Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You
Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Jinushi. The series began as a webcomic published on Twitter in March 2022. The series then began serialization in Square Enix's Monthly Big Gangan magazine in August 2022. Square Enix has collected the series as volumes, with eighth published as of January 2026. An anime television series adaptation produced by Asahi Production is set to premiere in July 2026.
The manga won the 2022 Next Manga Award in the web category.
Story
Sasaki, an overworked salaryman, finds a release of his daily tensions in the customer service of Yamada, a winsome, cheery supermarket cashier. One day he finds himself working late, and, finding Yamada already done with work for the day, goes for a smoke, he finds a mysterious woman, "Tayama", who invites him to the smoking area behind the store.Characters
;Sasaki;Yamada/Tayama
;Goto
;Sasaki's boss
;Maezawa
;Ohno
;Suzuki
Production
Jinushi was serializing Rokurei - Tenseishi Rinne Kuyakusho Dairokkanbu Joreika Katsudouki in Monthly Big Gangan. He received advice from his editor to draw a short manga as an exercise in creative writing, which led him to creating the series. Since Rokurei which was being serialized, was a supernatural story, the manga was drawn to be more realistic, and since the author had a background in customer service sales, the story was set in a supermarket.Media
Manga
When the first chapter was posted on Twitter, the tweet received more than 190,000 likes, creating a huge response. As of June 25, 2022, the total number of likes for the series had surpassed 2.5 million.On August 25, 2022, the serialization in the magazine began in Monthly Big Gangan. In this issue, it appeared on the cover and in the opening color. On the same day, the first volume of the book with newly written chapters was also released.
As a result of this, the title was changed from Super no Ura de Yani Sū Hanashi to Super no Ura de Yani Sū Futari, and chapters 4 to 16 that were posted on Twitter were deleted, but it was announced it will still continue on Twitter without change.
The manga has been licensed by Square Enix's Manga UP! Global app and website. At Anime Expo 2023, Square Enix Manga & Books announced that they licensed the series for English publication, with the first volume being released on February 20, 2024.
Uncollected chapters
These chapters have yet to be published in a volume.- 57th Smoke