History Manga / StopHibarikun

* {{Bokukko}}: Subverted. Although Hibari clearly prefers to be seen as a girl, she uses the more gruff ''boku'' pronoun in her standard identity. When she [[MasterOfDisguise disguises herself]] for other roles, however, she can speak easily enough in a more stereotypically female way, and uses the girlish ''atashi'' instead.

Combining gangster comedy and lighthearted high school romance, with a unique leading lady who belonged firmly to both worlds and neither, it has since become a cult classic, and has been translated into several European languages (although [[NoExportForYou not English]], presumably because of its often risqué themes). The comic was also adapted into an anime series by Creator/ToeiAnimation, which ran for 35 episodes on Creator/FujiTV and ended in 1984. It has no American release either (and also no European dubs), although partial or complete {{fansub}}s are available in various languages. This page accepts tropes from either version.

* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: While Seiji and Sabu are shown to speak rather poor English when receiving the visiting mafia don, the old-fashioned Oozora is unexpectedly able to converse fluently with him. There is a logical explanation, however: as a young man, he lived and worked in America for a time, and picked up the language there.

* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Hibari does not take kindly to Kousaku being hurt, once knocking out Shiina in a little boxing match for being too rough with him , and later goes on a shootout again the leader of another mob group after she learns that he threatened Kousaku.

* FakeBoobs: Hibari's flat chest becomes a plot point in one story, when some mean girls at school start suspecting the truth about her assigned sex at birth after hearing her wishing she had breasts and Kousaku’s clumsy retort. After this, she feels an extra incentive to wear breast forms in order to improve passing--although her aforementioned dysphoria means she was no doubt thinking about them before the incident.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Kousaku can definitely come across as rude to Hibari at times but it’s clear he genuinely cares for her.

Combining gangster comedy and lighthearted high school romance, with a unique leading lady who belonged firmly to both worlds and neither, it has since become a cult classic, and has been translated into several European languages (although [[NoExportForYou not English]], presumably because of its often risqué themes). The comic was also adapted into a syndicated anime series by Creator/ToeiAnimation, which ran for 35 episodes and ended in 1984. It has no American release either (and also no European dubs), although partial or complete {{fansub}}s are available in various languages. This page accepts tropes from either version.

* MsFanservice: A rare transgender example. Hibari is TheFashionista and always dresses well, and has an impish, often somewhat indecorous sense of humor. In particular, whenever she and Kousaku are alone together, she likes wearing sexy clothes (or not wearing them), striking poses and doing other provocative things to troll Kousaku.

* AmbiguousGenderIdentity: Japanese language around gender issues, especially in the 1980s, is complex and often ambiguous in Anglophone eyes, leading to much confusion. Most of the manga's content portray Hibari as transfeminine, however Hisashi Eguchi often referred to her with terms typically used for male-assigned people who are very feminine but male-identifying (most notably ''otokonoko''). However, for [[https://www.franceculture.fr/emissions/le-rayon-bd/stop-hibari-kun-un-manga-pop-transgenre-et-dejante-1 a French interview]] in 2020, he did allow his description of Hibari to be translated as calling her "transgenre (transgender)". Precise identity beyond that (binary or non-binary) can be up for some debate, though.

''Stop!! Hibari-kun!'' is originally a ''[[ShonenDemographic shounen]]'' manga, written and drawn by one Hisashi Eguchi, that was published in the ''Magazine/ShonenJump'' magazine from 1981 to 1983. The series often topped the magazine's weekly ratings for most of its brief run, and alongside ''Manga/CatsEye'' was one of the first series in Shonen Jump'' to feature a mostly female cast. This attracted one of the publication's first examples of a PeripheryDemographic in young girls that were interested in the contemporary fashions featured across all four Oozora Sisters, and the series has been cited by 1990s Japanese entertainers as an influence on their own style.

Combining gangster comedy and lighthearted high school romance, with a unique leading lady who belonged firmly to both worlds and neither, it has since become a cult classic, and has been translated into several European languages (although [[NoExportForYou not English]], presumably because of its often risqué themes). The comic was also adapted into a syndicated anime series by Creator/ToeiAnimation, which ran for 35 episodes and ended in 1984. It has no American release either, although partial or complete {{fansub}}s are available in various languages. This page accepts tropes from either version.

* BadassMustache: The boss of the Kureiji Syndicate (a rival ''yakuza'' group that competes with the Oozoras) sports a classic Hitler-style toothbrush mustache.

''Stop!! Hibari-kun!'' is originally a ''[[ShonenDemographic shounen]]'' manga, written and drawn by one Hisashi Eguchi, that was published in the ''Magazine/ShonenJump'' magazine in the early 1980s. The series often topped the magazine's weekly ratings for most of its brief run, and alongside ''Manga/CatsEye'' was one of the first series in Shonen Jump'' to feature a mostly female cast. This attracted one of the publication's first examples of a PeripheryDemographic in young girls that were interested in the contemporary fashions featured across all four Oozora Sisters, and the series has been cited by 1990s Japanese entertainers as an influence on their own style.

* AmbiguousGenderIdentity: Japanese language around gender issues, especially in the 1980s, is complex and often ambiguous in Anglophone eyes, leading to much confusion. Most of the manga's content portray Hibari as transfeminine, however Hisashi Eguchi often referred to her with terms typically used for people who are very feminine but male-identifying (most notably ''otokonoko''). However, for [[https://www.franceculture.fr/emissions/le-rayon-bd/stop-hibari-kun-un-manga-pop-transgenre-et-dejante-1 a French interview]] in 2020, he did allow his description of Hibari to be translated as calling her "transgenre (transgender)". Precise identity beyond that (binary or non-binary) can be up for some debate, though.

* BettyAndVeronica: Rie and Hibari play this role as rival {{Love Interest}}s for Kousaku: respectively, a sweet GirlNextDoor and a sexy and talented [[MafiaPrincess Yakuza princess]] -- who is also [[{{Transgender}} intimidating for certain reasons]].

* DudeMagnet: Hibari is very popular with men. At the Wakaba high school ([[{{Transgender}} where her stealthing skills are successful]]), she receives heaps of love letters from boys in all grades, and is elected "Miss Wakaba" at the school festival with what seems to be a large margin.

** Very often PlayedForLaughs, with Kousaku repeatedly falling for Hibari, then remembering that [[{{Transgender}} she's "really a boy"]] and getting creeped out.

* MsFanservice: A rare Transgender. Hibari is TheFashionista and always dresses well, and has an impish, often somewhat indecorous sense of humor. In particular, whenever she and Kousaku are alone together, she likes wearing sexy clothes (or not wearing them), striking poses and doing other provocative things to troll Kousaku.

* {{Transgender}}: The series has several.
** Hibari, obviously by her personality and confirmed by WordOfGod.
** [[spoiler:Fumiko is almost certainly, due to the evolution of the terminology she used to describe herself.]]
** [[spoiler:Ribahi seems to be as well.]]
** In an [[GeorgeLucasAlteredVersion added scene]] in the 2010 edition of the manga, minor character Gekijirou Taiga is revealed to be transgender (female-to-male), passing as male by binding his breasts and apparently taking male hormones.

* AmbiguousGenderIdentity: Japanese language around gender issues, especially in the 1980s, is complex and often ambiguous in Anglophone eyes, leading to much confusion. However, Hisashi Eguchi confirmed in [[https://www.franceculture.fr/emissions/le-rayon-bd/stop-hibari-kun-un-manga-pop-transgenre-et-dejante-1 a French interview]] in 2020 (handled by a trusted translator who's worked closely with the author) that Hibari is {{transgender}}. Precise identity beyond that (binary or non-binary) can be up for some debate, though.

* TransEqualsGay: Hibari is a transgender girl who only shows romantic interest in guys (or [[SingleTargetSexuality just one guy]], depending on how honest she's being when she flirts with others). The manga itself doesn't make an explicit connection between the two, but since most characters aware of her physical sex don't consider her female, they tend to refer to her as a gay crossdresser. Considering Hibari changes clothes and even bathes with girls who think she's a cisgender girl, this may have also been done to avoid any suspicion of predatory behavior (as Kousaku accuses her).

* BelligerentSexualTension: Complicated by (not actually) IncompatibleOrientation. Kousaku and Hibari fell in love at first sight -- but the fact that Hibari [[UnsettlingGenderReveal is AMAB]] added a big portion of confusion and resentment to Kousaku's side of it, leading frequently to this kind of interaction. Despite this, though, both still care about each other, and gradually and awkwardly become friends of sorts. (WordOfGod states that Kousaku was going to eventually come to his senses.)

** Very often PlayedForLaughs, with Kousaku repeatedly falling for Hibari, then remembering that [[{{Transgender}} she's ‘’really a boy’’]] and getting creeped out.

--->'''Kousaku:''' I told you already! I happen to be normal, so I like ''girls''!
--->'''Hibari:''' Why? Why does it have to be a girl?

* TransRelationshipTroubles: The romantic tension between Hibari and Kousaku is very fraught by the former being transgender. However, the angst is entirely on Kousaku's side and consists of comically overblown [[StupidSexyFlanders sexual confusion]]. Hibari isn't conflicted over pursuing a relationship with a guy, she just knows she has to be patient.

* OtokonokoGenre: Although not part of it as such, this series pioneered many of the tropes common to what is now considered to be this genre, and was a major inspiration for it.

* CureYourGays: ''Oyabun'' Oozora remains displeased with his girly ‘son’, and launches various attempts to make Hibari more masculine -- for example, by hiring a martial arts master to give her TrainingFromHell.

* DoggedNiceGuy:
** Rie is a female example. She is secretly in love with Shiina, and tries to make him notice her in subtle and modest ways, but he only has eyes for Hibari (whom he thinks is a girl).
* TheDon: Hibari's father, Oozora Ibari, is the ''oyabun'' (Japanese version of TheDon) of the Oozora ''yakuza'' family. He is an at least mostly heroic version of the trope: while he is a criminal and has killed people and such, he [[NeighbourhoodFriendlyGangsters cares about his town]], and protects it from exploitation by other gangsters and {{Corrupt Politician}}s. Also, he [[FamilyValuesVillain is nice to women and children and loves his family]].

* FakeBoobs: Hibari's flat chest becomes a plot point in one story, when some mean girls at school start suspecting the truth about her assigned sex at birth after hearing her wishing she had breasts and Kousaku’s clumsy retort. After this, she feels an extra incentive to wear breast forms in order to improve passing--although her afore mentioned dysphoria means she was no doubt thinking about them before the incident.
-->'''Kousaku:''' Don't wear such things!
-->'''Hibari:''' But I have to, because I got groped when we were changing for gym...

* TransRelationshipTroubles: The relationship between Hibari and Kousaku would be an example. It's mostly PlayedForLaughs, however, with most of the jokes about how thoroughly Kousaku thinks he’s just [[StupidSexyFlanders confused]] by Hibari and she has a lot of patience.

* WholesomeCrossdresser: How some fans insist on interpreting Hibari, though she’s not exactly the most [[TheTease wholesome by most standards]].

* ToxicFriendInfluence: Boss Oozora sometimes worries that Hibari will be this to Kousaku by turning him into a "pervert" too. In her public identity as a cheeky popular girl, Hibari sort of is one to his female friends as well when she [[BeAWhoreToGetYourMan gives out love advice]], at various times encouraging the girls to do such things as dressing provocatively or inviting boys into their bedrooms at night.
* TransEqualsGay: Due to being written in the early [[The'80s 1980s]] of Japan, the line between communities were blurry at the time, and so were aspects of Hibari (and other characters’) gender/sexual identity.

* TransRelationshipTroubles: the relationship between Hibari and Kousaku would be an example. It's mostly PlayedForLaughs, however, with most of the jokes about how thoroughly Kousaku thinks he’s just [[StupidSexyFlanders confused]] by Hibari and she has a lot of patience.

* Tomboy: Downplayed, and zig-zagged somewhat, with Hibari. While she takes care of her appearance and is quite good at most "womanly" things when they come up, she can often also show a tougher side by making crude jokes, using rude, masculine-sounding language, outdrinking her dates and physically beating people up. And, you know, being Transgender.