Carlo Santos from the same site, praised Enishi and Kenshin's final fight despite finding the ending predictably. Manga News enjoyed the final fight but felt that Enishi's strengthen senses might come across as ridiculous. While also liking their final showdown, Megan Lavey from "Mania Entertainment" felt that twist that happens shortly after battle is over serves to show Enishi's longlife trauma but at the same time Kenshin's compassion towards others. Ridwan Khan from Animefringe found that Enishi and Shishio's antagonisms against Kenshin in the original video animations were overshadowed by Kenshin's disease due to the bigger impact it has on the narrative. "Anime News Network" found Enishi's fight against Kenshin in the OVAs as rushed due to the trimmed content of the revenge arc to the point the conclusion was also found different from the original version. Carl Kimlinger from the same site felt that Enishi's motivation for keeping Kamiya Kaoru alive was poorly exeucuted as a result of how the OVAs trimmed the final arc of the manga. On the other hand, OPUSZINE felt that Enishi's reason to clash with Kenshin was a major theme in the OVAs well performed as by taking Kaoru, he makes it reasonable how Kenshin has not earned happiness due to his previous crimes, most notably Tomoe's death.