Anime Lectio: Level One Demon Lord and One Room Hero

                                                            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 you do with a group of friends may change over time.  This change could be due to differences in thinking over time, which also influences what these friends want for themselves, for their other friends, both new and old, and for whoever else what they do based on who their thinking influences.  An interesting example of this can be seen in the anime series Level One Demon Lord and One Room Hero.

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.

After defeating the powerful Demon Lord, a group of heroes decides to go their separate ways. While two of these heroes, a powerful male warrior and a female mage, decide to live peacefully, two of the other heroes, another powerful male warrior and a male cleric, end up fighting each other over territory. The Demon Lord that these heroes seemingly defeated comes back in a less powerful and intimidating form and decides to move in with the powerful warrior who wanted to live peacefully without fighting again. However, the new Demon Lord tries to, and eventually does, convince this powerful warrior to do something about his two friends who end up fighting each other over territory. With the new Demon Lord's help, as well as some indirect help from his female mage companion, this powerful warrior manages to beat his two other friends in a fight and settle things between them, as well as the others that they are fighting for, peacefully.

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 change of what you do with a group of friends over time is also influenced by other experiences, both shared experiences and individual experiences.  Differences in thinking over time is mostly an individual experience.  However, this individual experience can become a shared experience when individuals share their experiences with others, which is seen in this anime series when knowing more about why friends are fighting each other now.  Differences in thinking over time happens, even among friends and former enemies of these friends.  What matters is making the individual experiences involved shared experiences.

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 make our individual experiences shared ones with our friends, families, and communities.