Hayate no Gotoku! 292

Chapter 292

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Above title: Hata Kenjirou
Title: Chapter 292 "I Meet You"
Nagi: Nyaaah!!
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Nagi: A dojinshi...
Nagi: convention?

Chiharu: Yes.
Chiharu: A friend of mine asked me.
Chiharu: It didn't look like this friend was going to get to go, so she asked me to sell her book for her.

Chiharu: She gave me two of the circle tickets you need to get in...
Chiharu: so I can get 2 people in.

Chiharu: Well?
Chiharu: If you don't want to, I can always ask Ayasaki-kun.

Nagi: I-I didn't say I didn't want to!!
Chiharu: Oh...

Chiharu: But now that I think about it...
Chiharu: Have you ever been to a dojinshi convention?

Margin: A single circle ticket is being held out to Lady Nagi who had given up on her dream of being a mangaka. Is fate beginning to move again...!?

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Nagi: D-Don't worry.
Nagi: I've done some image training.
Chiharu: I see. What a relief.

Chiharu: Here.
Chiharu: You should at least look over the pamphlet.

Nagi: A dojinshi...
Nagi: convention, huh?

Chiharu: I want to get to the convention hall by 9 tomorrow, so we need to leave at 8.
Chiharu: Make sure you're ready by then.
Nagi: O-Okay!!

Chiharu: How was that?
Hayate: Great, thank you.

Chiharu: It was nothing.
Chiharu: I just needed help; it didn't have to be you, butler-kun.

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Chiharu: But in exchange...
Chiharu: you have to make us some reeeally good bentos.
Hayate: I'd be glad to!!

Hayate: Well, it looks like milady has cheered up a little.
Chiharu: Ha ha. Well, of course.

Chiharu: Conventions forcibly raise the spirits of those of the otaku bloodline.
Chiharu: And getting a circle ticket raises them 3 times as much as normal.
Chiharu: As a member of the otaku bloodline, it must be almost unbearable for her.
Hayate: I-I see.

Chiharu: But is this really okay?
Hayate: What?

Chiharu: If we had her dream end here...
Chiharu: it might keep her from having some harsh experiences in the future.

Hayate: That may be true.

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Hayate: But dreams...
Hayate: are much like curses.

Hayate: People who can't achieve their dreams...
Hayate: and people who give up on their dreams will always be cursed by them...

Chiharu: Ayasaki-kun...

Chiharu: That's what...
Chiharu: they said on Kamen Rider 555.

Chiharu: Heh.
Chiharu: Is that so?

Chiharu: What about you Ayasaki-kun?
Hayate: Eh?

Chiharu: A dream.
Chiharu: Do you have one that has cursed you like that?
Chiharu: Or maybe...

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Chiharu: a wish?

Housen: Hello, this is Housen.

Housen: Yes...
Housen: No, it's unrelated to that.
Housen: I thought I should report it just in case....yes...

Housen: It seems...
Housen: a photo of the 28th has shown up.

Housen: I was thinking that, with just that, we could just ignore it, but...
Housen: Right...Yes, that butler is the one who has it.
SFX: Pant pant pant

Housen: Okay, understood.
Housen: Leave it to me.
SFX: Beep

Housen: I'll...
Housen: take care of it tomorrow.

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Text: Saturday, May 21st
Chiharu: It's about a 10 minute walk from Ikebukuro Station.

Chiharu: We leave the land of the fujoshi, Otome Road...
Chiharu: and go right across from the Ikebukuro Animate.

SFX: Dramatic

Chiharu: And there...
Chiharu: we find the Sunshine 60.

Chiharu: The convention is in Hall A over there.
Chiharu: It's the main convention hall of Comic Sunday, "Comisun" for short.

Chiharu: That's our battlefield for today.

Nagi: This is...
Nagi: a convention.

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Every SFX on this page: Chatter chatter

Nagi: This convention hall is huge.
Chiharu: Ha ha. Not really.

Chiharu: The one they have in August at the Big Sight in Ariake...
Chiharu: is a couple of times bigger than this.
Nagi: Seriously!?

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Every SFX on this page: Chatter chatter
Chiharu: Here we are. Half this table and these 2 chairs...
Chiharu: is the space for our circle.
Nagi: Eh!?

Nagi: A circle doesn't even get a whole table?
Nagi: They only get half of one?
Chiharu: That's right.

Nagi: Then...

Nagi: How many people are here...
Nagi: that draw manga even though they aren't pros?
Chiharu: Well, there are plenty of pros and semi-pros here too.

Chiharu: Especially that circle by the wall over there.
Chiharu: That's a major circle called "Wall"...
Chiharu: and they're pretty much pros.

Nagi: I see.
Nagi: But...

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Nagi: I've seen the numbers before, but there really are a lot of people...
SFX: Chatter chatter
Nagi: who draw manga.

Chiharu: Well, to put it simply, the commercial weekly shonen magazine...
Chiharu: isn't the only face to manga.

Chiharu: This world...
Chiharu: is the foundation supporting Japan's manga culture.

Chiharu: Well, anyway, let's get set up.
SFX: Clunk
Nagi: O-Okay!!

Chiharu: At a convention, you need to have communication skills.
Chiharu: When someone from the circle next to us gets here, we need to greet them and give them a sample copy.
Nagi: O-okay, got it.

Nagi: Let's see...next to us is a circle called "Snow Lord".
Nagi: It looks like it's their first time, too.
Chiharu: Ohh.

Chiharu: And speak of the devil...
SFX: Clatter
Chiharu: Good morn-

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Chiharu: -ing?

Box: Student and teacher...
Box: meet at the convention.

SFX: Thunder crash
Box: It's hard for her...

Box: but it's hard for him, too.

Box: And the action chosen...
Chiharu: Ah...eh...
Chiharu: Ahh...
SFX: Mouth flapping

Kaoru: Ee...
Kaoru: Ah...uuh...
SFX: Mouth flapping
Box: in this difficult atmosphere...

Chiharu: H-Hello. Nice to meet you!!
Chiharu: Oh!! This is our book.
Kaoru: Oh, nice to meet you!! Thank you very much!!
Kaoru: Here!! This is my dojinshi that comes with a figurine.
Chiharu: Oh, that's amazing!

Box: is to pretend not to know the other!!
Box: They both do it...
Box: Pretending not to see something is one of an adult's communication skills.

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Kazuki: Well?
Kazuki: Why are we at Comisun, Wataru-kun?
Box: Meanwhile

Wataru: In the coming age...
Wataru: people aren't going to rent things even if you have a rental shop, bespectacled ones.
Kazuki: Don't call me that. I'm Kazuki. My name's Nishizawa Kazuki!!

Wataru: Look at the sales they've been getting at dojinshi specialty shops in the past 10 years!!
Wataru: They've increased 10 fold in that time!!
Kazuki: Oh!!

Wataru: We have to get in on this!!
Wataru: So today we're investigating the market!!

Wataru: I've made a check list of the major circles.
Wataru: We need to make sure we get the new works of each and every one of these circles!!
Kazuki: Isn't this just your interests?

Saki: Ah!!
Wataru: What is it, Saki?

Saki: This event has a cosplay hall.
On map: Cosplay Hall
Wataru: So it does. And?

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Saki: I want to go...
Saki: see some cosplay.
SFX: Bright
Box: Maid Uniform

Wataru: O-oh, okay.
Box: Maid Uniform

Hayate: I wonder if Lady Nagi is okay.
Hayate: Is she causing problems for Chiharu-san?

Hayate: I want to get inside...
Hayate: and help out...

Hayate: but...
Nagi: Hayate, don't come.

Hayate: Eh?
Hayate: Why not?
Nagi: For one, we only have 2 circle tickets.

Nagi: Also, I have more peace of mind when you're here.
Nagi: I end up relying on you.
Nagi: My thinking is that, if I keep doing that,
Nagi: I can't advance.

Nagi: I want to see to this myself.
Nagi: I want to see whether I can move forward.
Hayate: Milady...

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Nagi: So just watch over me...
Nagi: from a distance.

Hayate: I understand, milady!!
Hayate: I will abide by your decision and work for your future!!

Hayate: From a distance...
Hayate: I'll watch over her from somewhere in the convention hall!!

Hayate: But this early...
Hayate: you need a circle ticket to get in.

Kotetsu: Whoops.
SFX: Flutter

Kotetsu: I accidentally...
Kotetsu: dropped my circle ticket here.

Hayate: Ah wah wah!!

Kotetsu: Ayasaki!! If it isn't Ayasaki!! Why are you here!?

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Hayate: Actually, why are you, Segawa-san's brother and a butler, here?
Above Hayate: Don't touch me!!
SFX: Swat
Kotetsu: Hm? I'm here to sell my dojinshi.

Hayate: Your dojinshi? It isn't about what they call traps, is it?
Kotetsu: Ha ha ha. Do you really think I have such perverted tastes?
Hayate: Yes, you're clearly a pervert.

Kotetsu: This is the dojinshi I'm selling today.
Kotetsu: It's a book on the E231-800 series and E209-1000 series that can operate on the underground of the Tokyo Metro Tozai Line.
Hayate: Wow. Talk about an enthusiast!!

Hayate: But will a book like this...
Hayate: actually sell?

Kotetsu: What does that...
Kotetsu: have to do with dojinshis!!

Kotetsu: Listen up!! A dojinshi...
Kotetsu: isn't something you make because it will sell!!

Kotetsu: A dojinshi is something you make because you have a passionate desire to do so!!
Kotetsu: What's important isn't whether it will sell or not!! It's whether you want to make it or not!!!!

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Kotetsu: Seriously...You don't understand anything.
Kotetsu: I have no choice but to give you this circle ticket and teach you from the very beginning as you work selling my dojinshi!

Hayate: Kotetsu...
Hayate: -kun...

Kotetsu: However, if you're selling my dojinshi...
Kotetsu: you must wear a frilly maid uniform!!

Hayate: You perverted bastard!!
Hayate: Nooooooo!!

Woman: Here. I've put the things you said to inside...
Woman: of your Ikebukuro Sunshine 60 locker.
SFX: Jangle

Woman: But what are you going to do with that?
Woman: And what brings you to Ikebukuro?

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Margin: A great number of feelings spiral together at the dojinshi convention. And it finally begins!!

Luca: I've only come...
Luca: to see my own possibilities.

Box: And...
Announcement: The 24th...
Announcement: Comic Sunday Dojinshi Convention...

Announcement: will now begin.
SFX: Cheering
SFX: Applause
Box: an unforgettable meeting begins.

Bottom: To be continued in Issue 47 which will be released on Wednesday October 20th.