ハヤテのごとく!
Hayate the Combat Butler
Hayate Ayasaki's life wasn't great, but when he loses the job he used to support his good-for-nothing family, and his deadbeat parents sell him to the Yakuza for cash, it really hits rock bottom! Faced with having to pay off the huge debt before he's converted into black market organ parts, a desperate Hayate decides to kidnap oddball heiress Nagi Sanzenin for ransom... but when even that goes wrong and he accidentally ends up rescuing Nagi from other kidnappers, it turns out that Hayate is the bodyguard that Nagi has been looking for! So now he's the Sanzenin family's butler, and… maybe… it might be the start of a potential romantic relationship… assuming Hayate can survive the on-the-job training, of course. (Source: Sentai Filmworks)
Names
| Original | ハヤテのごとく! (japanese) |
|---|---|
| Romaji | Hayate no Gotoku! |
| English | Hayate the Combat Butler |
| Chinese | 旋風管家 (traditional · via wikidata) |
Facts
| Format | TV series · 52 ep · 24 min · 21h total |
|---|---|
| Aired | 2007-04-01 → 2008-03-30 (Spring 2007) |
| Status | FINISHED |
| Studio | SynergySP |
| Source | Manga |
| Origin | Japan (Anime) |
| Demographic | Shounen |
| Genres | ActionComedyRomance |
| Themes | ParodyMetaButlerShounenOtaku CultureMale ProtagonistMaidsFemale Harem |
| Streaming | Crunchyroll · Bilibili TV |
Reception
| Community score | 7.26 / 10 |
|---|---|
| Bayesian score | 7.29 / 10 |
| Composite | 53.0 |
| On lists | 41,811 |
| Favourited | 501 (1.2%) |
| Completion | 69.1% |
| Drop rate | 10.6% |
| In backlog | 35.0% |
| Score spread σ | 1.63 |
| MyAnimeList | 7.50 / 10 |
Score distribution
Where it places
| Cohort | Value | Tier | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | SynergySP | C | 13 of 42 |
| Broadcast season | Spring 2007 | C | 20 of 70 |
| Year | 2007 | C | 61 of 234 |
| Length | Long-run | C | 102 of 242 |
| Era | Late 2000s | B | 279 of 1,149 |
| Genre | Romance | C | 595 of 1,687 |
| Season (all years) | Spring | C | 624 of 1,868 |
| Demographic | Shounen | D | 630 of 1,219 |
| Genre | Action | C | 1,012 of 2,765 |
| Genre | Comedy | C | 1,076 of 3,488 |
| Source material | Manga | C | 1,235 of 3,025 |
| Format | TV series | C | 1,263 of 3,322 |
| Origin | Japan | C | 2,254 of 7,157 |
Key staff
| Director | Keiichirou Kawaguchi |
|---|---|
| Series composition | Shinichi Inozume, Junki Takegami |
| Character design | Osamu Horiuchi, Toshiyuki Komaru |
| Original creator | Kenjirou Hata |
Franchise — ハヤテのごとく!
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DRelated
| Relation | Year | Title |
|---|---|---|
| sequel | 2009 | Hayate no Gotoku!!: Atsu ga Natsuize - Mizugi-hen! |
| character | 2020 | TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You |
| character | 2008 | Psychic Squad |
| character | 2022 | TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You ~Uniform~ |
AniList id 2026 · MAL id 2026 · record updated 2026-08-27

