ハヤテのごとく！/Hayate no Gotoku Chapter 385
Hayate the Combat Butler Manga Chapter 385

SPOILER Summary/Synopsis:

For a moment, Nagi considers Hayate’s question regarding what she’d do without him, then fills a squirt gun with water and squirts him, telling him in no uncertain terms that she can live on her own. When Hayate points out her flaws, as Maria had done earlier, Nagi squirts him again and tells him that those are different issues. After all, if she says she can live on her own, she can live on her own.  Hayate is not convinced and decides to do something.

In the cabin, Chiharu and Ayumu visit Ruka. Ruka asks if Nagi is Hayate’s master, which they confirm. She tells them that she confessed to Hayate, shocking Ayumu and Chiharu, but when she says that Hayate turned her down, Ayumu is relieved. However, Ayumu quickly discovers that was a mistake, as Ruka reveals that she’s already come up with another plan. As such, Ayumu feels she needs to lose 3 kilos to fight at Ruka’s level.

The group goes to the real Rainbow Village resort, where Nagi decides to show Hayate she can handle things herself. However, she’s quickly put down when she can’t reach the yukata she wants as it is on a high shelf. She takes one on lower shelf, but angrily tells Hayate that she can live on her own.  Hayate decides that he will make sure Nagi can do just that. As such, he calls Nagi’s grandfather, Mikado, who had been expecting his call.

In the outdoor onsen, Nagi seriously ponders what would happen if Hayate and Maria were to leave her service. As such, if she doesn’t get the Sanzenin inheritance or the like, then she will have to do something else, and tells Ruka, who’s now entering the bath, that she will create a manga that will not lose to Ruka.

Thoughts/Review:

Because titles like Hayate the Combat Butler spurred me to watch the original Mobile Suit Gundam series, I was able to laugh at Ayumu’s Gundam references because I understood them. Just goes to show that while watching classic anime may not be a hip thing to do, it is a good thing to do. ^_^

Anyway, losing a little weight in order to “battle” Ruka seems a bit silly to me, but that’s what Ayumu has decided.

I was completely wrong about Nagi not getting upset with Hayate for asking her about what she’d do without him. However, I was glad to see that she seriously considered his words. Well, she should since he was basically echoing Maria. I hope that her words to Ruka about not losing are true. If episode 5 of the Hayate the Combat Butler: Can’t Take My Eyes Off You series is an indication, then I think Nagi will succeed.

As to Hayate’s call to Mikado, I suspect that he’ll do what it takes to make sure that Nagi moves back to the mansion with her riches intact. What all Mikado will have Hayate do is more of a mystery, but I hope Hata-sensei doesn’t get this overwhelming desire to abandon the plot for a while so he can just shoot off some sort gag chapters.