Scum's Wish (Japanese: ?????, Hepburn: Kuzu no Honkai) is a Japanese manga series by Mengo Yokoyari. It was serialized in Square Enix's seinen manga magazine Big Gangan beginning in 2012 and ending in 2017 and has been collected in eight tank?bon volumes. An anime television series adaptation by Lerche aired between January 12 and March 30, 2017 on Fuji TV's Noitamina block.
Video Scum's Wish
Plot
High school student Hanabi Yasuraoka has been in love with Narumi Kanai, her older childhood friend who is now her homeroom teacher. But from the look in Narumi's eyes when he sees the new music teacher Akane Minagawa, Hanabi realizes that he is in love with Akane and not her. Hanabi meets Mugi Awaya, another student who is in love with Akane, who was his tutor when he was in middle school. Hanabi and Mugi make a pact and begin a fake relationship to satisfy each other's loneliness from their respective unrequited loves, both sexually and emotionally. They agree to not fall in love with each other and end the relationship if their love is returned from the people they are in love with. In Scum's Wish: Decor it is set after the events of the original story focusing on Hanabi.
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Characters
Main characters
- Hanabi Yasuraoka (??? ??, Yasuraoka Hanabi)
- Voiced by: Chika Anzai
- Played by: Miyu Yoshimoto
- A high school student who is in love with Narumi. After finding out that Narumi is in love with Akane, Hanabi begins a fake relationship with Mugi to satisfy their mutual loneliness. She later enters into a physical relationship with her best friend Sanae, but the relationship ends after Sanae decides to give up on Hanabi. Hanabi then decides to quit her fake relationship with Mugi and goes on a different path to find her true love. She will return in the spin off Decor focusing on her after the events of the original series.
- Mugi Awaya (?? ?, Awaya Mugi)
- Voiced by: Nobunaga Shimazaki
- Played by: Dori Sakurada
- A high school student who is in love with Akane. He and Hanabi begin a fake relationship to satisfy each other's desires. In middle school, Mugi had already been in a secret relationship with his senior, Mei Hayakawa, who took his virginity since he was not able to confess his love to Akane. Mugi had always been aware of what kind of person Akane is, but loved her nevertheless. Later in the series, Mugi confesses to Akane and they go on a date. However, after the date, Mugi realizes that he cannot hold on to his ideal image of Akane he had and bids farewell to Akane with the hopes that he can finally move on from her. Later on, he's shown to have moved on after coming to a conclusion to end everything with Hanabi in order to pursue a better life and find true love.
- Narumi Kanai (?? ??, Kanai Narumi)
- Voiced by: Kenji Nojima
- Played by: Kouki Mizuta
- Hanabi's older childhood friend and neighbor who becomes her homeroom teacher in high school. His mother died when he was young, so he usually went to Hanabi's home for homemade meals. He is attracted to women with long hair, as they remind him of his mother. Even after knowing Akane's true nature, Narumi does not seem to mind and asks her to marry him, which she accepts.
- Akane Minagawa (?? ?, Minagawa Akane)
- Voiced by: Aki Toyosaki
- Played by: Rina Aizawa
- A new music teacher who arrives at the school during Hanabi's freshman year. On the outside, she is a nice, well-behaved woman who is adored by her students, but she actually loves the feeling of winning a man's heart while directly hurting someone else who is in love with that man. She can also be considered a lonely person and a nymphomaniac. She attempts to seduce Narumi like her previous relationships, but she notices that Narumi refrains from touching her, unlike the men in her past, later realizing that he loves her. After Narumi asks her to marry him despite knowing her true nature, Akane begins to take interest in him.
- Sanae Ebato (?? ??, Ebato Sanae)
- Voiced by: Haruka Tomatsu
- Played by: Sarii Ikegami
- Hanabi's friend and classmate. Sanae has been in love with Hanabi since she saved Sanae from a train molester. When Sanae has a sleepover at Hanabi's house, she impulsively kisses her and confesses her love in the process. The two then begin a physical relationship. Atsuya then questions Sanae on whether she is actually in love with Hanabi or just sexually attracted to her. After consideration, Sanae then gives up on Hanabi and attempts to end their friendship, although Hanabi refuses and says she wants to keep their friendship and will give Sanae space and time until she is ready to be friends again. Sanae later tells Atsuya that while she loves Hanabi, she is giving up on her and will start to trust him more. Later on, it is shown that Hanabi and Sanae reunite and get back to being mutual friends.
- Noriko Kamomebata (?? ???, Kamomebata Noriko)
- Voiced by: Shiori Izawa
- Played by: Shiho
- Mugi's childhood friend who has been in love with him ever since someone told her that she and Mugi looked like a "prince" and "princess". She has been pursuing Mugi and trying to act and look like a princess because of the comment. She hates her own name and prefers to be called "Moka," abbreviated from "most kawaii." When she confesses her feelings to Mugi, Mugi takes advantage of her to pursue a physical relationship without returning her feelings. However, Mugi later realizes that Moka is special to him and he does not want to ruin her for his selfish needs; thus, their relationship ends.
Others
- Atsuya Kirishima (?? ??, Kirishima Atsuya)
- Voiced by: Shintar? Asanuma
- Sanae's cousin who has romantic feelings for her. He questions Sanae about her relationship with Hanabi, asking her if she is really in love with Hanabi or is only sexually attracted to her. After Sanae decides to give up on Hanabi, she tells Atsuya that she will trust him more.
- Mei Hayakawa (?? ??, Hayakawa Mei)
- Voiced by: Yukiyo Fujii
- Played by: Shiori Yoshida
- Mugi's senior at middle school. Mugi turned to her after being unable to initially confess to Akane and they had sex. Afterwards, Mei apologizes to Mugi for rushing him into having sex.
- Takuya Terauchi (?? ???, Terauchi Takuya)
- Voiced by: Y?suke Kobayashi
- Played by: Hiroki Ino
- One of Akane's former students who is in a physical relationship with her. Hanabi approaches him in an attempt to make Akane jealous, but she realizes that she is unable to repeat Akane's behavior.
Media
Manga
Mengo Yokoyari began serializing the manga in the issue of Square Enix's Big Gangan magazine released on September 24, 2012 and ended serialisation in the issue published on March 25, 2017. That same day Square Enix simultaneously released the eighth and final tank?bon in a regular and a limited first edition. The series is published digitally in English by Crunchyroll Manga and in print by Yen Press. A spinoff manga titled Kuzu no Honkai décor will launch in the same magazine on November 25, 2017.
Volume 7.5, a fan book titled Ambivalent, covering the manga and the anime, was released by Square Enix on December 24, 2016.
Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced in March 2016 to air on Fuji TV's Noitamina block beginning on January 12 and concluded on March 30, 2017. It was streamed exclusively by Amazon Prime Video in Japan and worldwide. The series is directed by Masaomi Ando and is animated at the studio Lerche with series composition by Makoto Uezu, character designs by Keiko Kurosawa and music by Masaru Yokoyama. The series ran for 12 episodes released across six Blu-ray/DVD volumes. The opening song is titled "Uso no Hibana" (????, "Spark of A Lie") and is sung by 96neko. The ending theme titled "Parallel Line" (???, "Heikousen") is sung by Sayuri.
Live-action TV
A live-action TV series adaptation was announced in December 2016 and aired in twelve episodes on Fuji TV between January 18 and April 5, 2017.
Reception
The manga had 1.9 million copies in print as of November 2017.
References
External links
- Official anime website (in Japanese)
- Scum's Wish (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Scum's Wish on IMDb
- Official TV drama website (in Japanese)
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