Smoking Behind the Supermarket With You Episode 8 Review
The episode crystallizes the show's core theme: how respect and admiration for other people keeps us going and inspires self-improvement, delivered through the most domestically adorable installment yet.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
Anime News Network rates episode 8 of Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You with a community score of 4.0. The episode follows Tayama/Yamada losing a portable ashtray gift from Sasaki, leading to a search that becomes the show's most comical stretch. A typhoon scene turns into an earnest conversation about admiration and becoming better people.
The review notes that Sasaki and Tayama/Yamada now essentially function as a dating couple, complete with a shared dog, yet they skipped the vulnerable step of expressing their feelings. The first two acts center on Tayama losing the portable ashtray Sasaki gave her, forcing her to code switch between identities on the fly when surprised.
A rambunctious child appears to thank them for finding his legally distinct beyblade. The third act shifts to a typhoon, where an innocuous conversation about smoking turns earnest. The reviewer credits sound design, music, and silence for the scene's impact, forgiving the show's longstanding limited visual direction.
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- Anime News Network Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You Episode 8