May 9, 2025
Centuria's first few chapters seemed really promising, with it's dark atmosphere, Lovecraftian creatures, Eldritch horrors and an unforgiving world, but then characters start acting like they're in a children series, with everything being black and white, villains being comically evil and the heroes being little angels from god, mc is as naive as a toddler, characters win battles with the power of friendship and all.
Very disappointing, this is a generic shonen series trying to pretend it's mature with GORE and over rendered backgrounds, non-powered characters in full armor moving like they're weightless, even the art that felt was incredible in the first couple of chapters
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started showing cracks, clothes look like they're made of stone, odd head/face proportions and expressions, plus the crazy giant hands and bulky forearms, makes everything look odd and the author seems really proud of the way they draw them, it's constantly the focus of some panels.
As i read and watch more and more manga and anime, i realize that 90% of everything coming out is trying to cater to the biggest demographic out there and that's the casual reader that has read five manga or that just doesn't mind reading the same thing over and over again, i'm not saying using stereotypes, archetypes and tried and true formulas are a bad thing, but if you're doing in the most surface level possible, i don't really get what we're supposed to take away from this piece of art called manga, that at this time has nothing interesting to offer.
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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