I thought it was a really good ending.
Why would she sacrifice herself for a spirit girl that was abandoned by her mother?
I saw it as more of a trade.
Ikuko had apparently been drowned by the spirit of Mitsuko. When Yoshimi was in the elevator wrestling with Mitsko, she realised for Ikuko to go on living, she would have to become Mitsuko's surrogate spirit mother.
...she could of easily left the complex together...
I don't really know why she went to that grotty apartment building in the first place. We know the pressure is on her to obtain a residence, as part of the custody battle, but there? Wasn't she receiving any financial assistance from the ex-husband? Any way she had to go in there otherwise there wouldn't have been a movie. But once there she was advised not to move again quickly, because it might be used to indicate she was an unstable mother.
I think it was all a bit contrived, but I was happy to run with it and I actually thought the ending was really satisfying.
Teenage Ikuko did get the chance to say goodbye one more time to the mother who sacrificed herself for her.
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