ハヤテのごとく！/Hayate no Gotoku Manga
Hayate the Combat Butler Chapter 523 Review

SPOILER Summary/Synopsis:

Chiharu praises Nagi for her latest manga storyboard and promises to help her with it.

Hayate and Maria pay Mikado a visit in his massive mansion, where they discover that he’s just suffering from a popular radio show being canceled. Hayate marvels at the massive amount of staff that serves Mikado and gets confirmation from Hayate that if Nagi inherits the Sanzenin fortune, she will get all of this, staff included.

Hayate decides to have a chat with Mikado regarding the final game for the inheritance. Mikado shows him the control room, which is filled with suits of armor. In the center of the room in a special, locked, glass case, Mikado has his will. The person who unlocks it and puts their name on the will inherits the lot.

Hayate starts to ask why Mikado doesn’t just give it to Nagi, but Mikado is interrupted when Hisui and her maid Housen show up. Housen, whom Hayate has battled in the past, introduces Hayate as Nagi’s butler, whom Hisui id’s as Himegami’s replacement.

Thoughts/Review:

Well, Hata-sensei just keeps rolling the plot out. Not surprising if he’s wanting to end this sucker sooner rather than later.

With Nagi getting starry-eyed over Chiharu’s praise for her manga, combined with the original conditions of the inheritance laid out by Mikado (make Nagi cry), I think she will be the one to open the path the the Royal Garden. We’ll see if I’m right or not.

I think seeing the massive number of staff serving Mikado convinced Hayate to move forward to make sure Nagi inherits the lot from Mikado. With that amount of servants, should Hayate or Maria (or both) leave Nagi’s service, she would not be at a loss for help. That’s what I think Hayate is thinking.

It is a shame that we never got to hear the reason that Mikado made getting the Sanzenin inheritance a contest rather than just giving it all to Nagi. I hope we learn that explanation before the manga ends.

Finally, we see the return of HOUSEN Yozora and the proper introduction of HATSUSHIBA Hisui. As I recall things, Yozora was quite powerful, even able to fend off an attack from Isumi. We know almost nothing about Hisui, so I’m looking forward to seeing where Hata-sensei takes all of this.

In the end, Hayate the Combat Butler chapter 523 is pretty interesting, pushing forward the main plot as well as Nagi’s manga story. Can’t wait to see what happens next.