HAYATE
28 primary works
Book 1
Since the tender age of nine, Hayate Ayasaki has busted his behind at various part-time jobs to support his degenerate gambler parents. And how do they repay their son's selfless generosity? By selling his organs to the yakuza to cover their debts! But fate throws Hayate a bone...sort of.
Hardworking Hayate has a plan to pay back the yakuza - who are now the legal owners of his body parts: he'll kidnap someone and ransom them for a mountain of money! But things get tricky when his would-be kidnappee - who as luck would have it is the daughter of a mind-bogglingly wealthy family - mistakes Hayate's actions for a confession of love, and subsequently hires him to be her personal servant. At least his employment future is secure, or so he thinks...
Hardworking Hayate has a plan to pay back the yakuza - who are now the legal owners of his body parts: he'll kidnap someone and ransom them for a mountain of money! But things get tricky when his would-be kidnappee - who as luck would have it is the daughter of a mind-bogglingly wealthy family - mistakes Hayate's actions for a confession of love, and subsequently hires him to be her personal servant. At least his employment future is secure, or so he thinks...
Book 2
Hayate's new career as a live-in butler for the mega-moneyed Sanzenin family is in full swing, but this job requires more than just mental fortitude and brute strength - he needs to be entertaining too. Whether it's standing up to fire-spewing robots or protecting his mistress's millions from her tycoon grandfather, Hayate must remain calm, composed, and hilarious at all times. The question now is whether Hayate will actually live long enough to pay off his debts...and things aren't looking too good!
Book 3
As if dealing with his mistress Nagi's outlandish demands weren't taxing enough, poor (yet perennially) hardworking Hayate has to suffer the ignominy of being challenged to a duel by Nagi's fiancé Wataru Tachibana. With his saber at the ready, Hayate is prepared to defend himself...but is there any logical reason why he's even fighting a duel in the first place? Shouldn't the simple act of keeping the Sanzenin household spic-and-span be enough?
Book 4
For full-time butler-in-debt Hayate, attending high school, even one tailor-made for his working class values, remains just a dream inside a dream, but the ritzy Hakuou Gakuin seems galaxies beyond his reach, especially since it's packed with the wealthiest students in Japan!
Despite that, and in order to be a first class butler, Hayate remains resolute in his desire to go to school, even if his new duties involve transporting his mistress's forever forgotten-at-home lunch box to class!
Despite that, and in order to be a first class butler, Hayate remains resolute in his desire to go to school, even if his new duties involve transporting his mistress's forever forgotten-at-home lunch box to class!
Book 5
For full-time butler-in-debt Hayate, attending high school, even one tailor-made for his working class values, remains just a dream inside a dream, but the ritzy Hakuou Gakuin seems galaxies beyond his reach, especially since it's packed with the wealthiest students in Japan!
Despite that, and in order to be a first class butler, Hayate remains resolute in his desire to go to school, even if his new duties involve transporting his mistress's forever forgotten-at-home lunch box to class!
Despite that, and in order to be a first class butler, Hayate remains resolute in his desire to go to school, even if his new duties involve transporting his mistress's forever forgotten-at-home lunch box to class!
Book 6
With a prize of 150 million yen on the line, the traditional sports event at Hakuou Gakuin - the paired freestyle marathon - finally begins. Honour, pride, and even the fate of Hayate's employment are on the line, but how can he hope to win when his mistress Nagi would sooner French-kiss a king cobra than participate in anything remotely close to exercise?! What cruel mishap will befall the embattled Hayate this time - especially when victory is but a short jog away?
Book 7
Valentine's Day is coming - a time for boys and girls to share their heartfelt sentiments with one another and to revel in the glories of young love. Ayumu, a former classmate of Hayate, has kept a flame burning for the adorably overworked butler-in-debt for some time. Is her chance for true happiness with a horrendously debt-ridden domestic finally at hand? Later, Nagi applies for her school's manga award but quickly learns that if her work is to be tempered with worldly experience, she'll need to get her upper-class hands dirty - both literally and figuratively.
Book 8
For reasons of no major concern or importance, butler-in-debt Hayate has to leave the Sanzenin mansion for a three-day, two-night trip. Though he has no particular place to go or reason to be there, Hayate does have one thing that's rarely in his possession: money (one million yen from Maria, to be exact). Well, he thought he had some money. Steering clear of gambling should be easy enough, but will cash-strapped classmates and impromptu medical bills leave Hayate's billfold as bleak and barren as his future?
Book 9
Hayate owes a debt of gratitude to Hinagiku--the cute, sporty, and all around perfect student body president, as her birthday draws near, the bankrupt butler tries hard to come up with an appropriate present. But with final exams on the horizon, will he have time to prepare Hinagiku a heartfelt gift and pass his classes? Later, an ancient curse makes Hayate appear as if he's wearing women's clothing and if it isn't broken, Hayate will be doomed to live out the rest of his days in drag. But, seeing as he looks really cute in a maid's uniform, maybe that isn't a bad thing.
Book 10
Final exams are close at hand and Hayate can no longer afford to ignore his studies, but if he's hitting the books, who will keep the Sanzenin mansion spick and span? Anticipating just such an occasion, head butler Klaus arranges for Mecha Butler No. 13 to take Hayate's place. Fully automated and machine-engineered to domestic perfection, this new cybernetic manservant boasts a wide variety of dazzling features and capabilities, from performing soothing backrubs to giving Nagi candid advice on her latest manga. Is Hayate truly this easy to replace?
Book 11
A meteor has fallen somewhere near the Izu Peninsula, an area well known for its relaxing hot spring resorts. The tourist trade is thrown into a tizzy when word leaks out that this meteor also seems to have imbued the local hot springs with cosmic powers, including (but not limited to) the ability to raise one's grades or increase one's bust size. Who in their right mind would let a divine opportunity like this slip by? Everyone, from butlers to their masters, are now booking their trips to Izu, so Hayate better pack his toothbrush--it's going to be a bumpy ride.
Book 12
The Izu meteor may not have gifted Nagi with the pneumatic figure of her dreams, but it's left one surprise: a bug-eyed little alien girl looking for her lost spaceship. If Nagi helps she might score a biogenic reward, but will the grateful E.T. increase her bustline by 30 inches…or her distance from Hayate by 30 million miles? Then, before you know it, it's White Day, when guys in Japan repay girls for all the chocolate the girls gave on Valentine's Day. And Hayate thought the yakuza got cranky about unpaid debts…
Book 13
What makes a maid? When the ghostly priest who haunts the Sanzenin mansion (what, you forgot about the ghostly priest?) reveals that he can't rest in peace before fulfilling his last earthly wish, the ever-accommodating Hayate promises to help. Unfortunately, that wish is to hit on a nubile maid! Soon everyone--Hayate, of course, included--is struggling to master the arcane art of maid cosplay. And if that's not exciting enough to send you to Heaven, this volume also reveals the shocking secret origin of Nagi's pet tiger.
Book 14
Nagi has done the one thing no one ever expected from the pampered heiress: gotten a job! But her first-ever day of work leaves her too exhausted to enjoy Sakuya's birthday party, an Osaka-style comedy spectacular where the birthday girl's friends are forced to perform before a massive audience.
Book 15
While cleaning house, Hayate and Maria stumble upon a heretofore unmentioned, enormous jungle-themed sauna, and promptly get lost in it. After that hot, steamy adventure--complete with misplaced articles of maid clothing--it's time to cool down, as Nagi tries to cure her insomnia with a dip in the mansion's equally massive pool. Too bad she can't swim!
Book 16
NOT a dream! NOT an imaginary story! Hayate and Hinagiku are on a date! Trouble is, each one thinks the other one hates them. But when Hayate busts out his surprising dating skills, not even a trip to the world's worst movie theater can ruin the couple's night out. Later that night, Hayate's sleep is interrupted by girl after girl climbing into his bed. Could our perpetually unfortunate butler's luck be changing, at least where the ladies are concerned? Alas, probably not…
Book 17
By now Hayate's nigh-total awesomeness is a matter of public record. But how did he come to master the twin disciplines of housekeeping and martial arts? In the flashback to end all flashbacks, we journey back to Hayate's hapless childhood and his cryptic encounter with the girl who would change his life forever. Be forewarned--the drama tag willbe pulled.
Book 18
The cast gears up for the mother of all Golden Week vacations. Hayate sunning in the Mediterranean? Our hero's story truly is a classic tale of rags to… well, substantially less shoddy rags. But what about the students who don't work as manservants to the super-wealthy? Well, they'll just have to win vacation tickets in a game show or hit the jackpot in Vegas. That could happen, right?
Book 19
Poor Hayate Ayasaki is responsible for repaying his parents' 150 million yen debt. One Christmas, he meets a girl named Nagi, and after a series of misunderstandings, he somehow ends up working as her butler. Nagi covers for Hayate's debt, but has Hayate dug himself deeper into a different kind of hole? A hilarious tale of butlers, love and battles (?!). Are Hayate and Maria out on a date? Of course not. As even the most casual manga fan could guess, it's just part of a complex ruse to defeat a psychopathic stalker with a Fatal Attraction thing for Hayate. But then the fake date causes real sparks to fly (and lands Hayate in women's clothing again-but that's another issue). Next thing you know, Nagi is making plans to step up her own game...
Book 20
Poor Hayate Ayasaki is responsible for repaying his parents' 150 million yen debt. One Christmas, he meets a girl named Nagi, and after a series of misunderstandings, he somehow ends up working as her butler. Nagi covers for Hayate's debt, but has Hayate dug himself deeper into a different kind of hole? Wataru and Saki have flown to Vegas on a Golden Week vacation that they can't afford, with the deeply questionable plan of winning the money for a ticket back home. Instead, Saki finds herself playing the Strip's most ruthless card shark - Wataru's reprobate mother - with Wataru as collateral. There's plenty of fear and loathing in Las Vegas tonight, but at least things are going better for Hayate and Nagi, sunning with their friends on the Greek isles. That is, until they stumble into an honest-to-goodness labyrinth...