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Originally Posted by Bastion_Arcion
It probably wasn't his decision at all. The execs probably saw which way the wind was blowing and forced him to write Alice into the story.
The only good thing is for the fans of the pairing, Athena x Hayate has basically been killed for the next three months of story.
Which, honestly, may have been Hata getting back at them for ordering him to give her opportunity to return to be part of the harem at the end of the Athens/Golden Week arcs. |
"Return to be part of the harem"? Athena was originally above the harem. Hayate clearly loved Athena and she loved him back.
It's only now that Hayate thinks he was rejected by her that Athena is now part of the harem, because now Hayate will be clueless toward her advances.
It's also not so much that Athena's return was rushed as her reappearance as Alice. Athena told her butler that she would return to Japan. There is also some foreshadowing for Hayate's brother's involvement, since he was the one who rescued Athena 10 years ago and was the guy in the torn photo that Yozora took turned Luka's concert. Athena also mentioned Hayate's brother again when she snuck into the apartment.
Athena turning into Alice however, which had little to no buildup at all. It's as if Hata turned her into an amnesiac loli just to postpone her subplot.