A sequel manga, Hayate × Blade 2, began serialization in the September 2013 issue of Ultra Jump.
Three drama CDs based on the manga were released in Japan by Frontier Works in collaboration with Geneon between March 2006 and May 2008.
However, knowing that her old orphanage is in eight million yen in debt, and is being harassed by collectors, Hayate resolves her mind to take part in the fights.
Though there is no major difference in their actions in actual battle, the "Heaven" and "Earth" are usually considered to take the offensive and the defensive respectively.
On special occasions, such as during the sports festival, winning results in a team receiving double the usual number of points.
Breaking rules can result in points being deducted from a team, with harsher punishments like confinement for severe offenses.
Council members wear a uniform distinctly different from other students, and have been shown carrying out duties such as planning events.
These duels are limited to council members only, with the defeated party given a choice between an unlimited number of future challenges or to forfeit their sword-bearer status.
Two students enter a pact via an application to the school administrative staff and exchanging the rings attached to the hilts of their swords.
This is seen as a deep commitment much like the "marriage" that it symbolizes, and there have been occasions when sisters-in-arms are called "husband", "wife", or some variation thereof.
Eight tankōbon volumes were released in Japan by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Comics imprint between June 26, 2004 and January 26, 2008,[4][5] though Shueisha republished the eight volumes under their Young Jump Comics imprint featuring new covers, new character descriptions and revised panels.
[7] As a result of the change of magazines in Japan, Seven Seas Entertainment lost the rights to continue publishing further English-language volumes of the manga series.
A sequel manga, Hayate × Blade 2, began serialization in the September 2013 issue of Ultra Jump.
Three drama CDs based on the manga series were released by Frontier Works in collaboration with Geneon between March 24, 2006 and May 21, 2008.
The third drama CD features original material, with most recurring cast members being voiced in at least one track.