Anime Lectio: The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses

                                                           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 does it mean to like someone?  It means different things according to who you are asking, who the someone in question is, and what the person you are asking this question thinks it means.  Words are important, but what they mean depends on things like the context of the words, or how and when you hear them.  An interesting example of this can be seen in the anime series The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses.

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 Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses is about a boy who helps out one of his female classmates due to the fact that she forgets her glasses sometimes. Not only does the boy sit next to this girl in class, which makes helping her easier, but the boy likes the girl. Due to a lack of confidence in himself, the boy doesn't tell the girl how he feels about her, but over time, which involves them, as well as their other classmates, helping each other a lot, they realize that they like spending time together. This ends with the boy making a promise with the girl that they will see each other sometime over the summer break.

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.

There's a point in the anime series The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses where the boy who likes the girl asks her if she likes another boy, which she says she does. However, she also says that she actually likes the boy who asks her if she likes another boy. So you can like someone and actually like someone else too? What's the difference? Is actually just another word for really or does it mean you actually like the other person instead of just pretending to? I like to think that actually is another word for really since it's one thing to like someone, but another to really like someone else. Liking people is something that everyone should do with everybody. I guess you can dislike people because of what they do, but you shouldn't dislike the person, or worse hate them. Anyway, liking people is what makes it easier to help them and I guess really liking them would make this even easier.

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 the difference between liking and actually/really liking someone, as well as what that means for us.