I see a lot of people complaining about how confusing or slow the story is. I understand: Kubera looks at first glance to be an action/adventure story, but it has very little action, and very little adventure. Instead it buries readers under a pile of questions (I can count over 50 open mysteries so far).

That's because the story isn't structured like an action/adventure, where you get a regular stream of gratification by seeing the characters overcome a regular succession of milestones (usually via beating up unimportant opponents). Kubera is instead structured like a mystery/drama:

• All answers are presented in a delayed manner, to give readers the time to deduce the solutions themselves. Kubera is actually a mystery you can solve, not just the type that Feels mysterious.
• It also gradually builds up the interactions, but the consequences of that build-up can be quite dramatic indeed (like the relationship between Yuta and Leez)

The author actually handles this in an Extremely logical way. Most of the big revelations in the series so far could be deduced from earlier clues. In fact, if you've paid attention to the clues, the solution is always extremely logical. For example, the following could be guessed or deduced beforehand:



At the same time, the character deductions and behaviors are also the result of a pretty long build-up.

There is also a massive amount of build-up to the relationship between Yuta and Leez, you can see more about that in my Yuta x Leez essay

The thing is, the author does this in such a seamless way that most readers don't even Notice that there's a mystery to be solved. She does this by:

• Presenting the flashbacks in a fragmented, stream-of-thought way, and she only presents them when there is a logical context for the character to be thinking of such things. Because of this, readers think at first that the flashbacks are just for sentimental purposes. But in fact, they are clues that, when pieced together, reveal a much more complex picture, as well as further clues to what's going on. Kubera's flashbacks serve several layers of purposes.
• Hiding the reasoning process of the characters. We Think we know what the characters are thinking, but in fact, they're much smarter than they seem, and their true reasoning is hidden. We've had prominent examples of this in Season 2, with Teo and Leez. However, it is possible to deduce what the characters are thinking, by observing what types of information the characters had access to, and by closely observing their expressions, which will often signal that something more is going on.
• The author also hides additional hints out in the open. Information that looks like filler or trivia often turn out to be clues that should allow us to deduce something more. Did you notice that there are several major foreshadowing signs in the first chapter alone? I wondered at first why Kubera has such a slow first chapter, but in fact it's packed with clues.

All this is done is a very subtle manner, so most readers just skim over the mysteries and don't realize that what they're seeing are clues. It's like waiting for the culprit to be revealed in a murder mystery, instead of trying to figure it out yourself. If you become aware of what the story is doing though, you'll realize that the Kubera reading experience is several times denser than it appears to be at first. You can read through it a dozen times and discover major clues each time.

I have a much longer version of what I just said here:
http://www.batoto.net/forums/topic/18622-essay-kuberas-massiv ely-multi-layered-mysterydrama-structure/

This includes examples of 'trails of clues' and attempts at solving them. Kubera has one of the most complex mystery structures I've seen anywhere, and trying to solve it is very challenging, but also very rewarding, so have a go at it.