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The final challenge, dubbed Kick the Can, cements the film’s premise of survival's duality; each participant must reconcile the longing for freedom with the impending doom of sacrifice. Shun's ultimate choice—to kick the can and risk his life—brutto his character’s moral evolution, battling against the previous transition from apathy towards courageous selflessness.
As the remaining students realize the extent of the sinister twists behind the challenges, the psychological torment reveals a cruel irony. The ultimate fate revealed through the popsicle stick challenge leaves only Shun and the sadistic Amaya as survivors—a stark conclusion to a brutal tale where camaraderie and chaos coexist.