Anime Lectio: Sabikui Bisco

                                                             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.

  Things can either be seen as good or bad. This can also be true with the same thing between different people, meaning that while some people think the thing is a good thing, other people will think the thing is a bad thing, like having differing ideas about a certain issue or something that can be helpful.

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.

In the anime series Sabikui Bisco, a young man known as a Mushroom Keeper is a wanted criminal for using mushrooms to spread a virus that causes a rusting disease. Even though there's a kind of mushroom known as the rust eater that can cure the rusting disease, no one but this Mushroom Keeper, as well as others, knows that or even thinks that such a mushroom exists. One of these other Mushroom Keepers is the young man's partner. However, the young man's partner is an old man who has the rusting disease, so the young man looks for a new partner to replace and help him (even though the old man still helps out - he's the young man's mentor). This new partner is a young doctor who likes to help people, including his sister who also has the rusting disease. With his new partner, the young Mushroom Keepers, with help from their friends, fight the government to find the rust eating mushrooms and stop the rusting disease since the government knows about these mushrooms and is purposely trying to control the situation on their own.

7.  Reflect on the anime

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

How something is viewed depends on the person viewing it. For example, not all kinds of mushrooms are bad, but since some are bad, some people think that all kinds are bad. If you know what you are dealing with, then you can figure out which kinds are good and which kinds are bad. However, if you know what you are dealing with, then you can also figure out how to use what you are dealing with to your advantage. How you deal with things depending on what they are also depends on the person who is dealing with these things.

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 how to deal with certain situations that can benefit not only us, but also others.