Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You #001 (Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You Chapter Serials Book 1)

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The Mentor: Goto, to Yamada and Obata. In his own brief way, a younger Sasaki filled that role for the teenage Yamada. Stepford Smiler: Yamada at cash register #2 is constantly cheerful and smiling for the customers. But it's an act, and the much quieter and mischievous "Tayama" is much closer to her real self.

Genki Girl: Supervisor Maezawa, constantly cheerful and upbeat and noisy. While said behavior can annoy her coworkers, it makes her really good with kids. flat. The age gap between the two leads is probably the most interesting selling point here though. 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. Harding, Daryl (February 2, 2023). "RuriDragon is Japanese Bookstores No. 1 Manga Recommendation of 2023". Crunchyroll . Retrieved February 2, 2023. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (July 1, 2023). "Square Enix Manga & Books Reveals Final Fantasy Books, New Manga Licenses Including The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten". Anime News Network . Retrieved July 1, 2023.

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Ambiguously Gay: Noshizono has the exact same interest in Oono that Sasaki has towards Yamada, complete with the ambiguously romantic nature of said interest. 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. Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You, Volume 1". Square Enix Manga & Books . Retrieved July 1, 2023. Spear Counterpart: Chapter 30 introduces Nishizono, who is one to Sasaki. She is a 50-something mangaka who also has to deal with a very demanding job, and has as one of the cool breezes in her busy life being a gentle supermarket cashier (in her case, it's Oono), whom she treats almost the exact way Sasaki treats Yamada. The two bond over their shared ways of helping their favorite cashiers. Loveridge, Lynzee (August 31, 2022). "Medalist, WITCH WATCH, Akane-banashi Win Next Manga Awards 2022 Results". Anime News Network . Retrieved September 16, 2022.

Inspired by…: Jinushi based the setting based on his time doing customer service work prior to being a mangaka. 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. a b c 地主「スーパーの裏でヤニ吸うふたり」が8月からBGで連載、単行本1巻も発売決定. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. June 24, 2022 . Retrieved September 16, 2022.Part of why this series works so much for me is largely because of how well the slice of life aspects feed into the character drama. While some might find the development of the relationship between the two rather slow burn, I feel much like in real life, things take time to develop and it becomes apparent over the course of multiple chapters, both Yamada and Sasaki have affected each other in more ways than one. As a result of this relaxed pace, there's a multitude of scenarios that can be explored which makes a lot of these vignettes feel like they're part of a much larger picture of these character's lives.