Recap / Hayate The Combat Butler Volume 7

It's Valentine's Day in-universe, and since this manga is part Rom Com, you know what that means: all the characters who have been crushing on Hayate over the last 6 volumes will be trying to give him chocolates, and none of them are going to succeed on the first try. Nagi applies her inevitably-disastrous cooking skills to make her own chocolate, and eventually just has Hayate make some for her; Maria also cooks her own, but is repeatedly outdone by Hayate; Ayumu panics and gives him obligation chocolates instead; and Hinagiku withdraws after seeing that Ayumu had love chocolates the whole time.

This volume also formally introduces Ayumu's younger brother Kazuki Nishizawa, who has a crush on Nagi. His idea of a "date" is… doing completely ordinary things, meaning things that Nagi has probably never done before.

Chapters included:

• "Maria-san's Honey-Sweet Lesson... with Poison"
• "It Was a Mission to Move Through Snow Fields, Like in That Game, D2"
• "St. Valentine's Day: Classmate's Side — 'Shining☆ Days'"
• "St. Valentine's Day: House Side - 'You Are Similar to Me'"
• "There Are Things That Money Can't Buy. Priceless"
• "The Genius Teacher Who Isn't a Little Kid Came to School"
• "Go, Go Student Body Adventure"
• "Devil Hunter Hospitable Isumi"
• "It Was a More Serious Problem Than Conquering the World"
• "Heart To Heart"
• "My Sister is a First-Class Counselor"

Tropes:

• Valentine's Day Episode: Naturally, since the canon date reached February 14th.