Chastity High Ending Explained: What Happens to Ichica and Ryogo? Is the Rule Revoked in the End?

Netflix’s Japanese YA drama series is dramatic like no other. Taking place in a high society high school for the rich and famous, the students are suddenly met with a ‘no romance’ rule right after the girls’ and boys’ schools merge together. With more and more students getting caught in the crossfire, Ichica decides to take matters into her own hands and make some money out of the dire situation by removing couples’ incriminating images in lieu of a fee, but things soon start to get extremely complicated for everyone involved, especially when she starts to harbour feelings for a classmate.

Chastity High Ending Explained

The series focuses on the romance of different couples and how they face the “bunny hunters” a group of students volunteered by the principal to keep an eye on everyone, even after hours. We see lovelorn Sawa Fujino take out her frustrations about not having her feelings reciprocated on everyone who is in a relationship, resulting in many people getting expelled from school. Meanwhile, Ichica and Ryogo decide to get into this dangerous business together – they get into the counsellor’s office to get the names of the outed students and then delete the evidence after getting their payments.

During the course of this, the two of them get closer and in the midst of their budding romance comes Atsushi Kanda who has a complicated relationship with Ichica. His mother cheated with Ichica’s father, leaving Atsushi to be jaded when it comes to relationships. However, he is protective of Ichica, who doesn’t remember anything about the incident. As a love triangle blooms, the three of them continue to help each other out, with the men often vying for Ichica’s affection.

Unfortunately, the students soon start to backstab one another, leaving Ichica to be wary of his relationship with Ryogo and with their business coming under the principal’s scrutiny as well. As the situation escalates, Ryogo and Ichica engage in a sexual relationship during the school fair and they are soon expelled after things come to light. Unable to take this any longer, Ichica is admonished by her mother and she decides to sue the school for mental anguish surrounding this unfair rule. However, the court rules against her and when a vote takes place in the school, the majority of students, too, decide to keep the rule defeating her purpose entirely. In the end, however, all the expelled students are welcomed back to school but Ryogo decides to live his dream of studying abroad and the two of them promise to keep in touch throughout their student life.

What Happens to Yuto Maki and Ayami Ogata?

As the students of the school fight against this horrible rule, Ryogo’s older brother Yuto turns out to be in a secret relationship with Ryogo’s classmate Ayami while being engaged to the school counsellor Yuki Shinoda. When Ryogo learns about this, he informs Ayami of the truth, leaving her to break up with Yuto. However, the latter refuses to let her go, while looking at wedding rings with Yuki and introducing her to his parents. In the end, Yuki tells the governor the truth, resulting in him violently thrashing Yuto, who has a mental breakdown. He is then forced to resign from the school.

Why Does Ayami Expose Ryogo and Ichica?

Thanks to Ryogo’s respectful treatment of Ayami, she develops a crush on him as he tries to help keep her safe from his brother’s manipulative ways. In the midst of this crush, thus, she accidentally sees Ryogo and Ichica getting intimate and although she tries to walk away at first, she eventually decides to expose them in a fit of jealousy. However, she apologises to them and tries to mend her ways in the end.

Why was Principal Ikujima Against Relationships?

Ikujima was also a student of the same school and, during her school days, her best friend got pregnant. Unable to tell anyone the truth, she kept her pregnancy hidden and attempted to give birth on her own, resulting in her tragically losing her life. Ikujima blames the school for not being stricter and thus, in order to not have something like that happen to her own students, she creates this strict rule to discourage students from engaging in sexual relationships.

What Happens in the End?

The last scene shows Ichica returning to her school when she gets a text from LK but this time, it’s Love Killer. This mystery account thanks her for all her hard work and then sends her the picture of her kissing Ryogo on the beach before his departure, telling her that they are keeping an eye on her relationship from now on. This leaves her scared as she scans her surroundings, dreading what’s about to come. In all possibility, someone else has taken over the role of the watchdog, but this time it’s probably not to let love win, but to expose students further. However, we are left in the dark about who they might be.

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