On its own, the OVA was way too fast-paced, changed too many key elements of the story around and made Kenshin too OOC for me to enjoy it.
Without spoiling it, Kenshin several times acted more like Battousai than the Rurouni even though he had no reason to, including doing something to an opponent very similar to what he had done to an opponent in Tsuiokuhen.
So over all, they tried to cram too much into too short a space of time, changed important events around and couldn't even get characterizations right.
In the end, though I don't despise this OVA the way I do Seisouhen, I see it as a waste of the makers' time that would have been better spent on the Revenge Arc.
