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** Class Z-2 (Universal Metaphysical Annihilation): The season 3 opens with lots of Taraka clan suras attackin both the human and the sura realm, drving bot races up the wall and evetually with plainly telling Brilith that the universe is indeed ending, [[spoiler: the kicker is that this is not the first; and by virtue of the primeval gods always being able to make a new one; probably not the last one that has existed, bringing home why they seem to care so little in the first place.]]

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** Class Z-2 (Universal Metaphysical Annihilation): The season 3 opens with lots of Taraka clan suras attackin attacking both the human and the sura realm, drving bot both races up the wall and evetually with Leez plainly telling Brilith that the universe is indeed ending, [[spoiler: the kicker is that this is not the first; and by virtue of the primeval gods always being able to make a new one; probably not the last one that has existed, bringing home why they seem to care so little in the first place.]]



** 'In Your Delusions' chapter, categorized as a side story, has more wham then most main arcs. [[spoiler: the first incarnations of the current universe had a nastika Manasa with almost the same powers of Ananta, including time powers, though somewhat weaker. She loved and educated him into the kind personality we now know, but eventually had to rewind time too much to stop a universe destroying monstrosity implied to be Yuta's true self. In doing so, she accumulated too much sin and became a berserk menace herself, her sura form threatening the entire universe until three primervals destroyed her permanently]].
[[spoiler: Despairing at this, Ananta used his time powers to try and rewind back before her death, but due to Shiva's powers of destruction being absolute, Ananta's efforts literally retconned the universe into one where Manasa has never even existed, with only Ananta remembering her. Ever since, he did his best to protect the universe simply out of respect to her efforts and guilt at his part in erasing her. The universe we know was upheld by a widowed lover, and if he is ever resurrected and becomes engulfed by sin like Manasa did, not even the Primerval Gods might be enough to stop him]].

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** 'In Your Delusions' chapter, categorized as a side story, has more wham then most main arcs. [[spoiler: the first incarnations of the current universe had a nastika Manasa with almost the same powers of Ananta, including time powers, though somewhat weaker. She loved and educated him into the kind personality we now know, but eventually had to rewind time too much to stop a universe destroying monstrosity implied to be Yuta's true self. In doing so, she accumulated too much sin and became a berserk menace herself, her sura form threatening the entire universe until three primervals destroyed her permanently]]. \n[[spoiler: Despairing at this, Ananta used his time powers to try and rewind back before her death, but due to Shiva's powers of destruction being absolute, Ananta's efforts literally retconned the universe into one where Manasa has never even existed, with only Ananta remembering her. Ever since, he did his best to protect the universe simply out of respect to her efforts and guilt at his part in erasing her. The universe we know was upheld by a widowed lover, and if he is ever resurrected and becomes engulfed by sin like Manasa did, not even the Primerval Gods might be enough to stop him]].
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** Claude practically swims in foreshadowing. A couple of early scenes in s2 show people acting weirdly chipper and with a cynical humor, giving oddly plot relevant instructions to the main cast, [[spoiler: way before we find out who Claude is, and far far before we learn that his Bhavati Yama magic allows him to take control over people and act through them, and how he tends to use it to decieve people into acting as he needs them to]].

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** Claude practically swims in foreshadowing. A couple of early scenes in s2 show people acting weirdly chipper and with a cynical humor, giving oddly plot relevant instructions to the main cast, [[spoiler: way before we find out who Claude is, and far far before we learn that his Bhavati Yama magic allows him to take control over people and act through them, and how he tends to use it to decieve deceive people into acting as he needs them to]].
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** Ran takes this [[{{ExaggeratedTrope}} up to eleven]]. [[spoiler: all the powers of his Heart of Yaksha can rapidly deplete his lifespan, but the drain can be greatly reduced if he's in an environment favorable to Yaksha's attributes, namely water and light. This means at his weakest he's a very impressive human magic user, but at the right conditions he's at the level of the upper echelons of Nastikas and capable of planetary levels of devastation]].
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** The series includes quite a lot of other conditions and limitations, which allows beings that can destroy plaents, galaxies, or even more to interact with humans and keep some semblance of suspense, for both sides.
** Nastikas are unable to take sura form in the human realm ever since the cataclysm. This massively reduces their threat level, making 5th Stage Rakshasa (who are able to take sura form) more dangerous than most Nastika in the human realm. That said, the very top Nastikas are so powerful their human form is stronger than even 5th stages.
** Nastikas can absorb their environment if their attributes are present, for example a Wind nastika absorbing strong air currents, or a Light nastika going closer to a sun-like star to absorb it's light. Stronger nastikas can absorb larger volumes of "attribute" faster, but either way it can give a huge advantage to fight in a favorable environment, making some of the Nastika-vs-Nastika fights more complex then who is normally the stronger one.
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** However, his interactions with [[spoiler:Leez show a lot of care and tender moments, whereas his instincts are clearly to devour her. So while Taraka might have been right that his instincts push him to devour her, it seems his other emotions are genuine, and they're exactly what's stopping him from acting on those darker instincts. Taraka might have known this, and tried to gaslight him into confusing the two emotions as the same]].
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** 'In Your Delusions' chapter, categorized as a side story, has more wham then most main arcs. [[Spoiler: the first incarnations of the current universe had a nastika Manasa with almost the same powers of Ananta, including time powers, though somewhat weaker. She loved and educated him into the kind personality we now know, but eventually had to rewind time too much to stop a universe destroying monstrosity implied to be Yuta's true self. In doing so, she accumulated too much sin and became a berserk menace herself, her sura form threatening the entire universe until three primervals destroyed her permanently]].

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** 'In Your Delusions' chapter, categorized as a side story, has more wham then most main arcs. [[Spoiler: [[spoiler: the first incarnations of the current universe had a nastika Manasa with almost the same powers of Ananta, including time powers, though somewhat weaker. She loved and educated him into the kind personality we now know, but eventually had to rewind time too much to stop a universe destroying monstrosity implied to be Yuta's true self. In doing so, she accumulated too much sin and became a berserk menace herself, her sura form threatening the entire universe until three primervals destroyed her permanently]].
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** 'In Your Delusions' chapter, categorized as a side story, has more wham then most main arcs. [[Spoiler: the first incarnations of the current universe had a nastika Manasa with almost the same powers of Ananta, including time powers, though somewhat weaker. She loved and educated him into the kind personality we now know, but eventually had to rewind time too much to stop a universe destroying monstrosity implied to be Yuta's true self. In doing so, she accumulated too much sin and became a berserk menace herself, her sura form threatening the entire universe until three primervals destroyed her permanently.
Despairing at this, Ananta used his time powers to try and rewind back before her death, but due to Shiva's powers of destruction being absolute, Ananta's efforts literally retconned the universe into one where Manasa has never even existed, with only Ananta remembering her. Ever since, he did his best to protect the universe simply out of respect to her efforts and guilt at his part in erasing her. The universe we know was upheld by a widowed lover, and if he is ever ressurected and becomes engulfed by sin like Manasa did, not even the primervals might be enough to stop him]].

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** 'In Your Delusions' chapter, categorized as a side story, has more wham then most main arcs. [[Spoiler: the first incarnations of the current universe had a nastika Manasa with almost the same powers of Ananta, including time powers, though somewhat weaker. She loved and educated him into the kind personality we now know, but eventually had to rewind time too much to stop a universe destroying monstrosity implied to be Yuta's true self. In doing so, she accumulated too much sin and became a berserk menace herself, her sura form threatening the entire universe until three primervals destroyed her permanently.permanently]].
[[spoiler: Despairing at this, Ananta used his time powers to try and rewind back before her death, but due to Shiva's powers of destruction being absolute, Ananta's efforts literally retconned the universe into one where Manasa has never even existed, with only Ananta remembering her. Ever since, he did his best to protect the universe simply out of respect to her efforts and guilt at his part in erasing her. The universe we know was upheld by a widowed lover, and if he is ever ressurected resurrected and becomes engulfed by sin like Manasa did, not even the primervals Primerval Gods might be enough to stop him]].
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**A whole bunch in season 3, starting from Broken Birds. [[spoiler: Brillith is a reincarnation of a human who has reincarnated billion of years, having been in love with Agni somewhere around the start of the cycle until some terrible tragedy destroyed her race and shattered her belief in the gods]].
**Crime and Punishment chapter is another big one: [[spoiler:Kali shows up in person for the first time. Her every word drips with foreshadowing and double meaning, and she's revealed to have time traveling powers just like Vishnu. She uses them, explaining some scenes that previously seemed odd in season 2, and sending Ran and Maruna to a longgg arc of traveling and influencing the past]].
**'Ananta' chapter: [[spoiler:Ananta has time powers, and can rewind back when he decides the present events are unacceptable. But in doing so too many times, he has accumulated too much sin and is at risk of being engulfed by them, with catastrophic implications for the universe. He looks to find someone to shoulder those sins in his stead]].
**'In Your Delusions' chapter, categorized as a side story, has more wham then most main arcs. [[Spoiler: the first incarnations of the current universe had a nastika Manasa with almost the same powers of Ananta, including time powers, though somewhat weaker. She loved and educated him into the kind personality we now know, but eventually had to rewind time too much to stop a universe destroying monstrosity implied to be Yuta's true self. In doing so, she accumulated too much sin and became a berserk menace herself, her sura form threatening the entire universe until three primervals destroyed her permanently.
Despairing at this, Ananta used his time powers to try and rewind back before her death, but due to Shiva's powers of destruction being absolute, Ananta's efforts literally retconned the universe into one where Manasa has never even existed, with only Ananta remembering her. Ever since, he did his best to protect the universe simply out of respect to her efforts and guilt at his part in erasing her. The universe we know was upheld by a widowed lover, and if he is ever ressurected and becomes engulfed by sin like Manasa did, not even the primervals might be enough to stop him]].
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**Tragically, so were Kinnara, Vritra, and [[spoiler:the original Airivata]]. The tragic part is that Kinnara did not realize [[spoiler:Airivata had hidden feelings for her until billion of years after she murdered Airivata and took her name. Had she known, she might have realized there's no way Airivata is plotting against her. Once she realized this, Kinnara weeped for three days and three nights]].
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**Claude practically swims in foreshadowing. A couple of early scenes in s2 show people acting weirdly chipper and with a cynical humor, giving oddly plot relevant instructions to the main cast, [[spoiler: way before we find out who Claude is, and far far before we learn that his Bhavati Yama magic allows him to take control over people and act through them, and how he tends to use it to decieve people into acting as he needs them to]].
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** The 5th-Zen Gods going to the "top" can result in this. They are able to leave whatever emotions or memories they deem undesirable to continue their mission to help sustain the universe. But if what they choose to leave behind are empathy and guilt, like [[spoiler:Indra]], or even care for their loved ones, only keeping a sense of duty, like [[spoiler:Vayu]], they might continue to uphold their goals, but their methods become terrible.
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** Whether this is holds true for Yuta or not is a key question of the webtoon. [[spoiler: Since even his fourth stage coupled with his Taraka eyes is too much for most nastika or 5th stages Rakshasa to deal with, him staying sane due to Leez's influence and love is the main thing holding the universe together right now. Those who think his sanity or kindheartedness won't last believe he should be annihilated immediately]].
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** Chaos attribute suras are this by default. Normally, they look like typical members of their clan. But when showing their Sura forms, they become a disheveled mass of mouths and teeth. Petupan [[spoiler: and Sona, her son]] are a literal case, having rabbit-like charateristics.
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**The nature of a soul. Why are [[spoiler: Menaka and Teo]] acting different, for example, despite sharing the same memories and body? What makes them "them"?
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** And finally, from Leez's perspective, [[Existentialism existentialism]]. [[spoiler: why should she insist on living, when the entire universe conspires to make her life a living hell?]]

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** And finally, from Leez's perspective, [[Existentialism existentialism]].UsefulNotes/{{Existentialism}}. [[spoiler: why should she insist on living, when the entire universe conspires to make her life a living hell?]]
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** And finally, from Leez's perspective, [[Existentialism]]. [[spoiler: why should she insist on living, when the entire universe conspires to make her life a living hell?]]

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** And finally, from Leez's perspective, [[Existentialism]].[[Existentialism existentialism]]. [[spoiler: why should she insist on living, when the entire universe conspires to make her life a living hell?]]
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** And finally, from Leez's perspective, [[UsefulNotes/Existentialism]]. [[spoiler: why should she insist on living, when the entire universe conspires to make her life a living hell?]]

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** And finally, from Leez's perspective, [[UsefulNotes/Existentialism]].[[Existentialism]]. [[spoiler: why should she insist on living, when the entire universe conspires to make her life a living hell?]]
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** And finally, from Leez's perspective, {{Existentialism}}. [[spoiler: why should she insist on living, when the entire universe conspires to make her life a living hell?]]

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** And finally, from Leez's perspective, {{Existentialism}}.[[UsefulNotes/Existentialism]]. [[spoiler: why should she insist on living, when the entire universe conspires to make her life a living hell?]]
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* CentralTheme: Several:
** Freedom of Choice: What meaning do choice have against the powerful forces arrayed against you? In particular [[spoiler: what worth do choices have versus beings who can predict the future and travel through time?]]
** The nature of sin. What are the worst of crimes, and can their perpetrators be redeemed? If not, what they can do to make up for it? Gandarvha, Maruna, [[spoiler: and Asha]] are some of the key examples, but there's plenty more.
** And combining the two, how much blame should one carry for being manipulated into sinning? [[spoiler: if you were manipulated like Asha, by a being that can read your thoughts and see the future no less, to take advantage of your nature and fears into becoming a murderer... How much blame do you carry? How much of it is on the manipulator, and how much on you, for being the kind of person who could be manipulated?]].
** And finally, from Leez's perspective, {{Existentialism}}. [[spoiler: why should she insist on living, when the entire universe conspires to make her life a living hell?]]
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* EternalRecurrence: The Primerval's game in a nutshell. [[The universe is a recurring experiment for them, with each Primerval having different goals for the experiment. It was destroyed and remade by them any number of times, even ignoring the current universe, which was destroyed in alternate timelines and resetted thanks to time powers such as Ananta's]].

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* EternalRecurrence: The Primerval's game in a nutshell. [[The [[spoiler:The universe is a recurring experiment for them, with each Primerval having different goals for the experiment. It was destroyed and remade by them any number of times, even ignoring the current universe, which was destroyed in alternate timelines and resetted thanks to time powers such as Ananta's]].
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* EternalRecurrence: The Primerval's game in a nutshell. [[The universe is a recurring experiment for them, with each Primerval having different goals for the experiment. It was destroyed and remade by them any number of times, even ignoring the current universe, which was destroyed in alternate timelines and resetted thanks to time powers such as Ananta's]].
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* DrivingQuestion: Quite a few. Some of them were answered in WhamEpisodes, some remain unaswered, and some were added over time.
** For the first and second season: What is ''The Power of The Name''? What are Asha's goals?

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* DrivingQuestion: Quite a few. Some of them were answered in WhamEpisodes, [[WhamEpisode dramatic reveals]], some slowly unveiled over time, some remain unaswered, and some were added over time.
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** For the first and second season: What is ''The Power of The Name''? Why is Kubera's name more important? What are Asha's goals?goals?. Asha's goals are revealed at the climax of season 2, with the rest being revealed much later in season 3.
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* DrivingQuestion: Quite a few. Some of them were answered in WhamEpisodes, some remain unaswered, and some were added over time.
** For the first and second season: What is ''The Power of The Name''? What are Asha's goals?
** Later in season 3: What do the Primervals want? What does Kali? What will happen if Ananta is ressurected? What kind of being is ''Yuta''?
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** Nastika are ranked by the strongest of their clan, by default also their first King, and going down from there. However, there's some nuance. Environmental advantages may allow an overally weaker Nastika to defeat a stronger one. And many nastikas have unique transecdentals which don't contribute directly in combat, but can massively benefit their user in other ways. For example, Menaka's "peace", which makes it so nobody will intentionally fight her. Finally, some Nastika's fighting style or powers are particularly effective vs others who are usually considered stronger. The most notable case being [[spoiler:Yaksha's King of the Land power versus {{WorldsStrongestMan Ananta}}]].

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** Nastika are ranked by the strongest of their clan, by default also their first King, and going down from there. However, there's some nuance. Environmental advantages may allow an overally weaker Nastika to defeat a stronger one. And many nastikas have unique transecdentals which don't contribute directly in combat, but can massively benefit their user in other ways. For example, Menaka's "peace", which makes it so nobody will intentionally fight her. Finally, some Nastika's fighting style or powers are particularly effective vs others who are usually considered stronger. The most notable case being [[spoiler:Yaksha's King of the Land power versus {{WorldsStrongestMan Ananta}}]].[[WorldsStrongestMan Ananta]]]].
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** Nastika are ranked by the strongest of their clan, by default also their first King, and going down from there. However, there's some nuance. Environmental advantages may allow an overally weaker Nastika to defeat a stronger one. And many nastikas have unique transecdentals which don't contribute directly in combat, but can massively benefit their user in other ways. For example, Menaka's "peace", which makes it so nobody will intentionally fight her. Finally, some Nastika's fighting style or powers are particularly effective vs others who are usually considered stronger. The most notable case being [[spoiler:Yaksha's King of the Land power versus {{WorldsStrongestMan Ananta}}]].
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** interestingly, this comes up in a non magical way as well. [[spoiler:''Vishnu'' told Asha she will have to pay a price for her increased magical power, with the price implied to be her the happiness she would have had with Rao. But it wasn't magicall enforced. The reason she couldn't be happy is that her own actions, by following through on orders from ''Vishnu'', resulted in Rao no longer being present to shelter her]].
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* TheDreaded: Gandarvha, back in his prime, was feared for his power and temper. Surprisingly, the other first generation kings aren't similarly feared, as while people respect their power they're also generally reasonable and empathic individuals and thus aren't treated with the abject terror you'd expect of beings capable of destroying entire galaxies.
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Official translations in English [[https://kmanhwa.com/comics-online/kubera/ here]], with updates on Monday every week.

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Official translations in English [[https://kmanhwa.com/comics-online/kubera/ have begun [[http://www.webtoons.com/episodeList?titleNo=83 here]], with updates on Monday every week.
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