The BEST episodes written by Junki Takegami

You Say You Can See Time, but That Is Probably Your Life Flashing Before Your Eyes
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9.78
32 votes

#1 - You Say You Can See Time, but That Is Probably Your Life Flashing Before Your Eyes

Hayate the Combat Butler - Season 1 - Episode 6

Continuing from the last episode, Isumi gets to Nagi's mansion but Hayate leaves to pick up the tea that he was supposed to get. Hayate is ambushed by Isumi's protective staff and the loan sharks from the first two episodes. Hayate eventually makes it back, but comes down with a cold. The next day after Hayate has healed, he meets a young boy and his maid who have come to Nagi's mansion. The boy, Wataru Tachibana, is Nagi's fiancé.

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Atonement for Loved Ones is...
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9.50
39 votes

#2 - Atonement for Loved Ones is...

07-Ghost - Season 1 - Episode 11

Teito, now staying in the church, wonders what he can do to atone for Mikage's death.

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My First Errand ~ This Is Snake, No Response
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9.37
62 votes

#3 - My First Errand ~ This Is Snake, No Response

Hayate the Combat Butler - Season 1 - Episode 4

When Nagi goes to school, she forgets to bring her lunch and Hayate offers to bring it to her. Once he gets to school, he is stopped at the front gates by a teacher (Yukiji) who thinks he is an intruder. Hayate eventually gets into the school, but the teacher continues her pursuit. Once inside, Hayate meets the student council president of the school, Hinagiku Katsura, for the first time, and helps her down from the tree she was climbing. As a reward, she brings him to the top of the Student Council tower so that he could see from the terrace. Yukiji, who is still searching for Hayate, finally finds him there and ends up fighting Hinagiku. After taking Nagi's bento box from Hayate, she jumps onto the railing of the terrace only to get blown off by a breeze. Hayate promptly rescues her, which ended her hostility to him. In the process, however, she had thrown Nagi's bento box onto to ground and spilled its contents.

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Thoughtless Jokes and Kindness Bring Misfortune
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9.37
63 votes

#4 - Thoughtless Jokes and Kindness Bring Misfortune

Hayate the Combat Butler - Season 1 - Episode 5

Nagi does not want to go to school today and instead stays home to hang out with some friends. One of her friends, Sakuya Aizawa, arrives and starts to teach Hayate to be a better comedian despite Nagi insisting that he is a butler. Hayate later goes out to pick up some more tea wearing a cashmere coat, but finds the journey perilous.

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Shinjuku Honor All The Way! The Kimono Beauty Wants To Be My Student (Part Two)
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9.26
34 votes

#5 - Shinjuku Honor All The Way! The Kimono Beauty Wants To Be My Student (Part Two)

City Hunter - Season 1 - Episode 38

Cast away from the Hanafubuki Gumi, Kitoo and the other hoodlums plot to kill Kikunosuke's father and their former leader. Meanwhile, Kikunosuke, on orders from her father, boards with Ryo to learn more about dignity and honor. Kaori goes to Kikunosuke's father with a request to allow her daughter to live a normal life.

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Shinjuku Honor All The Way! The Kimono Beauty Wants To Be My Student (Part One)
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9.18
34 votes

#6 - Shinjuku Honor All The Way! The Kimono Beauty Wants To Be My Student (Part One)

City Hunter - Season 1 - Episode 37

When Hoodlums try to harass the owner of Otora's cafe into selling her business, Ryo intervenes with the help of a young girl who claims to be a member of the Hanafubuki Gumi, a group representing honor and dignity. However, the hoodlums are members of the Hanafubuki Gumi themselves. When the daughter Kikunosuke asks Ryo to teach her about honor and the Japanese way, the Hanafubuki Gumi hoodlums return and kidnaps Otora. Ryo and Kikunosuke must rescue her and Ryo learns that Kikunosuke is the daughter of the leader of the Hanafubuki Gumi.

A New Beginning with Nagi Sanzenin's Estate
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9.16
70 votes

#7 - A New Beginning with Nagi Sanzenin's Estate

Hayate the Combat Butler - Season 1 - Episode 2

Awakening within Nagi's mansion, Hayate incorrectly concludes that he has died and gone to heaven, and resolves to make the most of it. While he is enjoying a soak in an enormous indoor bath, the water re-opens his wounds and he passes out. When he regains consciousness, Nagi and Maria explain that he is Nagi's new butler. Eager to demonstrate his aptitude for the job, Hayate begins cleaing the mansion at a remarkable rate, drawing on cleaning skills he gained during previous employment. He finds a manga that Nagi has been drawing, and when he mistakenly refers to it as a picture diary, Nagi ejects him from the room. Believing himself fired, Hayate leaves the mansion and is immediately abducted by the loan sharks that are after him. All seems lost until Nagi, wearing an unconvicing disguise, appears and rescues him by paying off his debt. Hayate will now work as Nagi's butler to repay her.

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An International Relationship of Love?! My Rival Is a Blonde Beauty
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9.03
39 votes

#8 - An International Relationship of Love?! My Rival Is a Blonde Beauty

City Hunter - Season 1 - Episode 25

Ryo teams up with a beautiful American agent to find out who is smuggling tanks from Japan.

Zoro's Imprisonment and Chopper's Emergency Operation!
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9.00
29 votes

#9 - Zoro's Imprisonment and Chopper's Emergency Operation!

One Piece - Season 10 - Episode 3

Zoro is taken prisoner as Chopper and Nami assist a nervous doctor in treating injured Marines.

Hina Love
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8.97
90 votes

#10 - Hina Love

Hayate the Combat Butler - Season 1 - Episode 48

Hinagiku's birthday is coming up, and her mother asked her if she would be spending it with someone she liked, which makes her become anxious around Hayate the following morning. Both Hayate and Hinagiku find unsigned love letters addressed to them at school, and they both think that each other might have sent the letter. They later meet the the appointed place in front of the kendo dojo, but find out that it was Kōtarō Ayumamiya who sent the letters in order to show Hinagiku that he could defeat Hayate. Hinagiku then leaves, mad at Hayate for saying that she wouldn't do anything girly and lying that he didn't expect the person who wrote the letter to be Hinagiku. He challenges him to a game of cat's cradle, though loses terribly.

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His Name is Magic Ball Pitcher Wataru!!!
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8.97
89 votes

#11 - His Name is Magic Ball Pitcher Wataru!!!

Hayate the Combat Butler - Season 1 - Episode 46

Wataru is shocked one day when he sees that Isumi is wearing a different school's uniform and can even get from one point to another without getting lost. Wataru seeks help from Nagi, and eventually going to the high school he saw Isumi go to earlier. Wataru finds Isumi showing a lot of attention towards the pitcher on the baseball team, which leaves him to jump to conclusions. It turns out Isumi was merely trying to exorcise the spirit of a girl who had liked the pitcher. Wataru challenges the pitcher to a match for Isumi's heart, but loses which greatly depresses him. Isumi succeeds in exorcising the spirit, and thanks Wataru for his help, which relieves Wataru of his worries about Isumi.

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A Non-Kiddy Genius Teacher Appears
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8.96
90 votes

#12 - A Non-Kiddy Genius Teacher Appears

Hayate the Combat Butler - Season 1 - Episode 23

Shiori Makimura is sent to take over Yukiji Katsura's homeroom at Hakuō Academy after a number of failed projects at M.H.E. Corp. Yukiji Katsura is demoted to sub-homeroom teacher. In order to get her old job back, Yukiji begs Hayate to help her blackmail Shiori. Hayate refuses, but Shiori runs away crying and calls Eight after Yukiji manages to get a picture of Hayate on top of Shiori after he falls down.

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Sure, Amuro May Have Had a Place to Return to, But...
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8.96
89 votes

#13 - Sure, Amuro May Have Had a Place to Return to, But...

Hayate the Combat Butler - Season 1 - Episode 47

Due to Hayate's most recent borderline test scores, Nagi gives him some time off to study. Meanwhile, Klaus sends a robotic butler which looks somewhat like Hayate to fill in for him while he is studying. The robot, known as Thirteen, does an even better job as a butler than Hayate even could, which depresses him when he finds out. Thirteen devises a plan to get Hayate and Nagi alone together, though only Hayate realizes this after the fact. That night, Thirteen goes into space to destroy a meteor heading for Earth, but is stranded on the moon with no power in the process of saving Earth.

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The Poseidon Advance Generator Gavas
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8.96
89 votes

#14 - The Poseidon Advance Generator Gavas

Hayate the Combat Butler - Season 1 - Episode 43

While working on her manga, Nagi gets the idea that, instead of chasing after Hayate to further their relationship, she must give him the cold shoulder and force him to chase her. A convenient invitation from Sakuya to a cruise on a familiar-looking ship gives her the perfect opportunity to set this plan into motion. As Hayate wanders around amazed, she shuns him over and over, culminating in the command to "explore the ship yourself". The ship is then threatened by a trio of terrorists, who are handily defeated by the Sanzen'in and Aizawa butlers; however, one of them sets off a bomb, blowing a hole in a cargo hold Hayate had just wandered into. There, he meets Isumi, who had become lost, in danger from a pair of large sharks. As the ship-goers are evacuating, Nagi remarks that Hayate hasn't shown up yet, and goes to search for him.

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Hey, Hey! I Hafta Go to a Party! Hurry up, Seriously!
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8.95
61 votes

#15 - Hey, Hey! I Hafta Go to a Party! Hurry up, Seriously!

Hayate the Combat Butler - Season 1 - Episode 14

Hayate and Nagi are excited about Hayate being qualified for Nagi's school. However, Yukiji Katsura struggles to tell Hayate that he actually failed and that she was the indirect cause, having played pranks on him before the exam. She continually gets beaten by her little sister for skirting around the issue. Hayate eventually finds out and is disappointed but finds out that he actually qualified thanks to a recommendation from Maria.

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Samurai, the Way of the Warrior, Van Damme in Action
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8.95
61 votes

#16 - Samurai, the Way of the Warrior, Van Damme in Action

Hayate the Combat Butler - Season 1 - Episode 15

Hayate goes to school early with Nagi despite her complaints. They meet a butler with a student along the way who eventually runs off with Hayate's necktie which makes Hayate and Nagi fetch a new one from home. Hayate has various discussions with Nagi and discovers that she jumped a few grades and thus is a high schooler despite her age. Hayate also discovers that Nagi used to be in a kendo club with Hinagiku but quit. Hayate decides to put Nagi back into the club when he is challenged by someone in the club.

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A Man's Fight
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8.95
60 votes

#17 - A Man's Fight

Hayate the Combat Butler - Season 1 - Episode 7

Wataru, who is infatuated with Isumi, challenges Hayate, whom he perceives as a rival, to a duel. Hayate loses to Wataru on purpose, hoping for a romantic conclusion between Wataru and Isumi that will allow Nagi to break off her unwanted engagement. However, his overly obvious act ends up hurting Wataru's feelings. In order to reach Wataru and apologize, Hayate, together with Isumi and Nagi, must brave the Tokyo subway system.

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Long Ago, We Learned from a Space Sheriff that Being Young is About Not Looking Back
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8.95
60 votes

#18 - Long Ago, We Learned from a Space Sheriff that Being Young is About Not Looking Back

Hayate the Combat Butler - Season 1 - Episode 12

After waking up from a dream about his childhood, Hayate talks with Maria about having dreams to live for and believes that dreams in life are very important. After revealing a childhood dream of his, Hayate gets the day off and decides to visit his old high school. There, he meets one of his old classmates, Ayumu Nishizawa, who has a crush on him. Hayate finds out that his parents took the rest of his tuition money, leaving him without a high school to go back too. After he begins to leave, Ayumu confesses her love for him, but he turns her down. Later, Ayumu gets taken into the ground of Nagi's mansion under the pretense that Hayate was being held captive by yakuza.

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I Hear that Those Who Rule the Summer Rule at Entrance Exams
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8.94
62 votes

#19 - I Hear that Those Who Rule the Summer Rule at Entrance Exams

Hayate the Combat Butler - Season 1 - Episode 13

After turning down Ayumu, Hayate continues to wonder what she is doing while at he is at the mansion. Transfer documents arrive in the mail for Hayate to transfer into Nagi's school, and Hayate is overcome with joy to the point of crying. Hayate attempts to study the rest of the day for the exam the next day, but continuously gets interrupted by Klaus and Tama, so he does not get much sleep. The following day, Yukiji Katsura, one of the teachers at Nagi's school, has a bit of fun at Hayate's expense in order to "loosen him up" before the real exam. However, due to the physical and mental exhaustion he acquires as a result, he fails the entrance exam by one point. Yukiji is told that she must go to the Sanzenin mansion to inform Hayate, but is hesitant to do so because she believes herself to be the reason Hayate failed.

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Even in Defeat, Kendo Rage
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8.94
62 votes

#20 - Even in Defeat, Kendo Rage

Hayate the Combat Butler - Season 1 - Episode 16

Hayate is ready to fight. However, the boy who challenged him calls his butler to fight instead. The butler then punished the challenger for being a coward. Hinagiku then stops them and the battle starts. Hayate stands no chance against the butler since he lacks a last-minute powerful move. However, he eventually wins by using the boy who challenged him as shield calling it the "Art of Changing Bodies."

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The Beautiful Rich Great Young Detective Lady Saw It! The Case of the Murdered Female Teacher Amidst Clouds of Steam!!
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8.93
90 votes

#21 - The Beautiful Rich Great Young Detective Lady Saw It! The Case of the Murdered Female Teacher Amidst Clouds of Steam!!

Hayate the Combat Butler - Season 1 - Episode 30

Yukiji is found murdered at a hot spring inn and Detective Nagi decides to take it upon herself to solve the mystery. After a number of wrong assumptions, Nagi blames the voice in the sky ("Ten no Koe", i.e. the narrator). Kirika sends another butler to defeat Hayate, and they have a B-Daman battle.

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Eloim Essaim. Mr. Cow, Mr. Cow! What is it, Mr. Frog?
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8.93
60 votes

#22 - Eloim Essaim. Mr. Cow, Mr. Cow! What is it, Mr. Frog?

Hayate the Combat Butler - Season 1 - Episode 9

Hayate tries to motivate Nagi to go to school finally, and offers to take her to and from school everyday from now on. Nagi reluctantly agrees and goes to school for the day, but when she comes back it turns out she forgot her notebook at school. Hayate offers to go to school late at night to bring it back and at the school gate he runs into one of the school's teachers he met earlier.

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The Value of My Life - Priceless
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8.92
62 votes

#23 - The Value of My Life - Priceless

Hayate the Combat Butler - Season 1 - Episode 11

Nagi, with Hayate, Maria, and Sakuya, go to visit the head of the Sanzenin family — Mikado Sanzenin. Hayate runs into him outside, but initially believes him to be a landscaper on Mikado's estate. After Mikado reveals himself, he informs Hayate that his life is infinitely worthless while he is living to merely pay off the debt he owes Nagi. Mikado gives him a special pendant before leaving. Later, Hayate decides that he will protect Nagi from anyone that tries to hurt her, which greatly flusters Nagi.

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Therefore, You Pass Through The Door Of The Defeated
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8.88
96 votes

#24 - Therefore, You Pass Through The Door Of The Defeated

07-Ghost - Season 1 - Episode 21

The military found out about the Eye of Mikhail and its master, Teito, and decide to search for him.

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A Divine Prophecy on a Summer's Evening?! The Shrine Maiden Is Introduced to Love
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8.86
44 votes

#25 - A Divine Prophecy on a Summer's Evening?! The Shrine Maiden Is Introduced to Love

City Hunter - Season 1 - Episode 18

Corrupt businessman, an incompetent assassin, and a old lady complicates Ryo's job to protect a beautiful psychic.

The Night Before the Final Assault
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8.83
63 votes

#26 - The Night Before the Final Assault

Guyver: The Bioboosted Armor - Season 1 - Episode 19

Frustrated by her own weakness, Mizuki decides to help Murakami san during his recovering period but, while overhearing a conversation between dr. Odagiri and Masaki, she learns some shocking news that throw her in despair. Sho and the others prepare to explore the interior of the Crypt to discover useful informations about the Creators. Meanwhile, much to everyone surprise, the most powerful of the Zoalord divinities, Alkampfer, appears inside Cronos base and faces Guyot, who has just put his hands on the Remover, a mysterious device linked to the Guyver units.

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Relic's Point in Disarray
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8.81
63 votes

#27 - Relic's Point in Disarray

Guyver: The Bioboosted Armor - Season 1 - Episode 21

Aptom manages to infiltrate into Relic's Point and finally takes his revenge on Zector, Guster and Dezerb. Chased by Alkampfer, Guyot escapes to the lower levels, while Sho suggest that the whole group finds shelter inside the Crypt. Finally facing each other, Alkampfer and Guyot start their fight, and the latter unleashes his most powerful attack.

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The Beast, the Robot, and the Butler that Shouted, or Maybe Didn't Shout, Love at the Heart of the World
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8.78
64 votes

#28 - The Beast, the Robot, and the Butler that Shouted, or Maybe Didn't Shout, Love at the Heart of the World

Hayate the Combat Butler - Season 1 - Episode 3

Hayate wakes up Nagi one morning to find a large white tiger sleeping with her in her bed. The tiger, named Tama, nabs Hayate and carries him outside to fight. Hayate inevitably loses. Afterwards, Klaus, who is still upset about Hayate being Nagi's butler, challenges Hayate to a match with a robot to see if he has the necessary skills to be a butler.

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No Romance for this Actress: The Last Shot for Hope
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8.69
57 votes

#29 - No Romance for this Actress: The Last Shot for Hope

City Hunter - Season 1 - Episode 6

As Kaori takes over as Ryo's new partner, Ryo is called upon to solve a string of incidents involving actress Yumiko Sato. As he delves deep into the mystery, he comes across a powerful adversary, as well as a client who may have a deadly death wish.

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I Want to Go Back to Being an Ordinary Girl, but Buy My Character Songs, Okay?
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8.67
90 votes

#30 - I Want to Go Back to Being an Ordinary Girl, but Buy My Character Songs, Okay?

Hayate the Combat Butler - Season 1 - Episode 37

Nagi asks Hayate what type of girl he likes, after reading a romance magazine which states that Nagi's zodiac sign, Sagittarius, will face a crisis in terms of romance. Hayate tells her that he likes girls that are normal and makes a passing remark that Nagi "wouldn't understand". Nagi runs off in rage, determined to learn how to be 'normal'. Nagi meets Ayumu Nishizawa and comes to the conclusion that tagging along with her will help her learn how to be 'normal'. After a day of following (and bothering) Ayumu, she invites Nagi to stay at her place. Ayumu gives Hayate a call, at Nagi's request, to inform him that Nagi will be staying over. It turns out that Hayate has been following them. Just as Hayate was about to leave, Isumi calls in distress, trapped at the top of a nearby tower. Wataru rushes to save her before Hayate, but it was ultimately Hayate who did most of the work.

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Hayate in Peril! All Functions Shut Down!!
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8.64
91 votes

#31 - Hayate in Peril! All Functions Shut Down!!

Hayate the Combat Butler - Season 1 - Episode 38

Nagi, Hayate, and Maria go to a Christmas party hosted by Nagi's grandfather. Just like the previous Christmas party, Nagi escapes - this time with Hayate. They head to the park where Nagi tries to make romantic advances on Hayate, but they are interrupted by a mysterious dark butler, Cyborg Butler, and Superintendent Kirika. Hayate is defeated, but they are saved by Himegami, who now calls himself Princess God. The next day, Hayate fails at all his butler chores and Himegami explains it is because Superintendent Kirika drained all his butler powers. In order to keep Nagi safe, Hayate resigns as Nagi's butler and leaves the mansion.

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The Lady Vanishes! Boutique of the Shadows
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8.63
56 votes

#32 - The Lady Vanishes! Boutique of the Shadows

City Hunter - Season 1 - Episode 4

Ryo's partner Hideyuki is frantic over the disappearance of her sister Kaori as a spate of abductions of women have swept Shinjuku. As he is trying to find his partner's sister, he comes across a man who is not who he seems to be. Together, they must find the secret into the kidnappings.

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In English, 'Unmei' Means 'Destiny'
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8.59
74 votes

#33 - In English, 'Unmei' Means 'Destiny'

Hayate the Combat Butler - Season 1 - Episode 1

Hayate Ayasaki is a sixteen-year old boy who has been working hard earning money as a bicycle delivery boy. He loses his job after his employer finds out he is still in high school, and his irresponsible parents spend the money he had earned. Hayate tries to kidnap a young girl named Nagi Sanzenin, but fails in his attempt. Later, Hayate saves her from other kidnappers and Nagi repays him by offering him a job as her new butler. However, overcome by injuries received during the rescue, Hayate collapses and is taken from the scene by Nagi's private helicopter.

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The Rare Cards are Swimsuits
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8.55
91 votes

#34 - The Rare Cards are Swimsuits

Hayate the Combat Butler - Season 1 - Episode 18

The students at Hakuō Academy go to a remote island for beach class. The butler of the beach resort named Schmidt hen Bach greets them and tries to create fun experiences for the group. However, the group of students is not having fun and want to go home, but Schmidt is not willing to let them go.

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Hearts Wavering
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8.51
61 votes

#35 - Hearts Wavering

Hayate the Combat Butler - Season 1 - Episode 25

Nagi is despondent over her conflict with Hayate, so she, Saki and Gilbert plan a fake kidnapping in Isumi's house underground. However, things turn bad when a Mecha programmed by Shiori goes crazy, and it is up to Hayate to go rescue Nagi and to recover his butler's status.

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Ambitions of Fairy Vearth - The Ark, Maxim!!
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8.50
58 votes

#36 - Ambitions of Fairy Vearth - The Ark, Maxim!!

One Piece - Season 9 - Episode 38

Eneru defeats Zoro and Wyper. Upon seeing this, Nami follows him to a cave where his ark, Maxim, is. Luffy finally gets out of the snake, along with Aisa, only to find out the outcome of the fight against Eneru. When Aisa tells him that she knows where he is, he asks her to take him there.

Chance of Survival: 0%!! Pirate Chopper vs. Shinto Priest Ohm
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8.50
58 votes

#37 - Chance of Survival: 0%!! Pirate Chopper vs. Shinto Priest Ohm

One Piece - Season 9 - Episode 32

Priest Ohm appears and starts fighting everyone.

The Vanished City! The Magnificent Ruins of Shandora!!
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8.50
58 votes

#38 - The Vanished City! The Magnificent Ruins of Shandora!!

One Piece - Season 9 - Episode 31

While Robin is looking at some ruins she found, Yama, The Chief Enforcer, attacks her. Yama is easily defeated by Robin. Later, she discovers the legendary city, Shandora.

The Invincible Ability! Enel's True Nature Revealed
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8.50
58 votes

#39 - The Invincible Ability! Enel's True Nature Revealed

One Piece - Season 9 - Episode 30

Eneru defeats several members of the Shandian Tribe. Meanwhile, Gan Fall and Nami start and finish their fight with Kotori and Hotori. Hotori is defeated by Nami while Kotori is defeated by Gan Fall.

New Year's Food Is Good, but Have Some Hayate, Too
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8.49
118 votes

#40 - New Year's Food Is Good, but Have Some Hayate, Too

Hayate the Combat Butler - Season 1 - Episode 40

On the night before New Years, Nagi orders Hayate to bring her to Kujukuri Beach to have a romantic date watching the sunrise after reading about it in a manga. Hayate is forced to take her on a bike since he is not old enough to drive. He manages to make it on time, but Nagi falls asleep just before the sunrise. The next day, the mansion's circuit breaker overloads and Hayate goes to the annex to turn it back on. On the way there, he gets stuck in a blizzard which is really caused by Sakuya's snowblower. He manages to turn the power back on, but passes out due to the extreme cold. After insulting Sakuya without meaning to, she (and her bodyguards) ditch him and leave him on a stretcher in the annex.

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A Big Brother, Even for Peter
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8.49
59 votes

#41 - A Big Brother, Even for Peter

Hayate the Combat Butler - Season 1 - Episode 21

Nagi decides to take Hayate to an amusement park in her own backyard. While Hayate is roaming through the haunted house, Robot Eight, who was defeated in episode 3, appears to get revenge. After Eight's plan fails, he flees, upgrades, and breaks into Nagi's mansion for another chance for revenge.

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Quiz! Written as 'Foe' and Read as 'Friend'!!
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8.48
60 votes

#42 - Quiz! Written as 'Foe' and Read as 'Friend'!!

Hayate the Combat Butler - Season 1 - Episode 50

Nagi and Ayumu compete together in the 4256th High School Girls Ultra Quiz tournament, though are each looking forward to the possibility of winning different prizes; Nagi wants the trophy for its resemblance to Hayate, and Ayumu wants the all-you-can-eat ticket to a restaurant so she can go out with Hayate. During the tournament, Nagi and Ayumu have trouble cooperating, though manage to end up winning the tournament in the end. Ayumu uses the all-you-can-eat ticket to invite Nagi, and Hayate to go out and eat together.

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Like a Dog, a Mouse, and a Bulldog
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8.48
60 votes

#43 - Like a Dog, a Mouse, and a Bulldog

Hayate the Combat Butler - Season 1 - Episode 42

Nagi, perplexed by Hayate's apparent lack of weaknesses despite being a main character, plots ways to find chinks in his armor. As her various schemes fail to produce results, Maria, Sakuya, and Isumi get swept up in the flow and discuss their weaknesses as well. Hayate and Wataru begin studying German in preparation for a Hakuō mathematics exam, while Maria tells Hayate a bit of background information on Isumi, Sakuya, and Wataru. When they go to check on Nagi and Wataru, Nagi becomes jealous that they are alone together, prompting Maria to remark that Hayate's weakness seems to be not understanding the female heart.

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Black Hayate
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8.48
61 votes

#44 - Black Hayate

Hayate the Combat Butler - Season 1 - Episode 28

Hayate defeats Klaus and Tama by catching Klaus' ribbon when falling off during Klaus' Ultimate Move, leaving the whole public under the impression that he has the power to defeat opponents without even touching them. After numerous retirements from Hayate's opponents and battles through the tournament, Hayate defeats Hinagiku in the finals and fights Shion. After defeating her by discovering her weak point, the Superintendent vows to bring Hayate to her by calling her Dark Butlers League.

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Match-Making Meeting
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8.47
62 votes

#45 - Match-Making Meeting

Hayate the Combat Butler - Season 1 - Episode 29

Saki's mother asks Saki to have a marriage meeting. Wataru becomes worried and asks Nagi on what to do. They decide to go on a marriage meeting tour to spy on Saki. The man Saki is to meet turns out to be Kyonosuke Kaoru, but they both reveal that they both have someone else they like. After a misunderstanding, Wataru decides to crash the meeting by sending Tama to kidnap Kyonosuke and to lose to Wataru on purpose. The plan is set back and Yukiji kidnaps Kyonsuke instead. In the meantime, Kirika sends Duel Butler to bring Hayate into the Dark Butlers League.

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It Is Maria Appreciation Day! In February
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8.47
60 votes

#46 - It Is Maria Appreciation Day! In February

Hayate the Combat Butler - Season 1 - Episode 45

Nagi surprises Maria with an overnight relaxation tour at the Hyatt Regency hotel after Maria becomes upset when Nagi and Hayate thought she looks older than her actual age. When Hayate orders for room service, they meet Izumi to find out the students of Hakuō Academy are running the hotel for a one day experience event. Maria enjoys a few of the hotel facilities until the students are unable to accomplish their jobs and ask Maria for help especially when the Kirika and Shion visits. Maria spends the rest of the day helping the students in secret from Nagi and Hayate.

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Spring
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8.47
60 votes

#47 - Spring

Hayate the Combat Butler - Season 1 - Episode 51

Nagi is planning a celebration party for Hayate for graduating, though gets him to stay out of the mansion for a while by giving him the task of retrieving a small box carrying an item she bought off the Internet. While out, Hayate is offered 150,000,000 yen by a national escort service in order to recruit him into their business and so that he can pay off his debt to Nagi. While thinking this offer over, he loses the box and has to go halfway around the world in order to retrieve it, though by the time he gets back to the mansion its already dark out. Hayate is very grateful to Nagi for the party, and the item he retrieved which was intended for him, and turned out to be a small pocket watch. Hayate later turns down the offer from the escort service, and it turns out that Nagi's grandfather set up the offer in order to test Hayate's loyalty.

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The Mystery of 120% Employment Rate (Temp.)
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8.47
60 votes

#48 - The Mystery of 120% Employment Rate (Temp.)

Hayate the Combat Butler - Season 1 - Episode 44

Nagi completed an improved version of her manga, but still, no one can understand it except for Isumi. She takes Hayate, Maria, Isumi, and Sakuya out for ramen, but they find themselves in a hidden animation studio where they are shocked to hear that Nagi's manga is going to be animated. The directors declare Nagi's demands to be impossible, but they end up animating it anyways because of a rumor that their stock will go up if they do it. After the premiere one week later, everyone is at a loss for words.

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I Wonder Who Came Up with the Sound Effect "Kapooon"? It's Awesome!
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#49 - I Wonder Who Came Up with the Sound Effect "Kapooon"? It's Awesome!

Hayate the Combat Butler - Season 1 - Episode 22

With summer vacation coming to an end, Nagi is saddened that there won't be anymore free time to spend with Hayate. After reading a manga, Nagi decides to take Hayate fishing. While Hayate and Nagi are having a romantic time fishing (in Nagi's mind), the lord of the lake overturns their boat. Returning home, Hayate takes a bath and is joined by Tama who breaks the bath's water heater. Hayate becomes depressed because he believes he's always causing problems for Maria and attempts to fix the bath, only for it to be destroyed once again by Tama.

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I've Never Had the Trouble of Being Too Popular
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#50 - I've Never Had the Trouble of Being Too Popular

Hayate the Combat Butler - Season 1 - Episode 24

Hayate is having a bad day thanks to the pendant that Nagi's grandfather gave to him. After Hayate and Wataru rescue Isumi's stole, Isumi thanks Hayate by decursing the pendant. Nagi and Wataru become depressed because they misunderstand the decursing as an act of love because they embraced. Nagi runs away from home to Wataru's video store.

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