Title: 7. まほろまてぃっく：　涙で動くメイドさん (Vol. 7 Mahoromatic: A Maid Who Sustains By Tears)
Artist/Author: ぢたま某 (Bow D(z)itama)
Original Creator: 中山文十郎 (Bunjuro Nakayama)
Book Size/Pages: A-5, 164pp., w/o furigana
Original Serialization: Comic GUM 2/03-8/03
First Printing: 10/10/03
Rating: 4/4

Everything is revealed in this volume and it looks like this series should wrap up soon (actually, recent news says that volume 8 is the last one). Once things go rolling in this chapter, I couldn't put it down.

Bonuses are 4 panel comics on the inside covers, a color page, and the back of the dust jacket features Serra and Shiina (誰?).

1. 宿命との対峙 (A Confrontation With Destiny): Using a little child/cyborg, #773, Felderance lures Suguru into a church where he's to be bait so that Mahoro would come. When she does, Felderance tells Suguru that Mahoro killed his father.

2. 解放の瞳 (Liberty Bell): Mahoro tells the story about how a corrupt leader started the whole conflict between Vespa and the Saints and the Keeper. She also describes the anguish he had to go through when she had to shoot his dad. After the story, Suguru admits that he kinda knew she had something to do with his dad's death and apologies for not telling her. At the end, Felderance grabs Suguru and makes Mahoro make the decision again.

3. ごめんなさい（前編） (I'm Sorry, First Part): This time, Mahoro can't shoot. Fortunately, she doesn't have to as Ryuuga and Slash come to help defeat Felderance and the Professor and his bots. Felderance goes outside with Minawa and tells her that the professor would have disposed of them anyway, even if Minawa had helped out. She also tells her that the brains of the destroyed cyborgs, like #369 end up as cheap computers.

4. ごめんなさい（後編） (I'm Sorry, Second Part): With her newly found rage, she goes after the professor and his machines. Just as she's about to confront him, her body starts "malfunctioning." The professor tells her that she was defective and that her body can't handle the stress. Mahoro jumps in and saves her while a robot ends up killing the professor. Mahoro tells her that she shouldn't go down so easily and then collapses from her own wounds.

5. 涙のあとさき (Imprudent Tears): Minawa is "fixed" and she takes on a new little sister, #733, or rather, Nanami. Mahoro is also repaired and learns of her new sister. Meanwhile, the Management blows up Air Force One to instigate another conflict. Mahoro then gets told that she has no time remaining until she "dies" and could do so at any minute.

6. 花降る夜 (The Night Flowers Descend): Things seem to be back to normal again at Suguru's house. They have a large feast. After the dinner, Mahoro sneaks out. Shikijo sensei catches her as she leaves, and Mahoro responds by giving her thanks to everything she's done. After Mahoro leaves, Shikijo seems to realize what's going to happen. Mahoro is outside crying, saying that she doesn't want to "die."

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