Scum's Wish

クズの本懐

7.20(22K votes)

Ranked #6656Popularity #330

chapters

volumes

Status

Finished

Published

Sep 24, 2012 to May 25, 2018

Authors:Yokoyari, Mengo

DramaRomance

Worth Reading? — Global Verdict

7.2/10

Average Review Score

59%

Recommend It

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International Reviews

Yautja

Not Recommended

I want to like Kuzu No Honkai, I really do. But I just can't, and here's why. Art: 8 First and foremost I'd like to praise the superficial, the art. I adore Yokoyari Mengo's art, it's very well done. Each of the character's design feel unique and somehow colorful. Mengo's greatest achievement in Kuzu No Honkai was definitely her art. This is the only aspect of the manga I have very concrete positive feelings for. Character: 6 Next the character, this is a double edged blade. It was simultaneously good and bad. Characters felt like they could be real people, they were relatable and all but one felt competent.Almost all of us can relate to loving someone who won't love us. And Mugi and Hanabi's sexual solace in each other while unhealthy, is understandable. On the other hand a lot of their actions and emotions feel completely unjustified and frankly illogical. Almost childish. Specifically Kanai's (and Mugi's) love for Akane. It makes absolutely zero sense. What does he love about her? Think about it. Everything he knows about her is total bullshit. The only thing he knows for sure, is that she's a pretty face. Why would he willingly commit to being a cuckold? "To make her happy". That's not an answer, why does he want to make her happy, why does he love her. He doesn't know enough about her to love her. It's childish. It's one thing to love someone despite their faults, but to love someone with seemingly no redeeming qualities is just ridiculous. Either that or he's a masochist who want's to be cheated on. In which case, whatever. I'm not going to argue with the disturbing fetish that is netorare. Another issue with the character in this story is that the characters has this nasty little regression habit. They'd make a little progress, show a sign of moving on only to hit a wall, give up, have a little emotionless sex and go back to a world of self pity. I feel that no one in this manga had any meaningful character development. I feel that given the opportunity, Mugi, Ecchan, or Hanabi, would immediately hop into the arm's of their first love. Almost none of the characters were likable. Yea you could empathize with them, which is important and good. But empathy means jack shit if you don't like them. Hanabi constantly acts like a victim. Always giving into her surroundings and scarcely making a choice for herself. Mugi is a delusional idiot who believes his first love is infallible. Akane doesn't need anything said about her. She's just a sociopath. And Kanai is just a man child. Ecchan was a good attempt, but had this nasty habit of taking advantage of her love, leading me to believe she more infatuated than inlove. And Moca, my favorite, just fell in love with an idea, the idea of a prince and princess. She's almost a reverse of Kanai and Akane, except Mugi isn't nearly an awful person as Akane. Story: 2 Finally the story, Kuzu No Honkai's great short coming. I have two things to say about the story. First and foremost, it is my belief that a story is only as good as it's ending. And Kuzu No Honkai's ending was frankly shit. It end with a sociopath marrying a manchild who claims to love her when he knows nothing about her, and our two main characters who actually move on (which is good) just deciding "this person who helped me through the darkest time of my life to date, who I probably love, lets just completely cut them out of my life". People are saying this is a fitting and lovely ending. I think it's illogical and emotionally regressive. Second, it feels like this story never had a clear ending in sight. Any good story teller knows two things when they begin to write a story. It's beginning, and it's ending. Kuzu No Honkai felt like it knew's it's beginning, but had no damn idea what the hell was going to happen after that. It just threw side characters at us and the "resolved" the story. What do I mean? It felt like Ecchan, and Moca were just there to kill time and attempt to add some more sympathetic characters. Enjoyment: 1 Kuzu No Honkai never had the intention of making anyone happy. It simply expressed the fact that there is misery in the world and that we have to deal with it. Kuzu No Honkai had no intention of creating any enjoyment and I certainly didn't find any. This manga lived up to it's name.

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Synopsis

Unrequited love is a tragic circumstance with no simple resolution. It comes in many forms, yet each one shares the same debilitating feeling of inconceivable longing. Hanabi Yasuraoka and Mugi Awaya are two high school students who appear to have the ideal relationship. They are the envy of their classmates, and it is easy to portray them as the classic example of high school sweethearts. Unbeknownst to friends and family, however, there is a side to their love veiled by hidden passions: their true affections lie elsewhere, and they use each other to physically sate their unreciprocated feelings. Hanabi is in love with Narumi Kanai, her new homeroom teacher who is also her childhood friend. Mugi is in love with Akane Minagawa, who used to be his tutor when he was younger. Now teachers at the same school, Kanai and Minagawa begin to show an interest in one another. As a result, Mugi and Hanabi find solace in each other as victims of the same pain. With little hope of their feelings being realized, these two students face a challenging predicament: cope with and move on from their lust, or become further entangled in their web of unrequited love. [Written by MAL Rewrite] Included one-shots: Volume 1: Nyan Nyan Prelude Volume 2: Nyan Nyan Serenade Volume 3: Nyan Nyan Oratorio Volume 4: Nyan Nyan Cantata Volume 5: Nyan Nyan Andante

psychpth

Recommended

WARNING: This review contains explicit language. Kuzu no Honkai is the only manga I've completed with a fast pace. This is also the first revie that I'm going to publish for a Manga here in MAL because I cannot keep myself from shading my thoughts because this fucking manga has scarred me big time. Character: 10 I love them and I hate them. I love Mugi and Hanabi and I just fucking shipped them throughout the whole time I was reading this Manga. I'll continue on shipping them till the day I return to dust but at the same time I also hated them occasionally for being sofucked up and for being so stupid. I also hated Akane, that fucking slut. But when it came to the last chapters of the manga, I started to hate myself as well because I slowly sympathized her and came to "understand" her but I still feel conflicted about it but I just can't help it and the fact that Hanabi also said; Her confidence is flawless and I kind of want to have that typenof confidence too. The rest of the characters were also far from being just mediocre side characters. Even they have fucked up mentalities and I think that's what makes this manga relatable and realistic because everyone of us is fucked up too. *Sobs* Art: 8 The art is a fucking trap. At first it gives you the false impression of a Shoujo manga. Well Surprise MF! You could also prob feel turned on with all the bed scenes and shit but trust me it only lasts until you get to the middle because when you get there, no matter how hot the bed scenes are, all you're going to be able to say is "WTF R YOU GUYS DOING". Story: 10 Like I said, at the end of every chapter you'll always have that WTF reaction but there's this certain urge inside you that wants to dig in deeper as the story progresses and you're gonna realize the author and her characters are slowly fucking up you brain but its probably too late to back out now so instead you embrace reading this sinful manga. Overall its a 10. Even if the ending wasn't the conclusion I wanted it was what Mugi, Hanabi and I needed. Yes, I am now part of it. I can't help it. It's haunted me ever since. Read it. Just read it. Stop looking at those reviews with a 7 below rating. Trust me. Let's all get fucked up by a fucking manga.

89 found helpfulNov 21, 2017

Nunnally03

Recommended

Kuzu no Honkai is one of those series that looks deep but will leave you feeling empty at the same time. However, I wouldn't say it's no good - because it's good. It's one of those bitter-sweet stories that I actually like. Story: 8/10 After completing this manga, I was a bit disappointed with the way it ended.. I thought "that's it?" (no I am not talking about the romance part) but that feeling of being let down, I expected something more - especially from the characters, but I didn't get anything except of what they have shown. What I like about this manga isthe way it shows that realistic side of life when it comes to love. That just because you met that person first, doesn't mean they will like you first. That just because you have been with that person longer, doesn't mean they will love you more than anyone else. That just because you have a history and strong bond with that person, doesn't mean they wouldn't choose someone else over you. That just because you wanted to fill the void using someone, doesn't always mean you wouldn't feel empty. That just because you get along just fine, doesn't mean you will fall in love with each other - even if both of you wanted to. And that even though you are obviously the better choice - you love that person and both of you knew that you can love them better - sometimes they still choose someone else (who obviously are no good for them) - it's unfair but that's life. And our main characters had to learn and accept that reality of life - no matter how painful it is. Art: 10/10 I love the artwork, the characters looks good and it doesn't look so messy. Characters: 7/10 There are characters that made me disappointed because they were really interesting at first, only to make you feel empty and disappointed in the end. Characters that you wanted to understand but wasn't able to understand - probably due to the lack of time to develop them (it seems to me that the author rushed the ending) Although I love the development for the main characters. They were both in a long unrequited love and got their hearts broken, they tried to find a way to heal themselves, they may have wandered for a while but never let themselves get lost. In the end, they realized that they wouldn't heal that way, it's just covering up the wound without treating it but the wound it still there. With all of that, I ended up really liking the ending for the main characters. Accepting that reality, facing the pain, facing their fear, admit they have lost, they may have wandered for a while but in the end, they didn't let that pain ruin their life completely and didn't let that pain become a reason for them to ruin someone else' life. Overall: I gave this manga a score of 6/10 at first but after thinking about it and re-reading the manga, I realized it wasn't that bad, it's not perfect and has it flaws but it's actually pretty good and deserves a higher score than that.

39 found helpfulDec 28, 2017

Nekoteki

Recommended

"It's not like it would be the end of this world if someone refused me." - Yasuraoka, Hanabi Kuzu no Honkai (Scum's Wish) is doubtlessly living up to it's name by portaying how fragile humans are when it comes to temptations and how susceptible we are with negative emotions. Through this series, expect that everything will refuse fall in place. Indubitably manga is unique on it own way of showing us what love really is. Since it shows what really happens when we are broken and in need of someone that to fill out that missing part. The story revolves with Hanabi Yasuraoka and Mugi Awaya thatare high school students who are well known and adored by co-students, but they are in-love with someone whom they couldn't be with. As they share the same pain they have decided to be couple (a fake one), for others to see and fulfill each others sexual and emotional urges. Love, betrayal and lust are the things you are about to unfold as you progress with the story. I could say that the Scum's Wish is totally unpredictable and enjoyable for the individuals whole likes emotional roller-coaster ride. If your heart is already broken, thus what's breaking it a few more times going to do? Well written and absolutely beautiful. It might be a depressing and heart-wrenching manga, but I could say that I am utterly satisfied with it's ending. Overall, I would give 9 wishes out of 10 for Kuzu no Honkai.

21 found helpfulNov 27, 2017

coppearlix

Recommended

This brutally honest and incisive manga explores the dark side of unrequited love. The inability of people to truly reach one another; the futility of waiting for a “no” to turn into a “yes”; the twisting of one’s love target into an abstract idea or, worse, fundamental part of one’s identity; the willingness, even eagerness, to be hurt by the one you love. The six main characters in this story (with the possible exception of Kanai) are perverted in the truest sense. Not in that they have outlandish sexual preferences, but in that they consistently seek out what is bad for them, with disastrous emotional consequencesto themselves and others. Most people at one point or another will desire something that’s not healthy, be it junk food, alcohol, or an ex, but will at least try to hold back some of the time. These characters embrace it fully. We see them choose over and over again to get hurt, and/or hurt others, rather than letting go. As a result, they may come off to the reader as obsessive, clingy, deluded, masochistic, cruel, or just plain illogical. But just because the characters are questionable does not make this a bad manga. If anything, it’s the opposite. If Kuzu no Honkai unsettles you (and it should), it’s because the emotions ring true. You may not like the characters, but you can’t say they’re unrealistic or lack depth. What I especially appreciate is that while the characters may lie or equivocate on the outside, they never lie to themselves; they are fully aware of their actions/motivations, and that makes it so much more devastating. As an added bonus, Kuzu no Honkai also shows that you don’t need death, violence, trauma, or really any externally driven plot to make a fantastic(ally tragic) love story. If you’ve ever felt unrequited love, you will surely find something to relate to here. It’s a great choice for those who don’t need every story to have a happy ending, and who don’t mind when a work of art hits close to home.

9 found helpfulJul 21, 2022