Scum's Wish (TV series)

This article is about the live-action television drama series. For the animated television series of the same name, see Scum's Wish § Anime.

Scum's Wish (Japanese: クズの本懐 Kuzu no Honkai) is a Japanese television drama series based on the manga series of the same name by Mengo Yokoyari. The drama premiered on Fuji TV on January 18, 2017.

Scum's Wish
Genre	Romantic drama Drama
Based on	Scum's Wish by Mengo Yokoyari
Written by	Yoshihiro Izumi
Directed by	Shogo Miyaki Shunsuke Shinada
Starring	Miyu Yoshimoto Dori Sakurada Sarii Ikegami
Music by	Yui Koichi
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of episodes	12
Production
Running time	24 min
Original release
Network	Fuji TV
Release	January 18 (2017-01-18) – April 5, 2017 (2017-04-05)

Plot

Hanabi Yasuraoka (Miyu Yoshimoto) and Mugi Awaya (Dori Sakurada) look an ideal high school couple, but, they both like someone else. Hanabi Yasuraoka has liked Narumi Kanai (Kouki Mizuta) since she was a kid and Mugi Awaya likes his private tutor Akane Minagawa (Rina Aizawa).

As a couple, Hanabi Yasuraoka and Mugi Awayai have 3 conditions: they are not supposed to like each other, they will break up if either of them succeed in love with their secret crush and they will fulfill their physical desires.

Cast

• Miyu Yoshimoto as Hanabi Yasuraoka
• Dori Sakurada as Mugi Awaya
• Sarii Ikegami as Sanae Ebato
• Kouki Mizuta as Narumi Kanai
• Rina Aizawa as Akane Minagawa
• Hiroki Ino as Takuya
• Shiori Yoshida as Mei
• Shiho as Moka Kamomebata
• Misato Kawauchi as Misato
• Momo Ogata

Production

Development

A live-action TV series adaptation was announced in December 2016.^[1]

Writing

Ere Hagiwara and Motoko Takahashi were both hired to write the script

Casting

It was announced Miyu Yoshimoto was cast as Hanabi Yasuraoka and Dōri Sakurada has been cast as Mugi Awaya.

Release

The series was released on January 18, 2017.