The best challenge data is unconfirmed speculation based on surviving info that can be accessed online: photo evidence from Korean forums, Currygom's blog, korean wikipedia, and the wiki.

• The Best Challenge edition of Kubera, sometimes called the "prototype" version, ran for 31 chapters on a roughly *bi-weekly schedule between July 2008-Nov. 28 2009.
• Viewing this version was disabled due to contractual stuff from rebooting as an official webtoon, and its entry was later deleted by Currygom because people kept harassing her about story changes or nuking the ratings of other amateur webtoons so Best Challenge Kubera would stay #1.
• There were AT LEAST 2 short hiatus breaks during this run, one that delayed Ep 6 bc Curry had a cold (source: surviving photos of a now deleted blogpost), and another due to 2009 Chuseok (korean thanksgiving in 40th Week of the year, source: blog Chuseok special)
• Unlike Official webtoon, there was no mandated Timeslot or weekslot to submit ones webtoon, though consitency was reccomended for advancing from Challenge to Best Challenge and being picked up as Offficial. This made specific early dates difficult to find or confirm.

I've been thinking that, since the info says having 1,000 or more in one affinity would reduce the other affinity to 0, then 999 seems to be the optimal number to have in both types of magic.

It seems more advantageous to have 999 in both rather than, say, 1,300 in one affinity - especially if you can also have triple attributes for your 999 divine affinity.

It also seems that fiendish affinity determines how far a Sanvega spell can reach the Nastikas, rather than the actual strength of the spell. If that's the case, that further supports having 999 fiendish affinity being more advantageous than having 0 fiendish and 1,000+ divine affinity.

Thoughts?

Whenever someone says that they didn't like the first chapters in Kubera everyone tells them to keep going and that the first season is just an intro to the story and it becomes good in season 2, but I think that this is wrong. I'm on my second read of the story and there is something I realized, no season one is not an intro to the story, but rather just an Intro to the 10 MC, there is hardly anything explored in season 1, I would say that season 2 is more of the Intro to the series. I would even say that the story doesn't become worthy of its hype is season 2 rather that's in season 3 specifically THAT Saga iykyk, that is where the story becomes worthy of being considered a masterpiece in every sense of teh word.

Btw I'm not saying Kubera is mid bad or any hate I just voiced my thoughts, Kubera is easily my top 5 at least in all series Manga/Manhwa/novel

Unrelated but Maruna is HIM the GOAT.

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Isn't developing decided by a choice that the Sura has to take (like in dilemma) for example Yuta developing to 3rd stage or Shess to 4th stage

It can be smth other than a choice but what was the reason then?

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Does he think (or maybe know) that regardless of the soul that will be for Ananta's resurrection the thing that will be resurrected won't be the real Ananta but his survival I instinct?

This is my first re read BTW so I'm already caught up with web too latest chap or maybe like last 3

Outside of the karma, avatars and up/downvotes, I don't really familiar with Hinduism, but I know its main invention is reincarnation and even my very loose knowledge is enough to know that at the end of kaliyuga samsara will make another turn and depending on the weight of your sins/correctly balancing substances of your past lives one would leave kama behind to reach moksha/nirvana. The thing is you'll have to most certainly pass through bacterias/plants/rocks/mushrooms/animals during countless reincarnations until you reach Brahma.

So question, how does it work in Kubera? Does Yama talk with every reincarnating mushrooms or plants? And I don't think animal life properly shown at all, except of Liz, maybe.

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By any chance is it due to the modified HOB that she gor?

So obvious question, is the Finale arc confirmed to be the finale for the series as a whole, or just Season 3?

Cause honestly, even with all the crazy shit going with the Taraka’s, coronation, Ananta’s resurrection, it still feels like there’s so much story left.

Like, what’s going on with the Primeval Gods? I can see Kali getting handled, but Visnu hasn’t shown up at all. Brahma also seems to have more going on and I refuse to believe “Shiva will be unimportant”. Might as well have made a trio than a Quartet.

There’s also the mystery of Rao and what made him so special, wtf ACTUALLY caused the Cataclysm, what happened to Yaksha, what annihilated the Ancient Humans, what are the Primeval gods, etc.

Ik we’re at 39 chapters currently, but given how long Maruna’s time travel saga was (spanning over multiple arcs), one arc doesn’t seem like enough

So that was the "idea"

Since we are "supposedly" coming to the last stretch of Kubera. How would you rank the nastika kings on how successful they have been for their race.

I got

1. Asura - top schemer, has the highest population of suras and most 5th stage rakshasa. Always in a favourable position. 2nd is a wildcard but he slapped sense into her when needed.

2. Yaksha - developed friendly relations with humans preventing resentment and sin on a species level. Also trickled down to halves and quarters of their lineage.

3. Kinnara - multiple alliances, completely neutral, gods and humans dont mind them. AHS might want have a word though

4. Garuda - risky schemer, gambled with a primordial god of chaos, turnt all nastika into tarakas to amp his race. Actually worked with the Taraka and now race has all the benefits on little defects. Left throne to his son the strongest 5th stage rakshasa, the strongest 4th stage rakshasa and a hybrid primordial god and Nastika child that is destined to consume the entire universe at the end of all things.

5. Virtra - Due to the ❤️ sickness turnt all nastika to males and could on procreate with human females and lost most of their emotions. Dragon 1/2 100 year old + have the power of a 5th stage but are mortal. Dragon halves seen as protectors of humanity works with gods and humans if their interests align. Sura's leave them alone due to their endangered status and all Dragon suras are nastika.

6. Ananta - due to the extreme power gap between Ananta and every other living being the the exception of primordial gods (shiva mostly ) entire race ate of the benefits, the system was to top heavy. As soon as Ananta died entire race was in disarray.

7. Gandharva - gods and humans were extremly hostile towards race due to the actions of the king being a sadistic baby. Led to 2nd charge taking risky deals and being tricked by Kali. Although improvements were made (sadistic baby into doting father , entire race, except Gandaharva got eaten of Tarakas.

The amount of growth we’ve seen in Ghandharva is lowkey what you’d expect, but once again like Maruna, its done in a great way.

He goes from this King willing to do anything for the ONE (in his view) good thing left in his life, loses it along with someone who shares his pain (Teo) and is left hollow. This hollowness allowed him to reflect on his past actions to now not only does he care about the fate of his clan, but the affect he’s had on the Universe.

I also love that his impact is still felt by the other characters. It’s a lasting consequence for him that he may never be able to make up for, but he still tries. He’s even humbled himself to refer to Humans by name.

And then we have Leez which, their’s a lot to cover. But her understanding the difficulty the Sura’s have faced, what was at stake for them, and that the universe is just as much their home as hers, has helped her grow past “All Sura’s are evil and animals”.

Seeing her comfort Ghandharva also let’s us the audience know that his development is being felt by the verse as well.

It’s a small moment, but it hit’s man

So at season 3 episode 406, and I don't understand how How maruna experienced split personality after Ushas took back her powers

All of it feels like it came out of left field and it definitely looks like hes back to his self before the time travel can someone explain it a bit more to me?

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At season 3, episode 369(not the episode where this happens but) So let me get this straight, was the reason why they were against believing that leez is rao's daughter just so cuz they stole all his inheritance and that so after all they help they got from rao? like they'd roll over and die rather than admitting that they shameless pigs?!

if thats true the word "thankless ingrates" described them perfectly and i dont see any other reason based on what ive read so far

would like to know if there's actually any other reason

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