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My all time favorite anime is without doubt [Rahxephon](http://anidb.net/perl-
bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=14). I've watched both the series and the movie.
As I recall correctly the movie can be considered a summary of the series
except for the end. I had a **lot** of trouble understanding the end of the
original series, but on the other hand the movie's ending seemed to be
'dumbed' down.

Is this an incorrect impression of me, due to the summarizing? Or are there
indeed differences between both story lines?


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Are there really differences between the story lines of the Rahxephon movie and series?


The storylines are different.

From [Nirai Kanai Online](http://www.kenoki.com/nko/about.html)'s
[FAQ](http://www.kenoki.com/nko/faq3.html#37):

> the movie is an alternate re-telling of the story. ... In other words, the
> movie and TV series are not in the same timeline, each one tells its own
> different version of the story. ... It is _not_ a good idea to use the movie
> to find answeres _(sic)_ raised in the TV series. They're two different
> universes.

As a concrete example:

> In 1998 the twins Ayato and Itsuki were born, they were brought together by
> Quon's and Shirow's DNA --in essence, Ayato is Maya's nephew.

(in the anime; from [NKO's page on Maya](http://www.kenoki.com/nko/maya.html))

> in the movie Ayato was her (Maya's) real son

(from [the FAQ](http://www.kenoki.com/nko/faq3.html#36) again)

A note about the source: The site is by far the most exhaustive reference for
RahXephon I've found, but it doesn't cite any sources. It could,
theoretically, be nothing more than an elaborate fan wank.


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