aimanarifin32★★★★★VerifiedEP 7Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You
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Synopsis
At 45, salaryman Sasaki has his entire day held together by one thing: the smile of Yamada, the cashier at his local 24-hour supermarket. That's it. That's his lifeline. After getting chewed out by his boss for the hundredth time, he drags himself to the store, only to find her shift already ended. Defeated, he wanders out back looking for a spot to smoke and meets a woman named Tayama, blunt, relaxed, and nothing like the polite cashier he's used to seeing. Except she is the cashier. Yamada off the clock is a completely different person, and Sasaki has no idea. This TV series based on the seinen manga leans into something that doesn't get explored enough in anime: the gap between who people are at work and who they actually are. It's a quiet, grown-up romance between two adults who are both kind of stuck in life, and the smoking spot behind the supermarket becomes this weird little sanctuary where they can just be themselves. The pacing is slow and warm, not dramatic. If you liked the adult relationship dynamics in Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku or the gentle melancholy of Recovery of an MMO Junkie, this hits a similar frequency. It also shares some DNA with After the Rain in how it handles an age-gap setup with actual care instead of making it weird. Asahi Production is adapting it for 2026, and honestly, the premise alone earned its spot: the original webcomic won the 2022 Next Manga Award for good reason.
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MANGA BRIDGE
This season covers Chapters 1-20 of the manga. Continue reading from Chapter 21.
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aimanarifin32★★★★★VerifiedEP 7
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keima★★★☆☆EP 5Ep 5 was solid. Goto teases Sasaki, asking if he’s into Tayama, and he just squirms without answering. Then a brutal 14-day work crunch hits, and once it’s over he skips resting to go help Tayama make Teru Teru Bozu dolls instead.
keima★★★★☆EP 4Ep 4 was a bit slower. Sasaki gets a smartphone and can’t figure it out at all, so Tayama has to teach him
keima★★★★★EP 3Ep 3 was fun, Sasaki gave Tayama a cute dog-themed ashtray (poking fun at how obedient he is, like a dog lol), but she held it too far away just to tease him. Also Goto, Yamada’s senior, shows up and already suspects there’s a spark between Yamada and Sasaki.
melypaz★★★★★VerifiedEP 12Conocemos parte del pasado de Yamada cuando comenzó a trabajar en la tienda y un cliente que la ayudó en un momento difícil. ¡Espero ver pronto cómo sigue la historia!
melypaz★★★★★VerifiedEP 11Sasaki se hace exámenes por el trabajo. Los resultados le preocupan mucho... ¡Y a Tayama también! Confieso que casi derramé una lágrima.
melypaz★★★★★VerifiedEP 10Sasaki ha estado muy ocupado con trabajo y con lluvia casi todos los días. Lo bueno es que pudo ver a Tayama. Y a Yamada en ropa casual, jajaja. ¡Muy buen episodio!
melypaz★★★★★VerifiedEP 9¡Se me hizo muy corto el episodio! Y estuvo entretenido, con Sasaki y la jefa conversando un cigarro. Me alegra que haya aparecido Tayama, aunque fuera un ratito.
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hedamei★★★★★VerifiedEP 12jdwm1l★★★★☆VerifiedEP 12
pam2026★★★★★VerifiedEP 12Bonitos recuerdos de cómo empezó todo.
pam2026★★★★★VerifiedEP 11Yamada realmente se preocupó por la salud de él y el se preocupó de o poder seguir fumando con ella. Adorable...
shkakeycrystal★★★★★VerifiedEP 1pam2026★★★★★VerifiedEP 10Amo la honestidad de los Japoneses pero tienen muy normalizado trabajar hasta no dar más. Fue un capítulo muy real y cotidiano, trabajo y compras.
pam2026★★★★★VerifiedEP 9. E gusta que Sasaki sea tan prudente y no pregunte nada y solo escuche.
