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- 0001-03-03 (xsd:gMonthDay)
- 1.262304E9 (dbd:second)
- 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! (en)
- 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? (en)
- With a prize of 150 million yen on the line, the traditional sports event at Hakuou Gakuin - the paired freestyle marathon - finally begins. Honor, 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? (en)
- It's the moment fans have been waiting for: Hayate and Maria, alone in the mansion! Will the world's most spectacular butler and maid, respectively, doff their prim-and-proper manners and get busy at last? Probably not, but that doesn't mean Hayate's other love interests can rest easy. When Nagi fears that her "romance" with Hayate is growing stale, she vows to kick the relationship into high gear. Either her secret love techniques will work wonders, or Hayate will wind up cross-dressing again, so it's a win-win situation for the readers... (en)
- The Izu meteor may not have granted Nagi 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 is 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... (en)
- To truly be considered a butler of the highest caliber, Hayate needs more than just punctuality, an unwavering sense of loyalty and the ability to keep his mistress out of tight situations - he will also need to develop the ultimate fighting technique! Despite his best efforts, though, our butler-in-debt seems incapable of keeping out of duels. Thankfully, this time it is a non-life-threatening kendo match. Will the path of the sword help guide Hayate toward true domestic enlightenment? (en)
- As if dealing with his mistress Nagi's outlandish demands weren't taxing enough, poor hardworking Hayate has to suffer the ignominy of being challenged to a duel by Nagi's fiance 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? Should not the simple act of keeping the Sanzenin household spic-and-span be enough? (en)
- What makes a maid? When the ghostly priest who haunts the Sanzenin mansion 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. (en)
- 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... (en)
- 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. After a comedy buildup spanning several chapters and this cover text, can Hayate make 'em laugh? (en)
- 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! (en)
- 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, and the ritzy Hakuou Gakuin seems galaxies beyond his reach, especially since it is 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 get an education, even if his new duties involve transporting his mistress's forever forgotten-at-home box lunch to class! (en)
- 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? (en)
- 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 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 is going to be a bumpy ride. (en)
- 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 surprisingly l33t 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… (en)
- 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 . 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? (en)
- 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 will need to get her upper-class hands dirty - both literally and figuratively. (en)
- 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 will be pulled. (en)
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