Hayate the Combat Butler

Whatever problems this manga runs up against, the solution is always the same: add more girls! Hayate’s recent castle dungeon crawl (don’t ask) has introduced him to Konoha, who has a thousand problems, but getting guys’ attention ain’t one. This spells trouble for all the girls with crushes on Hayate. But things aren’t any easier for the girls without crushes on him, as Saki accidentally reveals her feelings for Wataru, and Chiharu accidentally reveals her double life as a maid. Plus, and the Movie Study Club deliberately exposes the world to the greatest cat video ever made.

Summer vacation is over, but Nagi knows how to keep the good times rolling: ignore all learning opportunities and focus on the big class trip! But a school like Hakuou isn’t about to let its students relax. That’s how most of our cast winds up either imprisoned in a dungeon or skiing down a mountainside during a blizzard. You can’t say it isn’t educational. But whether or not they get their deposit back, there’s a huge cash prize for the student who survives—and by amazing coincidence, it’s exactly the amount needed to free Hayate from his debt. Does Nagi want him freed, though? Exit Hayate, pursued by a bear!

The Hakuou class trip started on the icy slopes, but now it’s heating up! In the South American jungles, students face off against wild animals, terrorists, and an icky spider. But the real danger comes from within, as Hayate decides it’s time to get serious about winning the trip’s elimination contest. Can the class survive a combat butler in full combat mode? Can the readers survive Nagi’s latest manga? Read on if you dare!

Having braved snowbound mountains and untamed jungles, Hayate, Nagi, and their surviving classmates enter the wildest arena yet: Las Vegas! There, they face tests of luck and money, the two things Hayate never has. Elsewhere, the quest for the Royal Power heats up, even though no one involved seems 100 percent clear on what it is except maybe Athena? Athena usually knows the score.

Is it true? Is Hayate no longer in debt? Is the entire premise of this manga null and void? Hayate returns from Las Vegas fully solvent but still butlering for Nagi because he likes her. Trouble is, Nagi thinks he’s sticking around because he likes her likes her. That crucial difference could spell doom not only for romantic comedy hijinks, but for the world at large, as the final battle for the Sanzenin fortune turns cutthroat!

The final battle for the Sanzenin fortune is underway! To secure Nagi’s future, Hayate has to take on ruthless heir Hisui and her combat maid. Friends, foes, and blasts from the past assemble in what feels suspiciously like the buildup to a climactic story arc. We must be witnessing the end-times, because Nagi’s latest manga is actually pretty good. It’s the story of a rich girl and her butler…who fall in love?