Billy Bat, Vol. 7

Billy Bat #7

by Naoki Urasawa, Takashi Nagasaki

Chi è l'impostore che si spaccia per Chuck Culkin e qual è il suo scopo? E che fine ha fatto il vero Chuck? E nel mentre, che sta facendo Lee Harvey Oswald? Cosa accadrà quando Kevin riuscirà ad arrivare a lui? Chi è l'universitaria newyorkese capace di vedere Billy Bat? E che c'entra con Kevin e col misterioso rotolo? Domande che portano solo ad altri misteri, nello stile inconfondibile di Naoki Urasawa, spalleggiato in questo caso dal talento narrativo e labirintico di Takashi Nagasaki. Non c'è da dire nient'altro… dovete leggerlo!

Genres: Manga, Comics, Graphic Novels, Seinen, Mystery, Bande Dessinée, Japan

192 pages, Paperback

First published July 22, 2011

About the author

Urasawa 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

Reviews

[P.E. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dead End

Mr. Smith interrogates Thomas Arthur Vallee, another suspect in the assassination attempts against JFK, only to discover he is but a measly dot in the grand scheme... As for Lee Harvey Oswald, he never disappoints as the ideal culprit, a perfect scapegoat, even more so as Oswald's past is connected to an assassination attempt on retired general Edwin Walker in April 10, 1963. Oswald's biography is notoriously filled with such blind spots...

In the end, Kevin Yamagata fails to save JFK but protects Kevin Goodman, the son of Diane and Tony (the interracial couple from tome 5). As Oswald is tracked down by the police, J.D. Tippit is shot dead by the neferious Mr. Kurusu. Clues are piling up against L.H. Oswald, who finally hands himself in to the police in the Texas Theater to give Jackie Momochi time to give the slip to a hired assassin, on Kurusu's payroll.

Is it possible to deviate from the future envisioned by the black bat?

[Emi gosto ruim · Rating 4 out of 5]

É tanta coisa num volume só, que parece que eu tô lendo vários volumes mas ainda tô no meio desse.

Eu não sei qual o negócio do pessoal com a não possível morte do Kennedy. Todo mundo sonha em saber oq teria acontecido com nossa história se o presidente loirinho não tivesse morrido naquele dia e colocam as 30 teorias na mesa "foi a cia, foi o FBI, foi os russos" e eu fico TANTO FAZ ele já morreu e ele nem era o cara mais democrático que eles achavam que era.

Outra coisa que me pegou aqui é que essa parte história é basicamente a mesma história de novembro de 63 eu fiquei até assustada. Mas acredito que não é caso de copia ou coisa assim é só pq as pessoas pensam que teria acontecido a mesma coisa

[Arsenic · Rating 4 out of 5]

Encore beaucoup de rebondissements dont certains m'ont bien surprise ! Les scènes d'action sont bien rythmées.
On a l'impression que certaines choses s'éclaircissent alors que pas du tout ^^' j'ai tjs plein de questions et les semblants de réponses qu'on a m'intriguent énormément.
Je me laisse porter par le mystère et je ne cherche pas à tout comprendre, je pense que c'est la meilleure solution pour apprécier pleinement l'histoire.

[Ibbo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Le 8000 sottotrame iniziano ad intrecciarsi

[Naren]

it gets more interesting with every chapter...

[yel ᰔ · Rating 4 out of 5]

➺ 4/5 🌟

[Frey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Terrible de savoir ce qu'il va arriver au lapin et de pourtant éprouver de la peine pour lui.

[Rahul · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 Stars

JFK assassinated, Oswald caught. Surely a mind bending twister of a series, but I am keeping it on a hold now.

[Jacek]

Extended stretches of high drama are a forte of Urasawa’s, sensitive as he is to balance, to timing, to rhythm. So here. I thought matters had wrapped up with the character shift that closes Vol. 6, but no indeed, it turns out there was enough left to fill another whole volume and to cap it with the series' most impressive plot twist yet.

Jackie is beautiful.

I love the notion that it’s enough if one accurate record of the truth exists somewhere, even if buried or out of sight, one record to stand against all the inaccuracies and lies that may be heaped up against a person. It’s a notion rather like the eye of God.

[Emi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hace meses que lo compré y aún no lo había leído.
De haber sabido que este número era tan emocionante, lo habría leído mucho antes.
Ahora necesito leer el siguiente!!

[Vittorio Rainone · Rating 4 out of 5]

Il presidente Kennedy muore, ma non è necessariamente un dramma: la morte di Kennedy costituisce il sacrificio necessario per preservare la stirpe dei narratori, che senza l'intervento inconsapevole di Kevin Yamagata si sarebbe fermata a lui. Il pipistrello è soddisfatto, probabilmente quello bianco, anche se si comporta da manipolatore esattamente come quello nero. Intanto anche Oswald recita il suo ruolo di capro espiatorio, solo che nel suo caso, come per Kevin, c'è un secondo fine che è convinto di aver portato a termine, e cioè salvare la nippo americana che ha conosciuto da poco, che ha visto i veri assassini di Kennedy e che vorrebbe incontrare Yamagata. La storia sembra arrivata alla fine di un percorso, rimane da capire come andrà oltre gli eventi di questo numero. E rimane una fortissima curiosità di vederne gli sviluppi. Come al solito i disegni sono molto molto belli e la narrazione è fluida, chiara e avvincente.

[Aaron · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5, This is one of those stories for me that is really hard to put down, it’s really good. Oswald finally gets to be a hero and the twist that was really shocking. But it’s not without some issue, my main problem was that Smith just randomly changed his mind about Kevin going to Dallas, as far as I read there wasn’t really a reason for him to change his mind especially after being shot, if anything getting shot would make him want to get Kevin out of there even more. It’s a relatively small issue but it did bother me. Overall though this was a great volume

[Federico Elías · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ex. Ce. Len. Tes. Ex. Pre. Siones. Cuesta creer que Urasawa haya conseguido dibujar el rostro de un militar con emociones completamente reprimidas, pero completamente entregado a su país, ya de por sí es difícil actuar eso, no me imagino dibujarlo.
Es increíble hayan tomado a un presunto culpable de uno de los crímenes más conocidos y repudiados de la historia de la humanidad y lo haya convertido en héroe y víctima de las circunstancias

[John Lemonsmith · Rating 5 out of 5]

The JFK arc comes to an predictable yet an unpredictable end.
I wonder if there are arcs that will surpass this one.
The suspense was insane. The layers to the story was immaculate!
And the characters... what splendid character development.
Urasawa is the Japan's current gen Dostoevsky, in most aspects (not comparing though).
I wonder what's next...
The moon landing was fake and Billy Bat was responsible?
No way.

[Michael Sorbello · Rating 3 out of 5]

I might drop the series here. It’s not bad, it’s just not really up my alley. Monster is in my top five favorite manga of all time and I really enjoyed 20th Century Boys as well, but this series just isn’t moving me or drawing me in like those two did. I don’t feel invested in the plot, the mystery of any of the characters.

[Giulio Tedesco · Rating 5 out of 5]

La storia è sempre più fitta e intricata: per quanto i personaggi abbiano provato a cambiare il corso degli eventi, questi sono accaduti esattamente come avrebbero dovuto: le pedine, per quanto abbiano tentato, non sono riuscite a discostarsi dal ruolo che era scritto avrebbero dovuto interpretare.

[Hal Incandenza · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jim Garrison, il procuratore distrettuale di New Orleans, autore anche del libro inchiesta “JFK - Sulle tracce dell’assassino” (opera che ha ispirato l’omonimo film di Oliver Stone), avrebbe adorato questo numero di Billy Bat.

[Gavi Figueroa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Siempre he leído que a los lectores no les gustan las tramas "convenientes" donde suceden encuentros que casi parecen hechos por el destino. Pero la obra de Urasawa está llena de estos encuentros y son fabulosos. Tal vez Billy Bat es la obra en que más se le nota, aún así, encanta.

[stanley snyder · Rating 5 out of 5]

AYOO THIS IS ONE OF THE CRAZIEST YET, KEVIN MEETING HIS SUCCESSOR THE OTHER KEVIN??? AND KEVIN IS THE SON OF TONY AND DIANE?? Oswald is such a peak character one of the best ones. And there with this volume we can say that Smith is the number one fan of Kevin Yamagata

[Aurelio Ippandoza · Rating 5 out of 5]

Strange how many famous people are showing up in this story ("Forrest Gump-esque"),as the mystery deepens and expands through the world.

[Chris · Rating 4 out of 5]

So good.

[Solim · Rating 5 out of 5]

A historical event happens in this volume that almost changed history if it had an alternative. Almost…

[Sadi · Rating 4 out of 5]

JFK não tankou e foi de berço.

(Se JFK não tivesse morrido, a humanidade estaria colonizando Marte)

[Riley Hoover · Rating 4 out of 5]

*4.5

[eva · Rating 5 out of 5]

Con questo volume Urasawa-sensei si è superato, è riuscito ad insinuare la sua storia tra le pieghe della realtà in un modo credibilissimo. Chapeau!

[Aalyaa · Rating 5 out of 5]

على الأقل في النهاية اوزولو حقق حلمه وبقى بطل

[Princess Keziah · Rating 5 out of 5]

6 starsssss, what just happened?! I am literally crying for Oswald😭
It’s all unpredictable history!!! This volume also tells about the real connection of Diane and Tony with kevin and I love it.

[fooleveunder · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another character. They are all connected.

[yoniko · Rating 5 out of 5]

very good

[Leandro Dutra · Rating 4 out of 5]

For once one ſhould ſhow a left wiŋ conſpiracy inſtead. Right wiŋ ones have become ſo commonplace, & end up ſerviŋ boþ leftiſt myþs & the Gramſcian 'loŋ march þru ðe inſtitutions', not to mention ðis particular one end up quite a ſtretch even in ſuch a fantaſy. But ðe loŋ march & ðe myþ ðemſelves make anoðer take an improbability.