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Spoiler for the results for the popularity poll is out. finally, phew. And spoiler of 218:

1. Katsura Hinagiku with 4185 votes
2. Maria with 1814 votes
3. Sanzenin Nagi with 1776 votes
4. Ayasaki Hayate with 1366 votes
5. Tennous Athene with 1008 votes

And from here, since I'm lazy, I'll leave out how many votes the characters got:


6. Segawa Izumi
7. Nishizawa Ayumu
8. Aizawa Sakuya
9. Harukaze Chiharu
10. Saginomiya Isumi

11. Hibino Fumi
12. Kasumi Aika
13. Tama
14. Tachibana Wataru
15. Kijima Saki

16. Katsura Yukiji
17. Shiranui
18. Hanabishi Miki
19. Kumeta Kouji (Hata's sensei)
20. Rin Rejiousta (The priest)

21. Asakaze Lisa
22. Kurausu Seishiro
23. Segawa Kotetsu
24. Sanzenin Yukariko
25. Hata Kenjiro (The author of Hayate no Gotoku)

26. Azumamiya Kotaro
27. Orumust Najya (The god)
28. Sharuna Aramgil
29. Kaoru Kyosuke
30. Ookouchi Taiga



And the chapter is continuation of the last chapter. No mention of character popularity poll whatsoever. And as for the b-day suit thingy... Well, it was cute, but most of her body was covered up in the school uniform, mind you. And A-tan appears again, but not in front of the Hayate and the others.

Spoiler for Some more interesting facts I found while reading through Hata's diaries.:

1. People from Sanzenin family has 'sharp' eyes. Sakuya's eyes prove that she's Nagi's blood relative.

2. Hata's previous piece, 'Lifesavers!' is closely related to 'Hayate no Gotoku!'. The characters from there appear in Hayate as Hayate's highschool friends. It is planned that they will appear more often as the timeline approaches summer.
(Lifesavers! ended with 5 chapters, so you can't get it in volume.)

3. Hakuo's clocktower's official name is 'Garden Gate'.

4. At the series's planning stage, Hata thought about having a granny as main maid.

5. Normally, Hayate makes meals for himself and Maria and Maria makes meals for Nagi. They generally eat quickly before Nagi does so that they can serve her.

6. Hina's father is on abroad at the moment.

7. Yukiji generally teaches well, but since she doesn't have high concentration, her classes turn into baseball games.

8. Hayate said he never had a girlfriend, yet he later mentioned that he has one. The reason why he did so will be revealed later on.

9. Maria seems to be at the core of the plot. Hata mentioned that 'If I don't continue Maria's past story little by little, then the series will never end.'

10. Saginomiya family doesn't have offensive powers.

11. Aika is older than Hayate, but she's at the same grade as she dropped out of the school for one year due to her bad health.