Scum's Wish

Scum's Wish
Cover of the first manga volume, featuring Hanabi Yasuraoka
クズの本懐
(Kuzu no Honkai)
Genre
Manga
Written byMengo Yokoyari
Published bySquare Enix
English publisher
MagazineBig Gangan
DemographicSeinen
Original runSeptember 25, 2012March 25, 2017
Volumes8 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed byMasaomi Ando
Produced by
  • Naokado Fujiyama
  • Gō Wakabayashi
  • Shōta Komatsu
Written byMakoto Uezu
Music byMasaru Yokoyama
StudioLerche
Licensed by
Original networkFuji TV, Kansai TV (Noitamina)
Original run January 12, 2017 March 30, 2017
Episodes12 (List of episodes)
Television drama
Directed by
  • Shogo Miyaki
  • Shunsuke Shinada
Written by
  • Ere Hagiwara
  • Motoko Takahashi
Music byYui Koichi
Original networkFuji TV
Original run January 18, 2017 April 5, 2017
Episodes12
Manga
Kuzu no Honkai décor
Written byMengo Yokoyari
Published bySquare Enix
MagazineBig Gangan
DemographicSeinen
Original runNovember 25, 2017May 25, 2018
Volumes1
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Scum's Wish (Japanese: クズの本懐, Hepburn: Kuzu no Honkai) is a Japanese manga series by Mengo Yokoyari. It was serialized in Square Enix's seinen manga magazine Big Gangan from September 2012 to March 2017, and has been collected in eight tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation produced by Lerche aired between January and March 2017 on Fuji TV. A live-action television series aired from January to April 2017.

  1. ^ Vincent, Brittany (August 22, 2018). "Scum's Wish [Anime Review]". Otaku USA. Retrieved June 23, 2020. Scum's Wish is a deeply psychological and sometimes disturbing tale that unravels slowly and uncomfortably.
  2. ^ Wellham, Melissa (June 13, 2017). "Scum's Wish: A romantic drama that is decidedly unromantic". SBS. Retrieved June 23, 2020.