ハヤテのごとく! [Hayate no Gotoku! / Hayate the Combat Butler]

Kenjiro Hata’s Hayate the Combat Butler (2005–2017) is a shonen comedy series from Shogakukan that follows Hayate Ayasaki, a perpetually unlucky but good-hearted young man who becomes a butler to a wealthy, eccentric girl to pay off his family’s crushing debt. Over its 52-issue run, Hata single-handedly wrote and illustrated a whirlwind of slapstick, pop-culture gags, and romantic misunderstandings, all set against a sprawling cast of colorful characters and increasingly absurd adventures. The series is celebrated as a defining, long-running gag manga of its era, blending classic butler-and-mistress tropes with Hata’s sharp, self-aware humor.