This is the eighteenth post in my series of posts about story arcs in the Hayate no Gotoku manga.
Arc covered: Volleyballs, a Sunset, and Penta the Penguin.
Volleyballs, a Sunset, and Penta the Penguin: Entry 3 of the Golden Week Grand Arc
Includes chapters 221 - 230.
Characters Introduced: None
Events
Gilbert challenges Hayate to a game of volleyball so that he will have a slight chance of winning, with a robot partner, Hayate's King's Jewel, but Nagi refuses until Gilbert angers her. (Ch. 221)
Hinagiku ponders how to move forward with Hayate, getting advice from Ayumu and coming to the beach in time to be picked as Hayate's partner in the game since Gilbert deems her the weakest girl. (Ch. 221)
The game begins and Hinagiku decides to not do her best so that Hayate will continue to think of her as a weak girl. (Ch. 222)
After Hinagiku takes a fall, Gilbert reveals his reasons for picking Hinagiku, Hayate apologizes for putting Hinagiku into a dangerous situation while she feels off, and Hinagiku decides to do her best to defeat Gilbert and help Hayate by spiking the ball into the robot. (Ch. 222)
Hinagiku and Hayate make quick work of most of the robots so Gilbert tries to get a win on rules and says that Hinagiku must wear a swimsuit to be a legal player. (Ch. 223)
Hinagiku throws off her sweatshirt and defeats the last robot, proving Gilbert wrong about all his assumptions. (Ch. 223)
Hinagiku runs off and Nagi sends Hayate after Hinagiku to thank her for helping and Hayate follows, but decides to lecture Hinagiku about modesty, which earns him a punch. (Ch. 223)
Hayate explains that he is lecturing about modesty because he finds Hinagiku cute, which causes Hinagiku to become extremely happy. (Ch. 224)
Hinagiku doesn't want Hayate to know she is happy, so she puts on a scary face that makes Hayate think she is angry; when Hayate asks why she is angry, Hinagiku's stomach growls, embarrassing her and causing her to run away. (Ch. 224)
Hayate follows and prevents her from falling off of a cliff, causing both to end up in an awkward position in front to Aika. (Ch. 224)
Hayate expresses his inability to thank Hinagiku properly to Aika and Aika tells him to take Hinagiku to a certain restaurant overlooking Athens, which Hayate decides he will do. (Ch. 224)
Hayate tells Nagi and Maria of his plan to take Hinagiku out and Nagi decides that she will take Ayumu sightseeing the night of the dinner. (Ch. 225)
Ayumu runs into Sister Sonia and ends up asking for a recommendation for a beach with a good view of the sunset; Hayate, looking for Ayumu, hears screaming and runs toward the sound which causes him to meet Sonia. (Ch. 225)
Sonia tells Hayate that she wants his King's Jewel, explains her reasons, and when Hayate doesn't hand it over decides to use her trump card, removing her skirt and threatening to call for help. (Ch. 225)
Sonia steals the stone while Hayate is busy hiding from Ayumu and Hayate begins to freak out about how he needs to retrieve the stone within 24 hours once Sonia flees. (Ch. 226)
Ayumu gets Hayate to stop freaking out and with her knowledge and a some thinking on Hayate's part, Ayumu and Hayate confront Sonia at her house to retrieve the stone; Sonia then threatens to destroy the stone. (Ch. 226)
Sonia rants about how she doesn't want Nagi to get the money and attacks Hayate, but Ayumu eventually calms Sonia down using her experience with love to sympathize and retrieve the stone. (Ch. 227)
Ayumu and Hayate go to see the sunset together, Ayumu gives Hayate a kiss on the cheek, and she also gets Hayate to swear to never lose the stone again. (Ch. 227)
Hayate laments the fact that Nagi is lazier than usual, Nagi explains that she can't be happy in a home from years ago, and Hayate asks Nagi to show him around in the morning. (Ch. 228)
Hayate's tour of Mykonos begins with Nagi showing him some windmills and talking about her mother. (Ch. 228)
Nagi runs into Penta the Penguin, who is actually a pelican, and once Penta remembers Nagi, he steals her hat. (Ch. 228)
Nagi is quite unhappy that her hat is stolen, so Hayate asks for help from Isumi and Sonia to find Penta and the hat. (Ch. 229)
Sonia warns Nagi about Athena and Nagi gets to thinking about how her life would change if she lost her inheritance; Hayate promises to always be with Nagi and manages to retrieve the hat. (Ch. 229)
Kaoru thinks about how he is unable to express his feelings to Yukiji while she runs around doing normal vacation stuff. (Ch. 230)
At the hotel, Kaoru is still unable to express his feelings, so Yukiji pulls out some alcohol, they drink, and Kaoru ends up asking Yukiji why she stopped playing the guitar, which she answers. (Ch. 230)
Commentary
This is a rather nice part of Golden Week as there is focus on different girls in each part of the story with 221 - 224 kind of focusing on Hinagiku, 225 - 227 focusing on Ayumu, and 228 - 229 focusing on Nagi. About the only thing else that caught my attention is that this section features what could be argued to be one of the best days for both Hinagiku and Ayumu. Hinagiku gets to help Hayate by kicking some rear and gets called cute by Hayate in one day, which is quite good for her; Ayumu gets to reflect on why she loves Hayate, see the sunset with him, and give him a kiss on the cheek, which probably Ayumu's best day in the realm of romance.
End
(For information about some terms used within refer to the glossary, the first post of April 2013.)
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