Going back and rewatching this a decade later it's better than I remember it. The OVA has a slightly serious tone compared to the more laid back TV series that followed it. It manages to have decent character drama without crossing into the "dark" territory of recent magical girl series. All-in-all it's a fun watch with good animation and entertaining action. Being a stand-alone two episode OVA it takes me back to the "old days" of renting or buying random anime. Back before there was decent anime information on the internet. You'd just have to watch the tape without any contextof whatever series it might be related to and see if it was any good. This would have been one of the good ones.