Scum's Wish
Yen Press · 2016–2018 · 8 issues
About the series
A quietly devastating romance manga from Yen Press, Scum's Wish explores the hollow intimacy two high school students share as they use each other to cope with unrequited love for their respective crushes. Running eight issues from 2016 to 2018, the series is defined by its raw, melancholic tone and the unflinching emotional honesty of creator Yokoyari Mengo’s writing and art. It matters for its subversive take on teenage romance, eschewing idealization for a stark, uncomfortable look at loneliness and the compromises people make for affection.