History Manga / HayateCrossBlade

* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Every chapter title has the word [[{{Baka}} "idiot"]] in it.

* {{Baka}}: The title of each and every chapter uses this.

* HotChickWithASword: Easier to note who ''isn't'', for a series like this.

-->--'''[[CrazyAwesome Amachi Hitsugi]]'''

* [[IHaveYourWife The A-team Has Your Orphan]]

** Senior high; which includes Hitsugi, Shizuku, Akira, Sae, Kurea, Minori, Ensuu, Meiko, Sid, Nancy, Maki...oh, [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Tatewaki]], usually sees the student council (or ex-student council, after volume 5) together, Meiko trolling everyone she comes across, and the A-team doing what they do.

* ListOfTransgressions: The A-team records Hayate's crimes thoroughly.[[hottip:*:And by "crimes" we mean glomping Akira.]]

* {{Meganekko}}: The A-team. Yes, all of them.

* {{Expy}}: Some of the cast might remind readers of characters from Hayashiya's other major series ''StrawberryShakeSweet'', and vice versa.

* AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil: Justified in that only the top-ranked kentaisei can be part of the student council.

* [=~Everything's Cuter With Kittens~=]: The Shigeru family, as well as the cat that pops up with Hayate in some illustrations.
* [=~Everything's Better With Cows~=]: Hitsugi's pet(?) Dona.

* WeirderThanUsual: When Hayate isn't talking [[{{Squee}} a mile a minute]] around her, Akira tells her it's creepy.

* HotChickWithASword: Easier to note who ''isn't'', for a series like this

** Junior high; which includes Hayate, Momoka, Wanko, Kiji, Michi, Sou, Mizuchi, Riona, Ouka, Ayana, Jun, Yuuho, Yukari and later Nagi, can be further split into the first-years, the Momotaro-gumi (Momoka [Momotarou], Wanko [dog], Kiji [pheasant], Michi [monkey]), the third-years, or according to room assignment (Ayana and Jun, Hayate and Momoka), etc.

* FourGirlEnsemble: Since shinyuu have a tendency to hang around their partners most of the time, many of the teams close to each other have this.

* ChekhovsBoomerang: Great Human Slicer Dainingen Giri!

* [=~Everything's Better With Cows~=]: Hitsugi's pet (?) Dona.

* PitTrap: The mountain hike arc is filled with these. They are [[http://i31.tinypic.com/29xdrfn.jpg highly]] [[http://i31.tinypic.com/x55cn4.jpg effective]].

* LesYay: Shippers insist that the whole series is stuffed with this. Others look at it as an action comedy with subtext.
** Well [[LovableSexManiac Jun]] and occasionally Hayate (usually when calling Ayana her wife) do bring a certain amount along, no matter how you interpret the interaction between the other characters.

* AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil - Justified in that only the top-ranked kentaisei can be part of the student council.
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority - as described above, the student council.
* BadassLongcoat - the student council. Hitsugi probably just wanted to go by the RuleOfCool.
* {{Baka}} - The title of each and every chapter uses this.
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished - Subverted with great justice in the name of slapstick shenanigans!
* BilingualDialogue - conversations with Ensuu often result in this. The Kuroganes, Ayana, and Makoto are a few examples of characters subjected to her incomprehensible-to-them, WarriorPoet-esque statements.

* CastHerd - characters are generally seen with those in their own herds, except Hayate, who meets and gets along with nearly everyone. Additionally, shinyuu hang out with each other for most of the scenes they are in, even for Yukari and Maki, who are in junior and senior high respectively.

* [=~Everything's Cuter With Kittens~=] - The Shigeru family, as well as the cat that pops up with Hayate in some illustrations.
* [=~Everything's Better With Cows~=] - Hitsugi's pet (?) Dona.
* {{Expy}} - Some of the cast might remind readers of characters from Hayashiya's other major series ''StrawberryShakeSweet'', and vice versa.
* FirstNameBasis - Most shinyuu address each other either by first name or nickname.
* FlexibleTourneyRules - Justified, since the president has the final say, and if she thinks its interesting she'll allow it.
* FourGirlEnsemble - since shinyuu have a tendency to hang around their partners most of the time, many of the teams close to each other have this.
* GrievousHarmWithABody - ''[[CallingYourAttacks Great]] [[CrossesTheLineTwice Human]] [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Slicer]] [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/hayate_blade/v02/c011/22.html Dainingen Giri!]]''
* HotChickWithASword - Easier to note who ''isn't'', for a series like this
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming - Every chapter title has the word [[{{Baka}} "idiot"]] in it.

* ImplausibleFencingPowers - subverted most of the time, but some of the moves pulled by a few characters venture into this territory.
* {{Joshikousei}} - though a large part of the major characters are still in junior high.
* LesYay - shippers insist that the whole series is stuffed with this. Others look at it as an action comedy with subtext.

* {{Meido}} - The school festival. Hayashiya later revealed in an author's note how relieved she was to not have to draw maid uniforms anymore when the arc came to a close.
* MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours - more so in the short post-Gakuensai training arc, though thankfully never a major focal point in the first handful of volumes.
* PantyShot - Surprisingly few, though Jun does mention how she wants to see what lies under certain characters' skirts a dangerous number of times.
* PitTrap - the mountain hike arc is filled with these. They are [[http://i31.tinypic.com/29xdrfn.jpg highly]] [[http://i31.tinypic.com/x55cn4.jpg effective]].
* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship - Most, if not all shinyuu.
* SchoolgirlLesbians - Arguably, all sisters-in-arms are seen as this by their shippers, although there are also fans who see {{subtext}} between [[VitriolicBestBuds Ayana and Jun]], [[DoNotDoThisCoolThing Ayana and Mizuchi]], [[TheOneThatGotAway Ayana and Yukari]] (see the pattern forming?), [[FoeYay Momoka and Kiji]], or Jun and every single female character.
* SecondLove - Ayana, Yukari and Maki were all ex-"divorcees". Also goes for characters who have been shown taking an interest outside the partnership they were in, or ended up in.
* SlapstickKnowsNoGender - No surprise, since practically the entire cast is female, with [[GenkiGirl Hayate]] and [[LovableSexManiac Jun]] being most frequently on the receiving end.

* TalkingIsAFreeAction - Played mostly straight, with people having short conversations between sword strikes, but averted in a few cases. "They spent almost four bells just ''yelling'' at each other" indeed...
* TooDumbToLive - subverted to hell and back, almost ''everyone'' is too dumb to die. Or be tricked, or be caught threatening civilians...

* UnknownRival - Sonoe and Mizuchi both have a bone to pick with Ayana...she doesn't even remember who they are.

* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity - Ayana's past with Yukari was thought to be this [[spoiler: but Ensuu had a part in it]]. Also hinted at with [[spoiler: Ayana's grandfather.]]
* {{Yakuza}} - Smiley Finance

First running in Media Works' Dengeki Daioh magazine, Hayate Cross Blade has since moved on to Shueisha's Ultra Jump, and currently (as of June 2009) has a total of 10 published volumes and 3 drama [=CDs=]. It is notable for [[IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming having the word "baka" in every chapter title]], which has been described by some fans as a reference to not only [[IdiotHero the main character]] but also the whole cast. Written by Hayashiya Shizuru and published in America by SevenSeasEntertainment, this series is a comedy stuffed full of LesYay.

* PinkBishoujoGhetto

** Somewhat justified in that Ayana's glasses [[spoiler:really, really undercorrect her sight;]] because of this, she can't really make out faces...though if someone annoys her enough, she'll eventually be able to recognize them even if she can't see shit.

* SchoolgirlLesbians - Arguably, all sisters-in-arms are seen as this by their shippers, although there are also fans who see {{subtext}} between [[VitriolicBestBuds Ayana and Jun]], [[TruffautWasRight Ayana and Mizuchi]], [[TheOneThatGotAway Ayana and Yukari]] (see the pattern forming?), [[FoeYay Momoka and Kiji]], or Jun and every single female character.