Billy Bat 68

This one, not so bad...

[Billy Bat 68 Translation by Kewl0210]
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Side: The more shrewd readers will have realized it, the Iga ninja Kanbei in a desperate situation in front of a fearsome sword master!!
Bat: Before he comes to kill me,
if I cut the rope bridge behind me......
I can escape to the rocky area below......
Ninja: Hand over the scroll.
Bat: I refuse.
Ninja: Then I'll kill you!!

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Bat: Yayah!
Damn, it didn't cut!
Ninja: EIYAH!!
Bat: WAWAH
HUUUUUUH?!!
Narration: Swept into the rapid stream, will Koumori Kanbei survive......!? And what are the whereabouts of the scroll......!?

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Guy: I totally wanna see what happens~~~
I totally wanna know where the scroll is~~~~~~~!
Sensei, hurry, please write the next part~~~~~!!
Title: Chapter 68 I am 8 Man

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SFX: SHAH
Guy: GEHO GEHOH
Zofuu: I can't draw what I can't draw!!
Guy: If there's nothing wrong with any part of your body, then is that thing the reason you can't draw?
You have none of that i...... i...... infrekation stuff?

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Zofuu: You mean inspiration!!
And I have so much of that I could sell it!!
Guy: In that case, then why can't you draw?
Zofuu: .........
Guy: Is it that thing? That thing you talk about, sensei......
The bat has stopped whispering to you?
I got it, didn't I?
Zofuu: No!!
The bat keeps whispering!!
But there are two bats.

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Guy: The white bat and the black bat, right?
Zofuu: Yes, that's it.
The white one is always saying things I don't understand......
And when the black one comes, he does nothing but bad things to manipulate people!!
I can't drop my guard to either!!
Guy: I don't really get it, bur it sounds like a pain.
But I do want to read the continuation soon.
Anyhow, I'm the president of your manga's fan club, sensei.
Zofuu: Hmph. You're the president and vice president all on your own?
Guy: How should I say this... When I read your manga I get all "FAAAAA"!

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Zofuu: What is FAAAAA?
Guy: Ya know, the feeling you get when you travel the world.
It's a kind of big feeling.......
So I get a huge burst of courage welling up in me!
Zofuu: Hmph. You're quite a reader.
While I still have even one reader, I guess I can't just sit here and not draw.......
Guy: Yeah! Please draw!
Are there any ideas around there that you rejected that are interesting?
Zofuu: Hey, you, don't go touching my things!!

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Guy: Hey, hey, you had things like this?
This old man looks totally bad!
Zofuu: He's called Yajirou, and he's going to appear really soon.
Guy: Really? I'm looking forward to it!
UWAWA! What's this!?
A sword fight in a bamboo grove!!?
Zofuu: That's enough. Stop now or it will spoil the anticipation.
Guy: Hm?

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Guy: These are pistols...... Why are there pistols even though it's a sword fight......?
Zofuu: That's a different story!!
Guy: Hmmmm? What's this......?
A bat on the ground.......?
This is the moon..........?
What's this......?
..........
Wh...... What? There's something huge going on here, ain't there......?

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Guy: The world is.........!!
Zofuu: I said that's enough, didn't I?!!
The next guy will draw what comes after this......
Guy: The next guy......?
Mailman: Sir~~~~
Mail~~~~

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Guy: Ooh, it's the mailman.
Is it okay if I open this, sensei?
Uhoho, it's this week's Magazine and Sunday!
Magazines: Shounen Magazine, Shounen Sunday
I wonder what's going to happen in this week's "8 Man"~~~
Mailman: Your manga are pretty good, sensei, but they aren't printed in things like that, huh?
Guy: What're you saying?!
Even though "8 Man" is totally interesting,
Sensei's manga are a hundred times better!!
Zofuu: Cut it out, fan club president.
Mailman: Even if you cal it that, sensei's manga is an imitation.
President: Wh...... What did you say?!!

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Mailman: There's even a foreigner that's been giving patches of it to the village kids, "Billy Bat".
Sensei's manga looks just like it.
Guy: Are you an idiot?! It's the other way around!
The other guys are the one imitating!!
Mailman: You're the idiot. "Billy Bat" is popular all around the world!!
Guy: That's why for a long time now I haven't been able to stand that "Billy Bat" idiot!!
Zofuu: I told you to quit it, didn't I?
SFX: GUNI~~~~
Mailman: Huuu, I thought you were gonna choke me to death.....
.....Ah, oh yeah!!
Sensei, something terrible happened in the village.

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Mailman: The mayor and elder died one after another, and then finally......
the deputy mayor was hanged.
There's a big commotion all over the village already.
The people who can run the town are dying one after another, they're saying it's some kind of curse.
Zofuu: What were you saying before?
Mailman: Heh?
Zofuu: What about the foreigner who's been distributing patches to the children?!!

Page 14:
Mailman: Ah, those Billy Bat patches.
To tell you the truth, he gave me one because I told him my son's a fan.
Here.
He sure seems like a nice foreigner.
And he's incredibly generous.
Zofuu: That guy......
what did he come here for?
Mailman: I didn't hear. I wonder what he'd come out here to the country for..........
I think maybe he said something about him looking for land to make an amusement park......

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Zofuu: So it's finally come?
SFX: GUGU...
Mailman: Heeey, sensei! You're going to tear my precious patch! It's supposed to be a present for my son!!
President: What's come, sensei?
Mailman: Okay, so long sensei. Take care.
Make sure you don't get cursed...
SFX: CHIRIRI!

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President: Hey, sensei, I asked what came.....?
Zofuu: Yamashita-kun.
Please listen carefully to what I'm about to tell you.
Yamashita: Yes, sir!!
SFX: TON TON
Zofuu: Take all of those manga manuscripts with you......
and run away from here.
Yamashita: Heh?

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Zofuu: Take them and....
SFX: SHA SHA SHA
Yamashita: !?
Zofuu: give them to this man!!
Paper: Kinji-kun
Zofuu: His name is Kinji,
he's a handsome man that resembles Ikebe Ryou.
TL Note: Ikebe Ryou is a Japanese actor popular in the 50's.
Yamashita: Wh...... Where is he?
This Ikebe Ryou guy..........?
Zofuu: I don't know.
Yamashita: You don't know......?!!

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Zofuu: But anyhow, get away from here.
And be sure not to hand that manuscript over to the foreigner.
Yamashita: H...... Huh......?
Zofuu: Yamashita-kun, the fate of many different things ride on you.
Yamashita: M...... Many different things, like what......?
Zofuu: Like the future of the world.
Yamashita: Hu~~~h!?
Zofuu: I'm sure you can do it, Yamashita-kun!!
As the president of my fan club......

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Zofuu: you possess tremendous courage.
Yamashita: Huh......?
Um~~~~ Sensei~~~~
Zofuu: Hm?!! What is it?
Yamashita: Can I go to the bathroom?
SFX: KANA KANA KANA KANA

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SFX: KANAKANA KANAKANA
SFX: KANAKANA KANAKANA
Zofuu: I'm counting on you, Yamashita-kun.
I'm going to the village to let the villagers escape.
Yamashita: Ah...... Ah, um......
Sensei......

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Zofuu: What is it?
Yamashita: Um...... I....... I......
I can't do it.
Zofuu: Don't cry, you idiot!!
Run, like 8 Man!!
Farewell! We'll meet again!!
Yamashita: Se......
Sensei~~~~!!
Zofuu: HAA
HAA
HAA
!!
SFX: ZA...

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Zofuu: My imagination......?
!!
Y......
You're............

Page 23:
Yamashita: I'm 8 Man!!
I'm 8 Man.
I'm 8 Ma......
HAA
HAA
Zeh
Zeh
I can't......!! I can't run like 8 man without my arms flailing out!!
..........

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Yamashita: I'm gonna do it, sensei.
I'm not somebody like 8 Man.
I'm Kanbei.
No matter how you look at me, I'm Kanbei.
The protagonist
of Sensei's manga!!
I kinda feel like I'm totally full of courage!!
Like I can save the world----!!
Side: As expected, that "sensei" is Karama Zofuu...... And he's in a desperate situation. Run, Yamashita-kun, faster than a speeding bullet......!!
Bottom: "Billy Bat" Chapter 68 / End
Next chapter appears in issue 48 going on sale 10/27! Look forward to it!