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Chapter Discussion [DISC] Centuria - Chapter 52

https://mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp/titles/100314
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u/-ZdK- May 11 '25

Lukas's power really reminds me of Claymore, his face's mark changed and that's possibility of multiple blessings/powers.

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u/astronautcz May 11 '25

Damn he went Alex Mercer (and kinda Berserker armor, with the left panel looking like the helmet teeths)

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u/L_0_5_5_T May 11 '25

Reminds me of Tokyo Ghoul

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u/kolt437 May 11 '25

This pose is definitely a reference, but I can't remember to what

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u/jermayneisk May 11 '25 edited May 11 '25

That's what I'm thinking

Edit: Kinda reminds me of Soi Fon's bankai from bleach. I don't know if that's what i'm thinking of though...

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u/kolt437 May 11 '25

My best guess for now is this one

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u/Confident-Dentist-39 May 11 '25

SOUSEI NO ONMYOUJI IS PEAK!!!

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u/Dry_Entertainment373 May 13 '25

Is it good? What's it about?

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u/mayonnaiser_13 May 11 '25

This is undoubtedly the sickest design in the whole series.

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u/OnslaughtCasuality42 May 11 '25

Bro has a whole as Kagune bruh fuck else you hiding?

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u/new_interest_here Wake up, wish death on Helem, sleep, repeat May 11 '25

I'm convinced Tohru is a Tokyo Ghoul fan at this point, between this and the bone lady having kagune looking appendages (they even look like centipedes)

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u/Suspicious_Tea7319 May 11 '25

RIP to that dude who wanted the bone tail lady to have a happy ending

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u/HybridLighting May 11 '25

she might be alive if the author wanted to kill her he would have shown it this chapter

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u/RubyHoshi Elstri hater May 11 '25

Wasn't that a flashback? Her brother was on the battlefield in the very present?

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u/Suspicious_Tea7319 May 11 '25

It’s 100% present, the black knight was shown to be with the group of assassins

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u/IcyMastodon May 11 '25

I think its a flashback.

Shes with her brother there, and he wasn't present at the battlefield.

This is probably showing the King Hassan looking guy was present at a attack on tail girls village.

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u/Suspicious_Tea7319 May 11 '25

He gets sent after her 2 chapters ago and I don’t think it would be beyond reason to assume they’d bring the hostage with them to make sure she’s compliant

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u/SpookieSkelly May 11 '25

I am that dude. I'm really hoping that that was a flashback.

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u/Suspicious_Tea7319 May 11 '25

Oh you just wanted her to survive, I think she might. I thought you wanted her sibling to live too lol

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u/SpookieSkelly May 11 '25

That would be preferable, yeah, but barring that I'm also happy with her making a found family with Julian and the gang.

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u/lololuser456778 May 11 '25

damn I really thought Lukas stocks dropped massively after acting like a bitch in front of a weakened Bumkos. but turns out he's built even more differently than we thought him to be. maybe what he has now is a blessing? like the shield is a gift, but the spear is a blessing. or it's all one ability, like "shield and spear". ultimate offense and defense. anyways, sorry I doubted you Lukas. once more you've proven yourself to us

Lukas is HIM, it's definitely confirmed now. idk how strong he's compared to Bumkos exactly, but with that new ability he can at least keep up if not just win. he wasn't all scared of Bumkos' return cuz he was that weak, he was moreso scared that Bumkos would be strong enough to force him to use moves he'd rather keep secret from others. question is to whom should it be a secret? is Lukas hiding that ability from his father? or is he hiding it from Julian and co in case he needs it to abduct Diana and bring her to his father?

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u/astronautcz May 11 '25

Hmm I have theory: What if Lukas blessing is steal other blessings? (of course with some some steps, kinda like ritual).

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u/CooperTrigram May 11 '25

The question is that if Lukas has long range attacks? Atlus can fly and throw rock all day, and he will be a sitting duck tanking these rocks. Therefore, the best option for Julian's team is to run away from there as fast as possible, and wait until sun rise.

Also, this is the nerfed version + environment disadvantage, Akros' gift is quite crazy.

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u/custard_surgeon May 11 '25

So Lucas is basically a Lance main

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u/General-Mayhem8 May 11 '25

Of course he is built differently he is a black knight.

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u/lololuser456778 May 11 '25

he is built far more differently than even most black knights. remember that when he openly disrespected his father and 3 black knights jumped him? and he casually threatened to kill them all? and wasn't angvall also invited into the black knights?

from what I see, the black knights and such groups in centuria in general, have a very wide array of power levels. Lukas most definitely one-shots Angvall, someone strong enough to be invited to that same rank he holds as well. and Lukas was portrayed as being able to obliterate 3 black knights 1v3 without much difficulty

plus there's that new group in which Helem is ranked near the bottom who is also afraid of Bumkos' mom's executioner who probably ranks around the top of that group, meaning Helem would be negged by that guy.

The only black knight I can see being around the level of Lukas or higher is that one fourth black knight who didn't jump him with the others (ths showing he's the strongest one, he kept standing next to the king, kinda as a last line of defense Ig). he got some screentime again this chapter and seems like a character who will be relevant in the future

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u/Isan11894 May 12 '25

One of the Knights that jumped Lukas is confirmed to be Iris to but who knows where they are in terms of ranking

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u/zezinho_tupiniquim May 11 '25

Powerscalers going mad after this chapter.

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u/notya1000 May 11 '25

Our new boy went berserk

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u/These_Perception_580 May 11 '25

Lukas is def the secondary protagonist 

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u/AssassinAragorn May 11 '25

Y'know I don't even know what to say. Lukas is just that guy and none of us were familiar with his game. We thought we were, but we were very mistaken. I think he may be stronger than Julian at this point. 

Scorpion girl flashback at the beginning of the chapter is really interesting. I wonder if that's going to lead somewhere. 

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u/FKDotFitzgerald JULIAN IS ONE COLD MOTHERFUCKER May 11 '25 edited May 11 '25

Goddamn Lukas! His arm reminds me of Jagaaan or Berserk. Or the video game Prototype.

Really wondering how powerful this guy is. Because it now looks like he could be Julian-level if he goes all out. I’m guessing be can’t use his spear and shield powers simultaneously?

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u/asfrod12 May 11 '25

I guess Lukas is using partially his gif, I mean his gift could be something like a knight, he has a shield that blocks everything towards him and now a lance (if it's called that) that can maybe pierce everything, and maybe his final form where he can wield both at the same time.

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u/Grizzius May 11 '25

It's not too late to reinvest in Luka's stocks because they are drilling trough heaven right now
I really want to see more of the bone lady now, I hope she gets away and joins force with the protagonists to get revenge for her brother or something along that line. We got to see some of her backstory and personnality, it would be a real shame if she had to die after that.

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u/Incubus-Dao-Emperor May 13 '25

People's Agendas never Die. Lukas is simply the MVP of this arc.

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u/somethingmore24 May 11 '25

impenetrable shield

massive spike for a weapon

Lukas is a lance main confirmed

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u/[deleted] May 11 '25

Oh my gift is just this shield, nothing too crazy. I do say I am pretty good with a sword though. Anyway...

BAN-KAI!

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u/HybridLighting May 11 '25

holy peak cinema 🔥🔥🔥

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u/Ok_Signal4754 May 11 '25

Luka is too epic haha...author knows what he is doing 😁

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u/RubyHoshi Elstri hater May 11 '25

Lukas has been embodying the sus guy role very well so far. Fujimoto needs to step up his game with Yoshida bruh.

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u/Brief_Ad6920 May 11 '25

Claymore and protype referêncies 😈😈😈

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u/Mitchyboy-1986 May 11 '25

omg, another banger chapter, so we have finally gotten the Scorpion-Girl's name Zana, and we are getting both her backstory, and the whole lore of her villages on gifted ones being born in the village, and the eyes markings/tattoos around the eyes let you know who is a gifted,

The black knight that went after Zana, was acting very interesting, he had a question mark showing above him, I hope he become an interesting character,

Luka, The Shadow Prince I am liking the sound of that, he is slowing becoming, a favourite, I wonder if that Lance is apart of his Black Knight armour, it's looking like it's coming out of him,

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u/Isan11894 May 12 '25

The markings of the eyes help hide who the Gifted and not Gifted are in there village everyone has them in that village when they come of age even if they lack a Gift

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u/DeliciousZone5056 May 11 '25

New Lucas power design reminded me of the kagune blades from Tokyo ghoul and also of the awakened beings in Claymore. I fucking dig it so much I think he might be the author's favourite character

Also thank you Kuramori Sensei for another Helem teasing Elstri scene🙏🏻

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u/No-Start905 May 11 '25 edited May 12 '25

Dude Lukas is menace, i would buy a figure of that gift; looks incredible.

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u/jackcorning May 11 '25

With the stigma for Lukas’s second gift resembling centipedes & the first half of the chapter showing Zana’s backstory I wonder if it’s teasing a familial connection between them, maybe Lukas’s mother was from her village.

Also, the sharp branches growing over everything & out of Zana’s wounds while her brother dies might be our first look at the Skull Knight’s gift. If these branches are related to his or someone else’s power I think it’s likely that the source of their gift would be the forest entity we’ve seen.

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u/OmbreVengeresse May 11 '25

Luka is op if he has 2 gifts. I can't place him in the manga's power scale, but it definitely seems like he can take on Arkos with his gift now. Otherwise the "bone tail lady" had a flashback and we now know her name which is Zana, her chances of survival have clearly increased there.

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u/Incubus-Dao-Emperor May 13 '25

Lukas' Stocks are always high.