Genres:Seinen(M),Drama,Historical,Mystery,Psychological
🇬🇧English
Publication:Original Publication:Ongoing
< 100 votes
0 votes
5
00.0%4
00.0%3
00.0%2
00.0%1
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...
Views
Total: 39.4K/360 days: 17.3K/180 days: 4.9K/90 days: 2.8K/30 days: 1.1K/7 days: 296/24 hours: 51/12 hours: 17/6 hours: 9/60 minutes: 3
Readers
195 follows/3 Plan to read
BATO Page Creation
at GMT
Chapters(128)
Volume 1 Chapter 1: Dreary Night Murders
0
19+2.1K
Volume 1 Chapter 2: A Sincere Night
0
4+1.1K
Volume 1 Chapter 3: Bat Search
0
8+997
Volume 1 Chapter 4: The Bat And The Ancient Text
0
27+1.2K
Volume 1 Chapter 5: A Run Over Corpse
0
7+1.1K
Volume 1 Chapter 6: Black or White?
0
5+988
Volume 1 Chapter 7: The Beginning Of A Labyrinth
0
11+1K
Volume 1 Chapter 8: Signs
1
15+1K
Volume 1 Chapter 9: Bat Boy's Great Adventure: Part 1
0
11+1K
Volume 2 Chapter 10: A Continuation Of The End
0
5+1.1K
Volume 2 Chapter 11: A Continuation Of The Beginning
0
5+1K
Volume 2 Chapter 12: A Myriad Of Suspects
0
3+1K
Volume 2 Chapter 13: A Forced Destiny
0
4+1K
Volume 2 Chapter 14: Shape Of The Lord
1
5+947
Volume 2 Chapter 15: Father, Son Or Holy Ghost?
0
5+920
Volume 2 Chapter 16: Before The Chapel
0
3+890
Volume 2 Chapter 17: After The Church
1
7+957
Volume 2 Chapter 18: The Scroll Of Momoichi [1]
0
5+889
Volume 3 Chapter 19: The Scroll Of Momoichi [2]
0
5+890
Volume 3 Chapter 20: The Scroll Of Momoichi [3]
0
10+793
Volume 3 Chapter 21: The Scroll Of Momoichi [4]
0
4+846
Volume 3 Chapter 22: The Scroll Of Momoichi [5]
0
7+826
Volume 3 Chapter 23: The Scroll Of Momoichi [6]
0
8+877
Volume 3 Chapter 24: The Scroll Of Momoichi [7]
0
5+791
Volume 3 Chapter 25: The Scroll Of Momoichi [7]
1
4+855
Volume 3 Chapter 26: The Scroll Of Momoichi [9]
0
4+836
Volume 3 Chapter 27: The Scroll Of Momoichi [10]
0
4+877
Volume 4 Chapter 28: The Bat's Innards
0
5+985
Volume 4 Chapter 29: Lee's Innards
0
4+865
Volume 4 Chapter 30: Thus Spoke Oswald
0
6+941
Volume 4 Chapter 31: To The West, To The East
0
5+890
Volume 4 Chapter 32: The Japanese Impression
0
7+823
Volume 4 Chapter 33: The Japanese Authentication
0
9+806
Volume 4 Chapter 34: A Continuation Of A Continuation
0
4+843
Volume 4 Chapter 35: An Oswald Dose Of Joy
0
7+782
Volume 4 Chapter 36: An Annunciation To The "Simpleton"
1
4+844
Volume 4 Chapter 37: The Decision at 20:10
0
9+787
Volume 5 Chapter 38: The Return Of The Real One
0
34+910
Volume 5 Chapter 39: Fire In The Deep South
1
9+748
Volume 5 Chapter 40: Heat Of The Night
0
1+805
Volume 5 Chapter 41: Deep South Dreams
0
1+739
Volume 5 Chapter 42: Dallas, Three Years Later
0
3+745
Volume 5 Chapter 43: A Hero's Decision
0
5+788
Volume 5 Chapter 44: Sacrifice
0
5+809
Volume 5 Chapter 45: Replica
0
6+803
Volume 7 Chapter 54: Something On The Moon
0
2+828
Volume 7 Chapter 55: Go Your Own Way
0
3+818
Volume 7 Chapter 56: The Final Rabbit
0
185+849
Volume 7 Chapter 57: The President's Parade
0
1+725
Volume 7 Chapter 58: A Hot Autumn Day In Dallas
0
1+690
Volume 7 Chapter 59: Successor
0
2+694
Volume 7 Chapter 60: Half In A Dream
0
5+1.3K
Volume 7 Chapter 61: The Real Truth
0
1+754
Volume 8 Chapter 62: Kevin And Kevin
0
1+705
Volume 8 Chapter 63: Coincidence
0
1+779
Volume 8 Chapter 64: Cartoon's Destination
0
2+762
Volume 8 Chapter 65: Devivie
0
1+779
Volume 8 Chapter 66: Japan Travel Diary
0
2+685
Volume 8 Chapter 67: Beyond Point and Line...
0
1+765
Volume 8 Chapter 68: I Am 8 Man
0
1+691
Volume 8 Chapter 69: Two Simpletons
0
2+785
Volume 9 Chapter 70: Opposing Billies
0
3+738
Volume 9 Chapter 71: Time Travel and Infinite Earths
0
1+783
Volume 9 Chapter 72: Various Lives
0
2+728
Volume 9 Chapter 73: Everything Continues
0
3+820
Volume 9 Chapter 74: Doodle
0
1+792
Volume 9 Chapter 75: Abnormalities on a Moonlit Night
0
1+851
Volume 9 Chapter 76: All Holes
0
1+820
Volume 9 Chapter 77: Demon on the Moon
0
1+754
Volume 14 Chapter 116: The Fate Of The World [7/8]
0
4+818
Volume 14 Chapter 117: Last Scene [8/8]
0
3+806
Volume 15 Chapter 118: Golden Boy [1/8]
0
2+755
Volume 15 Chapter 119: Re-Energence [2/8]
0
1+751
Volume 15 Chapter 120: Last Numbers [3/8]
0
1+781
vol.15 ch.121 (v2): Prediction of Run [4/8]
0
1+752
Volume 15 Chapter 122: Redo [5/8]
0
1+759
Volume 15 Chapter 123: Kiyoshi's Life [6/8]
0
2+794
Volume 15 Chapter 124: Escape [7/8]
0
1+762
Volume 15 Chapter 125: Must Not Touch [8/8]
0
1+709
Volume 16 Chapter 126: The next artist [1/8]
0
1+764
Volume 16 Chapter 127: Conditions for genuinity [2/8
0
1+758
Volume 16 Chapter 128: Heart of Justice [3/8]
0
1+741
Volume 16 Chapter 129: America's Enemy [4/8]
0
1+743
Volume 16 Chapter 130: Joint Work [5/8]
0
1+712
Volume 16 Chapter 131: Destination [6/8]
0
1+729
Volume 16 Chapter 132: Fantasy's Demise [7/8]
0
1+730
Volume 16 Chapter 133: A Certain Procedure [8/8]
0
1+764
Volume 17 Chapter 134: The Person I Wanted To Meet [1/8]
0
1+809
Volume 17 Chapter 135: Spotlight [2/8]
0
0+758
Volume 17 Chapter 136: Coming and going [3/8]
0
3+772
Chapter 78: Serial Murder Case (1/8)
0
1+871
Chapter 79: Rule (2/8)
0
1+892
Chapter 80: Late Night Confession [3/8]
0
1+906
Chapter 81: Connecticut Lullaby [4/8]
0
1+860
Chapter 82: From the Past to the Future [5/8]
0
2+890
Chapter 83: From The Future to The Past [6/8]
0
1+930
Chapter 84: The Truth About Gary [7/8]
0
1+878
Chapter 85: Emperor of the New Country [8/8]
0
1+876
Chapter 86: Serialization Suspended [1/8]
0
1+929
Chapter 87: Posthumous Work of The Future [2/8]
0
1+954
Chapter 88: Wish to The Bat [3/8]
0
1+825
Chapter 89: I am a Mangaka [4/8]
0
1+917
Chapter 90: Incantation [5/8]
0
1+810
Chapter 91: Scroll [6/8]
0
1+798
Chapter 92: The Scroll's Code[7/8]
0
3+880
Chapter 93: A New Journey [8/8]
0
1+838
Chapter 94: Golden Bat (1/8)
0
1+849
Chapter 95: The Whole Story [2/8]
0
2+823
Chapter 96: Partner [3/8]
0
2+869
Chapter 97: Top Secret [4/8]
0
1+838
Chapter 98: Second Hands Good [5/8]
0
2+798
Chapter 99: One Of The Three Great Urban Legends [6/8]
0
1+907
Chapter 100: Unfulfilled Dream [7/8]
0
1+861
Chapter 101: Moon Walking [8/8]
0
1+881
Chapter 102: Adolf and Hitler
0
1+962
Chapter 103: Spotlight
0
2+772
Chapter 104: Fake
0
1+780
Chapter 105: Real and Fake, New and Old
0
1+810
Chapter 106: Talking Thing
0
1+790
Chapter 107: Stop
0
2+776
Chapter 108: Depends on You
0
1+800
Chapter 109: Final Chapter?
0
1+806
Chapter 110: Prologue
0
3+793
Chapter 111: The Truth of the Beginning
0
1+871
Chapter 112: The Bat's Guidepost
0
1+806
Chapter 113: Too Late
0
3+768
Chapter 114: Ivan
0
1+773
Chapter 115: Come In, Ivan
0
3+904
Reviews