Sensei no Bulge

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Synonyms: Sensei no Baruji, Sensei no Balge, Bulge of the Battle Star, Bulge of the War Planet

Japanese: 戦星のバルジ

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 2

Chapters: 16

Status: Finished

Published: May 21, 2012 to Sep 10, 2012

Genres: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Demographic: Shounen

Serialization: Shounen Jump (Weekly)

Authors: Horikoshi, Kouhei (Story & Art)

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Score: 6.47¹ (scored by 4,341 users)

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Ranked: #17898²

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Popularity: #2625

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Ranked #17898Popularity #2625Members 9,203

MangaShounen Jump (Weekly)Horikoshi, Kouhei (Story & Art)

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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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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.

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Sep 24, 2012

Toonking911

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"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...

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Dec 6, 2017

AnimeTeGo2

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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 ...

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Oct 16, 2017

paperdarkfish

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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