Hayate the Combat Butler
ハヤテのごとく！According to Murphy's Law, "anything that can go wrong, will go wrong," and truer words cannot describe the unfortunate life of the hard-working Hayate Ayasaki. Abandoned by his parents after accumulating a debt of over one hundred fifty million yen, he is sold off to the yakuza, initiating his swift getaway from a future he does not want. On that fateful night, he runs into Nagi Sanzenin, a young girl whom he decides to try and kidnap to pay for his family's massive debt. Unfortunately, due to his kind-hearted nature and a string of misunderstandings, Nagi believes Hayate to be confessing his love to her. After saving her from real kidnappers, Hayate is hired as Nagi's personal butler, upon which she is revealed to be a member of one of the wealthiest families in Japan. Highly skilled but cursed with the world's worst luck, Hayate gets straight to work serving his employer all the while trying to deal with the many misfortunes that befall him. From taking care of a mansion to fending off dangerous foes, and even unintentionally wooing the hearts of the women around him, Hayate is in over his head in the butler comedy Hayate no Gotoku! [Written by MAL Rewrite]
Reviews
sydnee45 - 2015-01-03 23:26:06
Hayate the Combat Butler is a self-aware, self-referential anime in a similar vein to Gintama. Most aspects of it aren't done as well as Gintama, but overall I think that expecting them to be would be unfair and unrealistic.
Hayate is an excellent comedy with more than its fair share of gags, brick jokes, and slapstick. Characters are generic but fulfill their roles well, and serve to further the hilarity that runs throughout the entire series. My only regret about Hayate is that it suffers some pretty serious quality degradation over time. The sequels, and even the later episodes of the first season can't measure up to Hayate's strong start. Nonetheless, 7.5/10.
kassulke.jermey - 2013-08-14 23:46:41
Hayate no Gotoku is by far my most favored anime on the planet. The authors use of "Breaking the forth wall" is utter genius. The story begins when Hayate Ayasaki, an unlucky teen left with a huge debt and sold by his parents to the Japanese mafia, Attempts to kidnap a rich thirteen year old for ransom. However, he somehow ends up saving her life, the girl offers him a job to be her butler at her mansion after he "apparently" confesses his love to her.
The Characters are to be cherished and only get better as the series goes onward. Even as a comedy, Hayate no Gotoku has a great story throughout it following the relationship of the unlucky butler and his tsundere mistress.
keyshawn65 - 2013-04-25 22:18:23
Hayate isn't too lucky.He comes from a poor family who, despite bad finance, enjoy spending.Hayate's parents leave him with their debts and dissapear.Hayate rescues a little girl named Nagi, who happens to be rich.As a repayment, Nagi pays off Hayate's debts, as a repayment to Nagi, Hayate becomes her butler.This story started off flawless (first ep).Good, easy to follow storyline.However...Looking forward to seeing a series full of adventures....Oh no...The series turns hareem, and a number of token bipolar anime girls show up (the female lead is one also).No real character development.Dispite it's flaws, it's a decent series that's worth the watch if you're into mild comedy.