the main focus of the story is asano, an employee who just can’t quit smoking, and tabako-chan, who is the anthropomorphized smoke of a cigarette and whose clothes start to dissolve the closer you get to finishing your cigarette. she clings to your clothes like the smell of cold smoke. aside from tabako-chan, there is also the menthol cigarette character menko-chan, and the golden bat, born in 1906, who are all anthropomorphized cigarettes that have turned into beautiful girls.