Hayate no Gotoku! Chapter 431 Discussion

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                        Ruka... T.T

>Ofc not, baka.

Oh Ruka.



Yeah Hayate, you better regret it.

Damn you, Hata-sensei! You are too good at this! T_T Oh man, I shed many manly tears this chapter, the double layered rejection was executed so perfectly... Imagine if Hata-sensei would write an actual serious romance, my god, that could be a masterpiece.



Why double layered? Because not only Hayate rejected Ruka, he also rejected his chance at happiness as the page 15, where he suddenly stands all alone, suggests. He chose his duty/gratefulness towards Nagi over personal feelings, as he has clearly fallen for Ruka, or at least, for the first time, he wasn't a total airhead and realized what was going on.



So, Ruka joins Hinagiku and A-tan in the most lovable characters circle of Hayate no Gotoku, at least in my book. This is by far the best chapter since Athena arc. So many feelings. T_T

So bittersweet. An excellent conclusion to this arc. I myself never really connected with Ruka, but Hayate certainly did (and I felt his regret resonate in me with that last page). Great chapter.



That said, I look forward to seeing more Hinagiku (for obvious reasons) and Izumi (my dark horse favorite).

That was a sad conclusion.

So Hayate did fall for Luka <3



That breast joke, hilarious.

lol That's funny because he already has A-tan, so it doesn't matter. Loli or busty, it will always be A-Tan.

So this ends just like Ah-tan's and Hinagiku's.

Btw 431 chapters in, and we still don't get Maria's backstory 🤔 is she the final boss?

So it's clear that Hayate really fall in love to Ruka.

TheLostLight said:
Perfect way to pull the ending off. I think rather than Hayate regretting letting her go, he was regretting that he couldn't seriously love her.



I think he was regretting at how he don't have the privilege to love her because he is Nagi's butler.

Poor Hayate T_T



They're already setting up the next arc with his brother, but maybe we'll get some episodic nonsense for a little bit.

Why do you have to leave Ruka!!!! It was such a bittersweet ending. I got teary-eyed in the end. Its obvious that Hayate has feelings for her after everything that happened between them. Ruka is now on equal footing with A-tan and Hinagiku as the girl I want Hayate to end up with.

I already regret Ruka.