Anime Lectio: Lookism

                                                             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 usually judge you based on many things before getting to know you.  An opinion is usually formed when you hear things like where a certain person is from.  Even if they actually aren't like what you hear, what you hear can be what you think unless you meet the person yourself and talk with them.  An example of this can be seen in the anime Lookism.

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 Lookism starts when the main character is mistreated by the peers he goes to school with because he doesn't look as good as most of the other people. When he decides to transfer schools and live on his own without his mother, he ends up with another body that goes to school for him. This other body is somehow a better looking version of the not as good looking main character, who ends up taking a night job since he has to sleep during the day in order for the better looking version of himself to stay awake during the day and vice versa. The better looking version of the main character befriends the kids he goes to school with that are picked on for his looks like he was at his old school, which others around him don't quite understand and even teams up with one to help him with his interest in rapping.

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.

Lookism obviously has something to say and what it's saying is that people are treated based on how they look, even when dealing with the same person despite the fact that this person tries to keep his literal duality a secret. He's not secretive about his figurative duality, meaning caring about others who don't look as good as he does, and this is most likely due to his literal duality of good looking guy by day and not so good looking guy at night. I guess another way of looking at this is that there are people who care more about what you see than what you can't see, even though both are 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 accept people based on what they are actually like and not just things like their looks.