A new promotional video for the anime adaptation of Jinushi’s Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You (Super no Ura de Yani Sū Futari) manga confirmed that ZUTOMAYO performs the opening theme song “Ichijiku Kemuri (Fig Smoke).” The anime will be making its TV debut on July 9 at 11:56 p.m. JST on TBS and 27 affiliate channels, along with ABEMA and Netflix for streaming.
Crunchyroll is streaming 12 mini episodes for Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You as well. Smoking Behind the Supermarket With You is streaming with multiple subtitle options on Crunchyroll, including English and Spanish.
The anime’s cast 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
Asahi Production is producing the anime series with directors Masato Suzuki and Aori Mori at the helm. Mio Inoue handles series composition, Sayaka Aoki and Shin Kono are the music composers, and Yasuka Otaki is the character designer.
Imase performs the ending theme song “Fiction.”
Jinushi released the Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You manga on X (formerly Twitter) in March 2022, before serialization in Square Enix’s Big Gangan magazine in August 2022. The manga is available to read in English via BOOK WALKER.
Lastly, here’s a synopsis of the Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You manga, via Square Enix:
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!
