Genres:Seinen(M),Drama,Historical,Mystery,Psychological
🇬🇧English
Publication:Original Publication:Ongoing
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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...
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Chapters(128)
Volume 1 Chapter 1: Dreary Night Murders
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Volume 1 Chapter 2: A Sincere Night
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Volume 1 Chapter 3: Bat Search
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Volume 1 Chapter 4: The Bat And The Ancient Text
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Volume 1 Chapter 5: A Run Over Corpse
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Volume 1 Chapter 6: Black or White?
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Volume 1 Chapter 7: The Beginning Of A Labyrinth
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Volume 1 Chapter 8: Signs
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Volume 1 Chapter 9: Bat Boy's Great Adventure: Part 1
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Volume 2 Chapter 10: A Continuation Of The End
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Volume 2 Chapter 11: A Continuation Of The Beginning
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Volume 2 Chapter 12: A Myriad Of Suspects
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Volume 2 Chapter 13: A Forced Destiny
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Volume 2 Chapter 14: Shape Of The Lord
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Volume 2 Chapter 15: Father, Son Or Holy Ghost?
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Volume 2 Chapter 16: Before The Chapel
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Volume 2 Chapter 17: After The Church
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Volume 2 Chapter 18: The Scroll Of Momoichi [1]
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Volume 3 Chapter 19: The Scroll Of Momoichi [2]
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Volume 3 Chapter 20: The Scroll Of Momoichi [3]
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Volume 3 Chapter 21: The Scroll Of Momoichi [4]
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Volume 3 Chapter 22: The Scroll Of Momoichi [5]
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Volume 3 Chapter 23: The Scroll Of Momoichi [6]
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Volume 3 Chapter 24: The Scroll Of Momoichi [7]
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Volume 3 Chapter 25: The Scroll Of Momoichi [7]
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Volume 3 Chapter 26: The Scroll Of Momoichi [9]
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Volume 3 Chapter 27: The Scroll Of Momoichi [10]
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Volume 4 Chapter 28: The Bat's Innards
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Volume 4 Chapter 29: Lee's Innards
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Volume 4 Chapter 30: Thus Spoke Oswald
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Volume 4 Chapter 31: To The West, To The East
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Volume 4 Chapter 32: The Japanese Impression
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Volume 4 Chapter 33: The Japanese Authentication
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Volume 4 Chapter 34: A Continuation Of A Continuation
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Volume 4 Chapter 35: An Oswald Dose Of Joy
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Volume 4 Chapter 36: An Annunciation To The "Simpleton"
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Volume 4 Chapter 37: The Decision at 20:10
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Volume 5 Chapter 38: The Return Of The Real One
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Volume 5 Chapter 39: Fire In The Deep South
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Volume 5 Chapter 40: Heat Of The Night
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Volume 5 Chapter 41: Deep South Dreams
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Volume 5 Chapter 42: Dallas, Three Years Later
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Volume 5 Chapter 43: A Hero's Decision
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Volume 5 Chapter 44: Sacrifice
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Volume 5 Chapter 45: Replica
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Volume 7 Chapter 54: Something On The Moon
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Volume 7 Chapter 55: Go Your Own Way
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Volume 7 Chapter 56: The Final Rabbit
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Volume 7 Chapter 57: The President's Parade
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Volume 7 Chapter 58: A Hot Autumn Day In Dallas
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Volume 7 Chapter 59: Successor
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Volume 7 Chapter 60: Half In A Dream
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Volume 7 Chapter 61: The Real Truth
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Volume 8 Chapter 62: Kevin And Kevin
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Volume 8 Chapter 63: Coincidence
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Volume 8 Chapter 64: Cartoon's Destination
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Volume 8 Chapter 65: Devivie
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Volume 8 Chapter 66: Japan Travel Diary
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Volume 8 Chapter 67: Beyond Point and Line...
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Volume 8 Chapter 68: I Am 8 Man
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Volume 8 Chapter 69: Two Simpletons
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Volume 9 Chapter 70: Opposing Billies
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Volume 9 Chapter 71: Time Travel and Infinite Earths
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Volume 9 Chapter 72: Various Lives
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Volume 9 Chapter 73: Everything Continues
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Volume 9 Chapter 74: Doodle
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Volume 9 Chapter 75: Abnormalities on a Moonlit Night
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Volume 9 Chapter 76: All Holes
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Volume 9 Chapter 77: Demon on the Moon
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Volume 14 Chapter 116: The Fate Of The World [7/8]
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Volume 14 Chapter 117: Last Scene [8/8]
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Volume 15 Chapter 118: Golden Boy [1/8]
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Volume 15 Chapter 119: Re-Energence [2/8]
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Volume 15 Chapter 120: Last Numbers [3/8]
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vol.15 ch.121 (v2): Prediction of Run [4/8]
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Volume 15 Chapter 122: Redo [5/8]
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Volume 15 Chapter 123: Kiyoshi's Life [6/8]
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Volume 15 Chapter 124: Escape [7/8]
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Volume 15 Chapter 125: Must Not Touch [8/8]
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Volume 16 Chapter 126: The next artist [1/8]
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Volume 16 Chapter 127: Conditions for genuinity [2/8
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Volume 16 Chapter 128: Heart of Justice [3/8]
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Volume 16 Chapter 129: America's Enemy [4/8]
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Volume 16 Chapter 130: Joint Work [5/8]
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Volume 16 Chapter 131: Destination [6/8]
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Volume 16 Chapter 132: Fantasy's Demise [7/8]
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Volume 16 Chapter 133: A Certain Procedure [8/8]
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Volume 17 Chapter 134: The Person I Wanted To Meet [1/8]
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Volume 17 Chapter 135: Spotlight [2/8]
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Volume 17 Chapter 136: Coming and going [3/8]
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Chapter 78: Serial Murder Case (1/8)
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Chapter 79: Rule (2/8)
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Chapter 80: Late Night Confession [3/8]
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Chapter 81: Connecticut Lullaby [4/8]
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Chapter 82: From the Past to the Future [5/8]
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Chapter 83: From The Future to The Past [6/8]
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Chapter 84: The Truth About Gary [7/8]
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Chapter 85: Emperor of the New Country [8/8]
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Chapter 86: Serialization Suspended [1/8]
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Chapter 87: Posthumous Work of The Future [2/8]
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Chapter 88: Wish to The Bat [3/8]
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Chapter 89: I am a Mangaka [4/8]
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Chapter 90: Incantation [5/8]
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Chapter 91: Scroll [6/8]
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Chapter 92: The Scroll's Code[7/8]
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Chapter 93: A New Journey [8/8]
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Chapter 94: Golden Bat (1/8)
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Chapter 95: The Whole Story [2/8]
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Chapter 96: Partner [3/8]
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Chapter 97: Top Secret [4/8]
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Chapter 98: Second Hands Good [5/8]
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Chapter 99: One Of The Three Great Urban Legends [6/8]
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Chapter 100: Unfulfilled Dream [7/8]
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Chapter 101: Moon Walking [8/8]
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Chapter 102: Adolf and Hitler
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Chapter 103: Spotlight
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Chapter 104: Fake
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Chapter 105: Real and Fake, New and Old
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Chapter 106: Talking Thing
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Chapter 107: Stop
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Chapter 108: Depends on You
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Chapter 109: Final Chapter?
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Chapter 110: Prologue
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Chapter 111: The Truth of the Beginning
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Chapter 112: The Bat's Guidepost
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Chapter 113: Too Late
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Chapter 114: Ivan
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Chapter 115: Come In, Ivan
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