{"id":718889,"date":"2026-06-06T11:36:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T11:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/718889\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T11:36:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T11:36:19","slug":"how-many-episodes-is-one-episode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/718889\/","title":{"rendered":"How Many Episodes Is One Episode?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve seen some pretty peculiar ways for companies to preview their new jawns, but the way Crunchyroll has opted to drop Smoking Behind The Supermarket With You<\/a> early feels like a Rube Goldberg machine.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Smoking Behind The Supermarket With You<\/a> is slated to premiere in July. When? Well, as far as I know, that information won\u2019t be made public until closer to the actual premiere, which is a strange choice. According to Crunchyroll, the show will \u201cofficially premiere as part of Crunchyroll\u2019s Summer anime lineup this July, with new episodes streaming weekly.\u201d<\/p>\n

But if you were to go to the orange streamer now, you\u2019d see that the show is out. Twelve \u201cmini\u201d episodes, in fact. What, pray tell, is a mini episode? I\u2019ll let Crunchyroll PR answer that.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cAhead of the series\u2019 official July simulcast launch, the first 12 mini-episodes of the highly anticipated slice-of-life anime are now available to stream, giving fans an early look at one of the season\u2019s most charming and quietly anticipated new series,\u201d Crunchyroll said in a press release These short-form episodes are approximately 10 minutes each and present Episode 1-6 of the upcoming TV broadcast version in chronological order, ahead of the series\u2019 July premiere.\u201d<\/p>\n

i’ve made a slight mistake <\/p>\n

Episodes 7-12 will be aired weekly, the 12 mini eps (Episodes 1-6) are the only episodes that are formatted as mini episodes, so after this special premiere batch that got released today, there will be no more mini episodes <\/p>\n

Basically, we have to\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/zSGRhTTOsP<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 d0nut2x (@d0nut2x) June 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

In layman\u2019s terms, one episode, which includes the show\u2019s opening and closing theme song, is technically half an episode. Sure, getting a show early that you\u2019re excited about, like Smoking Behind The Supermarket With You, is fun, but doing it so piecemeal kind of baffles the mind. It\u2019s giving drug dealers\u2019 patented \u201cthe first one\u2019s free\u201d to ensure you\u2019ll come back for more. But the whole thing is honestly giving manga-reading apps<\/a> with catalogs riddled with half (and sometimes quarter) chapters with their microtransaction-based ticketing system<\/a>. So, again, why?<\/p>\n

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I can understand doing this kind of drop on YouTube as a way to get folks interested. If I were to put on my marketing hat for a moment, I would\u2019ve probably called these smoke break drops since their runtimes are about as long as what jobsites would allot workers to duck out and take a couple of drags before getting back to the grindstone. Having read the manga, I can see how the show’s pacing is basically centered on its lovebirds meeting up to shoot the shit after their respective workdays, so it makes sense thematically.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Likewise, the logic of splitting episodes up and doing a cutesy little rollout like this on a platform like YouTube makes sense. After all, YouTube is increasingly becoming the place for shows like Akane-banashi<\/a> to premiere full episodes ahead of its streaming premiere<\/a>. But Crunchyroll got a little too cute. It did mini-episodes on its website, not the ubiquitous and accessible YouTube. Why?<\/p>\n

Although this is far from the most frustrating anime drop<\/a> I\u2019ve had to endure for a show, dropping six episodes in 12 \u201cmini episodes\u201d on the streamer that requires you to pay to watch anything at any of its tiers<\/a> feels like an overly complicated way to preview a show when they could\u2019ve just released it normally, y\u2019know? Imagine if HBO Max or Netflix did this with Game of Thrones or Stranger Things. People\u2019d be pissed. It\u2019s giving Dubai ice cream man playing in your face. I ordered a 24-year-old alt chick teasing a tired, hot, old man who can\u2019t handle all that. Just serve me the ice cream, dude.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The batch release sucks but wow pic.twitter.com\/t53MgmPW8y<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 dontbetaken (@dontbetaken1) June 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Crunchyroll\u2019s Smoking Behind The Supermarket With You mini-episodes are giving anime theatrical premieres of the first three episodes of a new show weeks before its premiere<\/a>, leaving fans to sit on their hands until the show\u2019s official release catches up to where their movie sneak peek ended. While I\u2019ll never turn down seeing Tayama teasing Sasaki, I\u2019d rather experience it in a full episode than whatever this mini-episode drop was. Thanks, but no thanks.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Recommended\u00a0<\/p>\n

Smoking Behind The Supermarket With You Is A Cozy Rom-Com Manga<\/p>\n

Now that\u2019s what I call a good slow burn romance<\/p>\n

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