[6] Critical response to the OVAs has been positive for the improvement of animation and the darker storyline involving the conflict between the two identical teenagers known as Syaoran.

He did not find this production of Tsubasa different from the television series with the exception of the fact that most viewers bought special versions of the manga to watch them.

A common element in regards to the fantasy style of Spring Thunder Chronicles is how the ancient Japan world tends to heavily focus on cherry blossom flowers.

Daisuke Namikawa plays Fai D. Flowright and lamented that his darker personality was not fully explored as the OVAs skipped his backstory.

[3] Chris Beveridge from Mania Entertainment considered the OVAs to have better quality than the TV series, mainly because they were developed by Production I.G instead of Bee Train and because they have a darker storyline.

[12] Similarly, Anime News Network enjoyed how the narrative relied on the Syaoran clone as antagonist rather than Fei-Wang Reed but still felt the plot confusing.

[13] In a further review, Beveridge found fascinating the events occurring in the OVAs due to the number of revelations changed the way people viewed the series.

The themes were noted to be more mature both brutally and mentally; although the number of changes presented throughout them has been praised, another series of OVAs that would conclude the storyline built in the last episode from Spring Thunder Chronicles has been requested by reviewers.