Yes, I’m writing this instead of driving home from AX. No pictures because it’s a quick report, but something I found interesting.

There was another popularity poll for characters of the Hayate the Combat Butler series, conducted recently with its results televised in the 14th episode of the second season of the anime. I figured it’d be interesting contrasting it to the popularity results from chapter 110 of the manga (from whenever long time ago):

MANGA (CHAPTER 110)
11,753 votes (?)
1st – Hinagiku Katsura – 3,728 votes – 31.7%
2nd – Maria – 1,586 votes – 13.5%
3rd – Hayate Ayasaki (not including Hermione) – 1,503 votes – 12.7%
4th – Nagi Sanzenin – 1,103 votes – 9.4%
5th – Isumi Saginomiya – 666 votes – 5.7%
6th – Sakuya Aizawa – 431 votes – 3.7%
7th – Ayumu Nishizawa – 421 votes – 3.6%
8th – Izumi Segawa – 410 votes – 3.5%
9th – Wataru Tachibana – 220 votes – 1.9%
10th – Saki Kijima – 187 votes – 1.6%

ANIME (SEASON 2, EPISODE 14)
13,962 votes in top 10
1st – Hinagiku Katsura – 4,185 votes – 30.0%
2nd – Maria – 1,814 votes – 13.0%
3rd – Nagi Sanzenin – 1,776 votes – 12.7%
4th – Hayate Ayasaki – 1,366 votes – 9.8%
5th – Mystery Girl – 1,005 votes – 7.2%
6th – Izumi Segawa – 905 votes – 6.5%
7th – Ayumu Nishizawa – 888 votes – 6.4%
8th – Sakuya Aizawa – 881 votes – 6.3%
9th – Chiharu Harukaze – 705 votes – 5.0%
10th – Isumi Saginomiya – 437 votes – 3.1%

NOTES
* I haven’t seen episode 14 yet so this is just off of blog posts.

* Hinagiku crushes the field both times.

* Maria remains number two both times as well – surprising popularity that is not reflected much in the English otakusphere.

* Hayate and Nagi swap positions but remain podium contenders.

* Hayate is the only “guy” in the anime rankings, as Wataru drops off the top 10 in the anime rankings.

* Chiharu Harukaze is Sakuya’s maid. I’m not sure who that is. I can’t even picture her.

* Pretty sure Mystery Girl is Athena Tennos.

* Izumi gets a huge boost from anime fans, for some reason or another. I forget if she’s had any dedicated manga chapters, and whether she can be considered part of the harem.

* Meanwhile, Isumi tanks. A-tan was not introduced in the manga proper by chapter 110, so I think a lot of characters who lost votes lost them to A-tan, but Isumi’s drop in popularity is surprising, even if she ‘only’ loses 200 votes.

* In contrast, Hamster doubled her vote total but remains at roughly same position in the rankings.

* Sakuya does the same but drops to 8th position. In the end, Izumi, Sakuya, and Hamster all enjoy the same rough level of popularity. Rather then, I should sum it up so:

A ROUGH GUESS AT POPULARITY TIERS (not a personal ranking)
1 – Hinagiku
2 – nobody
3 – Hayate / Hermione Fusion (maybe)
4 – Maria, Nagi, Hayate / Hermione Separate
5 – A-tan
6 – Izumi, Sakuya, Hamster
7 – Isumi
8 – others

The more you know~

-CCY

(Personal ranking is naturally:
1 – Isumi
2 – Hayate (which one!?)
3 – Maria, Ayumu
4 – Hinagiku, Deredere Nagi, Saki
5 – others
6 – Tsundere Nagi)