Ha ha...I see...

Hayate: Well, don't worry. We don't have anything like-
SFX: Slide

08

SFX: Wind blowing
SFX: Oozing aura

SFX: Shut

Nagi: What's wrong?
Hayate: Um, you two wait out here a second.

SFX: Close

09

Hayate: Why are you hanging yourself in other people's apartmeeeeeents!!?
Priest: Gyaaaah!!
SFX: Crash Crack Smash
Chiharu: They sure are lively this morning...

Hayate: Now that that's been taken care of, go right in.
Nagi: Okay.

Hayate: Seriously. What were you doing!?
Priest: Well...

Priest: Don't you just want to die when an anime you love ends?
Hayate: You're an adult. Please don't plan your own death every single season. And you're already dead.

Maria: Um, Hayate-kun, there are a lot of what look like anime goods on the floor in this room.

Housen: Hm...

10

Housen: So do these come with the room?
Nagi: Just so you know, they're not mine!!

Housen: I've heard ghost stories about people finding a...
Housen: Japanese doll crying blood in their closet when they move in.

Housen: And the closet here is packed full of...
Housen: figurines that look like someone shed tears of blood to collect them.
Hayate: That stupid priest. He used one of the empty rooms to store all his stuff.

Hayate: When you rent the room...
Hayate: we'll make sure to get rid of every single one of the things in here, so don't worry.
SFX: Shock

Priest: Come here a sec!!
SFX: Tug

Priest: G-get rid of all of them!!?
Priest: That's my collection!!
Hayate: Then keep it in your own room.

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Priest: Damn that girl!!
Priest: If she rents a room...
Priest: my collection's done for.

Priest: I guess I have to haunt her so she'll give up on renting the room.
Hayate: Hey!! Stop that!! Don't do anything bad!!

Hayate: And only Isumi-san and I can see you anyways, right?
Priest: Shut up!! I just have put some effort into it...

Priest: Can she see me?
Hayate: Eh?

12

Housen: Hayate-kun.
Housen: Why are you talking to yourself in the hall there?
Hayate: Eh? No reason.

Hayate: See...she can't.
Priest: O-okay then.

Housen: Hayate-kun, since we're here together, it's lonely when you're not next to me.
Hayate: Eh?

Housen: We were destined for each other after all.
Hayate: Eh?
Nagi: Hey. What do you mean you were destined for each other?
Housen: Well destiny made our paths cross.

Housen: When I think about...
Housen: our chance meeting last night...

13

Housen: It makes me think...
Housen: that he's my spiritual partner that Archangel Michael sent to this world for me.
Nagi: Eh...?
Hayate: Archangel?

Housen: This building has a good direction.
Housen: I can tell it would really let me release my chakra.

Housen: And the waves Hayate-kun has...
Housen: would strongly stimulate my manipura which will guide my ki in a nice direction.

Housen: So Hayate-kun and I were destined for each other.

Nagi: Out!!
Box: She was quickly kicked out.

Nagi: Really, what was with her?
Hayate: I don't know...

14

Nagi: Agh. Now I'm all worn out and it's only morning.
Hayate: Th-that's right.

Chiharu: Is this what you should be doing?

Chiharu: You're going to be...
Chiharu: late for school.

Chiharu: Bye.
SFX: Slide

Nagi: Okay.

Nagi: I'll stay home today!!
Hayate: You can't do that, milady!!
Hayate: Hurry up and get to school!!
Nagi: Ehhh?

15

Hayate: Oh, come to think of it...
Hayate: What was that girl's name?

Housen: Hello.
Housen: This is Housen.

Housen: Yes.
Housen: I thought that butler's actions last night were odd...
Housen: so I looked into it a bit...Most likely not yet.

Housen: He ended up seeing my face last night...
Housen: And I thought it was a little to soon to go in deeper...
Housen: But it seemed like it would be a pain, so I just got it over with.

Housen: Yes. That butler does seem like a problem.
Housen: But don't worry.

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Housen: If I stay here, I'm sure contact will be made.
Housen: You keep things in control there.

Housen: Okay.
SFX: Beep
On cell: Call Ended
Housen: Just leave it to me.

Housen: Leave it...
Housen: to Housen Yozora.

Margin: That girl seems to have some ulterior motive to approaching Hayate. She's not just a weird person. Could a storm be approaching?

Bottom: To be continued in Issue 42 coming out on Wednesday September 15th.