Amazon Manga Weekend Festival Pushes Dark Fantasy Centuria With 50 Percent Points
The column frames 'Centuria' as a standout among the festival's next-generation authors, suggesting its story about a slave boy carrying 100 lives is compelling enough that an anime adaptation is inevitable.
Reporting from 1 source: ASCII.jp.
ASCII.jp's Kindle manga sale column highlights Toru Kuramori's dark fantasy 'Centuria' during the Amazon Manga Weekend Festival running August 21-23. The event features notable next-generation authors with 50 percent point rewards on all volumes. The column recommends reading the first chapter, calling the story a coming-of-age tale about a slave boy, Julian, who gains the lives of 100 people and superhuman powers from a cursed sea, along with the duty to protect a girl named Diana.
The column opens with a strong claim about the first chapter's density, noting that Julian's power acquisition is packed with detail. What follows is not a straightforward domination story with 100 lives and powers. It becomes a coming-of-age narrative about obtaining what he could not get even with those lives and powers, then giving to others.
The writer admits Julian could have been more jaded early on, given he is a slave abandoned by his parents. Even so, the story holds. An anime adaptation has not been announced, but the column states one will surely happen eventually.
All nine volumes of 'Centuria' are part of the sale, priced at 6,706 yen with a 50 percent points reward.
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