The only thing that gets overworked salaryman Sasaki through the day in his stifling office job is the chance to see the cheerful smile of local supermarket cashier Yamada. All it takes is a smile to revive him.
After a particularly bad day, Sasaki was disappointed to learn that Yamada’s shift was over. Disappointed, he ends up smoking in the back of the supermarket, where he meets a bold and playful woman who is also smoking. She introduces herself as Tayama and soon draws Sasaki’s attention to her colleague, and a connection is established between the two.
Now, even when Yamada is not working, Sasaki starts going to the store to see if his favorite smoking friend is on duty. However, there may be more to Tayama’s mischief than meets the eye.
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Sing me a song “Yesterday”
After college, not sure what to do with his life, Rikou got a job at a convenience store.
There he is visited by a high school dropout with a pet crow and rekindles a relationship with his senior who comes to the store one day.
This is a growth story about several people taking their first steps into adulthood.
Similarities between “Smoking with You Behind the Supermarket” and “Sing to Me Yesterday”
- Age gap romance between an older man and a young manic pixie dream girl
- smoking
- Depressed, stressed adults engaging in slice of life
- slow romance
The difference between smoking with you behind the supermarket and singing to me yesterday
- “Sing Me Yesterday” is more about messed up adults with tumultuous relationships and existential angst. It definitely leans toward drama.
- The main love story takes place between a young man who has just graduated and a high school dropout.
- “Sing to Me Yesterday” has a small cast, not just the two leads.

Kowloon general romance
The Second Kowloon Walled City was a lawless, squalid city cobbled together from the ruins of its demolished predecessor. For the residents who live there, however, they find the squalor and the nostalgia it brings endearing.
Amid flickering streetlights and musty alleys, 32-year-old real estate agent Reiko Kujirai falls in love with her colleague Hajime Kudo. Kudo kept her at arm’s length when they were together. One day, she was excited when Kudo woke up sleepily and kissed her, only to be told that he had mistaken her for someone else.
Similarities between “Smoking with You Behind the Supermarket” and “Kowloon Universal Romance”
- adult romance
- smoking
- The two people have complicated feelings and secrets they hide from each other.
- slow romance
The difference between “Smoking with You Behind the Supermarket” and “Kowloon Universal Romance”
- They are colleagues of similar age in “Kowloon Universal Romance”
- There’s a huge sci-fi mystery element to Kowloon’s general romance, which really drives some of the drama.
- Romance isn’t the only focus of Kowloon, as the story develops it also focuses on other characters besides the main couple.

Wotakoi – Love is difficult for otakus
After discovering that they work at the same company, the gamer and Fujime rekindle their sparks for the first time since middle school.
After some old fashioned drinks after get off work, they decide to start dating, but being an otaku and dating an otaku is a lot harder than one might think.
Similarities between “Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You” and Wotakoi
- adult romance
- Smoking adult salaried person
The difference between smoking with you behind the supermarket and Wotakoi
- “Wotakoi” tells the story of two childhood friends who reunite and soon start dating after discovering they work in the same office
- Wotakoi is an otaku theme, so everyone is an otaku of some sort
- Wotakoi works with three main couples
- Wotakoi’s romance progresses faster
For fans of the age gap

After the rain
Ju Ming used to like running, but after the injury, she could no longer run as before. Now she passes the time working at a family restaurant, where she finds herself slowly falling in love with the divorced manager.
Similarities between “Smoking with You Behind the Supermarket” and “After the Rain”
- Age gap relationship between an older man and a younger girl
- smoking
- A part of life, occasionally mixed with a touch of melancholy
- two people meet in a specific place and become close
The difference between smoking behind the supermarket and smoking after the rain
- “After the Rain” handles the age gap between a high school girl and a working middle-aged manager very well, so it’s not actually a romance film.
- After the Rain focuses more on melancholy drama as the characters are trying to work through something.

Paradise Restaurant
Nicoletta travels to Rome for the first time with a mission – to destroy the life of her mother who abandoned her 15 years ago. She tracks her mother to a restaurant, but once she enters, everything changes.
She became obsessed with the place and one waiter in particular. Suddenly, her desire for revenge disappeared and her desire to cook began to grow.
Similarities between “Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You” and Ristorante Paradiso
- age gap romance
- smoking
- Characters meet at a specific location every day
The difference between “Smoking with You Behind the Supermarket” and Ristorante Paradiso
- Ristorante Paradiso is an age gap romance drama with a really clear romantic progression
- “Paradise Restaurant” is more dramatic for the characters, but still a part of life.
- Ristorante Paradiso tells the story of a young woman who works in an Italian restaurant with a handsome older gentleman as a way to exact revenge on her mother.

call of night
Because he didn’t understand love, after rejecting a girl’s confession at school, Kou stopped going to school and began to wander through sleepless nights.
One night, he meets a mysterious girl who believes that people who stay up late are unhappy with their daytime lifestyle.
Following her into the night, she takes him back to her place and suddenly starts sucking his blood. Having discovered his true nature, Kou now wants to become a vampire, but to become a vampire you need to make a vampire fall in love with you.
Similarities between “Smoking with You Behind the Supermarket” and “Call of the Night”
- age gap romance
- A mysterious goth girl seduces a wandering man in her mysterious, manic pixie dream girl ways.
- The romance of life is mixed with melancholy
- slow romance
The difference between “Smoking with You Behind the Supermarket” and “The Night Call”
- “Night Calls” tells the story of a female vampire and a teenage boy.
- “The Call of the Night” replaces smoking with drinking blood.

Higehiro – I shaved a high school girl I brought home
Office worker Yoshida finally plucked up the courage to ask his boss out, but was promptly rejected by his boss. On his way home, drunk to drown his heartbreak, he sees a high school girl sitting outside alone late at night.
After discovering she had run away from home, he eventually brought her home while continually halting her efforts to pay for her stay with the body. Through further conversations with her, he discovered that she traveled from Hokkaido for six months, exchanging sexual favors for what she needed.
While he tried to figure out what to do, he put her to work cooking and cleaning so she could have a place to stay.
Similarities between “Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You” and Higehiro
- age gap romance
- Overworked salaried men meet a young girl who reinvigorates them
- smoking
- They meet at the same place every day
- slow romance
The difference between smoking with you behind the supermarket and Higehiro
- “Higehiro” is about a salaryman who brings home a homeless high school runaway girl, so it’s a bit problematic.
- Higehiro is more concerned about the drama of the escape.
- They live together in Riguang.
For fans of Slice of Life Conversations

Monday tawawa
Oniisan is a standard salaried class. However, every Monday he spends his Monday morning train commute protecting student Ai-chan from molesters.
Although their time together was short, they began to learn to understand each other more. She also went out of her way to say thank you by banishing his Monday morning blues.
Similarities between “Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You” and “Monday Tawava”
- The overworked salaried man has a comforter
- They meet regularly with comforters at specific locations.
- age gap romance
The difference between “Smoking with you behind the supermarket” and “Smoking behind the supermarket on Monday”
- Monday’s tawawa was an ecchi event.
- On Monday, Tavawa worked with multiple couples (even though they all had the same age gap)
- Monday’s Tawava shaved off a lot of people’s personalities (i.e. many characters didn’t have names and sometimes didn’t have eyes like the hentai protagonists)

The nosy fox fairy Sang
Nakano is a salaried man working for a company that severely exploits him. He came home exhausted every day. One day, he came home to find an 800-year-old fox girl breaking into his home.
She cooked, cleaned and, she said, occasionally cured his exhaustion with questionable nursing care.
Similarities between “Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You” and Nosy Fox Fairy-san
- age gap romance
- The overworked salaried man has a comforter
- Office workers go to a place every day to seek comfort
- Low-key romance is often just part of life’s conversation
The difference between “Smoking with You Behind the Supermarket” and Nosy Fox Fairy
- The female side of “The Nosy Fox Fairy” is a fox god who lives in the man’s house and takes care of him.
- The nosy Fox Fairy-san is healthier and less abstractly melancholy.
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