An unfortunate high school student, Ayasaki Hayate spends his days working at part-time jobs to support his extravagant parents. After incurring a debt of 150 million yen, they disappear, and Hayate was left holding the bag. Whilst running away from the debt collectors, he tries to kidnap a girl for ransom . Almost immediately, he botches the kidnap attempt but then manages to save her from other kidnappers, causing her to fall in love with him. The girl, Sanzenin Nagi, is actually the daughter of a millionaire family. In recognition of his services, she hires Hayate as a resident butler and even pays off the debt collectors.
This is how Hayate becomes a combat butler. In order to serve and protect his mistress, Hayate's life-or-death butler life begins.
Hayate The Combat Butler is finished and has 52 Volumes and 570 Chapters. It is also Known as: ハヤテのごとく!, Hayate no Gotoku!
Top 10 Manga Like Hayate no Gotoku! [2022 List]
- 10. Himegoto
- 9. Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai
- 8. Mayo Chiki!
- 7. Nisekoi
- 6. Mahou Sensei Negima!
- 5. Tonikaku Kawaii
- 4. Kure-nai
- 3. D-Frag!
- 2. Domina no Do!
- 1. Zero no Tsukaima
10. Himegoto

Hime Arikawa is a high-school boy with a huge debt, and he is saved by the girls of his school's student council after being chased down by yakuza debt collectors. The student council agrees to pay off his debt if he'll join the student council and spend his high-school life cross-dressing.
Note: Himegoto was serialized in a few different magazines, which were then collected together in the same volumes.
WAaI! - 16 chapters
Comic REX - 28 chapters
Febri - 7 chapters
Himegoto+
Himegoto+ is a spin-off of Himegoto. Hime's younger brother Kaguya joins the public morals committee because he wants to save Hime from the clutches of the student council vice president. Accompanying Kaguya is one of his servants referred to as No. 1.
One-shots:
- Bangai-hen: Oshiete! Hime-senpai -- Josou Shounen Anthology Comic "Hime Ichigo-gumi"
- Bangai-hen: Oshiete! Mittan Iinchou -- Josou Shounen Anthology Comic "Hime Ringo-gumi"
Himegoto is finished and has 6 Volumes and 60 Chapters. It is also Known as: ひめゴト, Hime Goto, Secret Princess Himegoto, Himegoto+, Himegoto Plus, Himegoto (Comic Rex), Himegoto (Febri)
9. Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai

Katsuragi Keima is known on the net as the god of getting the girls while in real life he’s known as otamegane and he hates all real girls. However he is approached by Elsie, a devil from hell, to help her in catching runaway spirits that hide in people. Apparently the spirits only hide in the hearts of girls and the only way to get the souls out is by making the girl fall in love so the spirit gets forced out. And he’s not allowed to fail or he will lose his head.
The World God Only Knows is finished and has 26 Volumes and 271 Chapters. It is also Known as: 神のみぞ知るセカイ, KamiNomi, Kami nomizo Shiru Sekai, The World God Only Knows, TWGOK
8. Mayo Chiki!

Kinjiro Sakamachi is a "normal" seventeen-year-old boy who happens to suffer from an abnormal fear of women, otherwise known as gynophobia. His phobia, which surfaces as an occasional nosebleed, has been kept more or less under control...until now.
A fateful visit to the school bathroom turns Kinjiro's world upside down, as he discovers the dashing and popular Konoe Subaru is actually a girl?! What's worse, the principal's cruel and domineering daughter, Kanade Suzutsuki, has every reason to keep this secret from leaking out, and makes it her life's work to torment Kinjiro, while attempting to cure his gynophobia.
Is Kanade simply sadistic or does she really want to help Kinjiro overcome his fears? It makes no difference to poor Kinjiro, because his life has just become a living hell.
Mayo Chiki! is finished and has 7 Volumes and 40 Chapters. It is also Known as: まよチキ!, Mayo Chiki!
7. Nisekoi

As a child, Raku Ichijo made a secret promise with his childhood sweetheart, keeping a pendant as a memento while his love took the key. He dreams of one day meeting his past love, but years later, reality smashes his hopes when Chitoge Kirisaki accidentally knees him in the face...
Though Raku’s a normal high schooler, his family heads the notorious yakuza gang the Shuei-Gumi faction! And he’s dragged into family affairs when he’s forced into a relationship with Chitoge, the daughter of a rival gang’s boss!
Despite their constant spats, the two somehow fool everyone with their false relationship. Raku then discovers that Chitoge has a mysterious key from her past, which she can’t remember... Plus, two other girls appear with keys as well—Kosaki Onodera and Marika Tachibana!
Caught in the midst of this love maelstrom, even more complications arise for Raku when his class decides on Romeo and Juliet as the class’s play for the school festival. Can the two false lovebirds pull off the impossible and make the play a success?
Nisekoi: False Love is finished and has 25 Volumes and 229 Chapters. It is also Known as: ニセコイ, Nisekoi
6. Mahou Sensei Negima!

Negi Springfield, a 10-year-old wizard who recently graduated from Merdiana Magic Academy in Wales, hopes to achieve two things—to find his missing father, who was once known as the Thousand Master, and to become a Magister Magi, someone who helps the everyday world through magic. To reach his latter goal, he is assigned one last task: to teach English at a middle school in Japan.
Much to his surprise and dismay, he not only discovers that his homeroom class consists of 31 girls, but also ends up revealing his true identity as a magician to Asuna Kagurazaka, one of his new students. Negi must now negotiate with the girl and face his most difficult challenge yet—to keep his identity a secret as he tackles magical threats both from within and outside of Mahora Academy, all the while keeping a watchful eye out for his lost father.
Negima! Magister Negi Magi is finished and has 38 Volumes and 355 Chapters. It is also Known as: 魔法先生ネギま!, Magical Teacher Negima!, Negima
5. Tonikaku Kawaii

Described as a story full of "love" and "dreams", Tonikaku Cawaii follows a protagonist whose name is written with the characters for "Hoshizora" , but whose name is pronounced as "Nasa". On the day of his high school entrance exams, Nasa encounters a beautiful girl. For Nasa, it feels like destiny is finally calling out to him that he will have a girlfriend, but...
Tonikaku Kawaii is currently publishing . It is also Known as: トニカクカワイイ, Generally Cute, Fly Me to The Moon, TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You
4. Kure-nai

16-year-old Kurenai Shinkurou, a specialist in settling squabbles between people, is one day approached by the daughter of a powerful plutocratic family asking him to be her bodyguard. Adapted from a light novel.
Kure-nai is finished and has 10 Volumes and 55 Chapters. It is also Known as: 紅 kure-nai, Kurenai
3. D-Frag!

Kazama Kenji likes to believe he is something of a delinquent. Moreover, others seem to like to agree that he is. Of course, Kenji's gang finds their way to a group of four not-so-normal girls—Chitose, Sakura, Minami and Roka—and all at once, whatever reputation he may have is nothing compared to the outrageous behavior of the girls. Shanghaied into joining their club, what will happen to his everday life from that point on?
D-Frag! is currently publishing . It is also Known as: ディーふらぐ!, D-Fragments!
2. Domina no Do!

Tsuchie Takeshi has dreams of playing with Hikari-chan as a child. He remembers her as a kind, sweet girl. However, one day on the way home from school, Takeshi is abducted and taken to a huge house, only to find out that she's become an arrogant, violent dominatrix. Furthermore, she says that he promised to marry her! How will he adjust to her new personality, and living with her as a new son of her prestigious family?
Domina no Do! is finished and has 7 Volumes and 41 Chapters. It is also Known as: どみなのド!, Dominanodo!
1. Zero no Tsukaima

Zero no Tsukaima's story follows the life of the female protagonist named Louise who attends an academy for those who can use magic as a second year student. In this world, those who can use magic are either a mage or a noble. Everyone else is a commoner and is not treated equally. She is unskilled at the craft, which means she can never use her magic the way she wants to and has been dubbed the name "Louise the Zero", due to her current success rate almost always being zero. Early in the school year, the second year students get to summon their familiars; this is considered a special day where a mage summons their eternal protector and partner, which usually is some sort of creature. Louise manages to summon a human male named Saito Hiraga from Earth, leaving Louise totally humiliated. She treats Saito as any other creature, making him sleep on the floor and eat leftovers, and beats him with a whip, among other things. One day Saito challenges a noble who disrespects commoners to a duel. Saito is beaten badly at first, but once a sword was put in Saito's hands, he gained amazing powers and wields the sword with great ability. Louise and Saito, during the course of the story, face many mysteries and uncover unexpected truths.
The Familiar of Zero is finished and has 7 Volumes and 36 Chapters. It is also Known as: ゼロの使い魔, The Familiar of Zero