{"id":259898,"date":"2025-05-27T14:52:57","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T14:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/anime\/smoke-em-if-you-got-em-this-week-in-anime\/"},"modified":"2025-05-27T14:52:57","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T14:52:57","slug":"smoke-em-if-you-got-em-this-week-in-anime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=259898","title":{"rendered":"Smoke &#8216;Em If You Got &#8216;Em &#8211; This Week in Anime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<!--INFOLINKS_ON--><\/p>\n<p><style><![CDATA[\n.this-week-in-anime table.participants td {\n  text-align: center;\n  font-weight: bold;\n  font-size: 13px;\n  width: 20%\n}\n.this-week-in-anime table.participants img {\n  display:block;\n  width: 100%;\n  height: auto;\n}\n\n.this-week-in-anime .left.alt { background-color:#e4de9b; }\n.this-week-in-anime .left {\n  display: table;\n  -webkit-border-radius: 0px 26px 26px 26px;\n  -moz-border-radius:    0px 26px 26px 26px;\n  border-radius:         0px 26px 26px 26px;\n  background-color:#cae49b;\n  -webkit-box-shadow: #B3B3B3 2px 2px 2px;\n  -moz-box-shadow:    #B3B3B3 2px 2px 2px;\n  box-shadow:         #B3B3B3 2px 2px 2px;\n  padding:10px;\n  width: 70%;\n  margin:  20px auto 20px 0;\n}\n.this-week-in-anime .right.alt { background-color:#e49b9b; }\n.this-week-in-anime .right {\n  display: table;\n  -webkit-border-radius: 26px 0px 26px 26px;\n  -moz-border-radius:    26px 0px 26px 26px;\n  border-radius:         26px 0px 26px 26px;\n  background-color:#78caed;\n  -webkit-box-shadow: #B3B3B3 2px 2px 2px;\n  -moz-box-shadow:    #B3B3B3 2px 2px 2px;\n  box-shadow:         #B3B3B3 2px 2px 2px;\n  padding:10px;\n  width: 70%;\n  margin:  20px 0 20px auto;\n}\n.mobile-mode-1 .this-week-in-anime .left,\n.mobile-mode-1 .this-week-in-anime .right {\n  width: 80% !important;\n}\n.this-week-in-anime .left.img,\n.this-week-in-anime .right.img,\n.this-week-in-anime .left.img img,\n.this-week-in-anime .right.img img {\n  width: 400px;\n  max-width: 100%;\n  height: auto;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<\/p>\n<p>This week, Lucas and Steve take a look at the history of smoking in anime, how it is used as a story telling device, and gush about their favorite anime smokers. <\/p>\n<p><b>Disclaimer:<\/b> <em>The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are not the views of Anime News Network.<br \/><b>Spoiler Warning<\/b> for discussion of the series ahead.<\/em> <\/p>\n<p><em> <cite class=\"e company\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=7606\">Crunchyroll<\/a><\/cite>: <cite class=\"e anime\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=15692\">JoJo&#8217;s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders<\/a><\/cite>, <cite class=\"e anime\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=836\">One Piece<\/a><\/cite>, <cite class=\"e anime\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=33696\">Kowloon Generic Romance<\/a><\/cite>, and <cite class=\"e anime\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=14135\">Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine<\/a><\/cite>.<br \/><cite class=\"e company\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=10441\">Netflix<\/a><\/cite> streams <cite class=\"e anime\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=24963\">Call of the Night<\/a><\/cite>, <cite class=\"e anime\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=9602\">Michiko &amp; Hatchin<\/a><\/cite>, <cite class=\"e anime\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=23843\">Chainsaw Man<\/a><\/cite>, <cite class=\"e anime\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=6159\">Black Lagoon<\/a><\/cite>, and <cite class=\"e anime\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=21978\">No Guns Life<\/a><\/cite>. <br \/><cite class=\"e company\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=6901\">Hulu<\/a><\/cite> streams Nana and <cite class=\"e anime\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=10947\">Durarara!!<\/a><\/cite> <br \/><cite class=\"e company\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=14793\">Tubi<\/a><\/cite> streams <cite class=\"e anime\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=6456\">Redline<\/a><\/cite>. <br \/><cite class=\"e company\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=14558\">Amazon Prime<\/a><\/cite> streams <cite class=\"e anime\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=886\">Lupin the Third<\/a><\/cite>: <cite class=\"e anime\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=127\">The Castle of Cagliostro<\/a><\/cite> and <cite class=\"e anime\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=277\">FLCL<\/a><\/cite>. <br \/>Peacock streams <cite class=\"e anime\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=1149\">Dear Brother<\/a><\/cite>. <br \/><cite class=\"e anime\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=7492\">Baccano!<\/a><\/cite>, and <cite class=\"e anime\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=15703\">World Conquest Zvezda Plot<\/a><\/cite> are unavailable to stream Stateside.<\/em> <\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<div class=\"left\" style=\"width:420px\">\n<b>Lucas<\/b><br \/>\n<br \/> <br \/>\nSteve, recently my partner and I watched all of Wes Anderson&#8217;s filmography, and I was captivated by a particular scene in his best film, <i>Rushmore<\/i>. In this movie, a very young <cite class=\"e person\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=169331\">Jason Schwartzman<\/a><\/cite> smokes a cigarette while taking the trash out at his crappy parttime job after blowing up his entire life due to his baggage. On top of being a very real and quietly devastating scene, it made me realize that we don&#8217;t see a lot of smoking in media anymore!<\/p>\n<p>This is for good reason, as smoking is just about the worst thing a person can do to their personal health. It&#8217;s completely understandable that creators don&#8217;t want to depict characters who would harm a viewer if they tried to emulate them, but thankfully, anime is already so far removed from reality that it&#8217;s (hopefully) harder to pick up bad habits from these characters!\n<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" alt=\"lucas_01\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/this-week-in-anime\/224811\/lucas_01.webp\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><figcaption class=\"credit copyright\">\n<p>\u00a9 LUCKY LAND COMMUNICATIONS\/SHUEISHA,JOJO\u2019s Animation DU Project<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So what do you say, Steve? Are you down for a who&#8217;s who TWIA chat going through some of the biggest chain smokers in anime?<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"right\" style=\"width:420px\">\n<b>Steve<\/b><br \/>\n<br \/> <br \/>\nWhy not? Or rather, what have I got to lose? It&#8217;s a topic I&#8217;m already on the record defending in a <i><cite class=\"e anime\">Call of the Night<\/cite><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/review\/call-of-the-night\/episode-11\/.189817\">review<\/a>. And my <cite class=\"e company\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=24886\">Twitter<\/a><\/cite>\/Bluesky avatar for the past 2.5 years has been a screenshot of Anko smoking from that same episode, so I suppose it&#8217;s about time I put my cartoon cigarette where my mouth is.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" alt=\"steve01\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/this-week-in-anime\/224811\/steve01.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><figcaption class=\"credit copyright\">\n<p>\u00a9 2022\u30b3\u30c8\u30e4\u30de\u30fb\u5c0f\u5b66\u9928\uff0f\u300c\u3088\u3075\u304b\u3057\u306e\u3046\u305f\u300d\u88fd\u4f5c\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As you already alluded, there&#8217;s an important division to observe between fiction and reality here, and that&#8217;s a division that both cartoonists and the tobacco industry haven&#8217;t always observed. To get the history lesson out of the way first, in the US, you could legally use animation to advertise tobacco until the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement was reached in 1998. That&#8217;s not that long ago!<\/p>\n<p>There are layers of nuance here in what constitutes depiction versus endorsement, but I think we can all agree to draw the line at, say, a <i>Flintstones<\/i> commercial for Winston Cigarettes.<br \/>\n<span style=\"display: block; width: 400px; max-width: 100%\"><br \/>\n            <span style=\"display: block; padding-top: 62.5%; position: relative;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Flintstones Cigarette Commercial\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NAExoSozc2c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"left\" style=\"width:400px\">\nI know they made more or less a whole TV show based on how good cigarette ads were in <i>Mad Men<\/i>, but it&#8217;s truly WILD to learn how common and how intense those ads used to be! I was at a thrift show earlier today and saw a whole booth filled with Joe Camel merchandise! (Though, there was no inexplicably sexy lady camel to be found among those posters, figures, and knick-knacks).<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"415\" height=\"600\" alt=\"lucas_02\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/this-week-in-anime\/224811\/lucas_02.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>And I agree with you. We&#8217;re both adults, and we can chat about this connecting thread in anime and manga media without endorsing a disgusting habit! <\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"right\" style=\"width:400px\">\nI just want to preface with a bit of context because I know there are plenty of readers out there younger than you or me who might not even remember that restaurants used to have separate smoking and non-smoking sections. A lot has changed in the past 25 years! And of course, this doesn&#8217;t track one-to-one with the tobacco situation in Japan, the land of anime. But it does, for instance, impact many people&#8217;s earliest anime memories. <\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" alt=\"steve02\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/this-week-in-anime\/224811\/steve02.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><figcaption class=\"credit copyright\">\n<p>\u00a9 2004-2006 SHUEISHA,FUJI TV,TOEI ANI MATION,4KIDS ENTERTAINMENT<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"left\" style=\"width:400px\">\nLook out, Jelly-filled Donuts meme! There&#8217;s a strong argument to be made that Lollipop Sanji is the most infamous of 4Kids&#8217; heavy-handed localization choices!<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"518\" alt=\"lucas_03\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/this-week-in-anime\/224811\/lucas_03.webp\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><figcaption class=\"credit copyright\">\n<p>\u00a9 1997 by Eiichiro Oda\/SHUEISHA Inc.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I understand why this change was made as <i><cite class=\"e anime\">One Piece<\/cite><\/i> is a kids&#8217; show and that Sanji is nothing short of a chain smoker who usually makes it look cool as hell, but I&#8217;ll make the argument here and now that the lollipop edit undercuts Sanji&#8217;s character!<\/p>\n<p>From my own experience working in a kitchen, the cooks who kept their intense and addictive tendencies down to only having to smoke one pack a day were some of the best guys and gals on the crew, and I think that&#8217;s what Sanji&#8217;s smoking habit plays into that real-world dynamic. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"right\" style=\"width:400px\">\nAnd beyond censorship, as far as modern media is concerned, I tend to associate the relative lack of smoking with the broader trend of sanding down the rougher edges of art for the masses. Like, fewer people smoking in the real world is an objective good. But fiction shouldn&#8217;t have to play by the same rules, especially when it can achieve results like your <i>Royal Tenenbaums<\/i> example.<\/p>\n<p>Conveniently, there&#8217;s a perfect example of the power of a well-placed cigarette airing right now in the form of <i><cite class=\"e anime\">Kowloon Generic Romance<\/cite><\/i>.\n<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" alt=\"steve03\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/this-week-in-anime\/224811\/steve03.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><figcaption class=\"credit copyright\">\n<p>\u00a9 \u7709\u6708\u3058\u3085\u3093\uff0f\u96c6\u82f1\u793e\u30fb\u300c\u4e5d\u9f8d\u30b8\u30a7\u30cd\u30ea\u30c3\u30af\u30ed\u30de\u30f3\u30b9\u300d\u88fd\u4f5c\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"left\" style=\"width:400px\">\nWhile <i>Kowloon<\/i> has regrettably fallen to my back burner, what I watched of it in our seasonal isekai\/RomCom round-up made it more than clear that the show is emulating Old Hollywood&#8217;s habit of making smoking look sexy.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" alt=\"lucas_04\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/this-week-in-anime\/224811\/lucas_04.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><figcaption class=\"credit copyright\">\n<p>\u00a9 \u7709\u6708\u3058\u3085\u3093\uff0f\u96c6\u82f1\u793e\u30fb\u300c\u4e5d\u9f8d\u30b8\u30a7\u30cd\u30ea\u30c3\u30af\u30ed\u30de\u30f3\u30b9\u300d\u88fd\u4f5c\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Look at that sad hunk of man! Does anyone believe that Hajime could look so forlorn and mysterious if he were doing anything in this scene other than smoking??? I don&#8217;t think so! <\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"right\" style=\"width:600px\">\n<i>Kowloon<\/i> is a slam dunk in terms of justifying the amount of tobacco used per episode\u2014assuming that it needs to be justified in the first place. Smoking is a shared activity between the two leads. It&#8217;s a connection between Reiko&#8217;s current and past selves. It&#8217;s a fundamentally intimate and erotic act that enhances the romantic angle. And it looks cool and classic in a way that jives with the theme of nostalgia.<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" alt=\"steve04\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/this-week-in-anime\/224811\/steve04.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><figcaption class=\"credit copyright\">\n<p>\u00a9 \u7709\u6708\u3058\u3085\u3093\uff0f\u96c6\u82f1\u793e\u30fb\u300c\u4e5d\u9f8d\u30b8\u30a7\u30cd\u30ea\u30c3\u30af\u30ed\u30de\u30f3\u30b9\u300d\u88fd\u4f5c\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" alt=\"steve05\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/this-week-in-anime\/224811\/steve05.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><figcaption class=\"credit copyright\">\n<p>\u00a9 \u7709\u6708\u3058\u3085\u3093\uff0f\u96c6\u82f1\u793e\u30fb\u300c\u4e5d\u9f8d\u30b8\u30a7\u30cd\u30ea\u30c3\u30af\u30ed\u30de\u30f3\u30b9\u300d\u88fd\u4f5c\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" alt=\"steve06\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/this-week-in-anime\/224811\/steve06.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><figcaption class=\"credit copyright\">\n<p>\u00a9 \u7709\u6708\u3058\u3085\u3093\uff0f\u96c6\u82f1\u793e\u30fb\u300c\u4e5d\u9f8d\u30b8\u30a7\u30cd\u30ea\u30c3\u30af\u30ed\u30de\u30f3\u30b9\u300d\u88fd\u4f5c\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" alt=\"steve07\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/this-week-in-anime\/224811\/steve07.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><figcaption class=\"credit copyright\">\n<p>\u00a9 \u7709\u6708\u3058\u3085\u3093\uff0f\u96c6\u82f1\u793e\u30fb\u300c\u4e5d\u9f8d\u30b8\u30a7\u30cd\u30ea\u30c3\u30af\u30ed\u30de\u30f3\u30b9\u300d\u88fd\u4f5c\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>It&#8217;s also an appropriate aesthetic homage to the films of Wong Kar-wai, whose Hong Kong romances influenced <i>Kowloon<\/i>&#8216;s mood and setting.<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" alt=\"steve08\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/this-week-in-anime\/224811\/steve08.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><figcaption class=\"credit copyright\">\n<p>\u00a9 Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc. \u00a9 The Criterion Collection<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" alt=\"steve09\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/this-week-in-anime\/224811\/steve09.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><figcaption class=\"credit copyright\">\n<p>\u00a9 Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc. \u00a9 The Criterion Collection<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nMy aversions to how this show draws mouths aside, I&#8217;ve got to admit that this show does capture the closeness and intimacy of this shared activity. I&#8217;ve passed a cigarette around between friends I only see one or twice a year when I&#8217;m back home. I hate to admit it, but it does bring about a sense of immediate connection. <\/p>\n<div class=\"right\" style=\"width:600px\">\nYou can see why it had so much staying power in society! I thankfully never developed a habit myself, but in college, I&#8217;d occasionally smoke while out drinking with friends. It was nice to have a little routine that got you outside in the not-so-fresh air away from the hubbub of a party.<\/p>\n<p>I brought this up in my <i><cite class=\"e anime\">Call of the Night<\/cite><\/i> review, but in the right hands, you can&#8217;t deny the cinematic potential of smoking. Visually, it just makes a scene more interesting. The character is doing something with their hands. The wisps of smoke can frame a scene or draw attention to something else. There&#8217;s symbolic potential. The glow of the embers can become a focal point or even a light source. Anko&#8217;s introduction was a great example of all of that.\n<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" alt=\"steve10\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/this-week-in-anime\/224811\/steve10.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><figcaption class=\"credit copyright\">\n<p>\u00a9 2022\u30b3\u30c8\u30e4\u30de\u30fb\u5c0f\u5b66\u9928\uff0f\u300c\u3088\u3075\u304b\u3057\u306e\u3046\u305f\u300d\u88fd\u4f5c\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" alt=\"steve11\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/this-week-in-anime\/224811\/steve11.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><figcaption class=\"credit copyright\">\n<p>\u00a9 2022\u30b3\u30c8\u30e4\u30de\u30fb\u5c0f\u5b66\u9928\uff0f\u300c\u3088\u3075\u304b\u3057\u306e\u3046\u305f\u300d\u88fd\u4f5c\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" alt=\"steve12\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/this-week-in-anime\/224811\/steve12.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><figcaption class=\"credit copyright\">\n<p>\u00a9 2022\u30b3\u30c8\u30e4\u30de\u30fb\u5c0f\u5b66\u9928\uff0f\u300c\u3088\u3075\u304b\u3057\u306e\u3046\u305f\u300d\u88fd\u4f5c\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" alt=\"steve13\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/this-week-in-anime\/224811\/steve13.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><figcaption class=\"credit copyright\">\n<p>\u00a9 2022\u30b3\u30c8\u30e4\u30de\u30fb\u5c0f\u5b66\u9928\uff0f\u300c\u3088\u3075\u304b\u3057\u306e\u3046\u305f\u300d\u88fd\u4f5c\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"left\" style=\"width:400px\">\nI know the bar is low since a good number of anime have an &#8220;always smoking&#8221; archetype of character, but it is a treat to see <i><cite class=\"e anime\">Call of the Night<\/cite><\/i> use the activity to play into the strengths of animation as a medium.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"498\" height=\"278\" alt=\"lucas_05\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/images\/cms\/this-week-in-anime\/224811\/lucas_05.gif\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><figcaption class=\"credit copyright\">\n<p>\u00a9 2010 Katsuhito Ishii, GASTONIA, MADHOUSE\/REDLINE Partners.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>These little flourishes being few and far between makes them even cooler when they show up, like in the above gif from <i><cite class=\"e anime\">Redline<\/cite><\/i>. The light trail from JP flicking his match is sick as hell and emblematic of the many hyper-stylized sequences throughout the film. <\/div>\n<div class=\"right\" style=\"width:400px\">\nEverything in <i><cite class=\"e anime\">Redline<\/cite><\/i> is drawn like it&#8217;s the coolest shit ever put to film\u2014and it is.<\/p>\n<p>We can&#8217;t talk about <cite class=\"e person\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=7344\">Takeshi Koike<\/a><\/cite> and tobacco without bringing up his take on <i><cite class=\"e anime\">Lupin the Third<\/cite><\/i>&#8216;s characters.\n<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" alt=\"steve14\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/this-week-in-anime\/224811\/steve14.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><figcaption class=\"credit copyright\">\n<p>\u00a9 Monkey Punch \u00a9 TMS<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Can you imagine watching <i>The Woman Called Fujiko Mine<\/i> if nobody smoked? It just wouldn&#8217;t feel right. This is the criminal underworld. Bad guys. Good guys. In between guys. Everyone is lighting up.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" alt=\"steve15\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/this-week-in-anime\/224811\/steve15.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><figcaption class=\"credit copyright\">\n<p>\u00a9 Monkey Punch \u00a9 TMS<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"left\" style=\"width:400px\">\nThere is so much good smoking across every entry in the <i><cite class=\"e anime\">Lupin the Third<\/cite><\/i> <cite class=\"e lexicon\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/lexicon.php?id=70\">franchise<\/a><\/cite>! Even Miyazaki&#8217;s more tame and family-friendly take on the <cite class=\"e lexicon\">franchise<\/cite> in <i><cite class=\"e anime\">Castle of Cagliostro<\/cite><\/i> uses Lupin smoking to brilliantly drive home his fun and laid-back character.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"296\" alt=\"lucas_06\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/images\/cms\/this-week-in-anime\/224811\/lucas_06.gif\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><figcaption class=\"credit copyright\">\n<p>\u00a9 Monkey Punch All Rights Reserved \u00a9 TMS All Rights Reserved<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Also, this clip of Fujiko taking a bong rip is maybe the hottest any animated character has ever looked while taking a bong rip! <\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"304\" alt=\"lucas_07\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/images\/cms\/this-week-in-anime\/224811\/lucas_07.gif\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><figcaption class=\"credit copyright\">\n<p>\u00a9 Monkey Punch All Rights Reserved \u00a9 TMS All Rights Reserved<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"right\" style=\"width:600px\">\nSadly, not a whole lot of bong ripping competition in the animesphere, but maybe that&#8217;ll pick up as weed becomes more normalized globally.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d also be remiss not to mention <cite class=\"e person\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=22577\">Sayo Yamamoto<\/a><\/cite>, who has never shied away from depicting adults and their vices. In addition to <i>Fujiko Mine<\/i>, here&#8217;s a scene from <i><cite class=\"e anime\">Michiko &amp; Hatchin<\/cite><\/i> that features someone rolling their cig\u2014another relative rarity in this department.\n<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" alt=\"steve16\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/this-week-in-anime\/224811\/steve16.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><figcaption class=\"credit copyright\">\n<p>\u00a9 2008 manglobe \/ Caliente latino<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" alt=\"steve17\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/this-week-in-anime\/224811\/steve17.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><figcaption class=\"credit copyright\">\n<p>\u00a9 2008 manglobe \/ Caliente latino<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" alt=\"steve18\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/this-week-in-anime\/224811\/steve18.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><figcaption class=\"credit copyright\">\n<p>\u00a9 2008 manglobe \/ Caliente latino<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" alt=\"steve19\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/this-week-in-anime\/224811\/steve19.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><figcaption class=\"credit copyright\">\n<p>\u00a9 2008 manglobe \/ Caliente latino<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>This is also a completely wordless exchange, but just by sharing a smoke, Michiko and this gentleman kick off their relationship in this episode. That&#8217;s efficient, nicotine-enhanced storytelling.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"left\" style=\"width:400px\">\nSimilarly, the original <i><cite class=\"e anime\">FLCL<\/cite><\/i> drives home that Mamimi is not doing well in several overt and subtle ways, but I don&#8217;t think any are quite as affecting when she&#8217;s nearly despondent while smoking. The visuals and atmosphere around the scenes where Mamimi is smoking just get more heart-wrenching every time I return to them! <\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"449\" alt=\"lucas_08\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/this-week-in-anime\/224811\/lucas_08.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><figcaption class=\"credit copyright\">\n<p>\u00a9 1999 GAINAX\/KGI<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"right\" style=\"width:400px\">\nSmoking is a twisted rite of passage into adulthood for many, and <i><cite class=\"e anime\">FLCL<\/cite><\/i> capitalizes on the fundamental irony of a destructive habit being perceived as &#8220;mature.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Along those lines, I like how <i><cite class=\"e anime\">Chainsaw Man<\/cite><\/i> uses Himeno&#8217;s cigarette as a symbol for Aki grieving and taking up her mantle against her wishes, for better or worse.\n<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" alt=\"steve20\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/this-week-in-anime\/224811\/steve20.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><figcaption class=\"credit copyright\">\n<p>\u00a9 \u85e4\u672c\u30bf\u30c4\u30ad\/\u96c6\u82f1\u793e\u30fbMAPPA<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" alt=\"steve21\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/this-week-in-anime\/224811\/steve21.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><figcaption class=\"credit copyright\">\n<p>\u00a9 \u85e4\u672c\u30bf\u30c4\u30ad\/\u96c6\u82f1\u793e\u30fbMAPPA<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"left\" style=\"width:400px\">\nIf I recall correctly, Fujimoto is on the record saying that &#8220;Easy revenge!&#8221; cigarette is a direct homage to the &#8220;Never Knows Best&#8221; cigarette in <i><cite class=\"e anime\">FLCL<\/cite><\/i>! While Aki smoking is always used to establish and further his connection to Himeno, I love the anime original sequence that takes viewers though Aki&#8217;s anal morning routine, with smoking of-course being a part of it. <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"display: block; width: 400px; max-width: 100%\"><br \/>\n            <span style=\"display: block; padding-top: 62.5%; position: relative;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Aki Hayakawa\u2019s Daily Morning Routine - Chainsaw Man - Episode 4\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z54Q6tSJ8rI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This sequence informs the audience about Aki&#8217;s character and, if we can extrapolate the symbolism around his smoking habit, how Himeno is an anchoring presence in his life before her passing. That&#8217;s a good writing in a two-minute-long clip that hardly has any dialogue! <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"right\" style=\"width:600px\">\nWe&#8217;ve proven we can wax poetic for days on the artistic merits of tobacco use in fiction, so I think we&#8217;ve earned the right to run through some characters and situations that appeal to our lizard brain. And personally, when I think of an anime character who smokes, my brain immediately jumps to Revy and <i><cite class=\"e anime\">Black Lagoon<\/cite><\/i>&#8216;s overall impeccable action movie fetishism.<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" alt=\"steve22\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/this-week-in-anime\/224811\/steve22.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><figcaption class=\"credit copyright\">\n<p>\u00a9 Rei Hiroe \/ Shogakukan \u2022 Black Lagoon Production Team<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" alt=\"steve23\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/this-week-in-anime\/224811\/steve23.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><figcaption class=\"credit copyright\">\n<p>\u00a9 Rei Hiroe \/ Shogakukan \u2022 Black Lagoon Production Team<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" alt=\"steve24\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/this-week-in-anime\/224811\/steve24.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><figcaption class=\"credit copyright\">\n<p>\u00a9 Rei Hiroe \/ Shogakukan \u2022 Black Lagoon Production Team<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" alt=\"steve25\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/this-week-in-anime\/224811\/steve25.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><figcaption class=\"credit copyright\">\n<p>\u00a9 Rei Hiroe \/ Shogakukan \u2022 Black Lagoon Production Team<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>This moment in particular is one of the hottest things ever. Arguably more intimate than a kiss. <\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" alt=\"steve26\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/this-week-in-anime\/224811\/steve26.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><figcaption class=\"credit copyright\">\n<p>\u00a9 Rei Hiroe \/ Shogakukan \u2022 Black Lagoon Production Team<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"left\" style=\"width:400px\">\n<i><cite class=\"e anime\">Black Lagoon<\/cite><\/i> is wall to wall &#8220;lizard brain go burrrrr&#8221; moments, and that smoking scene is one of the best of them!<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" alt=\"lucas_09\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/this-week-in-anime\/224811\/lucas_09.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><figcaption class=\"credit copyright\">\n<p>\u00a9 Yazawa Manga Seisakusho \/ Shueisha \u00a9 NTV \/ VAP \/ Shueisha \/ Madhouse<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I&#8217;d also be lying if I said that Nana O smoking in <i>Nana<\/i> didn&#8217;t do something to me deep inside my brain and\/or soul.<\/p>\n<p>While not necessarily titillating, I&#8217;d also like to shout out how the almost hazy visual direction in <i><cite class=\"e anime\">Baccano!<\/cite><\/i> is meant to evoke a smoky barroom or hidden speakeasies. Even if there&#8217;s not a lot of on-screen smoking in that anime that I can recall, that artistic choice is excellent!\n<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" alt=\"lucas_10.png\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/this-week-in-anime\/224811\/lucas_10.png.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><figcaption class=\"credit copyright\">\n<p>\u00a9 Ry\u014dgo Narita \u00a9 Media Works\/Project Baccano!<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"right\" style=\"width:400px\">\nSolid choices! On my end, her being a huge substance-abusing mess is also a big part of why I love Saint-Juste from <i><cite class=\"e anime\">Dear Brother<\/cite><\/i>.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"steve27\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/this-week-in-anime\/224811\/steve27.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><figcaption class=\"credit copyright\">\n<p>\u00a9 NHK \/ NEP \/ Ikeda Riyoko Productions \/ Tezuka Productions<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"steve28\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/this-week-in-anime\/224811\/steve28.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><figcaption class=\"credit copyright\">\n<p>\u00a9 NHK \/ NEP \/ Ikeda Riyoko Productions \/ Tezuka Productions<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Especially when she becomes a bad influence on Nanako, resulting in one of the show&#8217;s most iconic scenes (if you ask me, anyway).<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"steve29\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/this-week-in-anime\/224811\/steve29.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><figcaption class=\"credit copyright\">\n<p>\u00a9 NHK \/ NEP \/ Ikeda Riyoko Productions \/ Tezuka Productions<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Also, on a purely aesthetic level, the sight of a talking revolver with a cigarette dangling out of its metal chompers was a big part of <i><cite class=\"e anime\">No Guns Life<\/cite><\/i>&#8216;s appeal throughout its run. <\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"292\" alt=\"steve30\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/this-week-in-anime\/224811\/steve30.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><figcaption class=\"credit copyright\">\n<p>\u00a9 \u30ab\u30e9\u30b9\u30de\u30bf\u30b9\u30af\/\u96c6\u82f1\u793e\u30fbNGL PROJECT<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"left\" style=\"width:400px\">\nThose are some incredibly powerful screencaps! I should also shout out Shizuo from <i><cite class=\"e anime\">Durarara!!<\/cite> <\/i>! While smoking was a pretty minor detail in his character, this (not really a) bartender had an absolute death grip on a certain subsection of the anime fandom in the early 2010s, and I should probably give the character and series props for that anytime I have an excuse to do so! <\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"572\" height=\"326\" alt=\"lucas_11\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/images\/cms\/this-week-in-anime\/224811\/lucas_11.png\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><figcaption class=\"credit copyright\">\n<p>\u00a9 Ryohgo Narita \/ ASCII MEDIA WORKS \/ Ikebukuro Dollars \/ MBS<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"right\" style=\"width:400px\">\nSince I&#8217;m in the middle of playing it, I want to shout out Beatrice from <i>Umineko<\/i>, too. I love that she has one of those long, old-fashioned pipes, befitting of the Golden Witch.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"375\" alt=\"steve31\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/this-week-in-anime\/224811\/steve31.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><figcaption class=\"credit copyright\">\n<p>\u00a9 07th Expansion \/ MangaGamer<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And I guess we shouldn&#8217;t just limit ourselves to anime, either. One of the more recent manga to catch my eye has been <i><cite class=\"e anime\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/manga.php?id=26722\">Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You<\/a><\/cite><\/i>, a romcom that&#8217;s pretty much exactly what it says on the tin. But it makes the simple premise work surprisingly well.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"421\" height=\"600\" alt=\"steve32\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/this-week-in-anime\/224811\/steve32.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><figcaption class=\"credit copyright\">\n<p>\u00a9 Jinushi\/SQUARE ENIX<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Premise being: imagine a girl in a leather jacket sharing her cigarette with you. And trust me, I am. <\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"498\" alt=\"steve33\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/this-week-in-anime\/224811\/steve33.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><figcaption class=\"credit copyright\">\n<p>\u00a9 Jinushi\/SQUARE ENIX<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nHaha, I remember this title stirred up some discourse in the ANN writers&#8217; discord back when it first released, and it&#8217;s pretty clear to see why! With a title that at first seems pretty superficial and a storyline with more depth than expected, it&#8217;s a pretty good read! <\/p>\n<div class=\"right\" style=\"width:600px\">\nThings are a tad thornier when smoking is central to the premise of a work! I believe there have to be allowances for fiction, but it also can feel dishonest when something focuses solely on the social and aesthetic benefits of smoking without really touching upon the severe health risks.<\/p>\n<p>To that end, it&#8217;s only fair for me to bring up a vehemently anti-smoking example that also happens to be one of my favorite anime episodes of all time. And that&#8217;s the third episode of <i><cite class=\"e anime\">World Conquest Zvezda Plot<\/cite><\/i>.\n<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" alt=\"steve34\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/this-week-in-anime\/224811\/steve34.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><figcaption class=\"credit copyright\">\n<p>\u00a9 hunting cap brothers\/Aniplex,Project ZP<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" alt=\"steve35\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/this-week-in-anime\/224811\/steve35.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><figcaption class=\"credit copyright\">\n<p>\u00a9 hunting cap brothers\/Aniplex,Project ZP<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" alt=\"steve36\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/this-week-in-anime\/224811\/steve36.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><figcaption class=\"credit copyright\">\n<p>\u00a9 hunting cap brothers\/Aniplex,Project ZP<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" alt=\"steve37\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/this-week-in-anime\/224811\/steve37.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><figcaption class=\"credit copyright\">\n<p>\u00a9 hunting cap brothers\/Aniplex,Project ZP<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nI haven&#8217;t heard of <i><cite class=\"e anime\">World Conquest Zvezda Plot<\/cite><\/i> until now, and I want to watch it more than anything!!! While I can&#8217;t speak to the situation personally, it&#8217;s my understanding that smoking is quite a bit more common in Japan than in the US today. Especially with this anime coming out in 2014, I can see an anime slipping in an unrelated anti-smoking PSA to try to further suppress the bad habit! <\/p>\n<div class=\"right\" style=\"width:600px\">\nI think it&#8217;s been getting better there as well. When I visited Japan in 2019, I pretty easily found my way into bars that still allowed smoking indoors. While everything <i><cite class=\"e anime\">Zvezda<\/cite><\/i> does is over-the-top (it is a fun and underrated series), you can tell this is coming from a very real place.<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" alt=\"steve38\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/this-week-in-anime\/224811\/steve38.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><figcaption class=\"credit copyright\">\n<p>\u00a9 hunting cap brothers\/Aniplex,Project ZP<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" alt=\"steve39\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/this-week-in-anime\/224811\/steve39.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><figcaption class=\"credit copyright\">\n<p>\u00a9 hunting cap brothers\/Aniplex,Project ZP<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" alt=\"steve40\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/this-week-in-anime\/224811\/steve40.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><figcaption class=\"credit copyright\">\n<p>\u00a9 hunting cap brothers\/Aniplex,Project ZP<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" alt=\"steve41\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/this-week-in-anime\/224811\/steve41.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><figcaption class=\"credit copyright\">\n<p>\u00a9 hunting cap brothers\/Aniplex,Project ZP<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The episode even ends on a little nod to the classic vehicle for smoking censorship. <\/p>\n<table align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" alt=\"steve42\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/this-week-in-anime\/224811\/steve42.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><figcaption class=\"credit copyright\">\n<p>\u00a9 hunting cap brothers\/Aniplex,Project ZP<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" alt=\"steve43\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/this-week-in-anime\/224811\/steve43.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><figcaption class=\"credit copyright\">\n<p>\u00a9 hunting cap brothers\/Aniplex,Project ZP<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"left\" style=\"\">\nHaha, props to <i><cite class=\"e anime\">Zvezda<\/cite><\/i> for trying to pull an in-universe 4Kids localization! In truth, this particular vice will probably never go away completely, but the direct and second-hand health effects are so well documented at this point that everyone should at least be trying to do what&#8217;s best for themselves and the people around them.<\/p>\n<p>People who do anything less than that are getting, at best, a side eye from me! <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"right\" style=\"width:400px\">\nExactly. I encourage everyone to share their favorite anime tobacco-likers in the comments, and to take care of your lungs in the real world. While I may idolize Anko and her girl Columbo swag, I&#8217;m more than okay swapping out the cigarettes for regular cardio. <\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" alt=\"steve44\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/this-week-in-anime\/224811\/steve44.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><figcaption class=\"credit copyright\">\n<p>\u00a9 2022\u30b3\u30c8\u30e4\u30de\u30fb\u5c0f\u5b66\u9928\uff0f\u300c\u3088\u3075\u304b\u3057\u306e\u3046\u305f\u300d\u88fd\u4f5c\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--INFOLINKS_OFF-->\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, Lucas and Steve take a look at the history of smoking in anime, how it is used as a story telling device, and gush about their favorite anime smokers. 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