Hayate the Combat Butler/Characters: Difference between revisions

* [[Bishonen]] - With the required ''[[Bishie Sparkle]]'', no less!

* [[Cross DresserCrossdresser]] - Maria and Isumi are convinced that this is his "hobby". It's not; it's ''Maria's'' hobby to dress Hayate in girl's clothes. Why exactly Isumi thinks this is perplexing.

* [[Cross-Dressing Voices]] - Voiced by [[Ryoko Shiraishi|Shiraishi Ryoko]], also known for such roles as the smoking hot Ninja [[Mahou Sensei Negima|Nagase Kaede]], [[Mahoraba|Shiratori Ryuushi,]] another effeminate [[Dogged Nice Guy]], and traveler [[Clannad (visual novel)||Hiiragi Kappei]].

** His self-imposed nightly [[Training Fromfrom Hell]] is probably the larger reason.

** The manga includes a [[Shout-Out]] to at least one of her other roles, in an introductory sequence which Nagi gave [[ZeroThe noFamiliar Tsukaimaof Zero|"an explosive ending with the magic of the Void."]] Then at the end of that volume, her mother appears in an omake to sing a little song: "But for some reason your magical points are at zero. Oh, working people of zero ... I want to be your familiar...."

** Another recent manga introductory sequence has Chiharu suggest that Nagi can use alchemy to solve a certain problem, because "You just look like it!! No!! You '''[[Fullmetal Alchemist Anime(anime)/Characters|sound]]''' like it!!" Though Nagi at first didn't seem to know what Chiharu was talking about, she then responds, "No! Big Brother will be angry!!"

* [[Cannot Spit It Out]] - Her endearingly chaste love for Hayate...

* [[Covert Pervert]] - When [[Date Peepers|spying on]] Hayate and Maria's [[Not a Date]] with Ayumu, she imagines a rather ... ''vivid'' scenario of Hayate and Maria doing [[This and That]].

* [[Promotion to Parent]] - Even though [[Adult Child|Yukiji]], her [[BottleHard-Drinking Party FairyGirl|drunken lush]] of a [[Christmas Cake|twenty-EIGHT''eight'' year old big sister]] is her ''nominal'' guardian, it's mostly the ''other'' way round.

Maria is Nagi's maid and surrogate older sister/mother, both appearing and acting in a manner more mature than people typical of her age. Because of this, even people near to her speak of her as if she is older than she really is, a pet peeve for her. A phrase she commonly responds with is "I'm still a fresh seventeen year old". She is the character with the most common sense in the series, and is the only one who understands the problem between Hayate and Nagi. She appears to be the one in charge of everything in Nagi's manor, since everyone from the head butler to the SP either obeys or fears her (or both in some cases). She's good at general housework and likes games of all kinds, though she's scared of "the dark life-form that exists in the kitchen and other places". She also proved capable of self-defense techniques in times of need.

* [[Unflappable Guardian]] - Even when facing against creatures that looked like outright [https://web.archive.org/web/20110314043857/http://www.mangahere.com/manga/hayate_the_combat_butler/c257/16.html monsters]!

Nishizawa Ayumu is a girl from Hayate's school before he became a butler. She always had feelings for Hayate and is happy when he pays his old school a visit. She violently lashes out at anyone who badmouths her and Hayate, including a teacher who called Hayate a dropout because his parents had refunded all his school fees the day Hayate was sold. She confesses her feelings to Hayate, but Hayate rejects them after getting a vision of Nagi. Undeterred, she tries to talk to Hayate when she sees him a week later, but she runs into Nagi. She is shocked that, in terms of metaphoric strength, Nagi is a dragon while she is a hamster. Nishizawa retreats, vowing next time to bring a stronger hamster. She later challenges Nagi to karaoke, only to lose. In the anime, it is a running gag that she appears in every episode, usually for less than thirty seconds doing something entirely unrelated to the episode's plot, though always related to food. However, she is the only girl who has successfully confessed her love towards Hayate, which often places her in situations where she is alone with him. Most of the time she is shown eating something.

** YMMV. Other than one instance where she joked about how she got a little turned on when drying Hinagiku, there hasn't been much to imply that she's IN LOVE with her. Then again, since it's [[Even the Girls Want Her|Hinagiku]], it wouldn't be too surprising.

* [[Rescue Romance]] - She first met Hayate about eight months before the manga begins, when [http://www.mangareader.net/203-13565-1/hayate-the-combat-butler/chapter-87.html her bicycle brakes failed] and [http://www.mangareader.net/203-13565-3/hayate-the-combat-butler/chapter-87.html he saved her from going over a cliff].

Isumi is a black-haired (purple in the anime) girl who is always wearing a kimono. Another one of Nagi's close friends, she and Nagi met at a party a long time ago. When all the other children, Sakuya included, laughed at Nagi's first attempt at writing her own manga, Isumi took interest in it and asked Nagi how it ends; Nagi then asked Isumi (in a childish sense) to marry her. Like Nagi, Isumi is very rich. Unlike Nagi, Isumi is soft-spoken, kind, and can cook well. While she does not have an awful sense of direction, she constantly gets lost due to the fact that she is apt to forget her destination, though she is able to disappear from people's eyes instantaneously. She has feelings for Hayate and does not wish to see him sad.

Aizawa Sakuya is a cousin of Nagi from Kansai. Like Nagi, Sakuya is very rich, with a similar personality - loud, arrogant, abusive of servants, and unwilling to accept defeat in anything. Nagi is one of the only people who can stand up to her, once again showing their similar personalities. Sakuya is the eldest daughter in her family with three sisters and one brother. Her illegitimate half brother Gilbert is one of the people who is constantly harassing Nagi for her fortune. Sakuya is obsessed with stand-up comedy, especially Manzai style. Sakuya initially encourages Hayate to become a comedian because she believes Hayate's life up to now is nothing more than a comedy, but later grows to admire him as the big brother she always wanted.

* [[Covert Pervert]] - once sniffed Isumi's discarded stole, seems to know a lot about the fetishized [[Meido]] archetype, and once asked Saki to "do a little twirl".

Saki is Wataru's maid. She is significantly older than Wataru and lives with him in his video-rental store. Her biggest fear is that Wataru will start watching porn when he reaches puberty, which he denies. She reacts strongly whenever Hayate touches her anywhere, such as tapping her on the shoulder or carrying her away from danger, worrying about whether or not their physical contact will affect her chances of getting a husband later in life. She is basically afraid of men. Saki came in contact with the Tachibana family when Wataru's grandfather, Tachibana Enkyou, saved her and her grandmother, the legendary maid Kijima Rei, while they were traveling around the world searching for her missing parents (turned out her parents were fine; her grandmother had become forgetful in her old age and forgot where they were living).

* [[BottleHard-Drinking FairyParty Girl]]

* [[Christmas Cake]] - ... and rapidly approaching that sell-by date.

* [[Expy]]: [[Adult Child]] teacher who really shouldn't be teaching, [[Cool Big Sis|is on a rather informal relationship with many of her female students]] and [[BottleHard-Drinking FairyParty Girl|likes drinking just a bit too much]]? Gee, [[Azumanga Daioh|where have we seen that before...?]]

== Asakaze Risa, Segawa Izumi, Hanabishi Miki ==

* [[My Name Is Not Durwood]] - The trio like to call Hayate 'Hayata-kun'. {{spoiler|Although, oddly, Izumi also called him "Hayata-kun" when she first met him ''ten years ago'' -- she doesn't seem to remember this.}}

* [[Playboy Bunny]] - There's a chapter in the manga where Hayate briefly reads ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]'' ... [[Adaptation Decay|sort of]] ... to Nagi, and Hinagiku as Alice gets information from these three dressed as Bunnies. She commiserates:

The over 2000 men strong bodyguard team who protect Nagi and the Sanzenin manor. Easy recogniceable since all of them always dress in black suit and sunglasses.

He always tries to impress Hinagiku but apparently always fails to do so.

* [[Training Fromfrom Hell]] - Nonohara always puts him into these situations.

The combat butler of the Azumamiya family. He appears to have white hair and an almost always smiling face. His eyes are always closed and he is very polite. He encourages his master to be a gentleman and to be manly enough to fight his own battles even if he were to lose.

In contrast with his gentle and polite exterior, Nonohara is very brutal, senselessly beating his master when he acts like a weakling. In combat, whenever Kotarou asks for his help, he does the opposite, either throwing him into the battle zone or beating the boy up.

* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]: at least only to his master, as he immediately toss him into [[Training Fromfrom Hell]] at the slightest provocation.

* [[Foreign Exchange Student]]

* [[Large Ham]]: Even if he may be narrator, still his voice is enough to ham it up.

* [[Teen Genius]] - She is a graduate AND the Board Chairman of Hakuō Academy, even when she only seems to be Hayate's Age.

Sanzen'in Mikado is Nagi's grandfather and the head of the Sanzen'in family. He lives in a mansion much bigger than Nagi's mansion with many servants (who are all similar-looking). It is unknown where the Sanzen'in fortune comes from but Nagi suugests he's an oil tycoon. He has the ability to judge a person's character just by looking at them.

Hayate's older brother, who's appeared only in flashbacks in the manga so far. Ten years ago, he was something of a wandering hero, who went looking for people to help. If he was around when his parents landed Hayate in trouble, he'd intervene to help his little brother. {{spoiler|He helped free young Athena from the Royal Garden, but she had no idea who he was. Shortly afterwards, he disappeared under circumstances as yet unknown.}}

* [[Sprouting Ears]]: Pops out cat ears and a matching tail after she overhears {{spoiler|Hayate admitting that he's a boy.}}