Kuzu no Honkai

To the outside world, Hanabi Yasuraoka and Mugi Awaya are the perfect couple. But in reality, they just share the same secret pain: they are both in love with other people they cannot be with.

Hanabi has loved her childhood friend and neighbor Narumi Kanai for as long as she can remember, so she is elated to discover that he is her new homeroom teacher. However, Narumi is soon noticed by the music teacher, Akane Minagawa, and a relationship begins to blossom between them, much to Hanabi's dismay.

Mugi was tutored by Akane in middle school, and has been in love with her since then. Through a chance meeting in the hallway, he encounters Hanabi. As these two lonely souls spend more time together, they decide to use each other as a substitute for the one they truly love, sharing physical intimacy with one another in order to stave off their loneliness.

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Yasuraoka, Hanabi Main

Anzai, Chika Japanese

Awaya, Mugi Main

Shimazaki, Nobunaga Japanese

Ebato, Sanae Supporting

Tomatsu, Haruka Japanese

Minagawa, Akane Supporting

Toyosaki, Aki Japanese

Kamomebata, Noriko Supporting

Izawa, Shiori Japanese

Kanai, Narumi Supporting

Nojima, Kenji Japanese

Kirishima, Atsuya Supporting

Asanuma, Shintaro Japanese

Terauchi, Takuya Supporting

Kobayashi, Yuusuke Japanese

Hayakawa, Mei Supporting

Fujii, Yukiyo Japanese

Moriyama, Take Supporting

Kijima, Ryuuichi Japanese

Fujiyama, Naokado Producer

Higa, Yuuji Producer

Komatsu, Shouta Producer

Andou, Masaomi Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

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Aug 25, 2024

sanander

Recommended

"I'm still young, hopelessly stupid, and easily excited." - a typical highschool shithead.

Do you remember being sixteen? Breaking someone's heart for the first time? Having your heart broken, maybe? Making out with a stranger drunk in a dark back alley? Maybe you've cheated, maybe you were cheated on, had your promiscuous episodes that perhaps never ended. This is what this anime is about, it's about experiencing what feels like 'grown-up' romance for the first time.

Kuzu no Honkai is by no means an easy watch, it's not 'enjoyable' in the literal sense of the word, but you will enjoy it if you like stories that don't ... go easy on the audience. It's a highschool romance through and through, most characters are stupid kids who think they're adults because they tongue kiss each other and have sex, most of them are annoying, but weren't you the same when you were sixteen? Personally, it reminded me a lot of my highschool years, which is not something to be proud of.

In the end, it's a coming of age story with a happy ending (but not the kind you'd expect) and surprising amounts of yuri (for a show that is, in fact, not about exploring your sexual identity or a lesbian awakening of any sort). There is some comic relief sprinkled here and there, but it's so few and far between that you honestly appreciate it relieving the tension.

Overall, this is a must watch for anyone who enjoys romance anime and is tired of the usual 'handholding is lewd' narrative, this is modern highschool romance laid bare: selfish, disgusting and dirty.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Sep 6, 2024

xycid

Mixed Feelings

i love this anime, 5 years later im 15 now i still do. im still emotionally connected, i just finished rewatching it 3 minutes ago for the 7th time and i feel so much i love nostalgia i love this anime i loved every second and every character and their soul and appearances beauty in it. its 1:05 am now tmrws saturday and i have school im glad i watched this tn, and then im going to finland in 2 days sigh, omg this isnt some journal or blog post, nyway i love the person akane turned out to be too at the end, i ... js love everyone ending was too sad 4 me but it is wht it is i love scum's wish 4 eva
mixed feelings only bc itll make u rly sad im so emotionally connected to it and i stopped being connectd to tv shows like that years ago.

iaaaaaaaaaaaamsohohspppu iwatched scums wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwweeeeeeeesh todaywesdbrf i laaaaaaaawe ieeeeeeeeeeetttttttttttt

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Oct 18, 2024

sch1zoid

Not Recommended

Scum's Wish is what would happen if the Disney Channel was allowed to make a rated R show
The concept seems interesting at the start- two broken people finding solace in the other, indulging in their unrequited fantasies. This immediately becomes contrived, as said broken people are clearly mentally handicapped. I enjoy realistic dramas with deeply flawed characters, but unless the entire school is a special ed class none of this could or would ever happen in real life.
The worst and most infuriating part of the show for me was the lesbian rape(s) from a certain character, which not only are never properly addressed, but ... almost feel condoned. She's made out to be both sympathetic and the victim, then they make up and all is forgiven. Despite her ways not changing whatsoever (as we see in the final episode).
Being said, Teacher was hot and I'd let her use me

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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