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A manga series by [[Naoki Urasawa]], the man behind ''[[Monster (manga)|Monster]]'', ''[[20th Century Boys]]'', and ''[[Pluto]]''.
Kevin Yamagata was born to Japanese immigrants in California in the 1920s, and during World War II he worked with allied forces in Japan as an interpreter. After the war he became a comic book writer, and by 1949 his series
Post-war Japan isn't the easiest place to conduct his search, with soldiers everywhere and many locals forced into poverty. To get anywhere he has to sign back up with the American forces and wear a uniform, which naturally makes people less likely to talk to him. However, these are the least of his problems when he tracks down the source of the Billy Bat image, and learns that it's the calling card of an [[Ancient Conspiracy]] who aren't very happy that he's been poking around about them.
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* [[CIA Evil, FBI Good]] - Inverted, Captain Finney works for GHQ (The Military) and Agent Smith works for the CIA.
* [[Companion Cube]] - The taxi driver (Mr. Momochi) 's Billy Bat toy, who's his "navigator". {{spoiler|Subverted when Billy talks back, and also knows the future - er, ''present''.}}
* [[The Conspiracy]] - Everywhere. With a heavy dose of [[Mind Screw|Mind Screws]]
* [[Could Have Avoided This Plot]] - {{spoiler|What the Bat seems to be saying when he lists all the wars and man-made disasters that will happen if Kanbei doesn't deliver the scroll.}}
* [[Cowardly Lion]] - Kanbei.
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** Chuck Culkin's relationship with {{spoiler|the man who portrays him in public is very similar to [[Ub Iwerks]]' relationship with Walt Disney}}.
** The two detectives from the first chapter look a bit like [[Laurel and Hardy]].
** Akechi, the Japanese effects director hired by {{spoiler|the US government to fake the moon landings}} seems to be a combination of [[Akira Kurosawa]] and [[Stanley Kubrick]]
* [[Faux Affably Evil]] - {{spoiler|Henry Charles Devivie, an agent sent to acquire the land where Billy Bat Land will be built in Japan, a fake front whose real purpose is to find the scroll, and who will kill anyone that stands in the way}}.
** {{spoiler|The Fake Chuck Culkin also qualifies to some degree}}.
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* [[Grandfather Paradox]]: {{spoiler|''Weaponized'' by ''Einstein''. Zofuu-Sensei uses it against Devivie by revealing he knows his parents' names.}}
* [[Green Lantern Ring]] - {{spoiler|The people involved in the conspiracy declare that the scrolls can control The Bat, up to a certain point, and thus, alter the course of history.}}
* [[Harsher in Hindsight]] - Intentional within the ''Billy Bat'' comics, since they're predicting the future: The boss at Billy Bat World and his friend wonder if "a sexy, [[Marilyn Monroe]]-ish-thing" in a comic that's clearly about [[John F. Kennedy]] is going to be killed by a [[Government Conspiracy]]. <ref> I wonder if Urasawa's heard the conspiracy theory that Monroe was killed on John and Robert Kennedy's orders because she was ruining John's image and becoming increasingly concerned with Mexican socialists.</ref>
* [[Heel Face Turn]] - {{spoiler|Lee Harvey Oswald used to work for Kurusu.}}
* [[Heroic BSOD]] - {{spoiler|Kevin was in one, until Agent Smith pulled him out of it.}}
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