The best slow burn slice of life and romance series excel with engaging characters, relatable moments, and interesting dialogue, often accompanied with solid comedy. But in Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You, none of that exists. The personalities in here are incredibly flat, the conversations are dull, and the chemistry between the characters is one-note. Tensei Kenja No Isekai Raifu ~ Daini No Shokugyo Wo Ete, Sekai Saikyou Ni Narimashita~ Chapter 29 Nbg Hvh 27 phút trước Smug Smiler: When she's not wearing a stoic poker face, Tayama is usually smirking (and usually at Sasaki's expense). COVER Corporation Announces hololive English VTuber Gawr Gura Collaboration with Sendai Umino-Mori Aquarium

Yeah, good point - seems like a lot of problematic age-gap romance in anime/manga are usually because one of them (almost always the girl) being still in school. Morrissy, Kim (June 23, 2022). "Voting Opens for Next Manga Awards 2022". Anime News Network . Retrieved June 24, 2022. Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You, Volume 1". Square Enix Manga & Books . Retrieved July 1, 2023. Interestingly, even in her private thoughts and conversations with her coworkers, she will comment on the Yamada persona as separate from herself, almost like a mask or costume.I Have This Friend: Constantly does Yamada play "Tayama" as acting the go-between for Sasaki's idol. Now, in addition to seeing his adored cashier Yamada, Sasaki also visits the store to see if his new smoking partner Tayama is around. But there is more to Tayama's mischievousness than she initially lets on. With every cigarette, an unlikely friendship begins to blossom.

from all walks of life. While this might suggest I'm framing this from a classist perspective, I'm moreso emphasizing that a large part of what makes this series unique is how it explores its age gap not as a way to alienate but to draw empathy from experience. Harding, Daryl (February 2, 2023). "RuriDragon is Japanese Bookstores No. 1 Manga Recommendation of 2023". Crunchyroll . Retrieved February 2, 2023. There's nothing cringe, no fan service, just funny situations and a lot of denseness from the mc who'll get teased a bit. Cayanan, Joanna (March 27, 2023). "Minoru Toyoda's Kore Kaite Shine Manga Wins 16th Manga Taisho Awards". Anime News Network . Retrieved March 27, 2023. However, the art itself isn't really good, or, let's say it could be way better. The character designs are detailed enough but many panels feel cheap or don't contain enough detail, and I guess that it's a bit disappointing for slice of life mangas, because there isn't any action scene or amazing landscape drawings to be expected, so it's a shame that the art isn't done better. Now, it's nothing unbearable, the quality remains acceptable, but that's the weakest point of this manga.

But I digress, as far as adult romance series go, this is my favorite because of the way it remains so effortlessly pleasing with each chapter even at a minimal level. Little by little, my investment in these characters and their lives has deepened as each shared conversation between the two has wormed its way into my heart. This is a story essentially about creating a dialogue with one another, that through shared intimacy even the most unlikeliest of strangers, a beautiful relationship can be born, a prospect so life-affirming I can't help but love it for its honesty behind that sentiment. Genki Girl: Supervisor Maezawa, constantly cheerful and upbeat and noisy. While said behavior can annoy her coworkers, it makes her really good with kids. Clingy Jealous Girl: Yamada. Aside from the whole wedding ring misunderstanding, Yamada has been shown to be incredibly passive aggressive about the idea of even a male coworker smoking and talking with Sasaki in her place.

SNSで人気の『スーパーの裏でヤニ吸う話』が『スーパーの裏でヤニ吸うふたり』として書籍化＆連載決定！ ファンから喜びの声があがり話題に【注目ワード】. Animate Times (in Japanese). June 22, 2022 . Retrieved September 16, 2022. The Tease: Yamada as Tayama loves poking fun at Sasaki, delighting in making him behave like the fussy older man he is. This has been known to blow up in her face sometimes.

Inspired by…: Jinushi based the setting based on his time doing customer service work prior to being a mangaka.

Tayama dresses differently from the polite Yamada and contrasts her in a way that makes Sasaki approach her differently as he would with the former, and speaks much more freely as a result. Unbeknownst to Sasaki, Tayama is an alias Yamada has used to suss out Sasaki's intentions which she finds uncharacteristically pure compared to her past experiences with customers who had taken a liking to her. It is also through her ongoing interactions with Sasaki that she finds herself feeling guilty about her initial deception. On August 25, 2022, the serialization in the magazine began in Monthly Big Gangan. [3] In this issue, it appeared on the cover and in the opening color. [4] On the same day, the first volume of the book with newly written chapters was also released. [3] [4] Ambiguously Gay: Noshizono has the exact same interest in Oono that Sasaki has towards Yamada, complete with the ambiguously romantic nature of said interest.A cigarette burns for six minutes at a time. Yet that time is all it takes for an unlikely pair to form a unique story about cigarette breaks is kind of a risky bet, but it works and it doesn't get boring at all.