Hayate the Combat Butler: Cuties abandons plot entirely to chase whatever gag premise occurs to it that week. The comedy works when it lands, mostly because Hayate's deadpan exhaustion at Nagi's chaos remains funny without needing a narrative spine. This is fanservice for people who just want to hang around these characters again, not a story pretending to go anywhere.

Hayate Ayasaki works as butler to Nagi Sanzenin, a wealthy teenage heiress who draws trouble wherever she goes. After the events of Can't Take My Eyes off You, Hayate, Nagi and Maria settle back into daily life at the Sanzenin Mansion and the run-down Violet Mansion, where they now live with the other residents. Each day brings a new mess: fending off kidnappers, caring for sick residents during exam season without catching the flu himself, tracking down an embarrassing video before it spreads online, and guarding a briefcase stuffed with an absurd amount of cash. Hayate handles it all capably, but he is oblivious whenever a pretty girl falls for him. Most of the first ten episodes center on a single character, making this a comedy with a romantic streak.