“Old Jiko is super careful with her time. She does everything really, really slowly...she does everything really really slowly in order to spread time out so that she'll have more of it and live longer.”

Jiko’s approach to time reflects the Zen Buddhist belief that all tasks should be done with the utmost care and reflection and that you should take the time to be aware of what you are doing, no matter how simple the activity. This emphasis on mindfulness and the awareness of your surroundings in a certain moment is a key aspect of Zen Buddhism. The way that Jiko is represented almost magically slowing time puts her on almost a superhuman level, an enlightened being.