Anime Lectio: Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

                                                           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.  

In my recent Gray Bee Anime and Manga Club, one of the things we are talking about is what anime to watch. The way we are going to decide this is to make a poll with several anime as choices of ones to watch. One of these choices, and I think the only one at the moment due to being focused on doing something else now, is Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, so I figured I would watch it beforehand to see if we should watch it (or consider watching it).

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 Cyberpunk: Edgerunners starts off with a single mother doing what she can to send her son to a good school, even though the son doesn't like the school. After the death of his mom due to a car accident, the son doesn't know what he can do in order to survive on his own until he ends up becoming a cyberpunk, or edgerunner, after helping other cyberpunks complete one of their missions to help someone else. After a while, the son gets used to being a cyberpunk and after some missions that get some of his cyberpunk crew killed for various reasons, he ends up as the new leader of the crew. As the new leader of the crew, he runs the same risk that the former leader faced of cyberpsychosis, or going crazy from too much cyber enhancement in order to get more power for your missions. The new leader thinks he can handle all of his cyber enhancements, but in the end, it proves too much for him and most of his remaining crew with only one survivor to live her dream of getting to the moon.

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.

Technology can be a good thing if you know how to use it. This involves knowing how much to use, or how much you need to use, and why you are using it, as well as how much you can use before creating problems for yourself and/or others. What you want to do can get in the way of this. Focusing on what you need to do is how you can focus on what you are doing and what you really need in order to do it.

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 focus on what we need to use when it comes to technology, as well as other resources, instead of just what we want to use.