Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You Series

An overworked salaryman and a mischievous cashier with a dual personality form an unexpected bond in this sweet-and-sour comedy!

Sasaki’s rivalry with Kawakami over Tayama stirs up an unexpected realization as well as doubt for the overworked office drone. As he tries to get to know both Tayama and Yamada better, his suspicions grow… Meanwhile, a problem customer unsettles Yamada. Sasaki then reels in shock to hear Yamada is missing. He’s forced to face his past and decide whether to step in during the store employees’ crisis.

An overworked salaryman and a mischievous cashier with a dual personality form an unexpected bond in this sweet-and-sour comedy!

Summer arrives, and the slow burn continues… When Sasaki’s subordinate wins a work award, the downtrodden salesman must choose whether to confront his fear of visiting the company’s head office. Meanwhile, Yamada attends the local summer festival with her supermarket coworkers, but she can’t get Sasaki off her mind. Then, Yamada’s jealous coworker friend, Kawakami, issues a challenge to Sasaki! If he loses, he’ll never get to smoke with Tayama again.

An overworked salaryman and a mischievous cashier with a dual personality form an unexpected bond in this sweet-and-sour comedy!

After smoking away from the supermarket together for the first time, Yamada and Sasaki begin to realize their fleeting feelings for each other are taking shape. Sasaki is too hesitant to move forward, and Yamada—shackled by the past—resolves to take the secret of “Tayama” to her grave! Sasaki hears of Tayama’s relationship with a coworker who’s been transferred back to the store. Will jealousy finally spur him to action?

An overworked salaryman and a mischievous cashier with a dual personality form an unexpected bond in this sweet-and-sour comedy!

The new year starts strong for Sasaki when the beleaguered salaryman forgets his own birthday. But his days turn around when he meets Daigoro’s owner and discovers a new side of Tayama. Sasaki begins to realize the importance of the bond he shares with Tayama, even through her lighthearted teasing. This part of his life has become a collection of strange and gentle moments that he hopes never end, but will one night change everything?

An overworked salaryman and a mischievous cashier with a dual personality form an unexpected bond in this sweet-and-sour comedy!

As the end of the year approaches, Yamada feels blindsided by a coworker’s claim that Sasaki is a married man! Naturally, misunderstandings ensue. Later, on Christmas Eve, Sasaki has a chance encounter with a super-shy supermarket employee. And as the new year begins, Sasaki receives a message that shakes up the smoking buddies’ relationship again…

An overworked salaryman and a mischievous cashier form an unexpected bond when they light up together!

After the stress of a medical misdiagnosis, Sasaki resumes his strange yet calming nighttime smokes with Tayama. Yet he’s still unaware that Tayama and Yamada, his therapeutic idol, are the same woman! Sasaki and Yamada are merely customer and cashier inside the store, but as more quirky supermarket employees enter the mix, will Sasaki’s relationship with Tayama begin to change?

An overworked salaryman and a mischievous cashier with a dual personality form an unexpected bond in this sweet-and-sour comedy!

At age forty-five, office worker Sasaki has had enough of the corporate grind. His only solace is smoking—and the friendly smile of supermarket cashier Yamada. When Sasaki can’t find Yamada after a particularly trying day, a striking woman invites him to smoke with her. The despondent man thinks he’s made a new smoking buddy in the cool, teasing Tayama, but Sasaki doesn’t realize he already knows her!