Sensei no Bulge
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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 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. 

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.