> Turning back to El Hazard, I think the series will have less Tenchi-like 
> complication. As I mentioned earlier, the mystery is story-wise not 
> character backgroud. Since I haven't seen the last two, and won't have 
> the opportunity to do so for at least a couple of months, I couldn't 
> really say how well the story will conclude. Nevertheless, I think the 
> ending wouldn't be as abrupt as Tenchi's. At this point, the questions 
> about the series are clear: what is Makoto doing in El Hazard? what is 
> Ifurita (Efreet) doing in the basement of Makoto's high school (whose 
> name eludes me at the moment)? how will they deal with Jinnai. One thing 
> that remains open-ended is the fate of bugrom and phantom tribe.

All those question will be answered in episode 7 :). Looking forward to 
see how they end the TV version and the story line of the manga version.

-Han