There’s something weirdly comforting about Behind the Supermarket, Smoking With You. In a medium overloaded with loud romantic comedy clichés, dramatic love triangles, and endless high school festival arcs, this series quietly walks into the room, lights a cigarette behind a convenience store, and somehow becomes one of the most emotionally relatable anime in years….
When people talk about modern romance manga, the conversation usually revolves around dramatic love triangles, endless misunderstandings, or over-the-top confessions. Yet Behind the Supermarket Smoking with You takes a completely different path. It doesn’t rely on flashy twists or forced drama. Instead, it builds something far more satisfying: a genuine emotional connection between two lonely…
The romance genre is packed with stories about high school crushes, love triangles, and teenage misunderstandings. That’s exactly why Behind the Supermarket, Smoking with You feels so different. From the moment I started reading Jinushi’s manga, it was clear that this wasn’t trying to follow the usual formula. Instead of focusing on students, the story…
Some romance manga hook readers with dramatic love triangles. Others rely on endless misunderstandings or flashy plot twists. But every now and then, a series comes along that feels surprisingly simple on the surface while hiding something much deeper underneath. That’s exactly how I felt when I started reading Behind the Supermarket, Smoking with You….
Among all the larger-than-life heroes, overpowered isekai leads, and endlessly confident anime protagonists flooding the industry today, Sasaki from Behind the Supermarket, Smoking With You feels almost revolutionary. Not because he’s extraordinary, but because he’s painfully ordinary. As someone who reads a ridiculous amount of manga every year, I rarely find myself attached to characters…
When people ask me what modern romance manga deserves far more attention outside Japan, I always end up recommending Behind the Supermarket Smoking With You. Not because it has explosive action scenes or dramatic love triangles. In fact, it does almost the opposite. It slows everything down and turns an ordinary smoking area behind a…
Every anime season has that one series that quietly sneaks onto the schedule and suddenly becomes the show everyone is talking about. For Summer 2026, that title might just be Behind the Supermarket, Smoking with You, the anime adaptation of Jinushi’s beloved manga that captured readers with its mature characters, gentle atmosphere, and refreshingly realistic…
Every anime season has at least one series that quietly sneaks into the conversation and ends up becoming everyone’s favorite surprise. Looking at the Summer 2026 lineup, I genuinely think Behind the Supermarket, Smoking with You has a real chance of becoming that show. While most romance anime continue to focus on high school love…