Anime Lectio: The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague

                                                             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.  

What helps you deal with your problems and learning more about yourself is spending time with other people.  It takes time to learn more about yourself, deal with your problems, and other things, like learning to take over a new responsibility, which is something that I have to do, but other people can help you with these things.  What also helps is seeing examples of this, like in the anime series The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague.

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 Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague starts off with a guy and a girl helping each other out due to their personalities and behaviors. The ice guy is a descendant of a snow woman, so he literally freezes up when he gets nervous. The first time this happens is before he goes to his new job. The girl who helps him also needs help with her personality since her personality makes her seem like she doesn't care, even though she does. The ice guy likes her, which causes her to open up to him more, as well as with the other friends they end up making where they all work together. Over time, the ice guy gets along better with his cool female colleague, controlling his urges represented by creating mini blizzards when he gets excited, and they end up helping each other a lot.

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.

Throughout the anime series The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague, it seems like the ice guy really wants to be more than just friends with his cool female colleague. This seems to be what their friends think too. Helping people doesn't require a romantic relationship. If you like spending time with another person, especially if the two people are a male and a female, then people could think that there's more than just a friendship going on, especially if they want time to just be together with no one else around. This time doesn't have to be romantic, but it can be. Helping people is a good thing to do and it takes time to do that, as well as to do other things, like dealing with your problems and learning new things. This time doesn't have to be romantic unless we want it to be.

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 take the time to help ourselves and others with what we need and/or want to do.