Anime Lectio: My Tiny Senpai

                                                             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. 

It's easier to be friends with the people you work with, as well as the people you live with if you live with any kind of community, than to not like them at all (or at least be able to live with differences - agree to disagree).  Work is a lot easier and more enjoyable when you work with people you like, in addition to doing work that you like to do.  An interesting example of this can be seen in the anime series My Tiny Senpai.

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 My Tiny Senpai is about the relationship between two coworkers, a newer male employee and the female employee who helps him learn about where they work, what they do, and how they do it. This relationship between the two coworkers is supported by their other coworkers, like their male manager who seems to be interested in them getting together as a couple and a female childhood friend of the newer male employee who gets involved with what the manager tries to do and in the process, the manager becomes interested in what she does too. These relationships also involve experiences at other places for various reasons, as well as other things, like the sister of the newer male employee meeting the female employee who helps him and helping the male manager get them together as a couple. After all of this, the newer male employee and the female employee who helps him decide to be friends and not just coworkers.

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.

The ending of the anime series My Tiny Senpai feels really awkward because of the decision of the newer male employee and the female employee who helps him to be friends and not just coworkers. As I said before, it's easier to be friends with the people you work with, or coworkers, so isn't a friend and coworker the same thing? It just seems like they're complicating their relationship by trying to define what it is instead of just letting it happen. Defining your relationships is important, but it's not the only important thing. Letting the relationships happen is more important. It's also important for this to feel natural. Being obsessed, or more concerned about, defining the actual relationship doesn't feel, or seem as natural, as the relationship itself, even when the relationship takes place where you work since dating your coworkers is usually not a great idea (an example of this is seen in the anime and most likely influences what the main duo does).

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 our relationships, let them happen naturally, and still be able to define them while also letting them happen naturally.