Hayate no Gotoku! 288

Chapter 288

01

Nagi: It looks like I have to hurry up and move Plan C along.

Hayate: Plan C?

Nagi: That's right.
Nagi: That girl who came to rent a room the other day got me thinking.

Nagi: Covering living costs off with rent...
Nagi: AKA Plan B, is hard!!

Nagi: Oh, and Plan A is stocks and FX.
Hayate: Oh...
Hayate: That plan is still around?

Margin: At the start of each day, the dining table is full. But now the topic has turned to making money for living expenses...

Bottom: Crisis management - Hayate no Gotoku! - with multiple plans...?

02

Nagi: And then there's Plan C!!
Nagi: I need to hurry up with my plan of becoming a professional mangaka to make money!!

Hayate: Oh!!
Hayate: And how exactly are you going to do that!?

Nagi: Heh...
Nagi: Isn't that obvious?

Nagi: I draw a manuscript...
Nagi: and take it to a publisher!!

03

Title and text: Chapter 288 "Challenge at 13 Years Old" A foundation isn't enough, you need application too.

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04

Hayate: So, milady?
Hayate: What publisher are you going to take it to?

Nagi: That should be obvious.
Nagi: Shonen Sunday's Shogakukan.
Hayate: Eh? Why?

Nagi: Well, um...
Nagi: How should I put it...?

Nagi: Ju*p just seems...
Nagi: like a hard place for newcomers!!

Hayate: That's a pretty pessimistic reason...

05

Nagi: And Sunday gives a chance to newcomers with Club Sunday and such.
Nagi: There are some people publishing online with Club Sunday. The address is clubsunday.jp.
Hayate: She sure knows a lot about this...

Nagi: And then there's the fact that...
Nagi: I don't buy any other shonen magazines.

Hayate: Well, when are you going to take a manuscript there?
Hayate: And what kind of manuscript is it going to be?

Nagi: I'm just going to finish the one I'm drawing now.
Nagi: And I'll take it in as soon as I'm done with it.

Hayate: The one you're drawing now?

Hayate: Oh...
Hayate: That one!!

06

Hayate: Um...Will that really be okay?
Nagi: Why wouldn't it?
Hayate: Um, well...

Nagi: Just so you know, you don't have to worry about its quality.
Nagi: There's no problem there.
Hayate: Eh?

Nagi: I just have a feeling it's a masterpiece.
Nagi: It's just this overwhelming feeling that it will be a hit.
Hayate: I-I see...

Nagi: So you don't need to worry!!
Hayate: O-okay...
Hayate: Will this really be okay?

Hayate: To be honest...I can't really tell if Lady Nagi's manga is good or not.
Hayate: She would have to show it to a pro to tell her that.

Hayate: If only there was someone who knew that kind of thing...
Hayate: who we could get to read it.

07

Ayumu: Yeah.
Ayumu: That birthday party was really fun.
Sign: Cafe Donguri

Ayumu: Hey, why does Nagi-chan look so tired?
Hayate: Oh, well...
Nagi: It's none of your business.

Ayumu: Eh?
Ayumu: She stayed up all night making a manuscript so she can become a professional mangaka?

Ayumu: Ehhh!? You want to be a mangaka!?
Nagi: Wh-what's your problem!?
Nagi: Not so loud!!

Nagi: S-so I want to be a mangaka!
Nagi: You got a problem with that!?

08

Ayumu: Wooow!!
Ayumu: That's amazing!

Nagi: I-is it...?
Ayumu: Yeah, it is!
Ayumu: I really respect that.

Nagi: I-I see. Well, it's nothing really...
Ayumu: Hehhh...
Ayumu: That's amazing, isn't it, Hayate-kun?
Hayate: Y-yeah...

Ashibashi: Oh, as usual, you all look like you're having fun.

Nagi: Eh?

09

Nagi: Ah!!
Nagi: Ashibashi-sensei!!
Ashibashi: I'll have the usual coffee.

Text: Ashibashi Kouji-sensei.
Text: You've surely completely forgotten about him, but he's the famous mangaka of the hit manga "This or That Depresses Me"!!

Ayumu: Good evening, sensei. Are you working on that thing you call a storyboard again?
Ashibashi: Yeah.
Ashibashi: But I'm almost done.

Hayate: That's right. Ashibashi-sensei a professional mangaka.
Hayate: If we showed Lady Nagi's manga to him, he could tell us if it was any good.

Hayate: Um...milady?
Hayate: Before you bring your manuscript to the publisher, how about you have Ashibashi-sensei see it?
Nagi: Eh!?

Nagi: W-well, I'd love to have a pro see it...
Nagi: and he is sociable and easy to talk to, but he's an extremely popular mangaka.
Nagi: It would be kind of hard to bring up because he's...well, awe-inspiring.

Ayumu: Oh! I just had a great idea.
Ayumu: How about you show him your manga, Nagi-chan?
Nagi: Eh? Um, well...

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Ayumu: Sensei! She actually wants to become a mangaka...
Ayumu: so would you mind taking a look at her manga?
Ashibashi: Hm? Her manga?
Hayate: Waaaah!! That idiot!!

Ashibashi: Oh, then how about you come by my studio some time?
Ashibashi: I can teach you whatever I can.

Hayate: Eh!?
Nagi: B-but...wouldn't I be a bother!?

Ayumu: Wow, amazing.
Ayumu: Do you mind if I come too?
Ashibashi: Ha ha ha. Not at all.
Hayate: Heeey!! How can you be so casual about this?
Nagi: Hey, Hayate...
Nagi: How can she to talk with him so normally?
Hayate: There's a simple answer to that.

Hayate: Nishizawa-san...
Hayate: doesn't really read any manga.
Nagi: I see. She doesn't realize the seriousness of the situation.

11

Nagi: But this is my chance.
Hayate: Yes. This was quite lucky.

Nagi: U-um, sensei...?
Nagi: I-If I bring my manga to your studio...
Nagi: will you really read it?
Ashibashi: Hm?

Ashibashi: Ha ha ha. Of course.
Ashibashi: I look forward to seeing what you've made.

Nagi: Sensei...

Hayate: But are you really okay with this?
Hayate: Won't we be a bother?
Ashibashi: Ha ha. It's fine, it's fine.

Ashibashi: And...
Ashibashi: I'm interested to see what my future rival has made. But most of all...

12

Ashibashi: I...
Ashibashi: love little girls and high school girls.

Ashibashi: N-no!!
Ashibashi: I-I was just kidding!!

Nagi: W-well...
Nagi: I'll stop by with the manuscript tomorrow.
Ashibashi: O-okay!! I'm looking forward to it!

Text: The next day

SFX: Clatter

13

Nagi: D-done.
Nagi: A masterpiece is born.

Hayate: Are you done, milady!?
Nagi: Yes!!
Nagi: Want to read it, Hayate!?

Hayate: Yes, of course!!
SFX: Flip

Hayate: I-I see.
Nagi: How was it!?

Hayate: Um...well...
Nagi: Was it good!?

14

Hayate: Uh...yeah...it was quite...
Hayate: good...
Nagi: Why are you looking away!?

Nagi: Hmph! Whatever. Even if you can't tell...
Nagi: the greatness of my masterpiece will get through to Ashibashi-sensei.
Hayate: I-I'm sure it will!

Nagi: Okay, let's go to his studio, Hayate!!
Hayate: O-okay!!

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Hayate: This is Ashibashi-sensei's studio.
SFX: Heartbeat heartbeat
Ayumu: The apartment has a real "working class" feel to it.

Hayate: But this is Shinjuku.
Hayate: And this is a newly built apartment building, so a single room will be at least two hundred million.
Ayumu: Two hundred million!!

Nagi: Well, calculating back from how many copies of his manga are printed, his annual income must be around five hundred million.
Nagi: That's not bad for 30.
Ayumu: Five hundred million!!

Ayumu: Is Ashibashi-sensei some kind of amazing mangaka by any chance?
Hayate & Nagi: You're just now figuring that out?

16

Ayumu: Do you think I can ask him how much the apartment cost later?
Nagi: Do whatever you want.

Nagi: Anyway!!
Nagi: Let's hurry up and go in!!

Nagi: I'll definitely...
Nagi: have him tell me it's good!!

Box: By the way...
Hayate: A-Ashibashi-sensei isn't modeled after this manga's author.
Nagi: Why are you making excuses?

Bottom: To be continued in Issue 43 being released on Wednesday September 22nd.

Margin: Lady Nagi heads into the mangaka's studio with the manuscript she has put her heart and soul into in hand!! What will the pro think of it!?