The animation shortcomings really did not bother me at all, and I’m willing to give them quite a bit of leeway as I can’t even imagine how hellishly difficult figure skating would be to animate. That said, I’m certainly a person who would happily trade animation that is perfect in every frame for a good story and…

I thought it was well done. Sure, you didn’t get the explosion / climax many people were looking for, but their dance at the end was beautiful. I also don’t think it’d be quite in Sayo Yamamoto’s style to end on a cliched note like that.