Chapter 196

'''Hayate no Gotoku! Chapter 196:''' Suffocation - Explosion - Adventure (切なさ炸裂アドベンチャー)

Characters in Order of Appearance

 * 1) Miki Hanabishi
 * 2) Hayate Ayasaki
 * 3) Kyonosuke Kaoru
 * 4) Shiori Makimura
 * 5) Takezaki
 * 6) Eight - appears in flashback
 * 7) Athena Tennousu - appears in flashback
 * 8) Risa Asakaze
 * 9) Izumi Segawa
 * 10) Nagi Sanzenin
 * 11) Hinagiku Katsura

Trivia

 * While explaining video-sharing websites to Hayate, the sites YouTube and Niconico Douga can be seen in Miki's monologue.
 * On the computer desk in the Motion Picture Research Club, there is a doll of Ume Aoki's Metapod persona. She is the author of Hidamari Sketch and the character designer of Puella Magi Madoka Magica.
 * It is implied here that Miki has feelings for Hinagiku.
 * While recording Makimura and Takezaki, it is shown that Miki's video camera is made by "Panesoni". This is a parody of the brand name Parasonic.