ビリーバット 11 [Birii Batto 11]

Billy Bat #11

by Naoki Urasawa, 浦沢直樹, Takashi Nagasaki

Prosegue con l’atteso numero undici la pubblicazione del capolavoro horror/thriller realizzato dal maestro Naoki Urasawa con la collaborazione di Takashi Nagasaki. Per il fumettista nippo-americano Kevin Yamagata i misteri legati al personaggio dei comics da lui creato, Billy Bat, un pipistrello antropomorfo che di mestiere fa il detective, si infittiscono, e si ritrova così in un incubo a occhi aperti da cui è impossibile svegliarsi. Una serie che è già un cult, seguita da migliaia di fan in tutto il mondo che, trepidanti, attendono l’uscita di ogni nuovo tankobon. E finalmente anche quelli italiani saranno accontentati! Semplicemente imperdibile!

Genres: Manga, Mystery, Comics, Fiction, Graphic Novels, Seinen, Fantasy

198 pages, Paperback

First published March 22, 2013

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

[yel ᰔ · Rating 4 out of 5]

➺ 4/5 🌟

[P.E. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Time Nexus

"We can't rewrite the past, but we can correct the future."

We carry on, exploring Zōfū's past. We come to learn more about the association between dour Cpt. Finney and pseudo-Chuck.

As for the odd zombie-like villagers: H.C. Duvivier forced the villagers to dig up the whole village, looking for the original bat scroll...

The plot thickens, as we are now made to visit Spanish Basque Country, following the early events in the life of Francis Xavier! Until now, I didn't realize he was from the city of Javier or Xavier... And its castle is the one displayed in the RTS game Stronghold 2, with acute realism at that! You can imagine my shock seeing one of my favourite castles to defend in the game... as if it had been teleported into this manga!


Javier Castle with its 19th-century basilica

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[Babeth]

Naoki Urasawa!
J'ai beau le savoir, je fini toujours sans voix devant ce talent... Sans parler du suspens.
Aller! C'est partie pour la suite!

[Ibbo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Un continuo andare avanti e indietro con un colpo di scena che colpo di scena non mi è sembrato.
Siamo al giro di boa, vediamo come si svolgerà la storia d’ora in avanti

[Jacek]

It's remarkable: eleven volumes in I feel my bearings in this story are as unsteady as they were when I'd only just finished the first volume, and yet the incomprehension doesn't seem to interfere with the appeal. It's a lot of fun to be this lost.

Things get built up and established only for the rug to be pulled right away. But the volumes and volumes of build-up that the scroll (or any of the other plot elements) received was not wasted. The chapter in which the scroll is unraveled is both unassuming and thrilling. Neither the contents nor the consequences were what I, for one, was expecting. And it all prompts a chapter about a young cave-venturer I had better not name which is one of my favorite chapters of the whole series so far.

Come to think of it, the opening chapter of the volume is a stunner, too.

[Vittorio Rainone · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kevin Yamagata viene finalmente in contatto con il rotolo. Salvo scoprire che a lui non serve a nulla, perché il rotolo non contiene altro che una sorta di anagramma per richiamare il pipistrello. Intorno, il mondo di Billy Bat continua a gonfiarsi di eventi di storia alternativa. La conclusione vede Kevin colpito in testa dal colpo di un cecchino spedito probabilmente dai servizi segreti. Ma non si tema: ecco un nuovo Kevin comparire dal nulla. Insomma: tutti gli elementi di BB replicati in questo nuovo numero. Nel bene e nel male.

[Federico Elías · Rating 4 out of 5]

¿Será que el propio Billy Bat ahora es capaz de hablarnos a nosotros los lectores? La construcción del personaje me parece brillantemente original, y muy muy carismática, siento que él es el verdadero protagonista, y no las personas que viven la catástrofe que se va cocinando.
Me encanta cómo se cuenta la historia a cuenta gotas, dándote tiempo y suficientes pistas para deducir los eventos y al mismo tiempo no podés saber a ciencia cierta qué va a pasar.

[stanley snyder · Rating 5 out of 5]

AYOO THIS WAS SO GOOD I'M LIKING MORE HENRY CHARLES DEVIVIE CHARACTER
and sorry? the end? Kevin Yamagata is going to die like that? And Kevin the other one, saving the child??
And i didn't understand was Francisco the first one summoning Billy bat? And the film with Akechi what does it mean with the plot?m

[John Lemonsmith · Rating 5 out of 5]

Killing the main protagonist when you are halfway through the plot is the sign of either the worst writer or a really talented writer. I know Urasawa falls in the latter, so I'm going to let this slide and see where the story heads.

[Chris · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice.

[Solim · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nooooo! A tragic event happens in this volume! Where the hell is this story gonna go? It is all over the place and I love it!

[Lizette A · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my favorites so far but...what the hell now???? ugh.

[Štěpán · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bye, Kevin, hello Kevin.

[Princess Keziah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Did they just killed Kevin Yamagata?!?!?!?!

[Dr. Tosetto · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ansia e tristezza.

[yoniko · Rating 2 out of 5]

scheiße

[Milenrrama · Rating 5 out of 5]

Vale, y ahora qué viene? Me tiene dentrísimo.