Meet MAKOTO Mizuhara, an ordinary if over-achieving Japanese high school student. Meet Katsuhiko JINNAI, a not-so-ordinary high school student (Well alright he?s insane). After Makoto exposes Jinnai\'s attempt to fix the student body elections, Jinnai determines that Makoto is his destined rival and therefore must die (kids today can be so tense). Playing on Makoto?s crush on his sister Nanami, Jinnai lures Makoto alone to the school yard at night. But before Jinnai can turn his bizarre fixation to nefarious reality, the entire school yard is bathed in a weird, paralyzing glow. Makoto is summoned by a mysterious woman who transports him to the Magnificent World of El-Hazard. But Makoto is not alone. Caught up in the backlash of the transport are Jinnai, Nanami and (this is where the first of the \"mature themes\" warnings comes in) their exuberant, macho, alcoholic, pacifist history teacher, Mr. Fujisawa. Each of the intrepid dimensional travelers are caught up in the dramatic struggle of El-Hazard\'s human population against the fierce Bugrom. In desperation, they are preparing to utilize their last trump, \"The Eye of God\" a weapon of terrible power, and potentially disastrous unpredictability. The Eye is controlled by the principality of ROSHTARIA and only the twin princesses of Roshataria, Rune Venus and Fatora, can activate the deadly weapon. The bad news is - Fatora, is missing. The good news (?) is - Makoto is a dead ringer for her! Makoto protests. His manly pride is threatened. A brief stay in Roshtaria?s dungeon however, convinces him he\'d rather be drag than dragged. He agrees to undertake a quest to the priestesses of Mount Muldoon, controllers of the Eye. [http://members.tripod.com/mkrhuf/z.elhazard.html]