Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You Episode 4 Keeps the Leads Adorkable
The episode confirms the show's appeal rests on Sasaki and Tayama/Yamada's chemistry rather than its plot, and the reviewer says it delivers that appeal.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
Episode 4 of Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You finds Sasaki working through a new smartphone after his old flip phone breaks, taking a cigarette-brand personality quiz with Tayama, and dealing with an early summer heat wave. Anime News Network reviewer Lucas DeRuyter calls the episode a strong delivery of the leads' dynamic, with Sasaki's anxiety-driven tech struggles and Tayama's flustered reactions carrying the comedy. He rates it a solid entry, though not the week's best.
Anime News Network's Lucas DeRuyter opens his review by noting that Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You lives or dies on how cute and likable its leads are in a given episode. Episode 4, he says, keeps that streak alive. Sasaki's phone replacement reads as anxiety about breaking a device rather than age-driven tech illiteracy, and the cigarette-brand quiz gives Tayama a reason to worry her secret is out. The third act leans on summer heat, with Yamada in short sleeves and Tayama showing her midriff, and Sasaki's earnestness keeps deflecting her teasing.
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