Billy Bat 133

Ok, for some reason MB's raw provider took a really long to get this last chapter of this 8-chapter series. But there we have it, all done. Starts up again in April. Maybe the series will end this time? Who knows, I sure as hell don't at this point.

[Billy Bat 133 Translation by Kewl0210]
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SFX: KAH KAH KAH
Side: The former assassin Devivie who buried many "real" works in the darkness...... His "Special day" now begins......?!
Devivie: Ever since those days, I always did it this way.
I woke up at 5:30 AM...... 6AM is too late, it has to be 5:30 AM exactly.
And after a walk in the park............

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Devivie: I would enter a cafe............
I would find the innermost seat
and sit down facing a wall.
Though if the innermost seat is not open, the day ends there......
Guy: What will you have?
Devivie: I only have one order......
Strong black coffee.

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Devivie: A 1st cup......
A 2nd cup......
Guy: Yes, sir?
Devivie: One more, please.

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Devivie: Once I've finished drinking the 3rd cup of black coffee, the preparations are complete.
Title: Chapter 133 A Certain Procedure (8/8)

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Culkin: You're the only one who hasn't cast their vote yet
regarding whether Timmy's a real Billy Bat artist or not......
Kevin has made it abundantly clear he thinks Timmy's the real thing.
And I've finally cast my vote that way as well.
His plot he's calculated so elaborately...... His expert technique......
Such satisfying scenarios......

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Culkin: And these charming character portrayals!!
Devivie: As a cartoonist, you assess him as perfect, yes?
Chuck: Yes. If I were to attach any faults to this,
then that would be......
purely due to jealousy.
Devivie: So that's why you think Timmy is real?
Chuck: Yes.
All that's left is for you to tell us your view.
Devivie: As a work of art, I agree with you completely............
His comic is perfect. However......
Chuck: However?

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Devivie: Such an evaluation is meaningless in my search for a real Billy Bat artist.
Chuck: Hoh...... Then how have you judged if one is real or fake?
Devivie: It's that when I look at the work,
whether I want to kill the author or not.
Chuck: .........
Devivie: For many years, that was how I did it.
After following a certain procedure.
Chuck: A certain procedure......?

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Devivie: Yes. You could call it a bit of a ritual............
SFX: CHARA
Devivie: After drinking the 3rd cup, I get up from my seat and leave money without receiving change.
Then I leave the cafe.....
and walk around the city for a while.

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Timmy: I'm not actually asleep or anything.
Kevin: That's a good chair, isn't it?
Timmy: Yeah......
Even if I hit a roadblock, I feel like I'll get some ideas if I do this.

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Kevin: So even you hit roadblocks sometimes?
Timmy: Yeah, sometimes.
I feel like I'm hopelessly wandering a dead-end street.
Kevin: ..........
Hey, Timmy,
I think it's okay to not draw the way Billy Bat tells you to 100% of the time.
If there's something you wanna draw, just draw it how you want.
The stuff he says is pretty crazy.
It was the same for my predecessor, Kevin Yamagata.
He received Billy Bat's words in 1963............

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Kevin: He went all the way to Dallas, not really knowing what was gonna happen there............
And Kennedy was killed in front of his eyes.
But if you wanna talk about what Kevin Yamagata was able to do then......
I had just happened to be there as a child and he saved me from a stray bullet at least.
So from that, it kinda feels like
Kennedy died in my place.

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Kevin: So basically, to some degree what Billy Bat says is sloppy.
If you just write how you feel, that'll become Billy's story.
Timmy: Really.........?
Kevin: ?
Timmy: Billy can say sloppy things......?
Kevin: What do you mean?
Timmy: Billy never says sloppy things.

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TImmy: There's nothing Billy says that has no meaning.
BUH BUH BUH BUH
BUH BUH BUH BUH
BUH BUH BUH
BUH BUH BUH
Ah, I get it......
Kevin: ?

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Girl: Hey, Mom.
How long's this guy gonna stay here?
Yama: Nn?!!
This is great!!
Yer real good, Jackie-han. I didn' think I'd be able ta eat such tasty nitsuke when I came to New York.
Jackie: Ha~~~~ Thank you very much~~~
SFX: TON TON TON
Girl: Hey, Mom.
Yama: So good!
Girl: I did say you should be looking for a new partner, but don't tell me this guy......
SFX: TON TON

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Jackie: Don't kid around!!
This is just a person I owe my life to!!
Girl: Just a person you owe your life to......?
Yama: Speakin' 'a which, this time yer turn do some savin', yer gonna be the savior of the world, Jackie-han!!
Jackie: HA~~~ I really hate when people talk like that!!
Stuff like the world being in danger or the end of the world!!
Yama: But I toldja,
the world's drownin'.
Jackie: Yes, yes. But still, I'm the "grasping at straw" it's grasping at.
Yama: Oh!!
SFX: BASASAH
Yama: Hey, listen ta what the bat has ta say this time!
Jackie: Huh?
SFX: BASA BASAH
Jackie: I get it.
It happened before when I was cutting onions, too......

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SFX: TON TON TON TON
Jackie: Aahhh, no, I don't wanna.
GUSU
Huh?
Girl: What's wrong, Mom?
Jackie: Huh?
No way, really?!
Girl: Wh...... What is it? What's wrong, Mom?!!

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SFX: KAH KAH KAH
Devivie: And then I stop by a book stand.
I often line up when a popular 'Billy Bat' is going on sale.
Guy: Here ya go. Billy Bat, 2 bucks 50.
Devivie: If it's sold out, that day ends there, but......

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Guy: Here ya go. It's the last issue of Billy Bat we have. 2.50.
Devivie: Of course, I pay for it myself.
And I start reading it as I walk.
Like a child that can't wait to read what happens next.

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Devivie: When I do that, I reach my conclusion.
Timmy Sanada...... He, the new Billy Bat artist is......
I see......

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SFX: PAN

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SFX: FAHN FAHN FAHN FAHN FAHN FAHN
Kevin: What's wrong?
Timmy: I see......

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Kevin: See what?
Timmy: The place that group is targetting.
Kevin: Oh, you mean where the leader is going to attack?
So...... Where is it?
Timmy: I think it's New York.

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Kevin: New......
York......
Right: A sudden change in the state of affairs!! And finally, that tragedy......?! The 2001 Arc resumes in April!! We hope you're looking forward to it!!
Bottom: 'Billy Bat' 133 / End
This series will appear again in April!! It's being drawn now!!
Bottom Right: Special Report
The newest volume which will compile the chapters in the issues up to this one, volume 16, is set to come up in March!!