Scum's Wish
Scum's Wish
TV · Winter 2017 · Lerche

Scum's Wish

Kuzu no Honkai

クズの本懐

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Synopsis
Scum's Wish is a 2017 romance drama anime with 12 episodes. It was made by the studio Lerche and is based on the manga by Mengo Yokoyari. It is set at a Japanese high school. The show has sexual content and deals with heavy emotions, so it is only for adult viewers.

Hanabi Yasuraoka and Mugi Awaya look like the perfect high school couple. They are both good-looking and popular, and everyone thinks they are in love. But their relationship is not what it seems.

Hanabi is in love with Narumi Kanai, a young teacher at their school. She has known him since she was a child and has loved him for years. Mugi is in love with Akane Minagawa, the new music teacher, who once tutored him. The problem is that Narumi and Akane seem to be falling for each other.

Hanabi and Mugi both know they cannot have the people they really want. So they make a deal. They will date each other as stand-ins, and they will share the closeness they cannot get anywhere else. They also promise that they will never fall in love with each other.

Hanabi also has a close friend, Sanae Ebato, who has feelings of her own that complicate things. The show is a dark and honest look at loneliness, desire and unreturned love. It follows its characters as they make selfish and painful choices while trying to feel wanted.