For 16-year-old Hayate Ayasaki, life has been nothing but hardship -- but then he meets Nagi Sanzenin, the lovely heir to an enormous fortune. On the run from debt collectors, Hayate suddenly finds himself the butler to a very smitten rich girl. Unaware of Nagi's feelings, Hayate tries to carry out his role in this strange new world of privilege while fending off the baddies who are after Nagi's money in this anime series.