stop stop japanese manga series written illustrated serialized weekly jump october november chapters published volumes november january series adapted episode anime television series aired january story focuses high school student goes live boss children death mother shocked learn looks girl assigned male birth wanted create romantic comedy manga main female character cross dressing boy fun genre took time draw chapters compared earlier manga continued found increasingly difficult weekly pace chapters eventually abandoned series editor chief refused request release chapters week july february published volume stop collection features revisions originally published chapters addition newly drawn cover art stop described achieving reality contrasting exterior male interior series praised overall light pop literary style delicate touch drawn described attractive makes reader forget gag manga jokes surrounding characters criticized extreme longer humorous modern times series described having hand paving way pop phenomenon plot stop follows high school student mother tells deathbed live friend boss family tokyo dies initially unsure situation relieved meets children attracted start shocked learn looks girl assigned male birth known family group girls led begin suspect guy takes place health effectively suspicions begins immediate interest effort distance joins boxing club club attracted club manager likes soon joins club second manager shortly training camp end year start new school year scouted join girl team captain witnesses athletic prowess refuses continues pursue overwhelmed ability spike ball friends try swim class suspect guy prevents getting proof school sponsored summer camp refuses advances popular guy school named starts openly flirting school enraged earning affection grow closer friends fight going day helps girl named harassed guys boxing club deals despite instantly hires detective find leading discover secret run boxing club members harass festival boxing club challenges boxing club inter school matches turns ruse chance gang allowing knock boxing club leader transfers class going date exchange revealing secret school festival class acts sleeping beauty play prince princess culminating giving french kiss stage agrees look son close friends surprised learn trans man characters protagonist stop originally pure hearted high school student constantly refuses advances time goes increasingly concerned influenced treats helps maintain secret initially fighting joins boxing club effort stronger inherent strength series progresses voiced titular character stop high school student assigned male birth looks girl dismay prefers referred daughter expressed interest having breasts according feminine starts living household interest early continues advances series gets series progresses including openly flirting school kissing extremely athletic intelligent addition physically strong despite relatively small body frame voiced boss organization father wants family oriented extremely distressed usual behavior partly choice inherit weak heart frequently gets attacks overly excited shocked love mother ended marrying hunter voiced eldest daughter acted figure family mother died dropped art school second year professional illustrator voiced second daughter years older like father acting girl constantly gets mad wearing clothes wears clothes nearly identical hair eye color certain occasions voiced youngest daughter elementary school student scared flat faced men voiced member love voiced member looks scary personality awake voiced classmate likes member boxing club initially hates earning affection series progresses friends voiced normal girl gentle personality attracted joined boxing club manager leaves boxing club learns likes club gets voiced classmates boxing club captain guy likes family members face voiced classmate jealous popularity school takes pride personality friends try voiced rich girl year younger falls love easily bring love fruition surprises voiced media manga stop written illustrated following conclusion manga wanted notion time currently golden age romantic comedy manga manga magazines response thought creating romantic comedy manga main female character cross dressing boy fun genre developing romantic comedy drew storyboard chapter minutes cafe came title stop reference manga stop wanting highlight comedy having character like realized draw effective jokes tried draw cute rushed drawing earlier manga pirates starting stop raised standards held art began taking time draw chapters addition particular appearance manuscripts white correct drawing errors disliked looked continued found increasingly difficult weekly pace chapters leading frequent later drawing weekly isn humans furthermore editor chief weekly jump time refused request release chapters week came time draw end serialized chapter completed chapter storyboard ultimately submitted thirds chapter leaving pages submitted chapter manuscript fled hotel day coming called deal anymore weekly basis result abandoned editorial department decided series stop serialized manga magazine weekly jump october issue november issue individual chapters collected published volumes november january inspired fought established design format volumes time set stone series serialized later published volumes july volumes february republished volumes june home published volumes january interview expressed desire continue older series stated continuation stop difficult starting began working releasing stop collection features revisions originally published chapters addition newly drawn cover art wanting end abrupt conclusion like found storyboard final chapter basis newly draw pages omitted years earlier published volumes july february later republished series volumes july rule possibility someday drawing continuation series said probably story title stop anime episode anime television series adaptation produced directed aired january television screenplay written character design anime provided music composed series later released dvd compilation volumes february march dvd box set released september opening theme stop sung ending theme connection sung reception legacy psychologist described stop achieving reality contrasting exterior male interior went series seen continuation lineage cross dressing characters manga critic called stop unique outstanding gag manga boy heir organization largely attributes successful combination ability draw girls cute good taste sex appeal delicate touch drawn described attractive makes reader forget gag manga writing magazine manga critic wrote overall light pop literary style cross dressing comes anime able air prime time notes extreme nature jokes surrounding characters comparison jokes involving cross dressing jokes involving drugs humorous today manga commentator lauded pioneer drawing characters high fashion sense stop says effectively changed fashion manga seen symbol treated attention detail praised drawing wearing stars chapter series called having hand paving way pop phenomenon author read stop junior high school admired novel sensibility art influenced according people read stop influenced start cross dressing
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