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
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)

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Score: 6.481 (scored by 44394,439 users)
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Ranked: #184102
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Popularity: #2713
Members: 9,333
Favorites: 50

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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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Astro
Astro
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Tico
Tico
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Tiamat
Tiamat
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Black
Black
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Kanti, John
Kanti, John
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Jino
Jino
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Chima
Chima
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Bulge
Bulge
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8 Recommended
2 Mixed Feelings
2 Not Recommended
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Jun 3, 2024
Brave_Owl
Recommended
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, ...
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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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Apr 25, 2026
tsukkishima123
Not Recommended
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This narrative ultimately falls short of expectations. It's clear why it was canceled early; it follows a cliched shonen story formula devoid of originality. The stakes are virtually non-existent, and it’s perplexing that an unrelated character looks strikingly similar to the protagonist. The children under Astro's care lack any real personality—they feel bland and indistinguishable due to insufficient character development. Black’s character is particularly poorly constructed, making it hard to believe he could suddenly turn evil. It’s possible that Kohei Horikoshi faced pressure regarding the story's cancellation and rushed to wrap things up, which led to a character who was intended to be good inexplicably ...
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