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My Awkward Senpai Ep. 2: Mountains outta molehills

Kannawa’s still struggling to ask Kamegawa out to lunch. In my head, I would just send my mentee a Slack message along the lines of, “Hey, wanna grab lunch. We can discuss your role, current project, and answer any questions and concerns you might have.” Sure, this doesn’t have the personal touch of a face-to-face request, but uh, why does a work lunch between team members need a personal touch anyway? The only reason why she’s having so much trouble with this is because she’s ironically not being professional about it. If it’s a boy-girl thing, i.e. a date, sure, asking him out is awkward. But between a mentor and a mentee, what’s the problem? If they were both the same gender, would this still be difficult for her?

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My Awkward Senpai Ep. 1: Is awkward the right word to use here?

In fact, is “my” also the right word? What on earth am I even talking about? So let’s start from the beginning. Kannawa is tasked with training up Kamegawa, the new employee. She seems cool and confident on the outside, but in reality, she’s kind of a nervous wreck on the inside. She can also be a bit contradictory at times. A peer suggests that she read a few self-help books on how to be a boss, but she pridefully rejects the idea. We predictably see her later with a bunch of self-help books. She reprimands the newbie for eating cup ramen as it isn’t healthy. She then goes and has them for dinner afterwards. But this is all still pretty normal. Who hasn’t said one thing and done another? We’re only human. Over and over again, as I watch Kannawa in action, I can’t help but ask myself if she’s actually all that awkward. Sorta yes, sorta no.

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