Figured out what happened at the end of Rah-Xephon..SpoilerS

[Imakeholesinu]

It took me two sittings over two years to figure out what the fuck happened in this anime, but Mishima Reika is actually Mishima Haruka's form, or Shitow Haruka. Some how Iksuki-kun (SP?) is Kamina's younger brother and that is why you see him and Haruka at the end. Quon is Maya's sister, but I don't know how that works out because Maya is way older than Quon and Maya has been inside Tokyo Jupiter and Maya was with Haruka's uncle the entire time.

Loose ends, well why did Sayoko kill Iksuki? No fucking clue, they left that ambiguois as all hell, like that she was some part of a foundation project that didn't get reveiled. And what was up with the vermillion series? Complete rip off of evangelion I smell.

Crazy shit!

[Garford]

Guess you haven't watch the movie as the movie change some of the plot elements around, which explain the plot better.

Stuff typed here are recalled off hand, some might be wrong.

Maya and Quon were sent by the Mu to start the Xephon. They were found by Shirou Kamina.

Quon is then place in stasis as she is starting to awaken her abilities as an instrumentalist to the Xephon. Maya's Mu blood however awaken too early and as a result she is not suitable to become the second instrumentalist.

Itsuki and Ayato are twins made from Shirou and Quon's genetic information in part of a project to create the second instrumentalist for the Xephon. Itsuki was kept by the Bahbem Fundation while Ayato was left to Shirou and Maya to take care of as it is unsure which of them would awaken to be the proper instrumentalist.

Then the Tokyo Jupiter incident happy blah blah blah, and mess up the timeline.

At the end with the painting etc, that's Ayato grown up, not Itsuki.

I can't really remember the ending part at the church, maybe you could refresh my mind about it? The only thing I remember is Helen being shot.

[Imakeholesinu]

First the white snake shows up and kills the old man. Then he's shot by the woman who killed the guy that was taking pictures of the foundations latest excavation in south america, who then promptly dies too. Itsuki confronts Helen then Sayako kills Itsuki, something about mind control or something Helen says to her, Itsuki dies, Sayako kills herself. Then the journalist (his name escapes me at the moment) discovers all of this and starts talking to Helen who basically orchastrated all of the events that have now taken place. He kills her, then the world is tuned and the correct timeline is restored.

[M'k'n'zy]

I would recomend reading the manga, they go much more in depth on the Maya/Quon bit. Its only 3 volumes but it answered a lot of my questions.

[Imakeholesinu]

I may, but when is the movie coming out?

[Garford]

IIRC, the manga is an alternate retelling of the story, can't really link it directly to the anime I guess.

As for the movie, it's out in Japan in 2003.

[Imakeholesinu]

Like, but when will it be over here (retail)?

[M'k'n'zy]

Been out for a few months man.

[Imakeholesinu]

WTF? I went to Best Buy yesterday and NOTHING was there!?!?!?! *sigh*