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When he helps save the (as it turns out) ultra-wealthy 13-year-old Nagi from real kidnappers, she takes him in and gives him a job as her new personal butler (and love interest) until he can pay off his debt, which will take about 40 years. But Hayate is more attracted to Nagi's beautiful teenage maid Maria, and head butler Klaus is initially disapproving of the boy with such a poor look. And then there's Nagi's pet ''tiger'', Tama, and Nagi's various social peers.
While it sounds like the setup for a gooey romantic comedy (and sometimes the series is just that) ''Hayate'' refuses to take anything in its universe the slightest bit seriously. [[Painting the Fourth Wall|Characters routinely reference the fictional nature of their existence]], [[Shout
But then, there is a [[Story Arc]] in the [[Manga]] as well; events that were originally just jokes have had their backstories explained; and there is a continual thread involving Hayate's past and the origins of his abilities, Nagi's mother, a [[Mineral MacGuffin]], the Sanzenin and Tachibana family, a girl and a magical castle.
The first season of the anime aired in 2007, and follows the [[Manga]] up to a certain point, after which it adds a bunch of [[Filler]] and creates [[Adaptation
A second season, animated by J.C. Staff, aired in 2009. It follows the [[Manga]] more closely and [[Animation Bump|has a much higher animation budget.]]
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