Thoughts on Road to the Top
It was pretty good but imo not has good as seasons 1 and 2.
The animation definitely had a massive improvement, I felt that a lot of the characters looked like they had more life in them. The colouring was also really good. Sometimes though I felt that the running animation felt a bit off, especially when they smeared the lines in the arms like that in the final race but it's probably just me not being used to it.
As for the characters, they were good. Top Road had a very relatable and real story and it made be feel for her when she lost and eventually won in the end. Opera O was funny and many great lines but needed more screen time.
As for Ayabe, her back story was sad and her dipictions in the first 2 episodes was quite good. However, in the last 2 episodes, she kinda felt a bit delusional to me before the final race. It was likely due to the dream she had in the 3rd episode where she didn't allow herself to have fun, they could've done it slightly better by wording what her sister said differently idk. I think I get what they were trying to do but I didn't really like it?
Overall, very good but not long enough I would say. Also the show at the end was AMAZING.