Hayate no Gotoku - Favourite Character(s) Poll

[Yaoi_Daisuki]

sakuya definitely . . she is real kind ( etc in 42 it shows that she give up her place in school for that DVD boy just to hope that the Dvd boy could get some developement with izumi)
there are other scenes too but couldnt rem it

nt too sure if she could be classified under tsundere, i guess nt huh?

[Leon_Lelouch]

Hina is the best of the best!!!!
And I also vote for Maria and Ten no Koe.....

[Blizzer]

Why is Hina so popular? she has barely any screen time, I don't think she's that interesting really and she looks pretty much like a pink haired Nagi.

I voted for Maria because she's the best (and cutest) character in the show, hopefully there will be some relationship development with Hayate in the future.

[Epoq]

It's a tough call for me, I like most of the characters in the series save for Yukiji. Well, she does have her place in the anime but she gets on my nerves sometimes.

*ahem* Anyway, my vote goes to Sakuya. She cracks me up just about every time she smacks someone with her paper fan and every episode with her around is just made more enjoyable.

[anselfir]

Originally Posted by Blizzer

Why is Hina so popular? she has barely any screen time, I don't think she's that interesting really and she looks pretty much like a pink haired Nagi.

I voted for Maria because she's the best (and cutest) character in the show, hopefully there will be some relationship development with Hayate in the future.

hina is the independent and yet sensitive young girl. very much a figure of sympathy, i'd say superior to the bumbling and idiotic typical teenager boy lead.

[Traece]

Hina has lots of screen time, actually. There's been, what, around three or four episodes that were based entirely around her existence? Also, I'm a huge Hina x Hayate guy. I'm sure most of us are now. She's a skilled, attractive, and beautiful (emotionally) woman. She just seems to have this wonderful appeal no matter where she's going or what she's doing.

[anselfir]

still holding onto maria route here

[dave1992]

Hinagiku, for sure.
Sakuya, really kind, actually.
Risa, I feel bad... Only 4 vote darnit...

[Blizzer]

Originally Posted by anselfir

hina is the independent and yet sensitive young girl. very much a figure of sympathy, i'd say superior to the bumbling and idiotic typical teenager boy lead.

I can see your points, but she really isn't as off the wall in as the rest of the characters , and I don't really find normal interesting.

Hayate isn't an idiot or bumbling! give him a break after what he has been through
the only thing weird about him is his freakish strength.

Maria has to be the cutest character and most caring, also a maid and butler relationship has the most appeal to me.

[GaLe]

Maria is the cutest, smartest, etc2...
And I like Maria too

But Hina has a point which attract people
She's independent, smart, yet has girly side
Just like in the eps 48

Many people, I mean many many people, like Hina
Just see the eps 48 thread

XD XD

[dave1992]

Lol, If Hinagiku didn't have those attractive point, then Episode 48 wouldn't be that broken (11/10, The only one that could did is Hina, for sure :P)

[FiREwing]

I'm a Rie Kugimiya fan so Nagi is my favorite character. I only voted for Nagi and the narrator though because Hina had so many votes already.X_X I'm agonizing over it now.

[LeaD36]

Hina + Narrator guy

haven´t seen a show where the characters would constantly argue with the narrator^^, and he even got accused of murder LOL \o/

Hina is just pure awesomeness

btw i wouldn´t watch this sure if it wasn´t for Hina ;/, Hayate seems a bit dull at moments, rather go with Harima from SR

[Lucipher]

not like she needed it up HINA all the way ^^

*Edit* Hey is it true Hina also Dominates most JP polls also?

[frustra]

Originally Posted by Lucipher

not like she needed it up HINA all the way ^^

*Edit* Hey is it true Hina also Dominates most JP polls also?

in the manga poll (volume 11), yes.

in a poll conducted in Akiba (not so recent, though), Nagi was at the top with a slight margin.

[tripperazn]

Originally Posted by frustra

in the manga poll (volume 11), yes.

Well, that was right after the end of the Hina arc, so I'd say it was biased in her favor.

[LeaD36]

screw u ppl, i want hayate no gotoku manga aswell TT

[MercFH]

Tama and Kijima for me FTW
also Hayate and Hinigiku obv. altho i do like Maria alot too

[Mentar]

Originally Posted by frustra

in the manga poll (volume 11), yes.

in a poll conducted in Akiba (not so recent, though), Nagi was at the top with a slight margin.

Which is really amazing considering that the anime has purposely gutted all relevant Hina arcs from the manga in the second half, and been pushing Nagi's role at every possible opportunity.

In the manga, up to the very day, Hina (and to a much lesser degree, Hamster due to her Hina connection) is the _only_ character that receives a continuous and non-resetting development. Basically, the cycle stays the same: Nagi has the highest exposure, but more or less remains the same wealthy kid everyone is circling around. Maria as gentle family mother surrogate is also featured prominently, but she never really changes. Then we have some more comedy-of-the-week hijinks with the secondary line characters (Isumi, Sakuya, Wataru). Then we get introduced to 1-2 new characters without relevance which are quickly forgotten. And finally we're back to Hina/(Hamster) for usually ~3 chapters where things _develop_. Meaning what happened in the past actually matters and some new building blocks are being added.

This is the part of Hayate no Gotoku which has the strongest impact by far. In my opinion, this IS the main storyline, and the fact that the mangaka spends alot of chapters on it shows that he is very much aware that THIS is the show's best part.

And this best part has been REMOVED from the anime. Even worse, in Hayate 52 something happens which effectively precludes the proper start of the main arc. Instead we're getting bribed off with a cutified and dumbed-down version of the much more complex and complicated Hina from the manga, see episode 48. Not that I didn't like the episode, but I feel that the anime tries too hard to stick to the development-less "comedy of the week" format.

Right now I'm feeling extremely disappointed and even a bit angry. And that even under these highly hostile circumstances Hina is still doing so good actually shows where the show's strengths really lie.

[frustra]

we can always hope that they will focus on this storyline come Season 2.