Hayate the Combat Butler, Vol. 6

Hayate The Combat Butler #6

by Kenjirō Hata

With a prize of 150 million yen on the line, the traditional sports event at Hakuou Gakuin--the paired freestyle marathon--finally begins. Honor, pride, and even the fate of Hayate's employment are on the line, but how can he hope to win when his mistress Nagi would sooner French-kiss a king cobra than participate in anything remotely close to exercise?! What cruel mishap will befall the embattled Hayate this time--especially when victory is but a short jog away?

Genres: Manga, Harem, Romance

192 pages, Paperback

First published March 17, 2006

About the author

He is notable for the creation of Hayate the Combat Butler!. He likes to collect anime related items, such as figurines.

Reviews

[Delanie Dooms]

I'm definitely more a fan of the funny romance than the action comedy. This volume, all about a supposed trial for butlers, is good--and funny--but is very silly silly. It's pretty good.

Hayate learns how to be a true butler, to some extent. His character--one of ultimate self-sacrifice and good will--is given a special power in order that he might help his master survive a big monster spirit thing.

[David Doel]

This was the best volume so far! Adding to the harem and school aspects, this one added adventure, and humor is the constant theme.

[Lissibith]

I said in my review of vol. 5 that the search for the secret deadly technique would continue into the next book, and here we go!

After failing to turn the physically lazy Nagi into the winner of a race at school, Hayate is about to be fired. But there's a way out - if he can complete training at the Tiger's Pit for Butlers, he will be allowed to return. However, things are never as simple as they sound in Hayate's world, and he ends up having to deal with a violent nun, a ghost and worst of all - practical butler experience.

The Tiger Pit is a weird arc, absurd in the way I've come to expect from this series, but I think it might be one of my favorites. The references aren't always recognizable to me, but enough are to give me a grin.

[CountZeroOr]

This volume covers the "Butler's Tiger Pit" arc, which is, I think, one of the anime and manga's funniest arcs thus far.

[Rena]

So... Did he prove himself or is it just null because it was a trap? I'm minorly confused right now.