History Manga / ScumsWish

''Kuzu no Honkai'', or ''Scum[='=]s Wish'', is a 47 chapter manga series written by Mengo Yokoyari. An anime adaptation by Creator/{{Lerche}} began airing in January 2017. A sequel manga that acts as an epilogue for the characters, ''Kuzu no Honkai -decor-'', began serialization in late 2017, and ended in 2018 with 7 chapters.

* NotSoDifferentRemark: Hanabi comes to this realization with regards to herself and [[spoiler:Akane]] after she sleeps with Sanae for the first time, as she feels like she's also using someone's unrequited feelings towards her to get sex for her own needs. The point is emphasized in one of Akane's flashbacks; back when she was a teenager, she looked almost exactly like Hanabi does at present.

* SchoolgirlLesbian: Sanae Ebato, who is in love with Hanabi.

* {{Asexuality}}: In an extra chapter from ''decor'' which [[ADayInTheLimelight follows Mito and Ayumi]] (the girls who ask Hanabi for relationship advice), [[spoiler:Mito comes out to Ayumi as asexual]].

* NotSoDifferent: Hanabi comes to this realization with regards to herself and [[spoiler:Akane]] after she sleeps with Sanae for the first time, as she feels like she's also using someone's unrequited feelings towards her to get sex for her own needs. The point is emphasized in one of Akane's flashbacks; back when she was a teenager, she looked almost exactly like Hanabi does at present.

** [[spoiler:Eventually, Mugi does get into a sexual relationship with Akane, but romantically she's not into the boy.

* HotForTeacher:
** Hanabi and Mugi for Narumi and Akane, respectively.
** [[spoiler:Sanae for Yuka, in the spinoff sequel. Yuka [[HotForStudent ultimately reciprocates]], but is a bit of a {{Tsundere}} about it.]]
* HotForStudent: [[spoiler:In ''decor'', Yuka hits on and sleeps with Sanae before finding out that she is her student, and eventually agrees to date her]].

** [[spoiler:Eventually, Mugi does get into a sexual relationship with Akane, but romantically she's not into the boy. Hanabi confesses her love for Narumi, but she's also shot down.]]

** Hanabi and Mugi for Narumi and Akane, respectfully.

** [[spoiler:In ''decor'', Yuka is a [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] example. Despite clearly being attracted to Sanae, she is initially resistant to her advances after finding out that she is her student.]]

* ShoutOut: Sanae's teacher is nicknamed "Nyarome", referencing the character of the same name fro Creator/FujioAkatsuka's ''Manga/MouretsuAtaro''.

* ShoutOut: Sanae's teacher is nicknamed "Nyarome", referencing the character of the same name fro Fujio Akatsukua's ''Mouretsu Ataro''.

** [[spoiler:Sanae and her teacher Yuka, in the spinoff sequel. Their relationship evolved from a OneNightStand.]]

** [[spoiler:In ''decor'', Yuka is a [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] example. Despite clearly being attracted to Sanae, is initially resistant to her advances after finding out that she is her student.]]

* {{Tsundere}}: As it turns out, [[spoiler:Akane. She remains in denial about her [[BecomingTheMask growing feelings]] for Narumi for some time, and is upset with herself for developing them in the first place. Also, in ''decor'', while she hasn't cheated on Narumi since they got married, she is insistent that this has nothing to do with her feelings for him.]]
** [[spoiler:In ''decor'', Yuka, despite clearly being attracted to Sanae, is initially resistant to her advances after finding out that she is her student.]]

* {{Tsundere}}: [[spoiler:In ''decor'', Yuka, despite clearly being attracted to Sanae, is initially resistant to her advances after finding out that she is her student.]]

** Hanabi's best friend Sanae is in love with her.

** This also appears to be the case with [[spoiler:Sanae, as, after she breaks things off with Hanabi, she acknowledges that Atsuya has always been there for her, and hints that a relationship between them might be possible. However, it's ultimately [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] in ''decor''. While she and Atsuya live together, she explicitly says that she won't return his feelings because she "can't do it with men."]]

** The story's intended message that a relationship that's just sexual and not romantic is meaningless is completely undercut by [[spoiler:[[TheSociopath Akane]] [[KarmaHoudini winding up with the best ending out of the main cast]], even though she's still the same [[LackOfEmpathy empathy-lacking]] ManipulativeBitch she was when the story started]].

* MaybeEverAfter: [[spoiler: How the manga ends. While Mugi and Hanabi don't get together and don't need each other anymore, they still have the possibility in the future. ''Decor'' eventually reveals that TheyDo.]]

* Tsundere: [[spoiler:In ''decor'', Yuka, despite clearly being attracted to Sanae, is initially resistant to her advances after finding out that she is her student.]]
* UnknownRival: Mugi remains quite baffled by Sanae's animosity towards him, unaware that she's in love with Hanabi and that they're fooling around behind his back. Mugi also technically counts as this towards Narumi with respect to Akane's affections, but they don't actually interact during the story.

** [[spoiler:Sanae for Yuka, in the spinoff sequel. Yuka reciprocates.]]
* HotForStudent: [[spoiler:Yuka eventually falls for Sanae in ''decor'']].

* IncompatibleOrientation: Ecchan has Hanabi ([[AmbiguouslyBi apparently]]), Atsuya has Ecchan. Of course, in Atsuya's case, there's also the issue that he's her cousin. That said, [[spoiler:after Ecchan ends things with Hanabi, she [[ShipTease hints]] to Atsuya that she might reciprocate his feelings some day-- but it is shown in the spinoff sequel that she never does.]]

* ShipSinking: ''decor'' shows that [[spoiler:despite Sanae and Atsuya being around each other so often, they're still not a couple. Sanae also still holds a torch for Hanabi and claims that she can't give Atsuya the relationship he wants.]]

** In a much more subdued example, [[spoiler:Sanae]]. After [[spoiler:she breaks things off with Hanabi, she acknowledges that Atsuya has always been there for her, and hints that a relationship between them might be possible]].
** [[spoiler:Subverted in the spinoff sequel, where it shows her "relationship" with Atsuya is completely one-sided, that she doesn't (or can't) even kiss or sleep with him, emphasizing the fact that she will always see him as just a cousin.]]

* ADayInTheLimelight: An extra chapter of ''decor'' follows Mito and Ayumi, two girls who went to Hanabi for relationship advice in the original series, and follows their interactions post-high-school.

* AmbiguouslyBi: Hanabi. While she's not in love with Sanae, she does find her attractive and clearly enjoys fooling around with her. Whether or not it's a case of IfItsYouItsOkay is not addressed.

*** [[spoiler:Subverted in the spinoff sequel, where it shows her "relationship" with Atsuya is completely one-sided, that she doesn't (or can't) even kiss or sleep with him, emphasizing the fact that she will always see him as just a cousin.]]

* HotForTeacher: Hanabi and Mugi for Narumi and Akane, respectfully.

* [[spoiler:HotForStudent]]: [[spoiler:See above.]]
* ICanChangeMyBeloved: Mugi thinks he can do this with Akane, but as he realizes on their first real "date", he was never able to.

* SexEqualsLove: Played with a lot of the time. A lot of the characters with some sort of moral compass want to associate their romantic feelings for their crushes with sex, or hope that the sex will lead to love as is usual for the trope. However, it's really not that easy; when they fall for a person who only wants sex from them, or think that putting out will lead to the relationship they really want, it tends to create problems and poor planning that hurts everyone involved.

* TeacherStudentRomance: [[spoiler:Eventually, Mugi does get into a sexual relationship with Akane, but romantically she's not into the boy. Hanabi confesses her love for Narumi, but she's also shot down.]]

* TitleDrop: The words "kuzu no honkai"/"scum's wish" are dropped at the end of the first volume/episode by Hanabi, in a reference to satisfying one's own selfish desires.
** Additionally, Sanae wears a baseball cap with the show's title scrawled on it for much of her second arc.