Hayate the Combat Butler: Season 2
Season 2 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Hayate the Combat Butler Season 1.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
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Prohibited Freestyle Marathon!
Apr 3, 2009
A marathon is coming up at Nagi's school, and Maria and Hayate want her to participate too. Nagi makes a bet with Klaus, where if she can get in first place in one of the races, th
Money Tiger
Apr 10, 2009
As stipulated, Hayate is to be fired as Nagi's butler, but as Klaus fears getting fired himself for this, he sends Hayate off to be trained at the Tiger's Den for Butlers to show h
And It Doesn't Become a Legend
Apr 17, 2009
Hayate and his party members continue to go on the butler quest. Hayate is poisoned by a poisonous spear after saving Nagi's life. Meanwhile, Hinagiku and Isumi are on the quest to
You're Like Me
Apr 24, 2009
One day before valentines, Nagi is trying to make some chocolate for Hayate and decides to skip school. At school Nishizawa tries to give Hayate some "love chocolate" but insteads
Heart to Heart
May 1, 2009
Maria explains how Nagi developed an inferiority complex due to her short height causing her to frown most of the time. Kazuki, Ayumu Nishizawa's younger brother, confesses to Nagi
Your Place
May 8, 2009
Nagi is feeling embarrassed after kissing Hayate on the cheek, and she sends him out the house. Maria gives Hayate one million yen to go live outside the mansion for three days, bu
The Jealousy Yakaretate Japan
May 15, 2009
Hayate and Maria get stuck inside the school's clock tower elevator where Hayate realizes Maria is disguising herself. Nagi calls Maria on her cellphone due to her clumsiness with
Shiranui Has Arrived
May 22, 2009
Hayate goes back to the mansion with the kitten, and Nagi instantly decides that she will raise it and names it Shiranui. Tama becomes jealous of Shiranui, and tried to make it see
Pursuing the Mind of a Maiden
May 29, 2009
Sonia (the nun) is outside Wataru’s Video Store debating to herself about her love for Wataru, she finally says she just wants to acknowledge her feelings and goes in the store. Sh
Whereabouts of the Present
Jun 5, 2009
Hayate asks Maria what she would like to get an idea of what girls his age want so that he can figure out what to buy Hinagiku for her birthday. Hayate goes into town and chances u
When the Hina Festival Happens
Jun 12, 2009
Hina becomes preoccupied with why she has been thinking about Hayate so much lately. She finds out that Hayate is on the verge of failing to progress into the next grade, causing h
A Cruel Idiot's Thesis
Jun 19, 2009
After Isumi's butler, Kotetsu, realizes Hayate is a boy, he becomes enraged, and tries to hunt down Hayate. Later, Nagi gives Hinagiku the watch she prepared for her birthday, and
Feeling of Freedom
Jun 26, 2009
Hinagiku wakes to see Hayate, and after noticing the time, becomes enraged at Hayate's tardiness. She begins to attack Hayate with the Masamune Bokken she received from Isumi, and
The Family of the Saginomiya Household
Jul 3, 2009
Nagi wakes up after her dream where she became the number three spot in the Hayate the Combat Butler character rankings and Hinagiku became the top spot. On that night, Sakuya and
What Happens at Shimoda Onsen
Jul 10, 2009
Nagi decides to take Hayate and Maria on a trip to visit a mysterious meteorite that seems to enhance growth, along with other special powers. On the way there, Nagi accidentally l
Stardust Memory
Jul 17, 2009
Ayumu and Nagi manage to get away, but Nagi jumps off the bike soon after, telling Ayumu that she will be fine since Hayate is coming. Hayate finds Ayumu's cellphone and is promptl
Under the Cherry Tree
Jul 24, 2009
When Nagi wishes an alien on her mother's star,Nagi's wish become real Nagi helps the alien to find the spaceship, Hinagiku is relaxing on a onsen she decides to find and tell Ayum
People Who Never Learn on White Day
Jul 31, 2009
Ayumu realizes that despite telling him otherwise, she actually does want a White Day present from Hayate. Hayate buys a basket of cookies for Ayumu at Hinagiku's suggestion, but,
Aim for the King!
Aug 7, 2009
Nagi, having woken up after noon for all of spring break, resolves to rid herself of her hikikomori lifestyle. After Hayate accidentally breaks his cell phone, Hayate and Nagi go s
I Couldn`t Do the Maid Turn
Aug 14, 2009
Father Linn Regioster suddenly appears before Hayate and announces his decision to rest in peace. However, he claims that to finally leave the Earth, he must rid himself of his one
Somehow Our Own Cat is the Very Cutest
Aug 21, 2009
Nagi tells Hayate how she came to adopt Tama during a trip in Africa. Tama, determined to get rid of Hayate and Shiranui, corners the latter in a delivery truck only to be locked i
Keep On Dreaming
Aug 28, 2009
Nagi asks Maria about the importance of money by which she understands how hard Hayate works to pay his debt off. She decides to give Hayate a birthday present,a wrist-watch which
Our Direction
Sep 4, 2009
Tired after a day's work, Nagi decides to take a nap even though Sakuya's birthday party is that same evening. At the party, Aika discovers that Chiharu works as Sakuya's maid. Mea
Distance
Sep 11, 2009
Ayumu takes Hinagiku to a Ferris wheel which overlooks a grove of cherry blossoms. At the Aizawa mansion, Nagi goes missing and Hayate and the others try to figure out where she is
Because it`s a Story About a Rich Girl and Her Butler
Sep 18, 2009
Nagi is forced to rest after coming down with a fever after a day of hard work. Nagi asks Hayate to do something that makes her sleepy, upon which Hayate tells a strange and nonsen