Hayate the Combat Butler manga (Viz Edition only)

[Pellissier]

Welcome to the Viz English translated Hayate the Combat Butler manga discussion thread. Please remember this thread is only for discussion of those chapters released by Viz, if you wish to discuss the latest raw chapters then please use the Hayate no Gotoku manga (raw discussion only) thread.

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Vol 1 Release Date: November 21, 2006. Amazon link

Vol 2 Release Date: February 13, 2007. Amazon link

Vol 3 Release Date: May 8, 2007. Amazon link

Vol 4 Release Date: August 14, 2007. Amazon link

Vol 5 Release Date: November 13, 2007. Amazon link

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[Fruitfly]

Here's the amazon links for vol 6 and 7
http://www.amazon.com/Hayate-Combat-...dp/1421515202/
http://www.amazon.com/Hayate-Combat-...dp/1421516829/
(lol they got the author wrong for vol 7)

I believe Viz is doing a good job so far except I hate the colours they use for the covers. Volume 1 is pink, volume 4 is baby blue, and volume 6 is purple. The Japanese covers are white. What is Viz thinking giving a shounen series a pink cover?

[Fruitfly]

I hate to double post, but has anyone manage to buy volume 5?
I went to two bookstores and a comic store today and I couldn't find a copy.
Had no problem buying vol4, so I was wondering if Viz dropped it or something.

[xris]

I have Vol 5 on my Amazon (UK) wish list (along with Vol 6 and 7). Currently the status for Vol 5 is "Not in stock; order now and we'll deliver when available", Vol 6 status is "Available for pre-order".

[Fruitfly]

Originally Posted by xris

I have Vol 5 on my Amazon (UK) wish list (along with Vol 6 and 7). Currently the status for Vol 5 is "Not in stock; order now and we'll deliver when available", Vol 6 status is "Available for pre-order".

Thanks for the info.
Amazon Canada still has volume 5 as preorder.
I'll guess I'll check the stores again next week.

[GyroidFanatic]

I've been thinking about picking up the manga for a few weeks now. How is Viz's translation?

[Fruitfly]

Originally Posted by GyroidFanatic

I've been thinking about picking up the manga for a few weeks now. How is Viz's translation?

I'm no translator so I can't tell you how accurate they are, but all the references matched the ones in the anime and the scanlators did not. I personally liked the way some lines were worded by the scanlators, nevertheless the translation are similar.

I guess the only things that bothered me were

Spoiler for manga vol4:

- They named the school "Hakuou Gakuin". I dunno why but I don't like how Gakuin sounds. Maybe I'm saying it wrong. It's just a personal thing.
- Nagi claims she skipped "a grade" which makes it sound like she only skipped one grade, but she really skipped a few.