Can't Stop Hibari-kun
Join Rowan and Xan on the deepest of dives into Stop!! Hibari-kun! - the 1980s transgender romantic comedy you may never have heard of. This incredibly progressive and also incredibly problematic anime and manga series entertained Japanese audiences in the days of Walkmans and Space Invaders, but how does it hold up for a modern trans audience, 40 years and an entire continent removed from its original context?
Episodes
The series saves one of its most interesting characters for literally the last seven pages of the manga, as we meet the manly, hot...
It’s part one of our finale, and the very last episode of the anime sees Hibari acquiring strange powers from the gender-affirming...
Sayuri returns with plans of stalking and blackmail, vying with Hibari for the role of Sleeping Beauty in an upcoming school play....
As the end of the series draws near, Rowan and Xan must face a terrible trial: an episode all about Kaji. He catches a cold and mi...
Hibari and Kosaku swap bodies in an episode that’s a lot less trans in execution than it is on paper. Rowan and Xan discuss Japan’...
Hibari and Kosaku have the house to themselves, and now the only thing that can come between them is an anxious assassin. Rowan an...
Is it a dream or an illusion? Rowan and Xan aren’t sure, but this week Hibari and the gang go back in time a thousand years for so...
Just in time for June, it’s time for Hibari’s Christmas episode! This leads, naturally, to a discussion of Buddhism, as Rowan and ...
The boxing club has a match against the punkest school in Japan, and Kosaku has to train hard to beat them, even if it takes the h...
Kosaku finds out about a long lost uncle who is also the richest man in the world. Rowan and Xan talk about New Wave artist and ca...
Tensions boil over between Hibari and Tsubame, as Kosaku develops a weird crush! Rowan and Xan discuss Xan’s favorite page of the ...
The popular actress Hiroko Yakushimaru will not be appearing in this episode. Instead, Hibari gains a rival for Kosaku’s affection...
The Bad Kid Gang is here, and the Bad Episode Gang is here to talk about it! Rowan and Xan discuss moral panics, Popeye’s photosen...
Hibari’s dad falls for a barista who seems very taken with the idea of being a mother to Suzume. Rowan and Xan discuss non-verbal ...
The Ozoras and the Umiushis settle a territory dispute with a time-honored tradition: playing a baseball game for a very old man. ...
The Ozoras once again find themselves on an island, but this one is home to Hibari’s double and easily the best dad ever to appear...
The inexplicable detective arc continues, bringing the Ozoras to a strange island in what is undoubtedly the weirdest episode yet....
In a truly awful episode of the anime, the Ozora Group becomes a detective agency because a computer tells them to. And Hibari… is...
In our second manga-only episode, we get two tales of Kosaku being romantically frustrated. Rowan and Xan discuss the Japanese tak...
It’s Takarazuka time! Xan is extremely excited to talk about possibly the most capital G Gender episode this show has ever produce...
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