Kabitzin: The problem is she’s too loli for most otaku, and too otaku for the rest who WOULD go with her; and most men don’t like being beaten by their mates at such things. Now if she was just rich and doting, and willing to spend on the otaku’s hobbies.. then she’d be a dream girl. IIRC, Genshiken commented on the matter (female otaku not seeing male otaku) due to the reason that they couldn’t stand the poor hygiene and other bad habits of the male otaku that they DID meet… and their egos wouldn’t be able to handle the women upstaging them each time. Otaku prefer elegant tsunderes who will melt and dote on them… which is probably why that type of haremette is so popular right now.

Mentar: We were lacking much Hina the past few episodes, so this was a sop… but a welcome one, sorta like the Maria daito episode in the anime, which included a Suigintou reference. Mmm… Gin-chan.

Jobrill, I’m inclined to agree with Haesslich that Nagi has a higher chance simply because she’s the main heroine of the series. But on the other hand, I suspect that Hayate won’t choose a gf i.e. typical harem ending. Best case scenario, of course, is that Nagi grows up enough to realize and accept that Hinagiku is the best girl for Hayate.

Kabitzin, but Hayate isn’t an otaku. And that’s a Konata conundrum too - why aren’t more otaku guys going out with more otaku girls?