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“Smoker Asano's cigarettes manifest as sexy smoke girls, exploring addiction through anthropomorphic relationships.”
Tobacco-chan
たば子ちゃん
6.43
18,753 rank · 1,361 readers · 4 favorites
Seinen
Comedy
Ecchi
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Synopsis
Smoker Asano's cigarettes manifest as sexy smoke girls, exploring addiction through anthropomorphic relationships.
Asano is a hardworking employee, but has a deep-seated smoking habit. Whether it is under the pretext of being busy with work, or just having some time to spare, he can be found with a cigarette in hand. Materializing to accompany him each time he smokes is Tabako-chan, the anthropomorphized smoke from his cigarette. Asano's penchant for smoking as well as his dynamic relationship with Tabako-chan leads the two into various encounters and experiences with other smokers, each with their own personified cigarettes. Through their personified relationships with sexy smoke girls, Tabako-chan explores the unique and vexing struggles of smoking addicts.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 2 sampled reviews
5.5
/10
What 2 readers settled on.
Score distribution
median 5.5
mode 5
σ 0.50
Agreement
Strong agreement
σ 0.50 · scores cluster tight
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
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Running avg · Jun 2020 → Jan 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 6 “This is a well-thought-out, worthwhile short manga that effectively explores themes of willpower and abstinence without ever glorifying the vice of smoking. While the tonal shift from ecchi to yuri...”
- 5 “The art is the clear highlight of this manga, specifically the well-executed and cute character designs for the cigarettes. Unfortunately, the experience is marred by a boring, aimless story, flat...”
Verbosity
Short · 50%
Medium · 50%
Long · 0%
Read Order & Related
A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — Tobacco-chan begins and ends here.
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A Manga Publication
- Format 28 × 2 ch × vol
- Total read 3h 44m approx
- Published Oct 2016 – Sep 2018
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M50165 catalog