Hayate no Gotoku manga (raw discussion only)

[madmac]

Wasn't she (Nagi) supposed to be a successful trader, or has that been retconned to make drama over her lost fortune?

It's hard to say. Nagi has shown confidence in her investment skills and supposedly learned a lot about finance from Mikado, but we don't know how successful she really is at it. Managing the estate was more Klaus's job, it's one of the reasons he was away so often.

She did put the 20 million yen directly into investments and has only mentioned it once since then. (She tells Hayate that "Plan B is stock investments" and then makes a face and says ..."Lets not talk about Plan B.") I guess that might indicate that her investments aren't doing well, but it could always turn around down the road.

I wouldn't say Nagi is actually a failure at everything she does--she's a child prodigy after all, but she often worries that she is.

... I don't.

Indeed.

[AnimeFangirl]

Okay, either way I lose.

[Used Can]

I think it was obvious she wasn't a particularly big hit in the dōjinshi world when we saw her at the end of the Greece arc. I think we simply let Chiharu's own opinion and the fact Luca is a popular idol with a cool personality make us believe she was particularly good. In fact, we even saw her work and it... well, it wasn't the sort of thing that sells a lot.

[Shadow5YA]

I was under the impression that Chiharu called Luca for doujinshi, since that's what Nagi needed help on. Why would you recommend a person who's just as bad as the person you're recommending to?

[madmac]

I was under the impression that Chiharu called Luca for doujinshi, since that's what Nagi needed help on. Why would you recommend a person who's just as bad as the person you're recommending to?

Nah. Chiharu just offered to bring Nagi to the con with her to try and cheer her up. Since she happened to like Luca's doujinshi, Chiharu offered to introduce them to each other and things happened from there. Chiharu never claimed Luca was some kind of expert. Actually she started calling Luca Nagi's "rival" right from the start, which indicates she considers them to be on roughly the same level.

[Used Can]

It seems the HnG film and Negima's will start getting screened on the same day.
http://yaraon.blog109.fc2.com/blog-entry-1894.html

[madmac]

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...d-on-august-27

Yep. Aug 27th, to be precise.

[Mentar]

Erhm... wow...

Spoiler for c320:

I'll copy Doughnut Gunso's summary over from his blog first:

o Coloured cover, and coloured title pages. As always, Nagi announced “restricted information”, while Hayate stopped her, and Maria made random jokes.

o Hayate told Hina that Luca firmly believed that he was a she, so he had to be seen as a girl, and that’s why he had to borrow Hina’s clothes.

o Hina thought that it was a really good chance to tell Luca the truth. Hayate was worried that the shocking news might affect Luca’s work.

o Hina agreed to lend Hayate her clothes, but in exchange she had to meet Luca as well. But then, “make sure you tell her the truth without giving her a shock”.

o This time, Luca was on a radio show.

o Hayate introduced Hina to Luca. Luca said that Chiharu described Hina to her as someone who was stronger than the G*nd*m.

o Hayate asked Luca whether she attended High School, and Luca said she didn’t, as many things happened.

o Luca took Hayate and Hina to her apartment, and asked them to comment on her doujinshi.

o Hayate said that Luca’s work was “uniquely inventive”, but Hina said she would tell what she honestly thought, even though she knew nothing about manga…

What's extra is from the screenshots: Obviously Hayate's request for Hina's clothes is _immediate_, as in that we see her beginning to slip out of her skirt right in front of Hayate ^_^;

This explains her totally shocked reaction from c319...

This girl...

[Used Can]

I had noticed this before, but in the films title, Hata added a quarter crescent moon to it.
He's also been using it in the manga rather usually. I wonder if it has any significance. It makes me think of Artemis.

[AnimeFangirl]

All right, so she doesn't want to see him over anything important. No reason why he can't tell her the truth now, is there? "Oh but her mental state is all fragile because of her manga--" NO.

[GlassesLady]

Originally Posted by Used Can

I had noticed this before, but in the films title, Hata added a quarter crescent moon to it.
He's also been using it in the manga rather usually. I wonder if it has any significance. It makes me think of Artemis.

What times has he used it in the manga? I can't think of any off the top of my head.

[Used Can]

Many times. I'm not sure when he started using it, but it probably started in the EoTW arc. I remember seeing several times in the Greece arc. And once or twice in the current arc.

[Icy.Tear]

Mmm...I really liked the color pages, this chapter.

Especially the one with Hayate handing the tissues to Nagi.

While the caption-The butler and the ojou-sama, start their game-free, anime-free summer-wasn't exactly deep, for some reason, I got chills while reading it. Ahh...I really love this manga.

[Mentar]

c320 made me smile. Why? Because it looks fairly obvious to me that Hata is finally returning Hina to her roots once again: A voice of reason and common sense that tries and manages to HELP and make a real difference. She's been the butt of jokes and always will be. Fine ... but _this_ is why I'm shipping for her.

[Game8910]

I just want this whole doujinshi deal to reach an end...I wanna reach that one page from that flashforward already!

[Anh_Minh]

So... Hina obviously had spare clothes. She wore them to the meeting with Luka. So, why did Hayate wear the uniform fresh off her back?

[AnimeFangirl]

What was in that color page flashforward? Anything important?

[Tom Bombadil]

Originally Posted by Anh_Minh

So... Hina obviously had spare clothes. She wore them to the meeting with Luka. So, why did Hayate wear the uniform fresh off her back?

What are you talking about? Those spare clothes has neither her scent nor her warmth.

[Mentar]

You guys are actually trying to tackle this show with logic? Are you serious? ^_^

I'd like to look at it this way:

1) Another great chance to show an embarrassed Hina

2) Another great chance to show a jealous Hina

3) Another great chance to show that when it counts, Hina is a sport

and first and foremost,

4) Another great chance to show a _stripping_ Hina

[Shinn Kamiyra]

Originally Posted by Tom Bombadil

What are you talking about? Those spare clothes has neither her scent nor her warmth.

That would've been awesome. Sadly, Hayate is a blockhead, so doubtful he'd ever come out and notice something like that out on his own. Save it for a compromising closet situation where it's just him and Hina alone together. XD