Title: はやてxブレード (Hayate Cross Blade) Vol. 1
Artist/Author: 林家志弦 (Shizuru Hayashiya)
Book Size/Pages: B-6, 178pp., w/o furigana
Original Serialization: Monthly Dengeki Daioh 1/04-6/04
First Printing: 7/15/04
Rating: 3/4

This series belongs to the other monthly I have, Dengeki Daioh, although I think I'm still missing a few chapters between this volume and the first volume of the monthly I have. I had thought the story would be somewhat series, but in turns out that it's a pretty funny. It basically has a energetic, but unskilled girl having to team up with a well-trained swordswoman who takes this a little too seriously. I like the character designs, but the action scenes are a bit lacking.

This story is about a girl, Hayate, who is going to a special swordsmanship school that her twin sister, Nagi, was supposed to go to. However, because her sister is in the hospital, she's taking her place. She arrives and discovers that the students at the school occasionally have challenges when a certain bell rings. They're supposed to "take" the stars that are on each other's uniforms, and they get monetary rewards for doing so. As a rule though, they have to fight in pairs. At first, Hayate's not interested but she finds out that her friend's apartment got vandalized and needs money, so she decides to participate. Hayate, who eventually gets discovered as a fraud but is allowed to remain, joins forces with a reluctant Ayana and their lives as students there start.

Bonus includes a handwritten letter from the author and a comic on the front cover.

1. 遅れて来たバカ (The Baka Who Came Late)
2. 迷走するバカ (The Baka Who Strays)
3. バカが暴かれる時 (When the Baka Was Exposed)
4. バカが頂点を目指す (The Baka Aims for the Top)
5. 突き抜けるバカ (The Baka Who Breaks Through)
6. 飛び出すバカ (The Baka Who Rushes Out)

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