English Dub Review: My Tiny Senpai “I Can’t Resist My Instincts!”

Overview:

The co-workers get together for New Year’s.

Our Take:

It’s the end of one year and the start of another. However, everyone is still acting the same. Shinozaki and Katase have some weird dreams about each other. That’s actually new, but the awkward interactions between them are still the same. In fact, there are even awkward interactions between them in these dreams.

Katase, Shinozaki, Akina, and Hayakawa all go to the shrine together on New Year’s. Takuma’s sister, Yukata, joins them as well. She wants to meet her brother’s senpai and she immediately falls in love with Katase. It turns out she’s obsessed with small and cute things.

This is a chaotic episode, but it’s still a lot of fun. I’m really liking Yukata so far. She seems very deadpan and stern at first, but that all changes when she meets Katase. She also has good chemistry with Akina since they’re both pushing for Shiori and Takuma to become official.

There’s also a scene between Akina and Hayakawa, which I always appreciate. It’s enjoyable and we get to meet one of Hayakawa’s friends as well. These two have a nice scene at the shrine too. It’s short, but it’s still kind of sweet.

The only thing I don’t really like about the episode is one of the dreams that both Shinozaki and Katase have. It involves Katase being a cat, sort of, and Shinozaki finding her abandoned. It seems sweet at first, but it gets very strange in an instant. Akina’s instincts about his employees having strange dreams is also weird, but at least that’s comical.