The other perspective that is the one I align with, is that the creative liberty was taken to speed up the pacing of the story by leaving out most of the night school events in the manga to its own detriment. The finale becomes devalued by removing much of the emotional connections the central characters had with one another, as well as the symbolic importance of the Literature Club room for Yamori. The anime achieved this by essentially deleting the character Rila. There's only so much that can be done in 12 episodes. So, while I'm able to rationally understand, emotionally I disagree with the decision to have it pack less of a punch.
