Hayate no Gotoku! 304

Chapter 304

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Top: The theatrical anime is underway!!
Title & Text: "That River Next to Akihabara is the Kanda River." Oh? Chapter 304 is right around the corner.
Margin: Volume 27 & the limited edition that comes with a school calendar go on sale 2/18!!
Bottom: The net radio show "Hayasan" is airing each month!! http://www.onsen.ag/
Credit: Hata Kenjirou

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Margin: Half of the charm of a bath is lost when it cools down...Or maybe it's all of the charm. And Hayate has a working class level resolution to that problem!?

Maria: Oh?

Maria: It's...
Maria: cold...

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Nagi: The bath is broken?
Maria: Yes. It seems the boiler is broken.
Maria: Well, I suppose this is an old apartment building...

Hayate: Maria-san, it looks like this isn't going to be easy to fix.
Maria: So it's as I feared...

Hayate: I guess we have no choice...
Hayate: How about we go to a public bath for today?

Nagi: A public bath?

Chiharu: Have you ever been to a public bath?
Nagi: No. Only a hot spring...

Maria: Ohh...
Maria: A public bath, you say?

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Maria: So...
Maria: what kind of place is a public bath?
Hayate: Eh!?

Hayate: Maria-san...
Hayate: You've never been to a public bath?
Maria: No, I'm rather inexperienced in ancient Roman culture.
Hayate: ...Eh?

Maria: Ohh...
Maria: So this is a public bath...

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Maria: It has a very Showa feel to it.
Hayate: Yes, it does.

Hayate: But I wish Lady Nagi and the others had come.
Maria: Ha ha. Yes.

Maria: But...
Nagi: Like I can bare my skin to some random group of people!!

Alice: Well...
Alice: I actually agree with that.

Hina: Going to the bath with Hayate-kun...?
Hina: That's a bit...

Chiharu: I don't have enough money for that.

Maria: I never thought it would end up just being us two.
Hayate: I-I know...

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Maria: Well? What do we do now, Hayate-kun?
Sign: Men's Bath
SFX: Cheerful
Hayate: What do we do...?

Hayate: It's split between the men's bath and the women's bath from here on...
Hayate: so I can't help you with the rest.

Maria: I-I see.
SFX: Disappointed.
Maria: I'll have to fight alone from here on...
Hayate: Um, I think you're exaggerating things a bit...

Maria: I understand. Now that Hayate-kun has passed on...
Maria: I'll have to deal with this on my own.
Hayate: I'm not dead, you know.

SFX: Slide slide

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Maria: Hmm...
Maria: I know what things were like at the Shimoda hot spring...

Maria: but that was a Sanzenin hot spring...
Maria: so we had the women's bath reserved.

Maria: And I seem to be...
Maria: drawing a lot of attention.

Maria: I wonder why...
Women: It's a maid!!
Women: There's a maid in the public bath!!
Women: Why is there a maid in the public bath!?

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Maria: Ohh...
Maria: Mt. Fuji really is painted on the wall.

Maria: The bath at the Sanzenin mansion was bigger...
Maria: but this is quite elegant as well.

Nagi: I don't want to go to a public bath, but I still have to take a bath.

Nagi: So how about we do something about the boiler?
Chiharu: But I don't know how to fix a boiler.

Nagi: But surely the student council president would know.
Hina: No, I don't.

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Alice: How about...
Alice: we take a cold bath?

Nagi: We'd catch cold...
Alice: Indeed we would.

Alice: But...
Alice: I do want to take a bath...

Hayate: I can't take too long or I'll keep Maria-san waiting.

Hayate: The apartment bath is nice...
Hayate: but this public bath feels great.

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Kotetsu: I know. It's like having ones very soul cleansed.
SFX: Press up against

Hayate: Gyaaaaaahhhhh!!
SFX: Surprise

Hayate: A-a pervert!?
Hayate: Kotetsu-san!! What are you doing here?
Kotetsu: Heh. Why am I here, you ask?

Kotetsu: Isn't it obvious!?
Kotetsu: Because...
Kotetsu: I've been stalking you!!

Kotetsu: Gbgbgbgbggb!?
SFX: Splash splash
Kotetsu: Gbgbgbgbgbbgbg!!

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Kotetsu: Are you trying to kill meeee!?
Kotetsu: Why are you still alive?

Kotetsu: But Ayasaki!!
Kotetsu: There's a reason I've been following you around even though you deem it to be a bother and don't seem to like it!

Kotetsu: It's all because...
Kotetsu: I love you!

SFX: Splash
Hayate: If you know I find it to be a bother, then please stop.
SFX: Splash
Kotetsu: Gbgbgbgbgbgbggb!!

Kotetsu: I repeat: Are you trying to kill me!?
Hayate: And I repeat: Why are you still alive?
Maria: The men's bath sure sounds lively...

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Maria: Now then...
SFX: Splash
Maria: I suppose I should be getting out.

Hayate: Sorry for keeping you, Maria-san!!

Hayate: A dangerous insect appeared in the bath and it took some time to exterminate it.
SFX: Steam
Hayate: Were you waiting long?

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SFX: Stare
Hayate: Eh...?

Maria: Since you spent so long staying warm in the bath...
Maria: I've gotten quite cold.
SFX: Exhale
Hayate: I-I'm sorry! I'm sorry!!

Maria: I'm in quite a pinch now.
Maria: I may catch cold and die.
Hayate: Eh!?

Hayate: U-um, Maria-san?
Hayate: You don't have to be so mean...
Maria: Tsun!!

SFX: Cover

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Hayate: Um...if you're cold...
Hayate: you can use this.

Maria: It's May, so it isn't THAT cold.
Hayate: Uuh!!

Maria: But...
Maria: thank you, Hayate-kun.

SFX: Heartbeat

Vendor: Roast sweet potatoes!
Maria: Oh, potatoes.

Hayate: Ah, if you need something to warm you up...
Hayate: I could buy you some potatoes.

Maria: So you're trying to win me over with potatoes?
Hayate: No, no. I didn't mean it like that!

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SFX: Steaming

Maria: It's good, Hayate-kun.
Hayate: Is that so?

Hayate: Well?
Hayate: How was your first public bath?

Maria: Hm...

Maria: If you promise to not take so long in the bath, I'd like to come with you again.
Hayate: I-I'll try.

Nagi: And so...
SFX: Cough

Nagi: We were thinking of going to the public bath, too.
SFX: Cough
Hayate: I see...
Box: When they returned home, the boiler was broken even further.
Box: And their lady and the others were covered in soot.
Box: The butler and the maid did not ask for any details on what happened.

Bottom: To be continued in Issue 9 which will be released on Wednesday January 26th.

Margin: The two have just gotten out of the bath. Her shoulders and the hands holding the sweet potatoes are slightly warm...and their lady is all black for some reason.