Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You
TV Series2026 · 1 season · 12 episodes · Ended

Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You

Taste attributes: animationcomedyromancewholesomelightimaginarysimplelinearglossyemotive & stirringlove conquers all

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Boxlist takeAn accessible, stylish animated series: larger-than-life and moving. Best if you like escapism over depth.

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Quality rating

8.4 /10

TMDB · 83 votes

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Season

Season 1

· 2026 · 12 episodes
Episodes (12)
  1. 1Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You9 Jul 2026

    Sasaki has a cigarette and nowhere to smoke it—until a pierced stranger calls out to him in the night.

  2. 2Cheering Up Behind the Supermarket with You16 Jul 2026

    Between cigarettes, Tayama and Sasaki share the problems they've had at work.

  3. 3Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You and More23 Jul 2026

    Between cigarettes, Tayama gives Sasaki a gift, and Sasaki decides to return the favor.

  4. 4Learning Behind the Supermarket with You30 Jul 2026

    Between cigarettes, Sasaki learns to use a smartphone and gets to know Tayama better.

  5. 5Hanging Behind the Supermarket with You6 Aug 2026

    Poor Sasaki endures 15 grueling days at work and barely gets to see Tayama.

  6. 6Lingering Scent Behind the Supermarket with You13 Aug 2026

    Between cigarette and cigarette, Sasaki has a health check and is concerned about the results.

  7. 7The End of Summer Behind the Supermarket with You20 Aug 2026

    Gotou tells Yamada to take an exam as summer bows out along with its associated shenanigans.

  8. 8Searching Behind the Supermarket with You27 Aug 2026

    Tayama has lost something dear to her, and it has to be found in secret!

  9. 9Asking Behind the Supermarket Alone3 Sep 2026

    The supermarket employees discover a whole new fact about Sasaki. How will Tayama take it?

  10. 10Shining Behind the Supermarket with You10 Sep 2026

    As Christmas rolls around, Sasaki runs into an unfamiliar face in the smoking area.

  11. 11Hello from Behind the Supermarket17 Sep 2026

    Gotou wants an end-of-year favor from Sasaki, and it involves a phone.

  12. 12Keeping It Going Behind the Supermarket with You24 Sep 2026

    Sasaki receives a message from an old acquaintance, one he isn't ready for.

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  • Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
  • Setting / scale: Balanced, just how this profile likes it

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  • Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy
  • Intricacy: Basic story, where this profile leans smart / intricate

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Synopsis

Sasaki is an overworked salaryman drifting through the corporate grind, sustained by cigarettes and the cheerful service and smile of Yamada, the clerk at his favorite supermarket. But one night after a grueling shift, he arrives late to find Yamada nowhere to be seen. With nowhere left to smoke, his spirits sink—until a pierced young woman calls out to him: “You can smoke here.”

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Taste Attributes

Characteristics

Where this title sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

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Details

Genre
Animation
Year
2026
Status
Ended
Studio
ABEMA
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