Smoking Behind The Supermarket With You Ends Its Season Without Rushing The Pair
A season that built its whole pull on cigarette-break secrecy ends by holding the couple at arm's length, which leaves the show's future hanging on an unannounced second season rather than on anything the finale settled.
Reporting from 1 source: Beneath the Tangles.
The finale of Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You follows Sasaki through a work trip, a forgotten watch, and regret over failing his mentor, while Tamaya presses him to settle the matter and asks herself what he is to her. The episode keeps the two apart, and the review notes the season ends as a slow burn rather than a resolution. Streaming is on Crunchyroll.
The last episode puts Sasaki in the office where he is respected and out of his depth at the same time. He forgets things, walks into a pole twice, and wears a watch he normally does not, all signs Tamaya reads as something he needs to face. What he needs to face is an old mentor and a blunder the episode never names, told in flashbacks that leave the man faceless. Tamaya bans him from the smoking spot until it is handled, then wonders whether she has overstepped. The two end the season closer than they started but not together, and no second season has been announced.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
Sources
- Beneath the Tangles Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You, Ep. 12 (Finale): Closing the Distance