Technically, OAV ends with Makoto getting Ifurita.If Rob and Neil were correct, the series was supposed to begin with OAV1 and end with OAV1. Only when a profit was realized that there were sequels. The guess of how Makoto got back to Ifurita is simply:1) He learned how the Eye of God worked2) He went backFor me, I'm wondering if they stayed on Earth or went back to El-Hazard. I'm guessing they could have just went back to El-Hazard, but the ending is just confusing to me.
But, yes, it's easy to say that the first OAV is the only "true" story of El-Hazard, and that the 2 sequels are in a different universe altogether.
makoto never reunited with ifurita...
nor did they even mention her except for a few small scenes in the alternative world... I just thought it was kinda weird cuz they made such a big deal over her and her relationship with makoto in the beginning and they never really concluded anything between the two,
and unless there's any other releases following that, it still left me with questions.
For example, it is widely believed that series like 'Tenchi in Tokyo' or the 3rd movie, 'Tenchi Forever', were only produced to "milk" the Tenchi franchise dry.
hehe what i meant when i said they never really reunited, sorry that came out wrong yea they did reunite in the first ova and i went to look back at it again, and he is a lot older when he returns to ifurita. But what i was talking about was how he got to that point...i figured the ova2 and the alternative world would cover that, but now i realize those were more of what happened while he was in el hazard(sidequest as rob jinnai said), before he returned home to ifurita...
"Oh Tenchi, your hands are so big..."