A total of 12 mini episodes have been released, which adapt the first six episodes of the show.
The Summer of love came early this year! Ahead of its July premiere, the upcoming age-gap romcom anime “Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You” had a pre-release for its first six episodes in Japan. Following the premiere, Crunchyroll has also begun streaming the first six episodes, which have been cut up into 12 mini episodes. You can now preview Sasaki and Tayama’s love story ahead of time!
Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You
Premiere window: July 2026
Studio: Asahi Production
Streaming service: Crunchyroll, Netflix (select regions in Asia)
Who are the cast and staff members of Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You?
The cast of the anime so far includes:
- Takuya Satō as Sasaki
- Seena Hoshiki as Yamada/Tayama
- Shinya Takahashi as Suzuki
- Toa Yukinari as Gotō
- Megumi Toyoguchi as Ōno
- Rikuya Yasuda as Obata
- Yōko Hikasa as Maezawa
Masato Suzuki and Aoi Mori are directing the anime at Asahi Production. Mio Inoue is writing the series composition while Yasuka Otaki designs the characters. Shin Kono and SAYAKO AOKI are composing the music, with Kohei Yoshida as the Sound Director.
What is Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You about?
The anime is based on Jinushi's manga series, which was first serialised as a webcomic on X (formerly Twitter) in March 2022. It was then serialised in Square Enix's Monthly Big Gangan magazine in August 2022. Eight tankōbon volumes of the series have been released so far.
Crunchyroll describes the series as:
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.”