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Originally Posted by babohtea

Spoiler for 265:

I'm a little disappointed. It's not real closure to me until both characters are completely honest with themselves. Hayate's done his part, but Athena is still hiding the fact that she's doing this because she doesn't want to hurt Hayate.

Well...

Spoiler:

It's obvious, looking at the scans, that Hayate's confession is something he's saying in response to what Athena said, so I think it's likely that she came clean to him, since he's saying "I love you too!"

The bittersweet thing about this for me is the part where she thinks that this is the last time she'll make him cry. I guess she counted all those times when he was a crybaby against herself too.

Well, after this, there's really no hope for Athena. Since Hayate's last thoughts are about "when I can once again truly tell someone I love them", or less literally "when I can fall in love again." Meaning he's given up too.

Ah, well. I'm sure she'll show up again, but I think my interest in the series will probably hibernate until then. I give props for Hata allowing the feeling to be mutual, and doing the reset in the best way possible, considering the circumstances, but I'm not really invested in fun-fun times at Hakuo unless his joke meter has recharged to full after all this seriousness.