Kuzu no Honkai
English title: Scum's Wish
Japanese title: クズの本懐
Type: TV
Source: Manga
Episodes: 12
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jan 13, 2017 to Mar 31, 2017
Broadcast: Fridays at 00:55 (JST)
Duration: 22 min per ep
Rating: R+ - Mild Nudity
Studios: Lerche
Producers: Aniplex, Dentsu, Square Enix, Studio Hibari, Fuji TV, Kyoraku Industrial Holdings, Kansai Telecasting
Licensors: Sentai Filmworks
Genres: Drama, Romance
Themes: Love Polygon, School
Demographics: Seinen

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. 

[Written by MAL Rewrite]