Hayate no Gotoku! 290

Chapter 290

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Nagi: I thought that the future I imagined...
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SFX: Applause
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Nagi: was sure to come true one day.

Nagi: Even if no one recognized it now...
Nagi: I was a genius.
Nagi: So the day would come when everyone would recognize my talent.

Nagi: I never once...
Nagi: had doubts about my future.

Nagi: Until that day...
Nagi: when I saw a pro's manuscript in a pro's studio!!

Nagi: It made me think that...
Nagi: I couldn't draw something like that given a hundred years.

Nagi: This was talent; this was genius.
Nagi: And if this is what a genius made...

Margin: Life doesn't always go up; sometimes your dreams end. ...Is that really true?

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02

Nagi: then I'm just...
Ayumu: What's wrong, Nagi-chan? You don't look well.

Nagi: O-oh...
Nagi: It's nothing.
Nagi: just normal!!

Ashibashi: Sorry, Nagi-chan. After we're done with this, I'll take a look at your manuscript.
Nagi: Eh?

Nagi: I can't let him read it...
Nagi: N-no, you don't...

Nagi: If he reads it...
Nagi: I'll know for sure.

Nagi: Know that...
Nagi: I have no talent!!

Nagi: I can't let myself know that!!
Nagi: Because I...
Nagi: have to be a "genius"!!

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Text: Is what she's holding less of a string and more of a fuse?
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04

Azumamiya: Basically, you put in the gray...
SFX: Type type
Azumamiya: change it to the two tone-level monochrome and print it.

Azumamiya: That way it comes out in the form you usually see in manga.
Ayumu: Ohh...

Azumamiya: You used to have to put each little bit of screentone in yourself...
Azumamiya: but the introduction of computers changed all that.
Ayumu: I see.

Azumamiya: And there is software other than Photoshop like Comic Studio that's specially made for manga.
Azumamiya: Drawing manga really has changed.
Ayumu: Hehh...

Ayumu: So basically...
Ayumu: it's gotten really easy.

Azumamiya: No...it's not exactly easy...
Ayumu: But it's easier than it was?
Azumamiya: Well, I suppose...

Ashibashi: Oh, good work everyone.
Ayumu: Ah, good work.
Hayate: Good work.

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Ashibashi: Wow, that really was a close one.
Ashibashi: Well, every week is close, but this one was especially so.
Ashibashi: Thanks you so much.
Hayate: S-sure...

Ashibashi: By the way, is Nagi-chan feeling well?
Ashibashi: She started looking kind of ill all of a sudden.
Hayate: That's right. She'll probably be fine after lying down for a bit.

SFX: Slide
Hayate: Oh, milady.

Nagi: Um, well...Sorry for being a bother today...
Ashibashi: Ha ha. But I was the one that made you work.

Nagi: Well, I'll be going...
Hayate: Eh?

Hayate: But don't you need to show your manuscript to Ashibashi-sensei?
SFX: Twitch

Nagi: Um, he doesn't have to...
Nagi: do it today.

Azumamiya: Don't be like that. Just show it to him already.
SFX: Grab
Nagi: Ah!!

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Nagi: D-Don't touch it!!
SFX: Whap

Nagi: Ah...

Ashibashi: Hey, Koutarou-kun.
Ashibashi: You shouldn't be so rough with a little girl's manuscript.

Ashibashi: Oh, so this is Nagi-chan's manuscript...

Nagi: Ah...
SFX: Heartbeat heartbeat

SFX: Heartbeat heartbeat

SFX: Heartbeat heartbeat heartbeat

07

SFX: Heartbeat

Nagi: Waaaaaah!!!!
SFX: Dash
Hayate: Milady!?

Hayate: Where are you going, milady!?
Hayate: Milady!?
Nagi: Waaaaah!!

Azumamiya: Was that my fault?
Ashibashi: Yes, it was.
Ayumu: Yes!!

08

Nagi: I have to run away!!

Nagi: If I don't...!!
Nagi: If I don't...!!

Hayate: Milady!!!

Nagi: If I don't, I'll see it.
Nagi: I'll see what I don't want to see!!

Nagi: I don't want to see it...
Nagi: I don't want to see it...!!

Nagi: Reality, truth, my true self, my true ability...
Nagi: I don't want to see any of it!!

Nagi: I...
Nagi: have to be a genius!!

09

Nagi: My praise- and honor-filled future...
Nagi: has to be real!!
SFX: Ding ding ding

Nagi: Because if it isn't...!! I...
Hayate: Wah!!
Hayate: Woah!!

Hayate: Milady!!
SFX: Ding ding ding

Hayate: Damn it!!
SFX: Whoosh

Hayate: I'm sorry, Maria-san!!
Hayate: But Lady Nagi has...!!

Maria: I see...

Maria: Understood.
Maria: Leave the rest to me, Hayate-kun.

Azumamiya: But...

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Azumamiya: This is the worst manga I've seen in years...
Ashibashi: Yes...

Ashibashi: Well, I've only seen this one page, so I can't say for sure...
Ashibashi: but this looks like a very confusing manga.

Azumamiya: I'm not sure "confusing" really covers it...
SFX: Swipe

Azumamiya: Eh...?

Ayumu: You shouldn't look at something someone doesn't want you to see...
Ayumu: and then say things like that about it.

Ayumu: Um, sensei...
Ashibashi: Y-yes...?

Ayumu: I'm sorry about today.
Ayumu: We came here in order to have you read her manga...
Ayumu: but it looks like Nagi-chan doesn't want you to read it now, so we'll be leaving.

Ayumu: But if Nagi-chan ever manages to draw a manga she wants you to see...
Ayumu: would you be willing to read it?

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Ashibashi: Yes.
Ashibashi: Gladly.

Ayumu: Thanks you very much,
Ayumu: sensei.

Ayumu: Make sure to whip him into shape!!

Azumamiya: But will that day ever come?

Ashibashi: Come to think of it, something similar happened the other day.
Azumamiya: Eh?

Azumamiya: You've taken a little girl home with you before?
Ashibashi: Nooo!!!

Nagi: Pant...
Nagi: Pant...
Nagi: Pant...

Nagi: Pant...
Nagi: Pant...

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Sign: Sanzenin

SFX: Clatter

Nagi: I have to be...
Nagi: a genius.

Nagi: Because if I'm not...
Nagi: If I'm not...

Maria: Nagi.

Nagi: M-
Nagi: Maria...

Maria: Why do you look...
Maria: so scared?

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Nagi: I was sure I would get it.

Nagi: Even thought it's said that making your dream come true is hard...
Nagi: I thought I was different...special...I wasn't like all those other people.
Nagi: So I never doubted that my dream would come true.

Nagi: But I was wrong!!
Nagi: I'm...
Nagi: just one of those other people!!

Nagi: I'm one of the people for whom making your dream come true is hard.
Nagi: What am I supposed to do?

Nagi: I never once looked at reality or what talent I had...
Nagi: and yet I lived my life as if it was a given that my dream would come ture.

Nagi: If I have no talent as a mangaka...
Nagi: what worth do I have!?

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Maria: Even so, Hayate-kun and I...
Maria: will always be with you.
SFX: Hold...

SFX: Throb...

Maria: So...
Maria: don't get so down.

Maria: Okay?

Maria: Come on.
Maria: Let's go home together.

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Nagi: But, Maria...
Nagi: I still...

Hayate: Oh, milady.
Hayate: Welcome back!!

Nagi: Oh, right...
Nagi: Sorry for worrying you.
Hayate: Don't worry about it.

Hayate: Um...are you okay?
Nagi: Yeah. I'm just a bit tired, so I'm going to bed.

Hayate: Milady...

Maria: When she gets down like that, it's hard for her to get back on her feet.
Maria: So keep an eye on her.
Hayate: Oh, okay...

Chiharu: Oh.
Chiharu: You're back.

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Chiharu: By the way, I came across a good dojinshi.
Chiharu: Do you want to read it?

Chiharu: Um...
Chiharu: Hello?
SFX: Trudge trudge

Chiharu: Hey...
Chiharu: I have a good dojinshi...

Nagi: Not today...

Chiharu: Oh, okay...

Bottom: To be continued in Issue 45 which will be released on Wednesday October 6th

Margin: I may not be one of the chosen few. My dream may not come true. What will happen to Lady Nagi now that her heart has been broken?