Hayate Fan Buys 398 Copies of Shounen Sunday

by ReverseHarem
Mar 16, 2008 7:10 AM | 41 Comments

A fan of the manga and anime series, Hayate no Gotoku, bought 398 copies of the magazine Shounen Sunday. The issue came with a free card from the series' trading card game of the character Sakuya. The number 398 is apparently a play on the character's name, the reason why the fan bought that amount of copies.

To complete his task, he visted 82 different 7-11 convience stores. In each store, he would leave a few copies for others to be able to purchase a copy of the magazine.

Source: Comi Press.

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Isn't that going a little too far? XD

Mar 23, 2008 1:39 PM by YumiKirei

What a fan

*laughs*

Mar 20, 2008 1:21 AM by No_Connection

Haha agreed Konfig. Don't expect others to be charitable if you can't give some time to help out yourself o:

Mar 17, 2008 3:49 PM by Xjellocross

johnlolo said:
Better to give to the homeless or to some poor kids ..........
seriously the possibilities are endless but instead to chose that ??
Ofc who am i to judge how someone must spend his money but seriously ........

Why aren't you volunteering at a soup kitchen instead of posting on MAL?

Just as easily said.

Mar 17, 2008 11:58 AM by Konfig

Sakuya is that hot...

Mar 16, 2008 10:36 PM by fruant

Hayate no OTAKUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

Mar 16, 2008 10:29 PM by nikolai_131

Considering how worldwide anime is, he could ebay half the cards and turn a profit. This is really no different than buying game systems as they are released and selling them online. Unless you can import this worldwide with the collector card and all, this is a pretty smart move. Even the news is doing extra advertising for him for those that didn't know this was released but would still have wanted even one copy.

Mar 16, 2008 9:56 PM by Chamcham

Better to give to the homeless or to some poor kids ..........
seriously the possibilities are endless but instead to chose that ??
Ofc who am i to judge how someone must spend his money but seriously ........

Mar 16, 2008 8:36 PM by johnlolo

innominate said:
Hmmm, this guy walked around with $1000 cash.
Not to mention he had to carry around all the magazines.
It's a wonder he didn't get mugged.

Exactly.

Mar 16, 2008 8:18 PM by aero

I love the fact he has a T-shirt of her.
I want one of those cards now.

Mar 16, 2008 7:53 PM by mitamaking

Konfig said:
Damn, props to that guy. Hopefully he lives on the bottom floor xD

Mar 16, 2008 7:03 PM by TheDrunkenShadow

Damn, props to that guy. Hopefully he lives on the bottom floor xD

Mar 16, 2008 6:56 PM by Konfig

LOL, look at the Sakuya book collection :P
Even Konata from lucky star only had 3-4 copies max :P

Mar 16, 2008 6:30 PM by Friendlysoul

cyruz said:
Haha, that's a fan. xD

Roketsu said:
I like how he was considerate enough to leave a few copies lol.

innominate said:

T0sh1k1 said:
Crazy Sakuya fan lol.
this is the card that came with it if anyones wondering

Well it's a really cute card at least...

Mar 16, 2008 3:01 PM by Xjellocross

Crazy guy. It would make more sense if each issue came with a different random limited edition card or something, but 398 of the same exact thing? lol... More power to him though.

Mar 16, 2008 2:57 PM by FireReaverX

I like how he was considerate enough to leave a few copies lol.

Mar 16, 2008 2:50 PM by Roketsu

WOW that guy sounds awsome

Mar 16, 2008 2:50 PM by Corpse69

T0sh1k1 said:
Crazy Sakuya fan lol.
this is the card that came with it if anyones wondering

Well it's a really cute card at least...

Mar 16, 2008 2:43 PM by innominate

I try to picture how he was able to transport all those copies, unless he drove a car.

Mar 16, 2008 1:28 PM by stayatari

Crazy Sakuya fan lol.
this is the card that came with it if anyones wondering

Mar 16, 2008 1:07 PM by T0sh1k1