Monday, September 10, 2007

Hayate no Gotoku

Introduction.........
Hayate the Combat Butler
(ハヤテのごと! Hayate no Gotoku! is a Japanese manga series, written by manga author Kenjiro Hata, about a boy who starts a new job as a butler and the events he experiences with his employer. The manga is currently on its twelfth volume in Japan. The English edition of the series has been licensed by Viz Media for distribution in North America. The style of the manga has a comedic gag with a slight harem feel which constantly breaks the fourth wall. The series includes references to other anime, manga, video games, and popular culture. An anime adaptation of the manga started airing on April 1, 2007 on TV Tokyo.

Plots and Storyline

Hayate Ayasaki is renowned as the industry's fastest delivery boy, until his employer fires him after learning that he is underage on Christmas Eve. To his dismay, he learns that his irresponsible parents, whom he supported since the age of eight, received his monthly payment of 170,000 yen. Returning home, he finds that they lost all but twelve yen gambling away his salary and garnered a 156,804,000 yen debt to a yakuza, who they attempt to pay off by selling Hayate's organs as a Christmas gift.

Escaping from the yakuza, Hayate decides to kidnap a young girl named Nagi Sanzen'in for ransom money, but fails miserably by giving away his own name. In addition to that, his intended hostage mistakes his request for her to come with him to be a confession of love. Just as Hayate lies down and waits to freeze to death, a bike runs over him and he meets Maria, who is looking for Nagi. Hayate is smitten with her at first glance, though initially, he lies to Maria by saying that he didn't know anything about Nagi. Hayate's spirits lift when Maria gives Hayate her scarf, and shocked by her kindness, he goes on to save Nagi when she is kidnapped by a pair of brothers who owed money to the same yakuza. After saving Nagi, she says that she is in Hayate's debt, and Hayate asks her to repay the debt by finding him a new job before collapsing from his injuries. This leads him to becoming Nagi's new butler, who must protect Nagi from all sorts of trouble while performing normal duties alongside Maria, who is Nagi's maid
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1 comment:

luci said...

rui-chan !!! ^^ you are officially the greatest *glomps*