Uchi no Kaisha no Chiisai Senpai no Hanashi - Episode 4 - Chinatsu Stunned

The last person Chinatsu wanted to see while cosplaying a sexy boat was her boss.

My Tiny Senpai is back after a week, thanks to the British Open preempting its scheduled time. Azur Lane cosplay festival! Mikasa, Javelin, and Belfast walk by. Who is Chinatsu playing? Oh no. Mr. Manager ran into her as a sexy Kaga! Is being a 22-year-old otaku still such a stigma? Chinatsu is a terrible liar. How would a stranger call a strange man on the street “Mr. Manager?” Oh, come on. Chinatsu thinks Mr. Manager is a “normie,” but she already knows he has a “weird hobby.” Normies don’t pull strings to arrange dates and then stalk the pair. He’s an office romance otaku, okay? See? He called her “cool.” The side character romance progresses nicely. Oh, stop. Mr. Manager claims he has no hobbies. Yes. Chinatsu’s Kaga cosplay looks more “cute” than “cool.” Ooh. They share a secret now!

Wow. Chinatsu is a full-blown otaku. Cosplay and drawing doujinshi for Comiket. But she can’t concentrate because she worries about Mr. Manager blabbing about her secret otaku hobby. Chinatsu is a mess at work too. Shiori advises her to get plenty of sleep by counting kittens. Wouldn’t that keep the tiny senpai awake? Aw. Chinatsu is super jumpy around Mr. Manager. Whoa. Mr. Manager straight out asked her to dinner! I’m sure it’s related to business mentoring. But! This is a comedy, so let’s drag out all the suspicions! Prince Charming still comes to Chinatsu’s rescue. Odd. How often does Mr. Manager glue women’s heels back on their shoes? Shouldn’t he remember Chinatsu from touching her feet and interviewing her later? Chinatsu needs more self-esteem. So. Dinner was just work-mentor stuff. I’m waiting for the punchline, though. Here it comes! Mr. Manager wants to go to Chinatsu’s next cosplay event!

Ah. There is Mr. Manager’s stalking nature. He doesn’t want to cosplay but wants to take pictures instead! Adults with money are scary! In the last episode, Shinozaki made the same declaration about Shiori for her 300-dollar crane game budget. I hope the Crunchyroll translator finds more phrases for “purchasing power” because that will get old fast. Oho. Cosplay date for next month! But in exchange, Mr. Manager has to look up the anime and manga characters she’ll be cosplaying. This is how otakus procreate — evangelism. She’s so cute! It’s not fair how easily he can say those things!

Shiori is a mischievous tiny senpai! She tries to start jealousy rumors for Mr. Manager because Chinatsu and Shinozaki are childhood friends. Mr. Manager can’t decide between the reunited childhood friends’ office romance route and the age-gap senpai-kouhai love story. That’s right! Shiori tells Mr. Manager he missed the third office romance story — the manager and new hire power harassment affair! But Mr. Manager sees more angles. What about the yuri age-gap junior-corrupting-a-senior-colleague love story? Mr. Manager loves teasing his coworkers.

Ah. Chinatsu needed to unload her frustrations on Shinozaki about how Mr. Manager discovered her otaku hobbies. Aha! Even her childhood friend doesn’t know about her cosplay side. Chinatsu is a pro digital designer, so it makes sense that Shinozaki knew about her manga drawing. Of course, she draws BL doujinshi. Filthy fujoshi! I kid. But now Mr. Manager knows about that too! He’s so nosy. Aw. Chinatsu got a cat in her lap! I love these callback jokes.

The eye-catchers predict Mr. Manager and Chinatsu at the Big Sight. Will Shiori join them cosplaying as a cat-eared maid?

Hey, My Tiny Senpai says, Happy Halloween! Trick or treat! You have to say the magic words, Shinozaki, or you don’t get candy. Everybody gets cat ears. Uh oh. I see fancy chocolate. Someone will get drunk off liqueur-infused bonbons. The smallest one is usually the biggest lightweight. Have fun taking care of tipsy Shiori, Shinozaki! Har! Handfeeding chocolate denial! Shiori brought her smog (smol + smug) face in this episode.

Eep. There goes a lovey-dovey drunk. Oh, man. So much giggling. The liquor lifted her inhibitions, so Shiori’s feelings for her colleagues were fully exposed. Smooches for Chinatsu, dogeza (土下座, どげざ — kneeling down on the ground) gratitude for Mr. Manager, and tears of joy for Shinozaki! Oho. There’s the episode title. Shiori isn’t sure how she feels about Shinozaki as a person yet. But does that blush only come from the liquor?