This is the 16th post in my series of posts about story arcs in the Hayate no Gotoku manga.
Arc covered: Japan, Las Vegas, and the Heavens.
Japan, Las Vegas, and the Heavens: Entry 1 of the Golden Week Grand Arc
Includes chapters 200 - 210.
Includes the Love Master Aika sub-arc, chapters 201 - 202, and the Las Vegas sub-arc, chapters 203 and 205 - 208.
Characters Introduced:
Kyoubashi Yomi-san, the gardener's daughter (who only appears in this sub-arc) (Ch. 201)
Mikoto Tachibana (Ch. 205)
Ichijou-san, Tachibana butler (Ch. 205)
Events
Wataru, Sakuya, and Saki get ready to leave, but Saki has too much luggage for Wataru's taste and Sakuya has too little, which irritates Wataru. (Ch. 200)
Ayumu is joined by the Three Amiga and Hina, who is unhappy about flying, at the airport to begin her vacation abroad. (Ch. 200)
Yukiji begins her trip with Kaoru after skipping breakfast; at the Sanzenin's, Isumi sees through Nagi's vacation plans, while Hayate is excited to travel soon. (Ch. 200)
Nagi sees Hayate talk with Yomi-san, gets jealous, and decides to help him water the garden. (Ch. 201)
Aika talks about her vacation plans with Chiharu and walks by the Sanzenin's, where she is sprayed with water. (Ch. 201)
Hayate tells Aika he will do anything for her so she takes a bath and gets him to buy her new underwear; Nagi hears this and decides to get advice from Aika, who gladly gives it for money. (Ch. 201)
Nagi attempts to help Hayate, but it takes some time, as he says odd things, before she suggests they go to a department store to solve his problem. (Ch. 202)
Hayate and Nagi go to the store and, with some assistance from Aika's service, buy some underwear, but not before Hayate is spotted by Yomi-san. (Ch. 202)
Wataru and Saki make it to Las Vegas after a stop over in Los Angeles. (Ch. 203)
Wataru and Saki think about how long it has been since their last trip and decide to enjoy the vacation. (Ch. 203)
Tama reminisces about the times he spent with Nagi and thinking that he has Nagi's passport, burns the document so that she will stay with him. (Ch. 204)
Hayate reveals he keeps his passport with him always, Maria shows that she has hers and Nagi's passports, and the burned passport is shown to be Klaus'. (Ch. 204)
On the airplane, Hina tries to sleep and Fumi reveals her and Sharna's vacation plans. (Ch. 204)
Wataru, Saki, and Sakuya go to the Grand Canyon and run into Wataru's mother Mikoto after getting scared of a squirrel. (Ch. 205)
Mikoto offers to buy the video store so that Wataru can live with her; Wataru refuses and Mikoto decides to have a gambling match. (Ch. 205)
Saki asks Wataru who he wants to spend his life with and he tells Saki he wants to be with her. (Ch. 206)
The gambling match begins with Mikoto taking an early lead and Sakuya encouraging Wataru to win while forced to wear a self-destructing bunny suit. (Ch. 206)
Nagi tells Hayate a bit about Mikoto Tachibana. (Ch. 206)
Sakuya notices Mikoto using the reflection off of Saki's glasses to cheat at poker and has the game changed to roulette. (Ch. 207)
Hinagiku, Ayumu, and the Three Amiga finally arrive in Turkey and Izumi decides to send an e-mail to Hayate, which surprises Hinagiku and Ayumu. (Ch. 207)
As Saki is in a losing position, she asks Mikoto about why Mikoto wants Wataru back and Mikoto answers by talking about how she loved and lost someone and just felt something that made her want to be with Wataru again when they met. (Ch. 208)
Wataru says that he doesn't want to live in a country without many things and takes advantage of Hayate's bad luck to help Saki win the match, after a hint from Isumi. (Ch. 208)
Ichijou tells Saki to care for Wataru and Wataru tells Saki he helped her win because he could tell his mother wasn't really ready to take him back. (Ch. 208)
Nagi sees an advertisement and decides to go to An*mate to buy a limited edition item; while at the store Nagi runs into Chiharu, who works there, in the adult section. (Ch. 209)
After leaving the adult section with Chiharu, Nagi sends Hayate to get the item she wanted, but they are too late and Chiharu decides to give her own copy of the item to Nagi so that Nagi will come back. (Ch. 209)
Nagi has a dream about Hayate which throws her off to the point that Hayate thinks she is sick and sends Maria to check on her; later Hayate, Maria, and Nagi finally board the plane to Mykonos. (Ch. 210)
The Three Amiga talk about what happens next on the trip, Miki and Risa tease Izumi about Hayate and kissing, and Ayumu and Hinagiku think about what they would do if Hayate kissed them. (Ch. 210)
Commentary
This is one of my favorite sections of Golden Week, particularly the Las Vegas arc. It is like most Wataru arcs in that it is quick and covers quite a bit of material, which is the reason I really do like Wataru arcs. Another reason this is one of my favorite sections is that it sets up later points, particularly how Hayate's group runs into Hinagiku's group. This is overall a good start to Golden Week by getting things taken care of in Japan and foreshadowing the later intensity through Las Vegas somewhat.
End
(For information about some terms used within refer to the glossary, the first post of April 2013.)
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