Hayate no Gotoku! 307

Chapter 307

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Top: The latest information is at the official site! hayatenogotoku.com
Text & Title: When Spring nears, everyone has the same wish. Chapter 307 "I Want to Become an Oil Magnate"
Margin: The theatrical anime will be released this summer!! Volume 27 will be released on 2/18!! As will the limited edition with a school calendar!!
Credit: Hata Kenjirou

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Margin: Saki-san works at a small video rental store. It's a daily battle against the consumer price index.

Box: There are times of recession in this world.

Saki: Sigh. It's been getting hotter and hotter lately.

Saki: Maybe I should start wearing a summer maid uniform...

Saki: Oh, this dress is cute.
Saki: And it's only 1000 yen!! That's pretty cheap.

Saki: I guess I could use some summer clothes.
Saki: So I'll just give in and...

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Box: 250 yen.
Box: No yen bills.

SFX: Hang
Bottom of sign: 1050 yen with tax.

Box: There are times...
Saki: I suppose...
Saki: it isn't that hot yet.
Box: of recession in this world.

Book: Account Book
Wataru: Hmm...

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Wataru: This is bad...
Wataru: I'm seriously in the red.

Wataru: At this rate...
Wataru: I really have to think about closing the store.

Wataru: If I don't do something...
Wataru: I won't even be able to pay Saki's wages.

Saki: Eh?
Wataru: Ohh!!

Wataru: Wh-why are...
Wataru: you back so soon!?
Saki: I-I'm not really...

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Saki: Is the store...
Saki: really doing that badly?

Wataru: D-don't be ridiculous!
Wataru: There's nothing at all to worry about.

Saki: You said you weren't going to be able to pay my wages.

Wataru: I-if I have to in order to pay your wages...
Wataru: I could sell the store!!

Saki: I...see...

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Sakuya: Hey, sorry for making you help me with my shopping.
Hayate: Don't worry about it. I was out shopping, too.

Hayate: Hm?

Hayate: Isn't that Saki-san?
Sakuya: Oh, you're right.
Sakuya: I didn't recognize her out of her maid uniform.

Sakuya: Why's she wearing what looks like an interview outfit?
Hayate: I don't know...

Sakuya: Maybe she quit her job at Wataru's place and is trying to find a job.
Hayate: Ha ha ha. Maybe so.

Box: It is a time of recession...

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Hayate: Saki-san!! Saki-san!!

Sakuya: Wh-why are you dressed like that!?
Hayate: Why aren't you wearing your maid uniform?
Saki: Oh, it's you two.

Saki: It's true I'm not wearing my maid uniform...
Saki: but does this look that odd?
Hayate: N-no, it doesn't look odd...

Hayate: It's just that that outfit...
Hayate: makes it look like you're trying to find a new job.

Saki: It's true.
Saki: The video store is at its limit, so I'm trying to find a new job.

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Saki: Well, I have another interview I have to get to.

Sakuya: I see...
Sakuya: Wataru was abandoned...
Hayate: L-looks that way...

Box: But in a time of recession...
Sign: 24 hour Internet & Manga Cafe
Box: it can be hard to find a new job.

Saki: Anyway...
Saki: I need to look into what kinds of jobs I can do.

Saki: I'll see what the internet can tell me.
SFX: Click

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Saki: "Coffee can make you beautiful!?"
Saki: Eh? Really? But I drink it every day...!!

Saki: Hehh...Hmm.
SFX: Click click
Saki: Eh? "A Mysterious Giant Creature in Tokyo Bay!?"

Saki: Oh, I see.
Saki: Hehh. So there was an eel that big...

Saki: "I was shocked, nyaah (image)" Ah ha ha. He's so cute!
Saki: "The Trick Behind Profit"? Hehh. This is Horiemon's e-zine.

Box: 2 hours later.
SFX: Realization!!

Saki: Oh, no. I was lured in by the headlines on the news sites....
Saki: and learned all kinds of useless things on a 2ch aggregate site.
Box: This happens to a lot of people.

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Saki: Finding a job...
Saki: is hard...
Box: Yes, it is.

Wataru: Hah?
Wataru: Saki is trying to find a new job?

Sakuya: Oh, so you really didn't know.
Sakuya: From what I saw, she seemed pretty serious about it.

Wataru: Hah...!! Wh-what's wrong with that?
Wataru: You're free to choose what job you want in Japan. Ah ha ha.
Sakuya: Hmm...

Sakuya: Well, I suppose it's impossible for a poor store manager...
Sakuya: to support a maid.

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Sakuya: When the money runs out, so does your relationship.
Sakuya: This could be a good opportunity.

Saki: Sigh...

Saki: It looks like it really is...
Saki: an ice age for finding a job.

Saki: Maybe I really should have gone to college.
Saki: It doesn't feel like I'm going to get a job just by continuing to send out my resume.

Saki: If only there was an expert on jobs...
Saki: that could teach me how to get a job.

Hayate: Looks like you've been working hard.

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Hayate: How has the job hunt been going?
Saki: Oh, Hayate-sama...

Saki: That's it! He's only 16 and he's a monster when it comes to jobs.
Saki: He could give me some pointers on finding a job...

Saki: Um, Hayate-sama!!
Saki: How am I supposed to find a job?

Hayate: Eh?
Hayate: How to find a job...?

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Hayate: Couldn't you just go to Tokyo U?
Saki: He's no help at all!!

Saki: N-not like that. I want some more practical advice.
Hayate: Eh!?
Hayate: Th-then...

Hayate: Write a resume and take an employment test...
Saki: Someone who doesn't know that much shouldn't be working!!

Hayate: Well, I'm only 16, but I've been going from part time job to part time job since I was pretty young and now I'm working as a butler.
Hayate: I don't have much advice I can give...
Saki: I-I suppose that's true...

Hayate: I may not be able to give any advice on getting a job...

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Hayate: but I think the outfit that suits you the best...
Hayate: is your maid uniform.

Saki: Hayate-sama...

Wataru: You don't need to find...
Wataru: a new job, Sakiiii!!

Saki: Y-young master...
SFX: Pant pant

Wataru: I just borrowed a hundred million...
SFX: Pant
Wataru: on the store's mortgage on Sakuya's advice.

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Hayate: Ehh!?

Wataru: I will start a new business with that money!!
Wataru: I'll make tons of money and become Japan's Zuckerberg!!

Wataru: I won't be late in paying your wages!!
Wataru: So...!! Don't quit working at the store and come with me, Sakiiii!!

Saki: U-
Saki: Umm...

Saki: I was never going to quit the store.
Wataru: Hah!?

Wataru: B-but as soon as you knew I wasn't going to pay you, you started looking for a job...so...
Saki: Oh, about that...

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Saki: If you can't pay me...
Saki: I was thinking of making some money and putting it into the store.

Saki: Then you could put off paying me...
Saki: Huh? What's the matter, young master?
Box: Wataru wanted to yell "What's the point in thaaaaat!?"...

Box: but hearing that...
SFX: Grab
Box: his true thoughts were...

Wataru: I will become Zuckerberg, Sakiiiii!!
Saki: O-okay!!
Box: that he really, truly would do it.

Hayate: By the way, who is Zuckerberg?
Nagi: A rich guy.

Bottom: To be continued in Issue 12 which will be released on Wednesday February 16th.

Margin: Money cannot buy happiness. But you can't protect happiness without money. Wataru, the boy businessman, is heading out to the ocean of business!?