El Hazard:what is it about?
This is a story about adventure, love, drunks, a cross dresser, lesbians and an insane power-hungry type person.What's not to love???Well that's just a rough overview.
El-Hazard


The First Night:
Battle Field of Confusion




At a small High School in Shinonome, Japan, some ancient ruins have just been discovered under the school. We see some people gathering around watching to see what is going on. A teacher named Mr. Fujisawa ties off the entrance to the ruins. As he looks for some tape in his pocket a bottle of sake falls to the floor. Naturally the students start to make fun of him. Fujisawa yells out that it is medicinal, yet nobody believes him, leaving Fujisawa to defend himself from the students laughs.


Meanwhile inside the ruins, a local news crew is interviewing the Student Council President, Katsuhiko Jinnai (I'll call him Jinnai from now on). Jinnai claims that he discovered the ancient ruins, but in fact, a freshman had really found it. He proclaims that the ruins should be named after him, but the news crew thinks that is a little farfetched. Next comes in Jinnai's younger sister, Nanami. Nanami breaks in to ask Jinnai about allegations of bribing students to vote for him in the Council President race. Jinnai naturally denies all this, and yells out that she is not on the Journalists Club. She comes back and says that the club paid her just to take the assignment. Nanami still persists asking more questions. This causes the camera person to start laughing, Jinnai loses it, and attacks the camera person. The camera falls to the floor and breaks causing the T.V. to show static.


Watching this are some other students in a class room. All of these students wish to impeach Jinnai because of his actions. Their main witness is a shy, but strong Junior his name is Makoto Mizuhara. Makoto is in the room and being asked to testify against Jinnai. What happened was Makoto overheard Jinnai and the Baseball team captain talking. Jinnai would get votes from the Baseball team in exchange for money for the team if he remained President. Makoto is a little worried about this, because Jinnai is his friend and all. After they ask him if he has any balls, he exclaims the are as big as cantaloupes! Then he decides to testify against Jinnai.


Next, we see Jinnai acting very oddly. He has come under the notion that Makoto is his destined Rival. He looks at some test scores and sees that he has scored second only to Makoto. Then he looks and sees a picture of Makoto winning a track race. He remembers that race, because he nearly passed out and then was run over by someone else. Jinnai then has several other flashbacks where Makoto seemed to win all the time. When he did a drawing of a city, he thought it was great, then he looked at Makoto's drawing and it was many times better. Going deeper into the visions he remembers lunch time where Makoto beat him out for the last sandwich. This pushes Jinnai over the edge, and then he begins to rip up papers on the bulletin board. He then decides that Makoto should be "out of the way" for the trial. This thought causes him to rear back and begin to laugh in a maniacal way, this laugh soon becomes his trademark.


Later we see Makoto at his locker. Inside his locker is a note from Nanami, whom he secretly likes, this note says for Makoto to meet her outside by the school later. Makoto has high hopes about this, and goes to the school later. To his great surprise, instead of seeing Nanami, he sees Jinnai. Makoto is confused on why Jinnai is there, and is nervous about Nanami coming to meet him. Jinnai said he put the note in the locker to get his rival to him. Jinnai said he got the letter from Nanami's ample collection of notes to others. Makoto is disappointed about Nanami.

Jinnai then explains to Makoto about the life long rival thing, and Makoto doesn't have a clue what is going on. Jinnai then pulls out a rope and begins to chase Makoto exclaiming that he is going to get him out of the way until after the trial. Jinnai states that according to the rules, if the witness fails to show up, the charges will be dropped. Makoto is clearly the better runner and is outrunning Jinnai.


Elsewhere in the school, Mr. Fujisawa, who is also Makoto's history teacher, is staying at the school working late. Fujisawa however, is a drinker and has a big bottle of Sake in his hand as usual. Nanami walks in with some food for Mr. Fujisawa. Quickly he hides the Sake, and says hello to Nanami. She hands him the food, and he quickly gulps it down. Nanami then tells him that it will be 1000 yen for the food and Tea, he nearly chokes. She explains that this is her part-time job, and a girl has to make a living.


The story then goes back to Makoto and Jinnai. Jinnai finally corners Makoto, and advances on him. This is where Jinnai claims that he is always calm even though he looks totally flipped out. As Jinnai makes his final lunge Makoto shields himself. Suddenly the school is bathed in white light, and everything freezes except for Makoto. Makoto is puzzled at this, and nudges Jinnai a bit telling him to stop it, and how did you do that. After breaking some wood over the frozen Jinnai's head and seeing no movement, he realizes that something is up.


He then hears a voice calling to him. The voice directs him to the ruins under the school. He walks in the ruins and sees some light beams coming from the ceiling. The voice, which we cannot hear, tells him to move toward the capsule at the front of the room. When he comes to the center of the room, he steps under a seal depicting an eye. This causes the light beams to engulf him, and the capsule rises up and unlocks itself.


A woman wakes up and emerges with tears in her eyes. She weakly walks over to Makoto calling out his name as if she knows who he is. She embraces Makoto and he asks who she is. She is confused on why he does not remember. Then she explains how she has waited ten thousand years for this very moment, and how she has only thought of him during this time.


He is then told that his journey must begin, and she will send him to El-Hazard. He asks what that is , but she only states that he will be in her thoughts and heart until their paths meet again. Then she generates the white light that transports Makoto, Jinnai, Nanami, and Mr. Fujisawa to El-Hazard!

Jed Thomas
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