Scum's Wish

Scum's Wish is a TV anime drama series produced by Lerche, directed by Masaomi Andō, and adapted from the manga by Mengo Yokoyari. The story follows Hanabi Yasuraoka and Mugi Awaya, two teenagers secretly in love with other people, who enter a hollow relationship to fill the void left by unrequited longing. Bold, raw, and psychologically layered, the series explores desire, self-deception, and emotional dependency with unflinching honesty. With series composition handled by Makoto Uezu, the adaptation preserves the manga's nuanced emotional depth. For viewers seeking a romance that dares to explore the darker corners of the human heart, Scum's Wish is essential viewing.

Scum's Wish is a raw and emotionally complex story set in a contemporary high school. Hanabi Yasuraoka carries a long-held, unrequited love for someone she has known since childhood — a feeling that becomes all the more complicated when that person enters her life as her new homeroom teacher. To make matters more painful, it becomes apparent that he has eyes only for another faculty member, the alluring music teacher Akane Minagawa. Feeling trapped and invisible, Hanabi crosses paths with a classmate named Mugi Awaya, who harbors his own impossible longing for the very same woman. Two people, two broken hearts, and one unconventional proposition: if the ones they truly want are forever out of reach, perhaps they can offer each other something in the meantime. What follows is a deeply honest and unflinching look at desire, loneliness, and the messy emotional territory that exists between love and its many substitutes.