TL;DR: it's good, Far better than a lot of other manga I've read.
very minor generalized spoilers for the rest of the review.
The question of a piece of art aging well is always a loaded one, that includes having to engage with an understanding and egagement of historical and cultural context.
To answer that question is to ask if the problem is miscellaneous content or it isn't just a few tweaks, but the skeleton of "Stop!! Hibari-kun!" itself that is the problem. this is an issue that I find as a casual reader to be conflicted about.
I've found that as a reader, you need to
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Alternative TitlesJapanese: ストップ!! ひばりくん! InformationType: Manga
Volumes: 4
Chapters: 53
Status: Finished
Published: Oct 6, 1981 to Nov 22, 1983
Demographic:
Shounen
Serialization:
Shounen Jump (Weekly) Authors:
Eguchi, Hisashi (Story & Art) Statistics Ranked: #102072 2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded. Popularity: #3692
Members: 5,888
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Your Feelings Categories Oct 25, 2021
Forty years ago Stop!! Hibari-kun! was firstly released, and Japan received its first manga trans protagonist, with an irreverent comedy and brilliant art by Hisashi Eguchi. An absolute avant-guarde piece that shocks me, because it is still relevant.
The 80s Japanese LGBT community portrait made by Eguchi is hilarious, but not disrespectful. The humor is neither black nor soft. Considering the time and the country, the approach is very unexpected, at such point that not even the European cinema had explored that theme that way. It reveals that Eguchi was very aware of the trans community's anguish, and of the way Japanese society treated it. But ... Apr 3, 2021
This is a fantastic gag manga that makes for an easy and enjoyable read, with a few little flourishes that have helped it stand out 40 years on from its serialisation. It is very much a gag manga, it should be noted. There are overarching plot elements but they're very light - almost every chapter is self contained and every chapter is mostly a vehicle for a smattering of very silly over the top gags. The mangaka brings an incredibly distinct and fun character to the manga: his style of humour is erratic and constantly throws in varying styles of gag, whether it's an absurdist
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Jan 31, 2022
**MINOR STORY SPOILERS**
As a transgender individual, I have a certain affinity for the protagonist character, Hibari, who is particularly relatable to me. I genuinely feel bad for her whenever everyone deadnames her or makes fun of her or tells her to stop trying to be a woman and to "be a guy" whatever that means. I feel like Hibari is probably one of the more realistic depictions of transgender individuals in media from her time, though her character is obviously not without flaws. I, for the life of me, cannot understand what she sees in Kosaku. Kosaku is the male protagonist of ... Nov 8, 2024
Okay, listen. Hibari-kun isn't going to be the #transRepresentation you desire. It certainly wasn't for me. It will not be that. But there's something indelible about who she, Hibari, is as a person. She's confidant about who she is at every turn. She's stylish. She can handle herself and all the wacky hijinks just fine. Rather charmingly, she has a very real, consistent infatuation with Kohasku.
This is a wildly transphobic manga, but I kind of recommend it to my fellow trans folk? Hibari is, despite the intense nature of this gag comic, someone who anyone would want to be. We aspire to being the weird, ... Oct 2, 2022
Stop!! Hibari-kun is a gag manga. In my opinion it has some really good jokes and some that overstay their welcome (and some that overstayed their welcome on their first appearance...). All in all, I quite enjoyed this manga and I'm reviewing it on my second read-through as I remembered having positive feelings about it. But while I liked the manga overall, it is far from perfect. As you get closer to the end of the serialization, the writing does definitely get lazier. Less focus goes on developing the drama/relationships of the characters and just the same gags get repeated over and over. A lot
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