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Scum's Wish

  • 2017
  • 1 season
  • Animation, Drama
  • 6.4

Seventeen-year-old Mugi Awaya and Hanabi Yasuraoka appear to be the ideal couple. They are both pretty popular, and they seem to suit each other well. However, outsiders don't know of the secret they share. Both Mugi and Hanabi have hopeless crushes on someone else, and they are only dating each other to soothe their loneliness. Mugi is in love with Akane Minagawa, a young teacher who used to be his home tutor. Hanabi is also in love with a teacher, a young man who has been a family friend since she was little. In each other, they find a place where they can grieve for the ones they cannot have, and they share physical intimacy driven by loneliness. Will things stay like this for them forever?

Episodes

12 episodes
  1. 1Scum's Wish

    23 minJan 13, 2017

    Hanabi Yasuraoka is a second year high school student. She excels in class and is an upstanding student. But this girl shares a secret with Mugi Awaya, a boy in her same grade. Is love really something so beautiful? This is a love story for the most purest and disturbed.

  2. 2I'm Here for That Warmth

    23 minJan 20, 2017

    As Hanabi and Mugi continue their fake relationship, there is a girl who is watching them very closely. Her name is Noriko Kamomebata. She has viewed Mugi as her own prince charming ever since she was a little girl. She adamantly refuses to believe that the two of them are dating. Meanwhile, Hanabi's best friend Sanae Ebato also has her doubts about Hanabi and Mugi's relationship.

  3. 3Show Me Love (Not A Dream)

    23 minJan 27, 2017

    Sanae is over at Hanabi's house for a sleepover when she comes out and asks Hanabi about her relationship with Mugi. After Sanae corners Hanabi on her bed to get the truth about Mugi, she steals a kiss...

  4. 4Bad Apple!!

    23 minFeb 2, 2017

    The school's music teacher Akane Minagawa may have a squeaky clean image, but there is another side to her as Hanabi finds herself being manipulated by Akane. Just when Hanabi thinks she doesn't have anybody she can turn to, Sanae appears before her...

  5. 5DESTRUCTION BABY

    23 minFeb 9, 2017

    Hanabi is consumed by feelings of inferiority and loss as she blames herself for her own incapability after she sees Narumi confess his feelings to Akane. Meanwhile, Akane is irritated with Narumi for not making any moves after his confession until she hears something he says...

  6. 6Welcome to the X-Dimension

    23 minFeb 16, 2017

    "I had sex with Mr. Kanai." Akane's bombshell lights a fire in Hanabi, and she vows to fight back. Meanwhile, she tries to go back to being friends with Sanae, but...

  7. 7LOTS OF LOVE

    23 minFeb 23, 2017

    Moca finds herself going out on her first date with Mugi, even though she knows that he doesn't really have feelings for her. She's dreamed of going out on a date with Mugi for so long. Moca tries to convince herself that it's the happiest day of her life, but...

  8. 8Sweet Refrain

    23 minMar 2, 2017

    Summer break is here. Hanabi and Mugi both decide they will confess their feelings to their crushes after they complete their summer homework assignments. They are beginning to realize that they can no longer view each other as 'replacements' for their crushes as the time to confess their feelings draws near.

  9. 9Butterfly Swimmer

    23 minMar 9, 2017

    Hanabi and Mugi made a promise to see each other again after they confessed their feelings to their respective first loves, but Mugi never showed up. Not soon after, Hanabi accepts an invitation from Sanae to go on a trip to Karuizawa with her.

  10. 10Fragile and Empty

    23 minMar 16, 2017

    Hanabi and her own weakness has hurt Sanae. Before leaving Karuizawa, the two of them make a promise to become friends again someday. The new semester begins, and despite telling Akane his feelings, Mugi is still letting her toy with him.

  11. 11A Kind God

    23 minMar 23, 2017

    Mugi is her student since her tutoring days. Narumi is her colleague she only became interested in after she discovered Hanabi's feelings for him. Both men have fallen for Akane, but she still feels unfulfilled.

  12. 12Two Stories

    23 minMar 31, 2017

    Hanabi, Mugi, Sanae, Moca, Narumi, Akane. Their intertwined fates have been cut, unraveled, and retied into a new thread. What is the wish that these emotionally clumsy people discover beyond their disturbed love?

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Series cast

Chika AnzaiHanabi Yasuraoka (voice)12 episodes
Nobunaga ShimazakiMugi Awaya (voice)12 episodes
Haruka TomatsuSanae Ebato (voice)12 episodes
Shiori IzawaNoriko Kamomebata (voice)12 episodes
Kenji NojimaKanai Narumi (voice)12 episodes
Aki ToyosakiAkane Minagawa (voice)12 episodes
Aya HisakawaHanabi's Mother (voice)3 episodes
Ryuichi KijimaJunior High School Boy A (voice)3 episodes
Yukiyo FujiiMei Hayakawa (voice)3 episodes
Yusuke KobayashiTakuya Terauchi (voice)3 episodes
Kohei AmasakiMirai Yamamoto (voice)2 episodes
Airi OotsuLibrarian (voice)2 episodes
Juri KimuraNoriko's Mother (voice)1 episode
Haruki IshiyaTatsuya Mifue (voice)1 episode
Kaoru SakuraElementary School Student A (voice)1 episode
Eri SuzukiElementary School Student B (voice)1 episode
Mariko HigashiuchiElementary School Student C (voice)1 episode
Asuna TomariElementary School Student D (voice)1 episode

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