Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You premieres July 10 — how to watch early

Summer 2026 includes heavy hitters, but one breakout romance hasn’t officially premiered yet and is already attracting attention. Crunchyroll quietly released bite-sized preview episodes earlier this month, and the series has amassed more than 57,000 user ratings for a 4.9‑star average before its television broadcast.

The story began as a webcomic on X.com in March 2022, was serialized in Monthly Big Gangan that August, and won the 2022 Next Manga Award in the web category; Square Enix publishes it in English. The manga follows 45‑year‑old office worker Sasaki, whose routine trip to a neighborhood supermarket and brief interactions with a cheerful night cashier, Yamada, brighten his days.

After missing Yamada one night, Sasaki meets a woman who calls herself Tayama and joins her behind the supermarket to smoke—only later does he realize Tayama and Yamada are the same person. Their friendship and slow‑burn romance develop from those encounters.

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