History Manga / HayateCrossBlade

Not to be confused with [[HayateTheCombatButler another Hayate]].

!!''Hayate Cross Blade'' contains examples of:

** One you reach S rank the only fight you're officially allowed to have is against the number 1 spot. "Officially" being the key word as Hitsugi can be convinced to bend the rules, and in the case of the mountain Hike throw them out completely in favor of a free for all.

* GagSeries: At its heart its a comedy, but that doesn't mean it wont take itself seriously from time to time.

* HypocriticalHumor: Hitsugi is the greatest offender, but several characters will indulge in this.

* IdiotHero: So...so many. Chapter titles don't always refer to Hayate. This is also by far the most common insult there isn't really a character who hasn't been called an idiot at least once.

** One you reach S rank the only fight your officially allowed to have is against the number 1 spot. "Officially" being the key word as Hitsugi can be convinced to bend the rules, and in the case of the mountain Hike throw them out completely in favor of a free for all.

%%* HypocriticalHumor

* NoExportForYou: Volumes 9 and onward have no official release outside Japan, as the licenses for the Media Works run and Shueisha run are held separately. [[UpdatedRerelease Shueisha did however re-publish the first eight Japanese volumes with covers in the standardized style used for other volumes under the Ultra Jump label, together with some extra material.]]

* ArtEvolution: Not anything dramatic, but certainly there.

** The Student Council: Akira, Sae, Kurea, and Minori can often be seen with each other, and are occasionally joined by Sid and Nancy. And of course, the current members of the Student Council all regularly associate with Hitsugi and Miyamoto.

* [[IHaveYourWife The A-Team Has Your Orphan]]: Akira's fan club decides kidnapping is the best way to get Hayate to stop spending time with their idol.

* DefeatMeansFriendship: Except in the most antagonistic matches, most important fights end with the parties spending more time together in the future. Even with the aforementioned antagonistic match, hostilities die down after one party has defeated the other.
* DuelsDecideEverything: The school is run by whoever the best fighter happens to be, an almost all fights are two-on-two duels.

First running in Media Works' Dengeki Daioh magazine, Hayate Cross Blade has since moved on to Shueisha's Ultra Jump, and currently (as of December 2013) has a total of 18 published volumes and 6 drama [=CDs=]. The first Ultra Jump run concluded with its 110th chronological chapter across both magazines (titled "Overtime," the previous chapter was titled "Final," instead of a sequential number); Hayate × Blade 2, [[OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo with "2" pronounced as "nyan,"]] began serialization in the October 2013 issue of Ultra Jump. 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 Shizuru Hayashiya and published in America by SevenSeasEntertainment, this series is a comedy stuffed full of LesYay.

First running in Media Works' Dengeki Daioh magazine, Hayate Cross Blade has since moved on to Shueisha's Ultra Jump, and currently (as of December 2011) has a total of 15 published volumes and 6 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 Shizuru Hayashiya and published in America by SevenSeasEntertainment, this series is a comedy stuffed full of LesYay.

* [[AbusiveParents Abusive Grandparents]]: Ayana's grandfather tricked her into letting him abduct her away from her parents and bring her to a dojo, where put her through some very traumatic training where he essentially gave her a wooden sword and attacked her with a real katana, forcing her to find a way to stay alive.

There is now a [[Characters/{{HayateCrossBlade}} Character Page]]. It is hoped that character-related tropes will be focused there, with this page having tropes that describe the series itself.

* ActionGirl: Everyone.

* BoardingSchool: Allowing for the characters to wreak havoc on each other's lives even outside school hours.

* 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.
** Junior high; which includes Hayate, Momoka, Wanko, Kiji, Michi, Sou, Mizuchi, Riona, Ouka, Ayana, Jun, Yuho, 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.
** 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.
** Later on, the faculty forms something like a herd as well, what with Benibachi, Nagare, and other staff members getting time in the spotlight. Characters from the Nurse Team and Judges might be considered part of herds, since they are often shown with other members of those groups.

* ChallengingTheChief

* ChekhovsBoomerang: [[spoiler: Great Human Slicer Dainingen Giri.]]
* ColorFailure

* DefeatMeansFriendship: Except in very antagonistic matches, most fights end with the parties spending more time together in the future.
* DuelsDecideEverything: The school is run by whoever the best fighter happens to be.
* ElaborateUniversityHigh

* EverythingsCuterWithKittens: The Shigeru family, as well as the cat that pops up with Hayate in some illustrations.
* EverythingsBetterWithCows: Hitsugi's pet(?) Dona.
* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: Hitsugi/Shizuku vs. Minori/Kurea.
* {{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.

* FriendlyRivalry: Despite the school's primary draw being fighting, everyone gets along pretty well.

* HairContrastDuo: Hayate and Ayana. Hayate has red hair and has a cheery albeit naive personality. Ayana, who has darker hair is aloof and snarky.
* HoldingHands
* HotChickInABadassSuit: In some promotional art.
* HypocriticalHumor
* IdenticalPanelGag

* ImplausibleFencingPowers: Subverted most of the time, but some of the moves pulled by a few characters venture into this territory.

* LampshadeHanging
* LawOfChromaticSuperiority: Odds are, anyone with a white uniform is a thousand times more badass than the regular sword bearers.
* LightningGlare: Between Nagi and Ayana.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters
* MediumAwareness: Occasionally.

* NegatedMomentOfAwesome

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

* 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.
* SavingTheOrphanage: Hayate's reason for participating in the hoshitori.
* 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.

** And Riona tries to invoke this intentionally, but her [[BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine act]] just ends up being... [[CringeComedy kinda disturbing.]]
* 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...
** The outcome of Hayate's actions are consistent with her being a lot smarter than she looks, however. Well. Her, and several others.
* UnknownRival: Sonoe and Mizuchi both have a bone to pick with Ayana...she doesn't even remember who they are.

** Well... 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.
* WeirderThanUsual: According to Akira, Hayate not talking [[{{Squee}} a mile a minute]] around her is creepy.
* 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

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

->"Holding the highest of goals and striving for nothing short of absolute excellence... That, ladies, is "brilliance." It is well worth it not to ever let your brilliance dim, ladies. Money. Power. Fame. All these I will give in abundance to the brightest among you."

* HairContrastDuo: Hayate and Ayana. Hayate has red hair and has a cheery albeit naive personality. Ayana, who has dacker hair is aloof and snarky.

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

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

* AmusingInjuries

* BananaPeel
* BeatPanel

* BladeLock

* BoardingSchool
* BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine
* BowledOver

* CrossPoppingVeins
* DefeatMeansFriendship
* DuelsDecideEverything

* EmptyEyes
* [[EnhancedOnDVD Enhanced In Volume Format]]

* FacePalm

* FrameBreak
* FriendlyRivalry
* GivingUpTheGhost

* OrphanageOfLove
* PantyShot: Surprisingly few, though Jun does mention how she wants to see what lies under certain characters' skirts a dangerous number of times.

* QuiveringEyes

* SickEpisode

* {{Squee}}
* SweatDrop

* ThunderShock

* VisibleSigh

* WorldOfActionGirls

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair

* OneGenderSchool

Tenchi Gakuen is introduced as a prestigious girls' school, unique in its Sword Scholarship program in which teams, known as "shinyuu", battle each other for bragging rights and the hefty monetary rewards given to victorious teams. A more detailed outline of this system, known as ''hoshitori'', can be found on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayate_X_Blade#Hoshitori_system its page at the other wiki]].

* HairContrastDuo

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

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

Enter Kurogane Hayate, trying to impersonate her twin sister Nagi in the school until Nagi is out of rehabilitation. Initially disinterested in anything outside retaining her sister's scholarship, Hayate resolves to actively take part in battling when she finds out that their old orphanage is 8 million yen in debt with the Yakuza. Seeking out the surly Mudou Ayana, who had fallen from the upper ranks after abandoning battling in general, Hayate embarks on her mission, encountering {{Loads and Loads of Characters}} in the process.

First running in Media Works' Dengeki Daioh magazine, Hayate Cross Blade has since moved on to Shueisha's Ultra Jump, and currently (as of December 2011) has a total of 15 published volumes and 6 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.

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

!!Tropes associated with Hayate Cross Blade include:

* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Every chapter title has the word "idiot" in it.