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It's generally hard to tell which show people like more, because some people are simply louder than others, but I share your impression.

I think my biggest problem with season 1 was that they did a lot of references to shows I had never seen, which made a lot of stuff appear just random and pointless to me and awesome to others. Plus with all the references and parodies there wasn't enough time for a serious plot that would make me care about what happened.

Considering that season 2 was apparently closer to the manga and the manga's creator is directly involved in this one I suspect that season 2 fans might be the luckier ones. Either way, it looks like the creator's ideas are good enough to shine through any kind of production ^^

Indeed. That's how life is and what a show usually requires to be rated 'masterpiece' by me (which didn't happen with HnG yet, but I must've had my reasons).

Great....more comedy.

It's funny how people think this is a true Season 3, it isn't.

Thanks Maglobe for creating this ugly mess. You just ruined the Hayate no Gotoku franchise in the anime department for me and many more. Congrats!

Dropping this crap after 4th episode. After they defiled Hina-chan on the previous episode, I couldn't go on any longer.

Just take a look at the comparion of Hinagiku of season 1, 2 and 3...
http://yaraon.blog109.fc2.com/blog-entry-12451.html
I don't know why they made the new Hayate season like this. I wonder what they were thinking...really. The character design really pushes the limit of me. I watch this season because I love Hayate no Gotoku, but with this.... plus the humor seems to have turned harsher and the many very weird intermissions do not help...The new character is a turn-off for me so far...sakuga turned worse; pacing turned worse... I think I am on the verge of dropping it too..

Really strange that apparently the author seems to be actively involving in this new season... How come it becomes like this??

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If you'd notice, the latest chapter's designs are like that too... maybe it was originally the intended design? But J.C Staff just made it look better...

What I noticed, and it seems quite many fans in Japan also agree, is that the latest design may look a bit odd on manga, but when it gets animated it looks damn jarring. I also wonder whether those random bits that are not connected to the main story at all are the author's idea -- it also looks jarring and it misses more than hits (even though I am quite used to Japanese humor).

Well, Hinagiku is already irritating, making her slightly uglier doesn't ruin anything for me. And I have no clue what problem you people have with the designs anyway, I stomach them okay.

And while I do agree this anime was worse than others (although I still remember the first season as a bad one, probably all the stupid anime-originals and being much less colorful compared to s2), but Can't Take My Eyes Off You tuned out pretty well story-wise, IMO. Sure, it starts kicking in the last third, only dropping a few hints before that, but Hata managed to make the story interesting and I think any Hayate no Gotoku fan should watch the series beginning to end, there are some revelations about the characters, particularly Nagi's parents.

Also, they finally animated the "Who's Paying" piece, I've been waiting to see animated for years. Sure, they made some changes, but I don't care, one of the funniest HnG yet for me.

+1, cannot say this better.