Based on Mengo Yokoyari's manga, the 2017 Lerche-animated series Scum's Wish (Kuzu no Honkai) follows Hanabi Yasuraoka and Mugi Awaya, two high schoolers who enter a secret, utilitarian relationship to soothe their unrequited crushes. As they use each other to pursue affection from the people they truly love, their bond spirals into manipulation, heartbreak, and morally gray consequences. A stark, provocative look at adolescent longing, truth, and the cost of wanting love at any price.

Based on Mengo Yokoyari's manga, the 2017 Lerche-animated series Scum's Wish (Kuzu no Honkai) follows Hanabi Yasuraoka and Mugi Awaya, two high schoolers who enter a secret, utilitarian relationship to soothe their unrequited crushes. As they use each other to pursue affection from the people they truly love, their bond spirals into manipulation, heartbreak, and morally gray consequences. A stark, provocative look at adolescent longing, truth, and the cost of wanting love at any price.