Barrage (manga)

Barrage
First volume of Barrage, featuring two of the main characters, Astro and Tiamat.
戦星のバルジ (Sensei no Baruji)
Genre	Action, Adventure
Manga
Written by	Kōhei Horikoshi
Published by	Shueisha
English publisher	NA Viz Media
Demographic	Shōnen
Imprint	Jump Comics
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Jump
English magazine	NA Weekly Shonen Jump
Original run	May 21, 2012 – September 10, 2012
Volumes	2 (List of volumes)

BARRAGE (戦星のバルジ, Sensei no Baruji, lit. Barrage on the Battle Star) is a Japanese shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Kōhei Horikoshi, creator of Oumagadoki Zoo and My Hero Academia. The story follows Astro, a dim-witted but kind young man from the slums, on a journey in the planet of Industria. He meets the prince who looks and sounds like him and, following a certain incident, ends up becoming the prince who defends Industria with his weapon called the Org (王具（オーグ）, Ōgu, lit. "King's Device"; translated by Viz Media as both The Royal Relic and the Orgue). The series was originally published in 2011 as a one-shot manga in the seasonally published Jump NEXT!, before beginning serialization in Weekly Shōnen Jump from May 21, 2012 to September 10, 2012.

The series was published in North America, in English under the name Barrage through Viz Media's digital manga anthology, Weekly Shonen Jump (formerly known as Weekly Shonen Jump Alpha) beginning on June 4, 2012, with chapters being released two weeks behind the Japanese publication. The first tankōbon volume was released in Japan by Shueisha on October 4, 2012 and the second and final volume was released one month later on November 2, 2012.Viz Media released the first volume of the series in English on March 5, 2013, and the final volume on April 2, 2013.

In the planet of Industria where aliens fight with humans, there in the slums lives Astro who works tireless hours to feed his adopted brothers and sisters. One day, after a bad argument with his boss, Astro saves him from the alien Archduke of Endra; however, Astro is fired. Distraught, he accidentally meets the runaway Prince Barrage of Industria, his doppelganger in disguise, who wants Astro to act as his substitute. Astro decides to assume the role of the prince of Industria to prevent arousing suspicion from enemy aliens and protect his beloved "family".