Centuria

• Name — Centuria • Ja Kanji — ケントゥリア • Ja Romaji — Kenturia • Genre — Dark fantasy

• Type — manga • Author — Tohru Kuramori • Publisher — Shueisha • Imprint — Jump Comics+ • Magazine — Shōnen Jump+ • First — April 8, 2024 • Volumes — 9

• Portal — yes Centuria is a Japanese web manga series written and illustrated by Tohru Kuramori. It has been serialized in Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ app and website since April 2024, with its chapters collected in nine tankōbon volumes as of July 2026.

Julian is a young boy who, after killing the blacksmith his mother sold him to, flees as a stowaway in a slave ship. Once discovered, he becomes a slave himself but is welcomed into a close group of slaves who support each other, especially Mira, a pregnant woman who shares her food with him and takes him under her wing. The ship's captain has the slaves murdered at sea to commit insurance fraud, but this accidentally calls forward an eldritch sea entity who, for the blood of the 100 killed slaves, including Mira, gifts Julian with their combined strength and their 100 lives. Now empowered and indebted to the 100 slaves killed protecting him and Mira's newborn daughter, Diana, he sets off to a new country to raise her.

• Julian • Julian is a former slave who has chosen to use his freedom to raise and bring about a happy life to his adoptive sister Diana, the daughter of a slave named Mira who he had previously formed a bond with. • Diana • Diana is the infant daughter of Mira and the adoptive sister of Julian, who is bound to bring the downfall of the king, according to prophecy. • Angvall Selma / Amber • Angvall, also known as the Unrivaled Cloaked Knight, is a Commander Knight of her country, as well as the caretaker of Titi, Julian and Diana. • Titi • Titi is a young girl who was orphaned during the Western War and was taken in and raised by Angvall. • Rukasu • Lukas is a kind former mercenary who befriends Julian and Diana during their stay in a town, and secretly a gifted bastard son of the king. • Rakururima Barukaru • Princess Lacrima is Arkos' impetulant little sister, who also has similar powers to her brother. • Zana • Zana is an assassin blackmailed by Elstri to hunt Diana, who has the gift to freely manipulate and change the shape and properties of her bone structure. After Elstri loses the leverage on her, Julian takes her in.

• Joseph • Joseph is a humble worker and family man in the village, who becomes good friends with Julian. • Marie • Marie is Joseph's wife and mother of their child, as well as Diana's wet nurse. • Joseph's father • Joseph's father is a somewhat senile man, who is still a keen and skilled hunter and a great shot with a bow. • Ravenna • Ravenna is the village doctor who claims to also be able to ward off curses.

• Mira • Mira was a pregnant slave, and later Diana's mother, who grew very close to Julian and taught him about what it means to be human. • Hirarusu • Hillars was the oldest among the slaves, who treated Julian with kindness and was among the first to stand up for him on the ship. • Ninith • Ninith was a young and soft spoken slave, who first actually met Julian when her life-force was exhausted in battle by him.

• The King • The King, also hailed as the Ito Takaki Kimi, is the benevolent ruler of Torivia, whom Angvall looks up to. He possesses unknown powers similar to those of Julian. • Eire Barukaru • The Queen, a seemingly doting mother who enabled her son's malevolent tendencies, believing him to be a gift from God due to the powers he was born with, while also completely disregarding Lacrima. • Erusutori • Elstri is a prophetess and the close aide to the king who serves him from the shadows, being renowned for her accurate divinations, who foretold that a great calamity will be brought upon the kingdom by Diana in the future. • Zira • Arkos' aide is the usually indifferent maid formerly from Rummir, who accompanies Arkos everywhere and tells him the king's orders. • Guillaume • Guillaume, also touted as Ironclad Guillaume, is a mace-wielding Commander Knight, who accompanied Elstri to the village to investigate Angvall's report. • Nairu Parumakeia • Nile is a veteran soldier of Torivia who served in the Western War under the command of Angvall Selma and later Guillaume. • Barubado • Balbad is an apathetic assassin employed by Elstri, who has the gift to manipulate nails of any size. • Liu • Liu is a serious assassin employed by Elstri, who has the gift to manipulate the weight of anything he came in contact with. His sister was also a gifted one, whose gift turned her body into the axe Liu wields. • Torozo • Trozo is an arrogant assassin employed by Elstri, who has the gift to shapeshift into a huge wolf-like monster. • Atoria • Atoria is a young and slender girl with the gift to heal others' injuries at the expense of her own lifeforce. She is a close friend of Lukas and subordinate of Lalawag, who resides in the Margraviate. • Ivurēa • Ivrea, also known as the Mountain Wind, is a member of the Black Knights, whose gift allows her to manifest a pair of dark bird-like wings.

• Arukosu Barukaru / Arutusu • Arkos, also known as the Water King, is the Supreme Lord's egotistical and nihilistic son, who serves as the sole defender of the Western border, as he has similar marking powers like Julian, that he inherited from his father. He is also the former first seat of the Īrisu no Kaisō, the supreme combat force in Torivia's royal palace, consisting of the most powerful gifted ones in the country. • Heremu • Helem, also known as the Corpse Sludge is a gifted one and Elstri's close confidant. Her gift allows her to resurrect a deceased person, using a piece of their remains, using this gift to resurrect the prince as a living doll named Altus, to use as a secret weapon against Julian. She is also the seventh seat of the Iris Stratum. • Veseruka • Veselka, also known as the Veselka of Oblivion is a Black Knight and the second seat of the Iris Stratum, whose gift allows him to manipulate minds. He is also the one who cast a shadowy veil over the Supreme Lord's face in everyone's mind. • Rarawagu • Lalawag, also known as Lalawag the Propagation is a former Black Knight and the third seat of the Iris Stratum. Physically, she is an imposing woman, whose gift allows her to infinitely duplicate inanimate objects or multiply her own limbs, but not other living beings. She has a doting, motherly relationship with Lukas. She is also the vessel of the bones of the Deity of Night. • Seodoriku • Ceodric, also known as Raging Flame, is the arrogant fourth seat of the Iris Stratum, whose gift allows him to manipulate fire and its properties and in a way to heal others, considering that he is the strongest healer of the kingdom. Originally, he was the prince of the opposing country Rummir, born as Shifu Ra Shurusu, before Arkos brought him over. • Lattice • Lattice, also known as Nightshade, is the current first seat of the Iris Stratum and the personal attendant to Queen Eire. Her gift is unknown, but she wields a sword. • Dragon Kin • His name unknown, the Dragon Kin is an towering, four-armed Black Knight and the fifth seat of the Iris Stratum. His gift is unknown. • Holy Grail • Her name unknown, the Holy Grail is a petite, tanned girl, who is the sixth seat of the Iris Stratum. Her gift is unknown.

• Rifu Ra Shurusu • Rif la Scyrus, better known as the Voidmarcher, is the strongest gifted one in the nation of Rummir and the Divine Vessel carrying the organs of the goddess Vulja. She is a member of the royal family, and Ceodric's sister. She wears a dark, organic-looking headpiece adorned with multiple horns that curve outward and upward. • Accursed • The Accursed is the central and most dangerous member of the Accursed Battalion, as well as Ceodric and Rif's half-sister. She covers her face at all times, since her gift cannot be turned off and it affects everyone who sees it indiscriminately. Her gift grants the ability to inflict a progressively worsening curse upon anyone who looks at her face, resulting in gruesome death after approx. 10 seconds. • Wattor • Wattor is gifted one and member of Rummir's Accursed Battalion, the elite combat squadron of Rummir, consisting of the most powerful gifted ones in the country. Like every other member, Wattor covers his eyes. He is also the group's interpreter, when speaking to someone from Torivia. • Bizu • Bizu is a young gifted one and a member of Rummir's Accursed Battalion. Her gift allows her to create a nigh-indestructible barrier around her target, which is powered by her unshakable willpower. • Gugubu • Gugub is an older gifted one with a long beard and a member of Rummir's Accursed Battalion. His gift allows him to generate a variety of pointed weapons from his body. • Joe • Joe is a tall, lean gifted one and a member of Rummir's Accursed Battalion. His gift grants him the ability to emit a powerful scream capable of directly affecting a target's inner ear, including his own, if not blocked. • Goliath • Goliath is a towering, brutish gifted one and a member of Rummir's Accursed Battalion. His gift allows him to turn his skin into tough stone and change his shape. • Foll • Foll is a young and careless gifted one and a member of Rummir's Accursed Battalion. His gift grants him enhanced speed, agility and reflexes, and he wields knives in battle. • Leetz • Rooln is a petite gifted one and a member of Rummir's Accursed Battalion. She mostly uses weapons to fight, and her gift allows her to drive people to suicide with her vocal commands. • Rooln • Rooln is a young and brunette gifted one and a member of Rummir's Accursed Battalion. Her gift is unknown. • Mona • Mona was a blunt, but kind citizen from Rummir and Zira's foster mother after the death of her parents during the Western War.

• Roche • Roche is a sadistic witch who belongs to the Mayonaka no Kifujin, a coven that worships the Deity of the Night. Upon learning that a girl named Diana is the host of their leader, she and her fellow witch Elise temporarily joined forces with Elstri and her party in order to seek an audience with the child. Her gift is the Flames of Sin, which allows her to summon fires to burn her enemies with, and the fire grows exponentially based on the amount of her target's sins. • Elise • Elise is a reserved witch belonging to the Ladies of Midnight, who joins Roche on the mission to scout Diana. Her gift allows her to manipulate her hair. • Beruta • Berta, also known as Kagayakumono Beruta is a powerful witch and a member of the Ladies of Midnight, who is said to be a match for Arkos in battle. She is also the vessel of the blood of the Deity of Night. • Madeleine • Madeleine is an older, calm witch belonging to the Ladies of Midnight, who wears an eyepatch and wields a rapier.

• Umi no Kami • The Sea God appears to be an octopus monster that dwells in the Alode Zone. Her presence is summoned above the surface whenever human sacrifices are made to the ocean, and in exchange for receiving her own sacrifice, she will grant one person a single wish, and Julian receives the lives and powers of the 100 slaves by the monster granting his wish. In the past, she had granted the Supreme Lord his blessing centuries ago. As a result, she played an important role in his country's history, as the Supreme Lord utilized his blessing to govern his people and subsequently passed down his power to his descendants, with nearly all gifted ones in the country being of royal heritage. • Demonic Beast • The Demonic Beast is a forest-dwelling monster that usually has the appearance of a giant, multiple dog-headed monster with humanoid appendages and no eyes, who is capable of human speech and thinking, as well as shape-shifting into a smaller, battle-oriented humanoid tree-like form. • Vyuriya / Deity of the Night • Vulja, more commonly known as the Deity of the Night is a three-headed goddess who decided to descend to the mortal world 400 years ago, after which she was toppled and her immortal and mutilated body resides in the Supreme Lord's domain. Her power was split into five pieces, with Lalawag being the vessel for her bones, Berta being the vessel for her blood, Rif la Scyrus being the vessel of her organs, while she resides within Diana, as the girl was born as the vessel for her heart and the vessels are the only individuals capable of perceiving and hearing her. Her influence has determined Diana's fate as the Child of Prophecy, as Elstri claims that she will influence her to be the one destined to unleash chaos upon the world.

Centuria is written and illustrated by Tohru Kuramori. It began serialization in Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ app and website on April 8, 2024. Shueisha has compiled its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on July 4, 2024. As of July 2026, nine volumes have been released. The series is simultaneously published in English on Shueisha's Manga Plus platform. In June 2025, Viz Media announced that they had licensed the series for English publication beginning in Q2 2026.

These chapters have yet to be published in a tankōbon volume.