Hayate the Combat Butler: Can't Take My Eyes Off You

[Rastamepas]

Hayate the Combat Butler: Can't Take My Eyes Off You
(a.k.a. Hayate no Gotoku (2012))

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Felt like watching this luckily it's standalone from the previous two seasons since I still haven't watched the second. The art and animation is a lot different to me, so far I'm not enjoying the art as I did in the first season.

Episode 1

Still decent comedy, Nagi can be an annoying character at times, but still has moments where I enjoy her despite being one of "those" tsundere characters. I'm hoping they bring more of the cast it soon. So it looks like we get to hunt some aliens..

[Zaig]

Originally Posted by Rastamepas

The art and animation is a lot different to me, so far I'm not enjoying the art as I did in the first season.

This is the major issue I have with this season.

Episode 1

So at the end a random girl announces she's Nagi's little sister. Didn't I just see this in another anime...oh right, Nakaimo. I am pretty bored with this device now... The first episode was okay other than that, but it felt like a much weaker opening episode than the first and second seasons.

[Viduus]

Huh, for some reason I thought this was supposed to be a complete series reboot, not just a third season.

Anyhoo

yeah, the art and character models are different but I like that they seem a little bit more... grown up, I guess you could say?

I'm also a little sad narrator guy is gone :(

Regardless of anything, I'm glad it's back!

[kawainu]

Originally Posted by Viduus

I'm also a little sad narrator guy is gone :(

First new episode in ages and there is no narrator. I wasn't sad, I was just angry. I think the lack of the fun narrator is what made this first episode weak.

I hope it gets better next week.

[Nihatclodra]

I'm far from done with the manga, but shouldn't

the Athena arc be next? This feels like a anime-only story...

also, the new art does not fit the series, and the mansion doesn't even look the same. The new art works fine for the characters themselves, but that's about it.

[Damias]

Originally Posted by Viduus

Huh, for some reason I thought this was supposed to be a complete series reboot, not just a third season.

That's what I thought to when I went into this... I might have to stall this since I haven't finished the first season...

[Rastamepas]

Nihat. This IS an anime only series. Its suppose to be stand alone

[Etue]

So it's actually a third season, unexpected because I heard to wasn't going to be.

The first episode left no impression on me, hope it gets better than this.

and it's a stand-alone was mentioned above, I'm not sure how I feel about that honestly.

[Rastamepas]

Its not a third season in terms on manga anime progression. As far as i know its an original non manga based stry written by the same author.

[kawainu]

Just like the guy above said, this is an original season unrelated to the manga, but it's chronologically placed after the events of the second season.