Hayate no Gotoku! 297

Chapter 297

01

Chiharu: Ok, thanks.
SFX: Beep

Chiharu: Okay, we're good to go.

Chiharu: So...do you really want to see her?

Nagi: Yes.
Yes: I want to see...
Yes: the author of this dojinshi!!

Margin: Volume 26 will be released on 11/18!! The limited edition comes with a picture of Maria wearing her new maid uniform designed by Lady Nagi!!

Bottom: Is this the "Lady Nagi decides to be a mangaka" arc...!? [Hayate no Gotoku!]

02

Margin: There are some meetings that change the world.

Chiharu: I see.
Chiharu: Then let's go...

Chiharu: and see her.
Title: Chapter 297 "You & Me"
Credit: Hata Kenjirou
Below that: Hata-sensei will be a judge for a light novel prize!! See P. 370 for details!

03

Box: It was a strange dojinshi.

Box: The main character was a good-for-nothing dolphin.
Box: He couldn't swim as fast as or use ultrasonic waves to communicate like other dolphins.

Box: He had wanted to become the greatest acrobatic dolphin in the aquarium...
Box: but for some reason he ended up being a guard hired for his physical strength. He was attacked by robbers and woke up in a different world.

Box: He was troubled by the fact that "This isn't how it was supposed to be...", but he continued to have a number of humorous unfortunate events...
Box: Next thing he knew, he was on a battle field.
Box: He was fighting because there were those he had to protect, but they ended up betraying him and leaving him drowning in debt.

Box: This lonely dolphin was at a loss as he thought about the dream he once had.
Box: He had been dragged to an unimaginable place and surrounded by unbelievable misfortune without even realizing it.
Box: His days of suffering were portrayed amusingly...
Box: in this 32 page gag manga.
Box: It was the first dojinshi she had ever made.

04

Nagi: There are no humans in the entire thing.
Nagi: The only characters are expressionless animals.

Nagi: I find myself wondering...
Nagi: what life she has lived to make her draw an avant-garde manga like this.

Chiharu: Well, she has...
Chiharu: a lot going on.

Nagi: What kind of person...
Nagi: is she really?

Chiharu: That's what you can look forward to finding out.
Nagi: Wha-!?

Nagi: Oh, c'mon!! You can tell me a little bit now, right?
Chiharu: Ha ha. I suppose so.

Chiharu: She...has a lot going on that she can't really tell anyone about.

05

Nagi: You really are something else!!
Chiharu: What do you mean?

Nagi: You're putting a lot into selling this dojinshi that isn't even yours.
Nagi: You're making quite an effort into helping her.

Nagi: Why are you going this far?
Chiharu: Why?

Chiharu: I suppose that's because...
Chiharu: I like her.

Nagi: Hmph!!
Nagi: Is she really worth all this!?

06

Chiharu: Oh...are you jealous?
Nagi: Idiot...!! I-I'm not jealous!!

Chiharu: But...
Chiharu: I really do think she's worth it all.

Hayate: Are you really okay?

Luca: It's my job; I have no other choice.
Luca: I can't skip out on it because I made a mistake.

Hayate: But your leg...
Hayate: might be broken.

Luca: Stupid stupid. Don't say that. You're just making it hurt even more.
Text: Stupid stupid
Hayate: S-sorry, sorry...!!

Luca: Anyway...
Luca: I just have to do it.

07

Chiharu: In the end, we only sold 9 copies.

Chiharu: It can't be helped. It's hard to get people to take a look at books like this.
Chiharu: It'll just take time until people have heard of it.

Nagi: He was right.
Nagi: It really wasn't the type of book that would sell.

Chiharu: Anyway, we're done for today.

Chiharu: Okay, you get our things together.
Chiharu: I'll arrange the delivery.
Nagi: O-okay!!

Chiharu: Hurry up. If you take too long, we won't have time to go see her.
Nagi: Eh?

08

Nagi: Is there really such a limited time to see her in?
Chiharu: Yes. Especially today. So we can't be late.

Nagi: Geez. Is she really that amazing a person?
Chiharu: Eh?

Nagi: You're putting a lot of effort into this...
Nagi: so I'm just wondering if she's really worth it.

Chiharu: Don't worry.
Chiharu: I'm sure you'll like her too.

Chiharu: Anyway, hurry up!!
Chiharu: Let's go!!

09

Hayate: Eh? Th-that's crazy!!

Hayate: You're really going to do it when you're injured like this,
Hayate: Luca-san?

Luca: Uuh...I'm actually not fine at all!
Text: Stupid stupid
Hayate: Then...

Luca: But they've come to see me...

10

Luca: so I have to go.

Chiharu: Hey!! Over here!!
Chiharu: Don't get lost!!

Nagi: What's going on? Why are there so many people here!?
Chiharu: There's really no avoiding that.

Chiharu: Quit complaining and come on.
Chiharu: Don't you want to see her?

Nagi: I do...
Nagi: but why do we have to see her in a place this crowded!?

Chiharu: I guess you could say that's...
Chiharu: because she has a job to do.

11

Woman: Luca, we're counting on you.
Luca: Leave it to me.

Nagi: What is this place?
Chiharu: Just be quiet and watch.

Chiharu: You'll figure it out...
Chiharu: soon enough.

Nagi: Figure it out?
Nagi: Figure what out?

SFX: Dramatic

12

SFX: Cheer

SFX: Cheer
Nagi: Wh-
Nagi: Wha-?

Nagi: Wh-
Nagi: What's going on?
SFX: Cheer

SFX: Cheer
Chiharu: Don't worry...
Chiharu: and take a good look!!!

13

Nagi: Take a good look?
Nagi: At what!?

SFX: Cheer

Chiharu: There she is!

Chiharu: That is the dojinshi author...
Chiharu: you wanted to see.

14-15

Chiharu: That's...
Chiharu: Suirenji Luca!!

16

Box: That was...
Box: when I first saw Luca and I will never forget it.

Box: I thought...
Box: she looked like a god.

Bottom: To be continued in Issue 52 which will be released on Wednesday November 24th.

Margin: It was so overwhelming that the passion, the uncertainty, the jealousy, and all the other feelings inside Lady Nagi's heart were blown away!!