Does "Those Who Hunt Elves" have a definitive ending?


I know the manga has ended already, and several years after the 2 seasons of
anime which didn't have a definitive ending.

> The second season ended with the attempt to send them back to Japan after
> all of the spell fragments were collected, but both failed and the fragments
> were scattered again.

Was there a definitive ending in the manga? Or more specifically:

> Did they get sent back to Japan or was the final attempt the last possible
> one? Or is it like the ending of the anime where they just have to continue
> to do it all over and over again?




Actually, there where two manga series:

  1. _Those Who Hunt Elves_ that was adapted almost entirely in the two anime seasons, and
  2. _Those Who Hunt Elves Returns_ , years after the ending, with new stories not directly continuing but mostly reusing the same characters for new adventures, but was very short.

Finally (for now) in 2013, the author
[continued](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-01-15/those-who-hunt-
elves-manga-returns-in-new-series) with a new manga, also an "unconnected"
continuation, with the same settings and characters but not exactly a sequel
since the plots were already closed.

As for the plot that you mention, in the first manga, it was resolved somehow,
but keeping the door open for those sequels.

