Sensei no Bulge
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SO far there are 13 chapters out and i enjoyed all of them. Sensei No Bulge is a classic shounen Manga wich is very easy to understand and get into.

Story: The current prince didnt want his life to continue like this so he comfronted the young Astro to take his place. I gave it a 8 cuz i thint till chapter 13 the story pace didnt cahnge very much but if the story gets better ill give it a 10.

Art: The art is just amazing its perfect four Shounen Jump and i just love it. I gave it a 9 because of the lacking ... background and details.

Charackters: Till the 13 chapter we dont get to know any major cahrackters you could think about its like Astro nad Tiamat always on jouney meeting people wich we dont get to see afterwards, thats why only 7 points.

I really enjoyed it till now and i really hope the story gets better and new epic enemies will appear too me its was like they are fighting small fries wich he defeats with 1 hit = =.

Overlall a great Manga if u like Shounen its easy to get into and the pace is just amazing.

"I'm the prince scumbag!! I'm gonna pierce straight through you!!!"

First off, my first review for this site, and its late at night. This will be as spoiler free as possible, put I am gonna explain some things (Most of which are explained in the first chapter, so their not really spoilers)

So, Sensei no Bulge (Or Barrage as I believe it is officially called in America), is a story about a boy named Astro, who grew up in the slums of the planet...Industria I believe it is called.

Astro is basicaly a typical Shounen Protagonist. Hes stupid (though smart when he needs to be in a fight), ... powerful (threw the power of the Org) and will put the live of friends before himself and put his life on the line for them any day (Though with Astro, it is mainly his "family")

Astro went through his early life in the slums with no money. *Spoilers* He grew up like this until meeting Black, who sort of set him on the right path. And by that, I mean cept him from turning crooked..whatever that means. *Spoilers over* Astro later met other orphans like him, and adopted them. He began to work in order to get the food for him and them to survive, and he grew to truly love them and consider them his family.

With that said, the plot begins. Through a fast paced series of events, Astro is given the Org, a weapon that can only be used in the hands of the King, or someone with the potential to become the king (usually only the prince would fit this description). It takes on the appearance of a...trident I guess(at first anyway), and it serves as Astros weapon for the series. Astro is sent out into Industria by the king, to help stop the Age of the Battlestar, which is basically the chaos of war and corruption raging through Industria.

Astro is sent out, along with Tiamet. Tiamet is the vice-captain of the military force, and in my opinion a total badass. He cares for the king greatly, and is constantly annoyed by Astros less than dedicated way of doing things. Tiamet fights with a collapsible sword, and does it with great skill. He can easily take down the aliens of the series, who I an only assume are stronger than the average Human.


Sensei no Bulge starts off pretty face paced, gets right to things. I've heard alot of people say it is boreing at the beginning, which is sorta true. But so are the beginning 7-8ish chapters of plenty of other Manga. I enjoyed eveything greatly up until the end myself.

The artwork is just great, I really have no complaints. I do hate Astros outfits though, but that's not directly related to the art style.

Now, the series was unfortunately canceled 16 chapters in, only having enough time to half ass-idly (conjunction!) wrap everything up and leave me wanting more. If one thing can be said about this series is how much potential it had. It had so many ways to take the story, and never go the chance.

In the end, I will give it a 7 out of 10. Its short length and rushed ending are holding it back from a solid 8 in my opinion.

With a somewhat solid 45 minutes spent on this review, I shall click the Submit Review button, and hope you enjoy my review for Sensei no Bulge, AKA the Bulge of the Battle Star...

From the same creator as MY HERO ACADEMIA, one of the best shounen I have ever seen ( I am talking about my hero academia). The manga I've never read through.

Sensei no Bulge.

The Best Shounen Manga I've Ever Read.

The story is cliche in the beginning but if you keep on reading ( I'd say past chapter 5 ) It's gonna get really good. The plot is really interesting and original. The art is just outstanding. If you like the MHA art your gonna love this one. And the attention to detail is really good. Not gonna lie, the character is pretty cliche. But this was ... in 2012 what do you except, Most shounen characters were the same back in 2012. Honestly, I enjoyed this a lot. The plot was so good and the art is probably one of the best things in the series.

Overall I'd give it a 9. This story was fascinating, Creative and Imaginative. :)

It's only 16 CHAPTERS please go read it.

Sensei no Baruji/Barrage - An Underrated Manga.

There are those stories that simply can't go up in popularity because (maybe) the readers are waiting for the same kind of storytelling that comes from the same magazine and with that, the shonen genre becomes our daily bread. Barrage was one of the works that managed to overcome the barrier of popularity because of today, the person behind this work is best known for creating the mega-hit "My Hero Academia" [or in Japanese "Boku no Hero Academia"] which currently has several animations and a second season currently airing.

The problem with Barrage [or in Japanese "Sensei no Baruji"] is ... that it should have this level of popularity at the time it was released because not everyone is curious enough to look for this work created by Horikoshi Kohei. Nowadays, readers or people, in general, are too lazy to give value to these manga gems overall and that's a complete shame. Barrage was lucky enough to be released by Viz Media under the Shonen Jump Alpha, whose work is the only one I know that went through this process and for being released solely in Japanese and English.

In "Barrage" the story begins with Astro, a spunky slum kid who works to an old man in a planet called Industria. Astro is a dim-witted but kind boy who tirelessly works to feed his family, a group of six orphaned children in which he is seen as an older brother. But one day, after being fired from his job, he meets the Prince of Industria named Barrage. One thing leads to another and now Astro has become Prince Barrage, a boy charged with the duty of restoring peace to the planet.

Astro behaves like a typical shounen protagonist, however, he has something different or at least, I think while reading the volumes. He's a kind boy and works all the way to sustain his family of orphans and to love them. He always puts his life at stake but he knows that he wins anyway and maybe that's what makes him so special in my way of seeing.

This story is told in a fast-paced series of events in which the first one is given to Astro the org, a weapon that can only be used in the hands of the king or someone with the potential to become the king (in a particular case, the Prince). Basically, the org is a trident and it serves as Astro's weapon for the whole series. Astro is sent out into Industria by the king, to help stop the Age of the Battlestar, which is basically the chaos of war and corruption raging through Industria. Then, the adventure begins, Astro is sent out with Tiamat, the King's trusted knight whose name commands respect across the planet, also the first battalion lieutenant. In this part of the story, he cares for the king greatly and is annoyed by Astro's less way of doing things. Tiamat fights with his trusted sword and overall has a great skill using it.

The artwork of this manga is one of the best I've seen so far and for a quick story, this was just perfect. I also think that the characters are well-written overall, however, Black's character should have had more screen time.

I've heard and a personally know a lot of people saying this manga is boring or a waste of time and I honestly don't understand why people hate this manga this much. Sure, it has potential to be a better story but you have to face the reality, this needed to have more popularity like I mentioned before to be something like that.

In the end, I will give it a 10 out of 10. For me, it's my favorite Kohei Horikoshi's work, without a doubt.

Story: 9 | Art: 10 | Character: 9 | Enjoyment: 10

Score: 10

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 ... because Battle Manga, I Guess, leaving 80% of the setup behind.

Understandable why this one didn't take off.

Well since it got past 10 chapters, guess Ill give it a 6/10 instead of a 5. It had potential really with interesting character designs and a main character that was cool and lovable. His side character partner, Tiamat was also good with this time frame. I would have liked more backstory on him given. The potential for a long adventure was actually here as well as a potentially deep and immersive world. Its terrible that it had to be cancelled early and lots of details left hidden. Rushed ending chapter though :/

For 16 chapters it is worth checking out for its sci fi theme ... of sorts.

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 ... very good, it starts out as a cliche Prince and the pauper story but it gets better after around chapter 4 or 5. And I like how it mixes a little bit of fantasy, steam punk and si-fi genres.

Sorry if this review is crap. I just woke up.

This is great. Haven't read to end, but it's great.
It has Hirokoshi Kohei's method of writing in which the chapters are fast paced and super dense, which the first chapter suffers from, since we don't get enough character and world building. There are also some tonal issues within that first chapter, in particular, where the prince dies. The art presents this as a kind of shocking and disturbing scene, as we are shown in gross detail of his arm and head being blown off. The main character reacts to this in a way completely antithetical to how the audience feels (in a 'comedic' ... way), resulting in confusion and being somewhat dragged out of the experience, since we're not quite sure how we're supposed to feel. Though, this is solved by the end and in its subsequent chapters since it is able to separate its comedic and serious moments.
The story has a theme of family, and so has that signature optimistic and happy feeling that it so prevalent in Academia. The story does suffer also from this, because this manga is more story focused, rather than being character focused, as Academia is, there is much less to the characters themselves and so is less focused on developing them in place of exploring the idea of family. The leads to audiences maybe not caring as much to what happens to the characters.
That being said, there certainly is enough character to these characters to make the ride enjoyable, of course, not to the extent of Acedemia. You will still feel the glimpses of the heightened emotional moments found in his next work, which I think still makes this a worthwhile read. It's only 16 chapters. Read it.

This manga is a really standard shounen. Now that's not a bad thing, but shounen take a while before they really start going, and this never really gets a chance. The protagonist is pretty interesting, in that he's really hot blooded and his dedication to family shines through pretty earnestly, especially in the part where he inspires others. However, no other characters really stood out. Tiamet is the only one that gets enough time, but even he didn't feel all that fleshed out. Tiko's story had a solid starting character arc, but the manga ends before it can really go anywhere. So overall in terms of characters, other than Astro no one ... was really memorable. In terms of plot, the same applies. The plot is built up for a long journey, which could definitely work, and it starts out really well, but its forced to end early, and in a manner that feels incredibly forced. Similarly, the battle system seems to have some potential but it never really does anything with it, needing to be fleshed out a lot more. The comedy was pretty decent. The designs were pretty good, with Tiko standing out as a really cool design, and the art was okay. 

tl;dr: A pretty standard but seemingly solid shounen that rushes to its end too quickly. 

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, ... definitely give this a try.