Hayate the Combat Butler ·ハヤテのごとく!

16-year-old Hayate is really down on his luck. Because his unemployed parents are good-for-nothings who waste what money they have on gambling, Hayate had to start working at a young age to help out his family. Although such experience has made him inhumanly fast and tough and skilled at things boys aren't normally skilled at, it has also left him in an awkward position, as his parents have racked up such a huge gambling debt that they have sold Hayate to the yakuza for the value of his organs. In a desperate attempt to avoid that fate, Hayate decides to become a "bad guy" and kidnap someone to be held for ransom, but his efforts to do so are mistaken as a confession of love by the girl he targets. When he helps save the (as it turns out) ultra-wealthy 13-year-old Nagi from real kidnappers, she takes him in and gives him a job as her new personal butler (and love interest) until he can pay off his debt. But Hayate is more attracted to Nagi's beautiful teenage maid Maria, and head butler Klaus is initially disapproving of a boy with such a poor look. And then there's Nagi's pet Tama, who is also a force to be reckoned with.

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Animation
Comedy
Created By

First Aired on

Apr 01, 2007

4 seaons till Jul 01, 2013

Popularity: 46.9747
24 votes
Networks
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Production

SynergySP (JP)J.C.STAFF (JP)Manglobe (JP)Shogakukan Production (JP)Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions (JP)TV Tokyo (JP)movic (JP)Shogakukan (JP)Geneon Universal Entertainment (JP)Geneon Entertainment (JP)

Status: Ended

Show Ended

Last episode: Being Loved and Living

Seasons & episodes

Total 4 seasons, 101 episodes

Specials

Aired

4 Episodes
  • Episode 1'Tis the Hot Summer Swimsuit Edition!25 min

    The entire recurring cast from the first TV season is invited to the private beach inside the Sanzenin estate. Just as Nagi is about to join in the fun, a vengeful spirit intent on disrupting their fun appears.

  • Episode 2OVA: Volume A25 min

    Overview not available

  • Episode 3OVA: Volume B25 min

    Overview not available

  • Episode 4OVA: Volume C25 min

    Overview not available

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