Kuzu no Honkai - Information; Final; Summary
On this page, we present all the information, trivia, spoilers, summaries, main characters, and any other questions one might have regarding the anime: Kuzu no Honkai.
Kuzu no Honkai
Synopsis: To the outside world, Hanabi Yasuraoka and Mugi Awaya are the perfect couple. But in reality, they just share the same secret pain: they're both in love with other people they can't be with.
Hanabi loved her friend and childhood neighbor Narumi Kanai, as long as she remembers, so she is happy to find that he is his new classroom teacher. However, Narumi is soon noticed by music teacher Akane Minagawa, and a relationship begins to flourish between them, to Hanabi's great disgust.
Mugi has been taught by Akane in high school and has been in love with her ever since. Through a casual meeting in the corridor, he finds Hanabi. As these two lonely souls spend more time together, they decide to use as a substitute for those who really love, sharing their physical intimacy to avoid their loneliness.
Table of Content
- Information
- Trailer/OP
- Curiosities
- Characters
- Summary
- FAQ
- Meaning
- Related
Information
Anime Names
- Anime Name: Kuzu no Honkai
- Anime Name in Japanese: クズの本懐
- Anime Name in English: Scum's Wish
- Other names: Scum's Wish
Production information
- Producers: Aniplex, Dentsu, Square Enix, Studio Hibari, Fuji TV, Kyoraku Industrial Holdings, Kansai Telecasting
- Licensors: Sentai Filmworks
- Studios: Lerche
Anime Information
- Type: TV
- Episodes: 12
- Date: 42748 - March. 31, 2017 - Fridays in 0055 (JST)
- Genres: Drama romance
- Subjects: Escola
- Target: Seinen
External Links
Anime Reviews
- Rating: 7.171
- Popularity: 304248
Video Trailer/Opening
Curiosities
- Kuzu's manga in Honkai was written and illustrated by Mengo Yokoyari, who also worked as an assistant to Naoshi Arakawa, author of Your Lie in April.
- The title "Kuzu no Honkai" can be translated as "the honor of slag" or "the shame of the misfits."
- The anime opening theme song, "Use in the Hibana", was written and played by 96NEKO, a popular Japanese singer and voice actor.
- Kuzu in Honkai was nominated for the Manga Taisho Award in 2015, but did not win.
- The anime was directed by Masaomi Ando, who also directed other popular anime like Scum's Wish, School-Live! and White Album
- The television series was produced by the studio Lerche, which also produced other popular anime such as Assassination Classroom, Danganronpa 3 and Given.
- Kuzu in Honkai is known for his mature and complex plot, which explores topics such as unresponsive love, betrayal and sexual desire.
Main Characters
- Hanabi Yasuraoka (Chika Anzai) - A high school student who is in love with her teacher.
- Mugi Awaya (Nobunaga Shimazaki) - A high school student who is in love with her tutor.
- Akane Minagawa (Aki Toyosaki) - A music teacher who is known to have many relationships.
- SANAE EBATO (Haruka Tomatsu) - A childhood friend from Hanabi who is also in love with the teacher.
- Narumi Kanai (Shiori Izawa) - A friend of Mugi who is in love with him.
- Atsuya Kirishima (Kenji Nojima) - Akane's ex -boyfriend who still has feelings for her.
- Noriko Kamomebata (Miyu Tomita) - A elementary school student who is a friend of Hanabi and Mugi.
- KANAI (Kazuyuki Okitsu) - Narumi's older brother who is a friend of Hanabi and Mugi.
Summary and events
- Hanabi Yasuraoka and Mugi Awaya, childhood friends, meet again in high school.
- Both have unrequited loves: Hanabi for Narumi Kanai, her teacher, and Mugi for Akane Minagawa, her music tutor.
- To fill the void of their unrequited love, Hanabi and Mugi form a "pact", starting a fake relationship to support each other and satisfy their physical and emotional needs.
- The relationship between Hanabi and Mugi evolves into a complex and tumultuous sexual involvement, with both of them oscillating between genuine desire and using the other as a substitute for their true loves.
- Akane, Mugi's tutor, gets involved with Kanai, the teacher Hanabi is in love with, adding further complications to the plot.
- Hanabi discovers that her best friend, Sanae Ebato, has romantic feelings for her, further exploring themes such as friendship, love and sexuality.
- Hanabi and Mugi decide to end their "fake" relationship, but the connection between them persists, demonstrating the difficulty of breaking emotional and physical ties.
- Akane and Kanai end their relationship, and Akane gets involved with Mugi, creating a new love triangle.
- Hanabi and Sanae start a relationship, but Hanabi still struggles with her lingering feelings for Mugi. This phase of the story explores Hanabi's search for love and acceptance, even if it's not conventional romantic love.
- Hanabi and Mugi reconcile and decide to stay together, but Mugi still has feelings for Akane, creating internal conflict and uncertainty about the future of their relationship.
- Mugi and Akane end their relationship, and Mugi finally makes a full commitment to Hanabi, allowing them both to pursue a genuine love that is free from the ties of the past.
What happens in the end?
Below we have a summary of what happens at the end of the anime Kuzu no HonkaiWe have placed a Spoiler alert, just click below to display the content of the end of the work.
Meaning of Kuzu no Honkai
Let's look at the translation of each word and explanation of the anime's name:
クズの本懐
- クズ (kuzu) - It means "trash" or "scum"
- の (no) - possessive particle, indicates that "kuzu" belongs to something or someone
- 本懐 (honkai) - means "true desire" or "true goal"
Related anime
See below some anime similar to Kuzu no Honkai
