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!

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!