Sensei no Bulge
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Sensei no Bulge

Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Sensei no Baruji, Sensei no Balge, Bulge of the Battle Star, Bulge of the War Planet
Japanese: 戦星のバルジ
English: Barrage
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Type: Manga
Volumes: 2
Chapters: 16
Status: Finished
Published: May 21, 2012 to Sep 10, 2012
Genres: Action Action, Comedy Comedy, Drama Drama, Fantasy Fantasy, Sci-Fi Sci-Fi
Demographic: Shounen Shounen
Serialization: Shounen Jump (Weekly)
Authors: Horikoshi, Kouhei (Story & Art)

Statistics

Score: 6.481 (scored by 42434,243 users)
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Ranked: #164592
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Popularity: #2392
Members: 8,980
Favorites: 52

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Synopsis

The discovery of alien life has turned the once serene planet Industria into a world of racism and perpetual conflict. Young orphan Astro lives his life with one goal: to work hard and earn enough wages to care for a group of fellow orphans he has adopted as his own family. Astro's simple life is disrupted when he encounters Bulge, the Crown Prince of Industria who is his age and shares his exact face. The prince is fleeing his royal obligations in pursuit of debauchery.

The royal military captures Astro after mistaking him for the prince, ripping the young orphan away from the family he cares about. With the King of Industria misidentifying Astro as his own son, the boy is forced into the royal lifestyle. He spends his days training in the art of combat under the high-ranking young soldier Tiamat, whose only perceivable weakness is a crippling fear of women.

After foiling an assassination plot and awakening the powers of the ancient lance Orgue, Astro is sent off with Tiamat to train with his new weapon to end the petty conflict between humans and aliens across the planet's surface.

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Background

Sensei no Bulge was published in English as Barrage by VIZ Media under the Shonen Jump imprint from March 5, 2013 to April 2, 2013.

Characters

Astro
Main
Tico
Main
Tiamat
Main
Black
Supporting
Kanti, John
Supporting
Jino
Supporting
Chima
Supporting
Bulge
Supporting

Reviews

Jun 3, 2024
It's a fun, 2 volume shonen with nothing out of the ordinary. Both the story and the characters follow classic tropes but that is not a bad thing.
As always, Horikoshi's art is very nice to look at and I personally liked seeing how this art style got to the MHA version.
Now, the problem with this manga is that there is not much to say about it but MAL won't let me publish the review without more words so I am just fluffing it out for the heck of it.

If you want to have a bit of fun and don't want to read a long series, ...
May 28, 2019
This manga is very underrated I read this book when I was younger and I forgotten about it till now. But it was made by the same person who made My hero Academia and I'm a fan of his work so I was looking on what else he did and I remembered this book. I'm kinda sad it only got two valumes but it's definitely worth the read if you like Horikoshi's work.

Horikoshi's art stile is very noticeable and easy to remember and I can see that some of the characters have similar designs from MHA characters so that's cool. The story is ...
Oct 16, 2017
Mixed Feelings
Interesting setting and memorable, easy-to-understand characters, but the plot progression ran in conflict with the entire synopsis, and it sort of stumbled over its own feet as a result.

The pitch: Plucky protagonist boy replaces his royal double in a sci-fi fantasy re-imagining of the Prince and the Pauper, with stress on how he's more worthy of the role of prince, but his double was still a real person (who is nothing like him) and his loss is felt by most of the characters, both positively and negatively.

The story: Plucky protagonist gets a new awesome weapon and wanders off into the featureless desert to fight mooks ...

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