Hayate no Gotoku ch. 249: Revelations & Decisions!!! PS Spoilers!

The tension from last chapter is diffused with Isumi fanservice courtesy of Sakuya!

So many things happen in this chapter, and there are some implications into Hayate’s past. First Isumi gives Hayate an ultimatum: Nagi or Athena, who is more important? It like a hard choice, and frankly I can see the story going either way. The real interesting part of the story though comes in this little picture below:

I honestly didn’t think they would bring up the whole “Santa Claus” thing again, and definitely not in this context. It seems Mikado has something to do with Hayate’s fixation with Santa Claus, and it’s implied that he was the Santa Claus Hayate met all those years ago. Unfortunately, it seems that part of the story won’t be delved into any deeper any time soon. For now the big thing on our minds, that we’ll find out next chapter is: Who will Hayate choose, Athena or Nagi?

Hayate no Gotoku ch. 238: Bait and Switch!!!

Arrrgh! for the last few weeks, we fans have been agonizing and anticipating Hina’s big confession to Hayate and it seems once again we were  deceived!!

ch 237 sets up the confession; the cover certainly implies it

Hina announces her intent to confess

Hayate no Gotoku Second Season Ep 14

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Hayate no Gotoku Second Season Ep 12

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Hayate no Gotoku Second Season Ep 11

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Hayate no Gotoku manga: HayateXHina Date Arc

The latest scanlations for Hayate no Gotoku have a long awaited and wanted story arc featuring Hayate and Hina’s first “date”!!! The two being who they are, are even aware of it till the very end! Here’s a few exerts:

Hayate and Hina's date at a theme park

The arc starts off with Hina wanting to act a little kinder to Hayate since it’s been pointed out to her that she’s pretty cold to him, and through some misunderstandings Hayate invites Hina out to watch a movie. The expressions on Hina’s face throughout this arc are priceless

Hina’s also surprisingly aggressive too!

This picture alone can inspire dozens of doujinshi where Hina is the aggressive one

The HayateXHina arc consists of chapters 162-164; speaking of Hina, we get a brief glimpse of “Hina in Wonderland” in ch. 147

Hina as Alice!?!? Hata Kenjiro is a man after my own heart!

It’s a shame they didn’t devote a whole chapter to a Hina-style Alice in Wonderland story; At the very least, this Hina-dressed-as-Alice picture says volumes and I would like to request……….Nay! Demand that they make a figurine of Alice Hina!!!

Hayate no Gotoku Second Season Ep 10

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Hinagiku Figurine: A Flat Chest is a Status Symbol!!

Look at those eyes! Hina's asking us to take her home!

Look at the detail of that figurene; that’s the Hinagiku Swimwear Ver. Figurine from Kotobukiya! I realize this figure has been out for quite a while, and while I’ve tried to fight the urge to buy it a certain post has me in awe at the detail and sheer greatness of this figure. So great in fact, the creator of Hayate no Gotoku Kenjiro Hata made a short strip praising the figure. The figure is flat-chested, as is Hina; though I suppose it’s a strength in this case since the details on everything from body lines to the details on her face. It truly is a flat-chested marvel (not in a bad way nor in any way a shot at Hina).

Frontside of the figure

Comic Strip Kenjiro Hata made praising the figurine

Now it’s a great figure, and as summer is quickly approaching, a thought pops into my mind “I should buy this!”. I mean the creator is praising this figure! So if I buy any Hayate no Gotoku figurine it should be one that got the creator to mention it in a comic strip right!?!? Also my birthday is coming up in July, so this can be an early gift (from myself to myself). It’s ok to spoil yourself every now and again! The only problem I can think of is that this will spark (what I like to call) “the If-you-give-a-mouse-a-cookie” paradox! If I buy this figurine, I’ll probably want this:

Hina T-shirt! Either I'm blinded by my spending or this is an awesome shirt!

This shirt caught my eye on  a site where I also found the figurine, granted if I also get the shirt it’ll snowball from there. There’s also the logical side of my brain telling me to think about how I’ll look in public wearing this. Sure you’ll get some praise at an anime con, but in the general public a 25 year old male wearing a shirt with a little girl on it……well I’m sure we all know what kind of looks and reactions that’d get. Well let me know what you think on this; especially the shirt since I find buying it to be a conflict between hobbies and common sense.

Figurine picures from:

http://www.exelica-meteor.com/2009/01/22/hinagiku-katsura-swimsuit-version-16-kotobukiya-review/

Comic Strip from:

http://www.websunday.net/backstage/hata219.html

and I’m still trying to find out where I found the T-Shirt picture from