Anime Lectio: The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated!

                                                            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.

Whether they are intentional or not, the experiences we have can change us.  What we thought, and/or how we acted, before a certain experience can change based on an experience, or experiences, we have after our certain experience before these others.  A different setting may be important in order for this change to occur, but that doesn't always need to be the case.  Change and growth are important for all of us no matter how it happens.

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 series The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated! starts off with the main character ending up in a new life on Earth after her former life in the Dark Realm ends when the Dark Realm is destroyed by a magical girl. Before meeting this magical girl again on Earth (usually referred to as something else like the human world), the main character has to adjust to living a different life in a different place. She also tries to restore the Dark Realm, and her powers, at the same time by gathering mana crystals with the help of friends and frenemies (either unintentional friends or the friendship is one-sided) that she has made on Earth or the Dark Realm. This results in several crazy and comedic adventures, new and different perspectives on and of life for the main character, and possibly a new life itself for the main character in the human 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.

The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated! is an anime series where a different setting, specifically a change in setting, is a necessary experience in order for the main character to experience change, as well as growth.  Certain things may influence this change and growth, like acting in a certain way towards certain people and differently towards others based on how they know you, but the change and growth happens because it has to.  It happens in a certain way due to circumstances.  For example, the anime series The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated! is a comedy, so the change and growth in the main character, and other characters, would usually happen in comedic ways.

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 accept the change and growth in ourselves that we experience based on our experiences, both good and bad.