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Billy Bat #8
빌리 배트 8
En 1964, alors que le Japon tout entier est plongé dans l'effervescence des Jeux olympiques de Tokyo, le mystérieux rouleau que Kanbei a soigneusement enfoui 380 ans auparavant se trouve à nouveau au coeur d'une terrible bataille !
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First published February 23, 2012
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Naoki Urasawa
356 books2,832 followersUrasawa Naoki (浦沢直樹) is a Japanese mangaka. He is perhaps best known for Monster (which drew praise from Junot Díaz, the 2008 Pulitzer Prize winner) and 20th Century Boys.
Urasawa's work often concentrates on intricate plotting, interweaving narratives, a deep focus on character development and psychological complexity. Urasawa has won the Shogakukan Manga Award, the Japan Media Arts Festival excellence award, the Kodansha Manga Award and the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize. In 2008 Urasawa accepted a guest teaching post at Nagoya Zokei University.
Series list (not including short stories collections):
- Pineapple ARMY (パイナップルARMY) 1985-1988, written by Kazuya Kudo;
- YAWARA! 1986-1993;
- Master Keaton (MASTERキートン) 1988-1994, written by Hokusei Katsushika;
- Happy! 1993-1999
- MONSTER 1994-2001
- 20th Century Boys (20世紀少年) 1999-2006
- 21st Century Boys (21世紀少年) 2007
- PLUTO 2003-2009, based on Tezuka Osamu's Tetsuwan Atom
- BILLY BAT 2008-2016
- Master Keaton Remaster (MASTERキートン Reマスター) 2012-2014
- Mujirushi (夢印-MUJIRUSHI-) 2017-2018, collaboration with Musée du Louvre
- Asadora! (連続漫画小説 あさドラ!) 2018-ongoing
Urasawa's work often concentrates on intricate plotting, interweaving narratives, a deep focus on character development and psychological complexity. Urasawa has won the Shogakukan Manga Award, the Japan Media Arts Festival excellence award, the Kodansha Manga Award and the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize. In 2008 Urasawa accepted a guest teaching post at Nagoya Zokei University.
Series list (not including short stories collections):
- Pineapple ARMY (パイナップルARMY) 1985-1988, written by Kazuya Kudo;
- YAWARA! 1986-1993;
- Master Keaton (MASTERキートン) 1988-1994, written by Hokusei Katsushika;
- Happy! 1993-1999
- MONSTER 1994-2001
- 20th Century Boys (20世紀少年) 1999-2006
- 21st Century Boys (21世紀少年) 2007
- PLUTO 2003-2009, based on Tezuka Osamu's Tetsuwan Atom
- BILLY BAT 2008-2016
- Master Keaton Remaster (MASTERキートン Reマスター) 2012-2014
- Mujirushi (夢印-MUJIRUSHI-) 2017-2018, collaboration with Musée du Louvre
- Asadora! (連続漫画小説 あさドラ!) 2018-ongoing
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July 18, 2025
Time Scramble
The plot is set during the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, when the legendary Shinkansen was first inaugurated.
At the same time, a series of murders is enacted against witnesses and journalists researching the circumstances of JFK's assassination.
In this specific context, Jackie Momochi is sent to Japan by her thesis supervisor, as she is reasearching the life of Yajirō, Francis Xavier's disciple and, as the bat told her, an Iga ninja too...
In the end, Kevin Yamagata and a agent sent by the pseudo Chuck Culkin are sent to the Land of the Rising Sun, too... And the latter proves to be a perfectly sinister antagonist.
Henry-Charles Duvivier (that is the name of the agent), officially the plenipotentiary envoy of Chuck Culkin Enterprises to buy land for the construction of the first Billy Land in Japan, is a well-mannered, cultured, fluent gentleman on an undercover mission to locate and acquire the original "Bat makimono" scroll, in the Kōmori village of the prefecture of Mie.
Jackie's father, Kevin Momochi also intends to visit his ancestors' place in Kōmori and then the Kii or actual Wakayama prefecture, where the feudal lord Sandayū Momochi is said to have fled, during the Iga war of the Tensei era (depicted in vol. 2 & 3 of the Billy Bat series).
Duvivier, failing to acquire the land for Chuck Culkin from the mayor and the doyen of Kōmori, disposes of them in a surprisingly smooth, underhanded manner. The stake of his ruthless prospection, the original scroll, is nothing less than supremacy on the history of mankind through time travel, after all...
See also:
Flatland – Edwin Abbott Abbott
Nightmares and Geezenstacks; Honeymoon in Hell – Fredric Brown
The plot is set during the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, when the legendary Shinkansen was first inaugurated.
At the same time, a series of murders is enacted against witnesses and journalists researching the circumstances of JFK's assassination.
In this specific context, Jackie Momochi is sent to Japan by her thesis supervisor, as she is reasearching the life of Yajirō, Francis Xavier's disciple and, as the bat told her, an Iga ninja too...
In the end, Kevin Yamagata and a agent sent by the pseudo Chuck Culkin are sent to the Land of the Rising Sun, too... And the latter proves to be a perfectly sinister antagonist.
Henry-Charles Duvivier (that is the name of the agent), officially the plenipotentiary envoy of Chuck Culkin Enterprises to buy land for the construction of the first Billy Land in Japan, is a well-mannered, cultured, fluent gentleman on an undercover mission to locate and acquire the original "Bat makimono" scroll, in the Kōmori village of the prefecture of Mie.
Jackie's father, Kevin Momochi also intends to visit his ancestors' place in Kōmori and then the Kii or actual Wakayama prefecture, where the feudal lord Sandayū Momochi is said to have fled, during the Iga war of the Tensei era (depicted in vol. 2 & 3 of the Billy Bat series).
Duvivier, failing to acquire the land for Chuck Culkin from the mayor and the doyen of Kōmori, disposes of them in a surprisingly smooth, underhanded manner. The stake of his ruthless prospection, the original scroll, is nothing less than supremacy on the history of mankind through time travel, after all...
See also:
Flatland – Edwin Abbott Abbott
Nightmares and Geezenstacks; Honeymoon in Hell – Fredric Brown
December 23, 2019
La partie au Japon avec l'étranger est flippante !
Je suis bien plus enthousiaste de suivre Kevin qu'au début de la série. Le prochain tome s'annonce encore palpitant.
Je suis bien plus enthousiaste de suivre Kevin qu'au début de la série. Le prochain tome s'annonce encore palpitant.
September 3, 2025
Continuiamo a viaggiare su livelli molto alti, l’unica cosa che mi preoccupa è l’essere al volume 8 su 20, non riesco ad immaginare quante cose ancora dovranno succedere
December 17, 2023
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4/5 🌟
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October 12, 2019The best part is a marvelously scary and exciting take on the old “devil comes to town” motif. But it's all brilliant, start to finish.
I read most of this volume at the pace of one chapter a day, which is a good way to do it, since Urasawa structures short narrative units like a boss.
Several awesome new characters pop up and a favorite character from the past makes a terrific reappearance, about ten times cooler than before. We also have a Grimmer-like visitation: one of the most impressive characters yet enters the series only here in Volume 8 / 20 (Grimmer himself a Volume 10 / 18 addition).
I read most of this volume at the pace of one chapter a day, which is a good way to do it, since Urasawa structures short narrative units like a boss.
Several awesome new characters pop up and a favorite character from the past makes a terrific reappearance, about ten times cooler than before. We also have a Grimmer-like visitation: one of the most impressive characters yet enters the series only here in Volume 8 / 20 (Grimmer himself a Volume 10 / 18 addition).
August 6, 2017
سنة 1949 في الولاياة المتحدة الأمريكية, كيفن ياماغاتا, المولود بكاليفورنيا سنة 1920 من والدين يابانيين مهاجرين,وهو رسام قصص كرتونية.عندما أخبره شرطي بالصدفة أن بطله في قصصه, خفاش متحري, يشبه كثيرا بطل مانغا يابانية, أوقف كيفن نشرسلسلته وسافر لليابان لطلب إذن صانع الشخصية الأصلي لاستعمال هذه الشخصية في قصصه الكرتونية. وفي اليابان التيخرجت من الحرب للتو, يجد ياماغاتا نفسه وسط جريمة قتل وتآمر...
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September 28, 2019
Me hace acordar un poco a It o Insomnia, donde los personajes se sienten como títeres de fuerzas mayores jugando al ajedrez entre sí, sólo para satisfacer sus propios fines. Me encanta que todos los dibujos los haya hecho el mismo autor, porque dentro de la historia una misma caricatura es dibujada de distintas maneras por distintas personas, cuando en la vida real fueron dibujadas por la misma.
December 8, 2025
Ayo who's now henry charles devivie?? he looks so evil, like what are your true intentions? probably looking too for that thing? Kanbei's scroll? if that's yes, why? And now he's back Zofu too! and now it's danger by this Henry. Things are getting interesting! And finally Jackie and Kevin met!
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January 8, 2018
great plotline still going strong.
November 26, 2019
Still really good. Curious to see what happens now that they're in Japan.
January 23, 2021
Actual rating: 4.5/5
November 16, 2021
People are lining up in their timeline and at the cost of many people dying. This series is building up more and more with each volume. No filler.
October 21, 2022
Precisamos falar sobre Kevin.
October 16, 2023
3.5 ⭐️
December 17, 2023
ناواكي تقريبا بيودع في القصة دي بما انها اخر مانجا كتبها علشان مش معقول كل زحمة الأفكار اللي مش مفهومة دي
December 17, 2024
Oh, lord.
A new character got introduced in this Volume.
Crucial to the plot.
Meant to be killed.
That's how Urasawa's works work.
If she dies, I'll hunt down down Urawasa myself!
A new character got introduced in this Volume.
Crucial to the plot.
Meant to be killed.
That's how Urasawa's works work.
If she dies, I'll hunt down down Urawasa myself!
May 13, 2025
Oh every volume up till now is top tier. But I wonder Billy Bat has 20 Volume, will the thrill stay the same till the end?!
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July 9, 2025novvv vera maari irukudhu na idhu.... kadhaiya irukudhu....
November 21, 2025
Zofuu is still alive? Color me surprised for sure but I do quite like his new look
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January 7, 2026
Etwas langsamer, aber vermutlich alles Build up für das das was auf uns zu kommt
April 24, 2025
The village's atmosphere is very creepy. The consecutive suicides of the village's leaders adds suspense to the story.
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November 2, 2013
Toujours pas ? Ah ben non.
August 7, 2015
Finalmente si inizia a convergere...
May 3, 2024
Esto sigue intenso...
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