Hayate Filler/Continuity Guide:

Hayate Continuity Guide:

Season 1:

Episodes 1-3 = Chapters 1-7.
Episode 4 = Chapters 34-36

Chapter 9?

Episode 5 = Chapter 11, Chapter 16, Chapter 17 1st half
Episode 6 = Chapter 17 2nd half, chapter 18. Chapter 20
Episode 7 = Chapters 21-23
Episode 8 = Chapter 8, Chapter 19

Chapter 24?

Episode 9 = Chapter 33, 44-46
Episode 10 = Filler
Episode 11 = Chapters 13-14.
Episode 12 = Chapter 15, Chapter 37, Chapter 43
Episode 13 = Chapter 38
Episode 14 = Chapter 39
Episode 15 = Chapters 40-41
Episode 16 = Chapter 42

Chapter 49? 59? 64?

Episode 17 = 68
Episode 18-19 = Filler
Episode 20 = Chapters 47-48, Chapter 100 1st half
Episode 21 = Chapter 10, Chapter 25
Episode 22 = Chapter 26, Chapter 85
Episode 23 = Chapters 69-70
Episode 24 = Chapters 27-28
Episode 25 = Chapters 29-32
Episodes 26-28 = Filler
Episode 29 = Chapter 99

Chapters 107-108? 
Chapter 124?
Chapters 132-133?
Chapters 149-153?

Episodes 30-31 = Filler
Episode 32 = Chapter 71
Episodes 33-39 = Filler
Episode 40 = Chapter 12, Chapter 65
Episode 41 = Chapter 101
Episode 42 = Chapter 90, Chapter 129
Episode 43 = Chapters 50-51
Episode 44 = Chapter 100 2nd half
Episodes 45-46 = Filler
Episode 47 = Chapters 102-103
Episode 48 = Filler
Episode 49 = Chapter 104, Chapter 128
Episode 50-51 = Filler
Episode 52 = Chapter 41.005

Season 2:

Episode 0 = Filler
Episode 1 S2 = Chapters 52-55
Episode 2 S2 = Chapters 56-58, Chapter 60
Episode 3 S2 = Chapters 61-63
Episode 4 S2 = Chapters 66-67
Episode 5 S2 = Chapters 72-74
Episode 6 S2 = Chapters 75-78 1st half
Episode 7 S2 = Chapters 78 2nd half-Chapter 81
Episode 8 S2 = Chapters 82-83
Episode 9 S2 = Chapter 84, Chapter 86
Episode 10 S2 = Chapters 87-89
Episode 11 S2 = Chapters 91-93
Episode 12 S2 = Chapters 94-96 1st half
Episode 13 S2 = Chapters 96 2nd half-98
Episode 14 S2 = Chapters 109-111
Episodes 15-17 S2 = Chapters 112-123
Episode 18 S2 = Chapters 125-127
Episode 19 S2 = Chapters 130-131
Episode 20 S2 = Chapters 134-135
Episode 21 S2 = Chapters 136-137
Episode 22 S2 = Chapters 138-140
Episode 23 S2 = Chapters 141-143
Episode 24 S2 = Chapters 144-146
Episode 25 S2 = Chapter 147, Chapter 148 beginning

Chapters 155-156? 158-159? 165-173? 176-188? 193-196? 198-220? 224-266, 268-280, 283-302? 304-305? 307? 310-315? 319-338? 342-345? 347's 2nd half? 348's 2nd half? 351? 360? 362-370?

Season 3:

Episode 1-2 S3 = Separate Story
Episode 3 S3 = Chapters 162-164, Chapter 346
Episode 4 S3 = Separate Story
Episode 5 S3 = Chapter 361, Chapters 105-106
Episode 6-12 S3 = Separate Story

Season 4:

Episode 1 S4 = Chapter 303, Chapters 352-353
Episode 2 S4 = Chapter 174, Chapter 197, Chapter 339
Episode 3 S4 = Chapter 306, Chapters 316-318
Episode 4 S4 = Chapter 341, Chapter 175, Chapter 309
Episode 5 S4 = Chapter 340, Chapters 221-223
Episode 6 S4 = Chapter 356, Chapter 308, Chapter 373
Episode 7 S4 = Chapters 357-358, Distorted 297-299
Episode 8 S4 = Chapter 281-282, Chapter 157, Chapter 347
Episodes 9 S4 = Chapter 192, Chapter 350, Chapters 371-372
Episode 10 S4 = Chapter 160, Chapters 189-191
Episode 11-12 S4 = Separate Story

Ova's:

Ova A = Chapters 161, Chapter 267, Chapter 259 glimpses
Ova B  = Chapter 154, Chapter 359
Ova C = Chapters 348-349, Chapters 354-355

Movie = Separate Story

Chapters 374-568?

Hayate no Gotoku is one of the longest manga around, so it's no surprise it wasn't animated in full.  What's more frustrating is all the anime episodes and movies they made that were 'original stories' instead of additional adaptions of the manga.  If they had just stuck to the manga they could have covered a lot more, but they adamantly refused to do so and insisted on making a bunch of comparative junk instead.  Filler is obviously just filler, but the original stories by Hata Kenjirou aren't exactly filler, they're just annoying anyway.

If you subtract all the filler, Hayate no Gotoku is only 85 episodes/movies long.  But if you take out the 'original stories' too, it's only 72 episodes long.  Good luck adapting 568 manga chapters in 72 episodes.

This is the main reason Hayate no Gotoku is only ranked 31st.  With so much filler thrown in the average is dragged down, even though the manga is nigh-perfect.

But the second reason Hayate's anime is sub-par is the crazy timeline issues.  Every single season just jumps around randomly, when all they had to do was follow the chronological order of the manga.  Would that have been too much to ask?  Why does it become some sort of avant-garde acid trip?

Even within single episodes, you can jump hundreds of chapters, like Ova B.  Everything is haphazard and random, thrown together with no sense of the timeline or concern for cause and effect.  The effect is dizzying.  It makes Monogatari look simple.  This guide is meant to help people clear up that confusion and understand just exactly what the anime is doing.

It's also a way to read the manga while also watching the anime.  Anime is better than manga so there's no point reading the adapted chapters.  However, that still leaves all the unadapted chapters that need reading, so people need to know which chapters those are.  By following this guide, people can enjoy both the anime and the manga.