 Stop ! ! Hibari @-@ kun ! ( ストップ ! ! ひばりくん ! , Sutoppu ! ! Hibari @-@ kun ! ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hisashi Eguchi . It was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from October 1981 to November 1983 , and the chapters were published in four tankōbon volumes by Shueisha from November 1982 to January 1984 . The series was adapted into a 35 @-@ episode anime television series by Toei Animation that aired on Fuji Television from May 1983 to January 1984 . The story focuses on Kōsaku Sakamoto , a high school student who goes to live with yakuza boss Ibari Ōzora and his four children — Tsugumi , Tsubame , Hibari and Suzume — after the death of his mother . Kōsaku is shocked to learn that Hibari , who looks and behaves as a girl , was assigned male at birth . 
 Stop ! ! Hibari @-@ kun ! ( ストップ ! ! ひばりくん ! , Sutoppu ! ! Hibari @-@ kun ! ) <a href='drop_aux' title='1'><mark>is</mark></a>a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hisashi Eguchi . It was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from October 1981 to November 1983 , and the chapters <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>were</mark></a> published in four tankōbon volumes by Shueisha from November 1982 to January 1984 . The series was adapted into a 35 @-@ episode anime television series by Toei Animation <a href='null_relcl' title='3'><mark>that</mark></a>aired on Fuji Television from May 1983 to January 1984 . The story <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>focuses</mark></a> on Kōsaku Sakamoto , a high school student <a href='null_relcl' title='5'><mark>who</mark></a><a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>goes</mark></a> to live with yakuza boss Ibari Ōzora and his four children — Tsugumi , Tsubame , Hibari and Suzume — after the death of his mother . Kōsaku <a href='drop_aux' title='7'><mark>is</mark></a>shocked to learn that Hibari , <a href='null_relcl' title='8'><mark>who</mark></a><a href='uninflect' title='9'><mark>looks</mark></a> and behaves as a girl , was assigned male at birth . 
Stop ! ! Hibari @-@ kun ! ( ストップ ! ! ひばりくん ! , Sutoppu ! ! Hibari @-@ kun ! ) a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hisashi Eguchi . It was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from October 1981 to November 1983 , and da chapters was published in four tankōbon volumes by Shueisha from November 1982 to January 1984 . The series was adapted into a 35 @-@ episode anime television series by Toei Animation aired on Fuji Television from May 1983 to January 1984 . Tdastory focus on Kōsaku Sakamoto , a high school student go to live with yakuza boss Ibari Ōzora and his four children — Tsugumi , Tsubame , Hibari and Suzume — after the death of his mother . Kōsaku shocked to learn that Hibari , look and behaves as a girl , was assigned male at birth .