{"rewrite":{"id":"r_a1908a306095bedc72225ee8","clusterId":"c_b57ec2d96747ce2dda6cadcc","slug":"smoking-behind-the-supermarket-with-you-episode-8-review","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Smoking Behind the Supermarket With You Episode 8 Review","summary":"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.","whyItMatters":"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.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 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\u0026#39;s impact, forgiving the show\u0026#39;s longstanding limited visual direction.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Episode 8 of Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You is the most domestically adorable yet. Sasaki still has not figured out Tayama and Yamada are the same person, and the typhoon conversation about admiration hits hard. Streaming on Crunchyroll.","twitterPost":"Episode 8 of Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You: a lost ashtray, an on-the-fly code switch, and a typhoon talk about what keeps us going. The reviewer calls it the most comical stretch in a while and the best the show has been. On Crunchyroll.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Episode 8 of Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You earns a 4.0 community score as Sasaki searches for Tayama's lost ashtray gift. The reviewer calls it the most domestically adorable installment yet, with a typhoon scene about admiration landing as the show's best. Streaming on Crunchyroll.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/smoking-behind-the-supermarket-with-you/episode-8/.241084\",\"title\":\"Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You Episode 8\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4625,"outputTokens":579,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1787928828,"createdAt":"2026-08-28T14:47:56.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-08-28T14:51:45.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-28T14:47:56.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_b57ec2d96747ce2dda6cadcc","canonicalTitle":"Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You\nEpisode 8","representativeArticleId":"a_f1f1c8753e8b6c18360bd88e","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You\"],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"review\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-08-28T13:30:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-08-28T13:30:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-28T14:51:45.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/smoking-behind-the-supermarket-with-you/episode-8/.241084","title":"Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You\nEpisode 8"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You"],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"review","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}