Manga About a Supermarket Manager Losing It at a Part-Timer Sparks ‘The Manager’s Actually Right’ Reactions

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A manga depicting a supermarket manager flying into a rage at a female part-time employee became a hot topic on a 5ch thread. Questions poured in about how realistic the story actually was — from the ¥98 price tag on kyoho grapes (a premium Japanese grape variety) to whether anyone would really show up to buy pears in the middle of a typhoon. Meanwhile, running counter to what the manga apparently intended, plenty of comments ended up defending the manager as being in the right.

1Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 12:31:57.32ID:ID:+f3tcbgl0
s://i.imgur.com/kPJSuS5.jpeg
s://i.imgur.com/l1cmw0D.jpeg
s://i.imgur.com/LCJmwhX.jpeg
3Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 12:33:45.08ID:7fWcRcru0
Wait, this is a guy?
I thought it was some old hag.
5Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 12:34:13.74ID:Sc4RLCg+0
They're drawing the manager like he's the villain, but he's totally in the right.
6Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 12:34:20.57ID:Ag2O+yRn0
98 yen for kyoho grapes? Yeah, of course he'd blow a gasket.
7Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 12:34:56.77ID:SEHtfa/w0123456
"Effort to minimize complaints" (lol)
8Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 12:35:12.93ID:SN4j1w5v0
Why are you telling this like it's some heroic saga?
9Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 12:35:20.98ID:jaCN2HTj0
Does anyone seriously drive out to buy pears in a typhoon?
10Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 12:35:34.51ID:qedIqAD/d
Kyoho grapes run at least 500 yen even at their cheapest.
11Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 12:35:35.99ID:XdVQm2Mn0
No, just call another employee or the head office where you trained and ask for instructions.
16Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 12:37:21.98ID:WWQfe3TQ0
What kind of manga even is this?
21Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 12:38:04.38ID:36Dij2DF0
>>16
It's just a manga fishing for sympathy over "I used my quick thinking and the manager yelled at me anyway! Isn't that messed up!?"
17Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 12:37:35.12ID:Sc4RLCg+0
No way 98-yen kyoho grapes would still be sitting there unsold.
Actually, that itself is kind of suspicious.
18Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 12:37:39.33ID:Iw1Zz9J80
Zero staff on shift in the morning? This supermarket's got real problems.
20Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 12:37:48.02ID:VDdtWU7n0
Why does this keep getting new threads over and over? What about it hit home for OP so much?
22Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 12:38:27.07ID:QGqk8ysF0
Here's the thing —
using bait online that people can argue with and dunk on is the marketing trend these days.
Even talentless manga artists figure they've got a shot with this method, so everyone's piling on.
23Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 12:38:37.86ID:UwbB3WmX0
They probably had pears in the flyer,
98 yen for kyoho grapes is a massive loss,
and there's even a typhoon built in as an excuse…
24Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 12:38:49.97ID:mH4kt1Rp0
Lol, and there's apparently a ton of kyoho grapes still in stock too.
25Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 12:39:03.13ID:/1/mmT6q0
A supermarket clerk pulling the "I have more life experience" card is hilarious.
42Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 12:45:43.57ID:agUr4UPm0
What happens to that huge shipment of pears that arrives after all this, I wonder?
46Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 12:46:34.04ID:lIaKWT6V0
>>42
That's exactly why it's 98 yen.
45Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 12:46:25.39ID:A/ylvg2S0
Enough with the stealth marketing for this manga already.
How much is OP getting paid?
49Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 12:47:27.05ID:xtkpfJmW0
>>45
Even if this is stealth marketing, nobody's buying anything because of it, so who cares.
47Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 12:46:51.35ID:lA5RgONm0
What's the manga called?
63Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 12:51:23.63ID:Iw1Zz9J80
>>47
"Fired for a Mere Part-Timer Overstepping Her Bounds — Hope This Supermarket's Fine Without Us Running the Place"
62Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 12:51:22.36ID:y7pjXmLM0
Kyoho grapes cost more than pears anyway.
Could've at least gone with apples.
68Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 12:52:10.25ID:cLsiuW/N0
Fired just for showing up to work in cosplay
https://funakamome.com/i/w50BRN1.jpg
80Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 12:56:51.24ID:36Dij2DF0
>>68
This is a really well-made manga — it pulls off self-introduction and scene-setting in a single panel.
101Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 13:05:54.07ID:uegROPeMa
Couldn't they have priced it closer to market rate?
Even as a sale price, 98 yen for kyoho grapes is a massive loss.
110Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 13:09:20.50ID:l9saN9pZ0
>>101
Can't help it, it's drawn straight from fantasy.
103Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 13:06:50.27ID:eCyOEIDw0
The manager's probably about to get chewed out hard by his higher-ups.
109Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 13:09:08.33ID:uQtwDInG0
>>103
From the manager's perspective, a part-timer under his direct supervision is harder to explain away than an uncontrollable "baito tero" incident (viral misbehavior stunts pulled by part-timers).
108Anonymous2026/08/26(水) 13:08:59.78ID:FPHO1xsf0
Huh…

※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyo G) thread “[Image] Supermarket Manager Totally Loses It at Female Part-Timer wwwwwww.”

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