Hayate the Combat Butler

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.

ComedyActionRomance

First aired

April 1, 2007

Status

Finished

Seasons

4

Episodes

101

Episodes

1. 'Unmei' In English Is 'Destiny'

April 1, 2007
25 min

2. Nagi Sanzenin's Mansion And A New Journey

April 8, 2007
25 min

3. The Beast, Robot, and Butler that Kinda Shout Love at the Center of the World

April 15, 2007
25 min

4. First Mission: This is Snake. No One's Responding

April 22, 2007
25 min

5. Unneeded Gags and Kindness Bring Misfortune

April 29, 2007
25 min

6. You Said You Can See Time, But That's Probably Your Life Flashing By

May 6, 2007
25 min

7. Man's Flight

May 13, 2007
25 min

8. Cat Ear Mode Sends You to Hell

May 20, 2007
25 min

9. Eloim Essaim. Mr. Cow, Mr. Cow! What is it, Mr. Frog?

May 27, 2007
25 min

First aired

April 1, 2007

Status

Finished

Seasons

4

Episodes

101