Genres:Seinen(M),Mature,Drama,Historical,Mystery,Psychological,Supernatural
🇬🇧English
Publication:Original Publication:Completed
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00.0%Billy Bat is a comic-in-a-comic and the real protagonist is a Japanese-American artist named Kevin Yamagata who draws Billy Bat for "Marble Comics".
Shortly after they transition to the artist in his studio with his assistant, two actual detectives, who look like Laurel and Hardy in Dick Tracy era suits and trench coats, knock on the door and appropriate Kevin's room for the purpose of conducting surveillance on a room in an adjacent building. One of the detectives, the skinny “Laurel”, sees Kevin's work and it turns out he's a Billy Bat fan. The other chubby "Hardy" detective picks up a page and says that the characters look familiar and accuses Kevin of translating an old "Jap" comic.
As Hardy remembers the comic he thinks Kevin is ripping off, we make another Urasawaesque time jump to 1949 Tokyo.
Shortly after they transition to the artist in his studio with his assistant, two actual detectives, who look like Laurel and Hardy in Dick Tracy era suits and trench coats, knock on the door and appropriate Kevin's room for the purpose of conducting surveillance on a room in an adjacent building. One of the detectives, the skinny “Laurel”, sees Kevin's work and it turns out he's a Billy Bat fan. The other chubby "Hardy" detective picks up a page and says that the characters look familiar and accuses Kevin of translating an old "Jap" comic.
As Hardy remembers the comic he thinks Kevin is ripping off, we make another Urasawaesque time jump to 1949 Tokyo.
Note: Won the Max und Moritz Prize for "Best international Comic" in 2014.
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Chapters(165)
Chapter 165: The Very Last Final Wish
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Chapter 164: Decision Time
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Chapter 149: Kevin and Kevin on the Sands (8/8)
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Chapter 141: A Teacher of the Heart [8/8]
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Chapter 136: Coming and going
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Chapter 135: Spotlight [2/8]
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Chapter 134: The Person I Wanted To Meet [1/8]
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Chapter 132: Fantasy's Demise [7/8]
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Chapter 131: Destination [6/8]
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Chapter 130: Joint Work [5/8]
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Chapter 129: America's Enemy [4/8]
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Chapter 128: Heart of Justice [3/8]
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Chapter 127: Conditions for genuinity [2/8
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Chapter 126: The next artist [1/8]
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Chapter 123: Kiyoshi's Life [6/8]
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Chapter 122: Redo [5/8]
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Chapter 121: Prediction of Ruin [4/8]
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Chapter 120: Last Numbers [3/8]
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Chapter 119: Re-Energence [2/8]
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Chapter 118: Golden Boy [1/8]
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Chapter 117: Last Scene [8/8]
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Chapter 116: The Fate Of The World [7/8
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Chapter 113: Too Late
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Chapter 112: The Bat's Guidepost
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Chapter 111: The Truth of the Beginning(fixed)
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Chapter 110: Prologue
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Chapter 109: Final Chapter?
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Chapter 108: Depends on You
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Chapter 107: Stop
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Chapter 106: Talking Thing
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Chapter 103: Spotlight
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Chapter 102: Adolf and Hitler
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Chapter 100: Unfulfilled Dream [7/8]
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Chapter 99: One Of The Three Great Urban Legends [6/8]
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Chapter 94: Golden Bat (1/8)
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Chapter 90: Incantation [5/8]
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Chapter 89: I am a Mangaka [4/8]
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Chapter 88: Wish to The Bat [3/8]
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Chapter 87: Posthumous Work of The Future [2/8]
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Chapter 86: Serialization Suspended [1/8]
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Chapter 83: From The Future to The Past [6/8]
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Chapter 82: From the Past to the Future [5/8]
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Chapter 81: Connecticut Lullaby [48]
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Chapter 70: OPPOSING BILLIES
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Chapter 69: Two Simpletons
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Chapter 68: I Am 8 Man
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Chapter 32: The Japanese Impression
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Chapter 31: To The West, To The East
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Chapter 30: Thus spoke Oswald
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Chapter 29: Lee's Lnnards
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Chapter 28: The Bat's Innards
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Chapter 27: The Scroll of Momochi [10]
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Chapter 26: The Scroll of Momochi [9]
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Chapter 25: The Scroll of Momochi [8]
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Chapter 24: The Scroll of Momochi [7]
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Chapter 23: The Scroll of Momochi [6]
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Chapter 22: The Scroll of Momochi [5]
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Chapter 21: The Scroll of Momochi [4]
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Chapter 20: The Scroll of Momochi [3]
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Chapter 19: The Scroll of Momochi [2]
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Chapter 18: The Scroll of Momochi [1]
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Chapter 17: After the Church
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Chapter 16: Before the Chapel
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Chapter 15: Father, Son, or Holy Ghost?
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Chapter 14: Shape of the Lord
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Chapter 13: A Forced Destiny
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Chapter 12: A myriad of suspects
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Chapter 11: A continuation of the beginning
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Chapter 10: A continuation of the end
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Chapter 4: The Bat & The Ancient Text
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Chapter 2: A Sincere Night
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Chapter 1: Dreary Night Murders
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