Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You
You can stream Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You on Crunchyroll, which is the only legal home for it. This is a cozy, grown-up two-hander: Sasaki, a worn-down forty-five-year-old salaryman, finds his last few daily comforts in a cigarette and the easy smile of Yamada, the cashier at his local supermarket, until a smoke break with a sharp, teasing stranger quietly upends his routine. If you love low-key, character-first romance with real adult weariness, dry humor, and the slow thaw between two guarded people, this Summer 2026 slice-of-life is the kind of show you savor one episode at a time.
About
Sasaki is forty-five and quietly burned out after decades behind a desk, holding on to a short list of small pleasures: a smoke on his break and the warm, genuine smile of Yamada, who works the register at his neighborhood supermarket. Then comes an evening when a rough day leaves him rattled and Yamada is nowhere in sight; in her place, a poised, self-assured woman beckons him over to light up together. Sasaki assumes he has simply found an unlikely companion for a cigarette in the unflappable, needling Tayama, never suspecting this so-called stranger isn't really a stranger to him at all. From there it becomes a soft-spoken, conversation-driven romance stitched together from stolen minutes, drifting smoke, and the careful thaw between two cautious adults.
Information
- Japanese
- スーパーの裏でヤニ吸うふたり
- Premiered
- July 9, 2026
- Episodes
- 12
- Duration
- 24 min per ep.
- Status
- Airing
- Studio
- asahi production
- Source
- Manga
- Themes
- short episodes, slice of life, work, working life, comedy, romance
FAQ
It streams on Crunchyroll, the only official, legal service carrying it, so that's your one stop, no juggling multiple platforms.
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