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English releases on file: Nov 21, 2006 – Sep 8, 2026.

Hayate the Combat Butler

49 volumes

With a debt of 1.5 million, 16-year old Hayate Ayasaki's parents sell him to the yakuza to pay it off. Not wanting to be cut up and sold on the black market, Hayate escapes from the yakuza thugs, and finds a very rich girl by the name of Nagi wandering in a park at night. Deciding to kidnap the girl for ransom money, Hayate's kidnapping speech was wrongly taken as a confession of love to Nagi. She finds out about the debt, and, feeling sorry for Hayate, pays it off, as long as Hayate will be her butler until he pays off the 1.5 million (which will take about 40 years).

Volumes: 49 in the canonical sequence
English packaging: 49 books, 97 releases
Publishers: VIZ Media
Also known as: Hayate no Gotoku!, ハヤテのごとく！

Reading path

VIZ Media · 49 books in reading order

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Nov 21, 2006Print + Digital

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Feb 13, 2007Print + Digital

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May 8, 2007Print + Digital

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Aug 14, 2007Print + Digital

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Nov 13, 2007Print + Digital

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Feb 12, 2008Print + Digital

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May 13, 2008Print + Digital

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Aug 12, 2008Print + Digital

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Nov 11, 2008Print + Digital

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Feb 10, 2009Print + Digital

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May 12, 2009Print + Digital

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Aug 11, 2009Print + Digital

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Nov 10, 2009Print + Digital

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Apr 13, 2010Print + Digital

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Jun 15, 2010Print + Digital

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Sep 14, 2010Print + Digital

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Mar 8, 2011Print + Digital

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Sep 13, 2011Print + Digital

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Feb 7, 2012Print + Digital

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Sep 11, 2012Print + Digital

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Feb 12, 2013Print + Digital

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Sep 10, 2013Print + Digital

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Feb 11, 2014Print + Digital

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Sep 9, 2014Print + Digital

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Feb 10, 2015Print + Digital

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Sep 8, 2015Print + Digital

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Feb 9, 2016Print + Digital

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Sep 13, 2016Print + Digital

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Feb 14, 2017Print + Digital

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Sep 12, 2017Print + Digital

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Feb 13, 2018Print + Digital

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Sep 11, 2018Print + Digital

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Jan 8, 2019Print + Digital

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Sep 10, 2019Print + Digital

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Feb 11, 2020Print + Digital

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Aug 11, 2020Print + Digital

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Feb 9, 2021Print + Digital

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Sep 14, 2021Print + Digital

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Feb 8, 2022Print + Digital

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Sep 20, 2022Print

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Feb 21, 2023Print + Digital

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Sep 19, 2023Print + Digital

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Feb 13, 2024Print + Digital

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Nov 12, 2024Print + Digital

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Feb 11, 2025Print + Digital

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Oct 14, 2025Print + Digital

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Feb 10, 2026Print + Digital

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May 12, 2026Print + Digital

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Sep 8, 2026Print + Digital

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