Oh shoot…!

Rahzel, her father Seratildo, and Hi-tan celebrate Rahzel's 15th birthday. Alzeid is present, but despite an enormous amount of context clues, is ignorant of the fact. Being 'left out' irritates him quite a bit. New twist thrown in, Hi-tan is Seratildo's brother. Which makes all of Hi-tan's advances on Rahzel …very inappropriate.

kimochi warui

Moving along, Rahzel beings Alzeid and Hi-tan to the forest which she's consistently been having flashbacks of. Drawing a circle in the dirt around her, she recounts when her father left her there to die. Turns out that Seratildo is not Rahzel's biological father, but someone who passed by the forest and took Rahzel into his care. Rahzel tells them her real name is Lazensha Rose. She goes on to say that her journey with them ends, since Seratildo is pretty hellbent on taking her back, and she can't go against her parent.

The next day, Alzeid is nowhere to be seen. Rahzel, Hi-tan, and Seratildo go ahead and head for the train station. Alzied, meanwhile, is attempting to buy a present for Rahzel. He's unable to decide, so when the next customer walks in asking for a present, he grabs the man by the shirt and asks what kind of person it's for. The man responds that it's for a daughter he abandoned long ago, who should be 15 today. (HMM…) He also says that she was able to use magic, but Alzeid isn't paying attention anymore. (Sigh…) After the man leaves, Alzeid does as well, without buying a present at all.

Coincidence?

As the man rides away in a carriage, he has a flashback to when he was still with his wife and daughter. His wife had gone insane, and his daughter had killed her. Thus, he left his daughter in the forest. Later regretting the action, he came back for her, but she was gone. He'd always hoped to meet his daughter Lazensha once more.

Not a coincidence.

Saying goodbye to Baroqueheat, Rahzel boards the train. Shortly after, Alzeid comes barrelling past Hi-tan, and the both give chase to the train on foot. (What.) Catching a glimpse of them through the window, Rahzel heads to the back of the train. She open the door to hear Alzeid yell that they won't be nakama anymore, and she leaps off the train.

After Alzeid catches Rahzel, she begins yelling at him. She insists that nakama are still nakama, even when they're seperated. Alzeid asks how can she say that while crying like she is. As Seratildo comes walking up behind (What, he jumped too?), Rahzel caves in to peer pressure and decides to go adventuring with Alzeid and Hi-tan again.

Yay, more adventure!

Meanwhile, Lazensha's daddy is cornered by the unknown character that's been snooping around the entire episode. The unknown fellow pulls out a glowy sword, says, 'Goodnight, Fabien Rose', and (presumably) kills him. The series ends with a look at the killer's face, who is obviously batshit insane.

Thoughts:
So Hatenkou Yugi ends. I must say, the ending was going rather decently…until the unknown killer part. I really could have gone for some 'happily ever after adventuring' conclusion. Sigh. Not to mention Rahzel's real dad gets killed before she can meet him. And the unknown killer seems to know a lot about Rahzel. So much for character development, let's end the series.
As for those of you speculating that Rahzel was too young for Hi-tan and Alzeid… boy, were you right. I would have at least guessed she was 17, but 15… gosh.
Can't say I'd be too interested in a sequel. At the very least, I wouldn't blog it.