Anime Lectio: BOCCHI THE ROCK!

                                                           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.  

People have different ways of expressing themselves.  These different ways of expressing themselves are based on things like who they are, what they like to do in order to express themselves, and how they like to express themselves.  This can be seen in many ways and one example of this is seen in the anime series BOCCHI THE ROCK!

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 BOCCHI THE ROCK! starts off with a young girl with severe social anxiety who thinks that starting up a band will help her with her social anxiety. She practices the guitar by herself so much, even starting her own channel on social media where people can see her playing guitar without them seeing her, that she goes through all of middle school without making friends and forming a band with them. Despite her social anxiety, which most likely was another factor in what happened with middle school, she manages to make friends in high school and form a band with them through where she ends up working. It's easier for the girl with social anxiety to express herself through her guitar, which is actually one she got from her dad until she has to get a new one by the time the anime ends.

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.

As I said before, people have different ways of expressing themselves depending on things like who they are, what they like to do, and how they like to do it. It doesn't matter who these people are. All people, or everyone, do this, whether they be people with social anxiety, like the main character of the anime series BOCCHI THE ROCK!, or people with various interests, like me in writing these posts. It doesn't matter if you don't express yourself well in how you like to express yourself. What matters is that you 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 understand how we like to express ourselves based on what we like to do and who we are.