While Hayate the Combat Butler is more harem than any sort of action, it charms you with is sugary sweet main couple and surprisingly lengthy adventure.
However, there is one thing you will soon learn about Hayate the Combat Butler when trying to move into the manga – the anime was the hottest of hot messes when it comes to following its source material.
Alternative Titles:
- Hayate no Gotoku!
- ハヤテのごとく!
Year Anime Premiered: 2007
Animation Studio: Synergy SP, J.C. Staff, Mangalobe
Number of Seasons: 4 + 4 OVA + 1 Movie
Source Material Country of Origin: Japan
Source Material Available: Manga
Entry Last Updated: May 8th, 2024
Where To Start The Hayate the Combat Butler Manga After The Anime?
It would not be an exaggeration to say that most of the Hayate the Combat Butler anime is filler. However, the Hayate the Combat Butler manga is long and full of fluff in and of itself. While the best option would be to read the manga from the beginning, you can jump into the manga at two different points.
One important thing to keep in mind with the Hayate the Combat Butler anime is that the third season was entirely anime-original and did not follow the manga at all. However, the fourth season returned to the manga story, but skipped skipped many chapters between Season 2 and throughout Season 4.
Regardless, if you simply want to see how Hayate the Combat Butler ends, you can start reading the manga after the anime at Chapter 374.
About Hayate the Combat Butler Season 4
I already mentioned that Hayate the Combat Butler Season 3 was completely anime-original, but Hayate the Combat Butler Season 4, also known as Hayate the Combat Butler: Cuties has its own caveats.
The fourth season has some canon content, but also each episode follows a different girl. So it jumps all over the manga, and sometimes doesn’t adapt anything from the manga at all.
As such, if nothing else, you may just want to skip Season 3 and Season 4 and just pick up the Hayate the Combat Butler manga after Season 2, which would be Chapter 149.
But again, at this point, it would be easier to just read it from the beginning.
Is The Hayate the Combat Butler Manga Over?
The Hayate the Combat Butler manga is complete. It ended in 2017 with Chapter 570.