Anime Lectio: The Dungeon of Black Company

                                                             1. Why do Anime Lectio? 

Anime Lectio is a time for us to stop and take a breath. Between work, activities, family life, and social media, our minds are always moving. We rarely take time to contemplate and ask, why am I watching this anime? What’s the point of all this? And, how is this making me feel? 

2. Put away all distractions 

(phones, work, etc.)

We are so enslaved to things that stimulate our minds. Let this be a moment for us to free our minds, look inside of ourselves, and be at peace.

3. Deep Breathing

Take several deep breaths. Let your mind relax. If you’ve had any questions, desires, or struggles that you’ve been hiding or stuffing away, let them rise up to the surface. 

4. Open yourself to God’s Presence

Remember God places all our thoughts and desires inside of us, and He uses them to draw us closer to Himself. God gives us a community to help us understand who we are and what He is calling us to do. The faces of other people you know and don't know are like signs of God’s presence.  

5. Think About What’s on Your Mind in Relation to the Anime

Think about what’s been on your mind in relation to the anime.  The following is an example of such thoughts written by me.

Doing what you want to do takes time. You may start off doing what you think you want to do, but eventually realize, due to experiences you didn't expect and plan for, that you actually wanted to do something else.

6. Brief and written explanation of the anime

Pay attention to how the brief and written explanation of the anime seen on this blog, or seeing the anime for yourself since that's better than any explanation, might “speak” to you or shed light on the things that have been on your minds.

The anime starts with the main character living his life in his world (most likely Earth or something like it) as a NEET (not employed, in education, or training), so he doesn't have to work for a living and gets by with his thinking. For some reason, he's transported to another world where he has to work in order to make a living, but does it in a way that utilizes his strength of thinking in order not to work himself, but still get things done. After doing all of this in one place with the help of new friends/allies, he decides he wants to continue doing this in other places in this new world.

7. Reflect on the anime

Has this brief and written explanation of the anime, or seeing the anime, shed any light on what's been on your mind? The following is an example of a reflection on the anime from me.

Not everyone wants to, or really should, do the same thing, but everyone has to do something, even if you aren't sure what that is. This is also true even if you do think you know. What you may start out doing may not be what you continue doing. Being transported to another world doesn't happen in real life, but there are other ways in which doing something else may happen in real life. For example, your life could change due to circumstances with your job, family, friends, or with some other experience, like moving to a new place, which may seem like being transported to another world. However it happens, if it does happen, adapting to whatever happens is important.

8. Final Prayer

Please voice any prayer intentions for friends, family, or people around the world that relate to this anime. The following is an example written by me.

Let us pray that we can figure out want we want to do, whether it be continuing what we are doing now or changing it based on what's happening around us, and to be able to adapt to the changes that happen in our lives, whether we want them to happen or not.