How silly can a series about a fightin' butler be? Even sillier than it sounds. You'd have to dredge far and deep to find a morsel of seriousness amidst this glut of goof. Don't even bother looking to the usual suspects for substance. Hayat more

Hayate the Combat Butler has certainly been a struggle to get through in the episodes I've seen so far, though there have been bright spots here and there. It wasn't until this volume though that nearly every episode on the disc proved to be fun more

Substance? Who knew Hayate had it in it? Somehow, between the Gundam references and talking tiger jokes, a few granules of character and, dare I say, even feeling have snuck their way in. Not many mind you, but enough to make this outing a rather more sat more