Anime Lectio: Migi&Dali

                                                             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. 

Revenge is seen in anime a lot, either as part of the plot in a minor way, part of the plot in an important way, or even what drives the plot itself.  When you do get your revenge, it usually leads to other things happening based on how you get your revenge.  An interesting example of this can be seen in the anime series Migi&Dali.

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 starts with two twin boys attempting to get adopted by an elderly couple that lives in the town where the two twin boys grew up in order to get revenge for the murder of their mother when they were younger and still living there. Despite the fact that this elderly couple are only looking for one child to adopt, the two twins decide to get adopted by them anyway with only one of them acting as their new son while the other manages to sneak around to avoid being seen by them. While working to avoid suspicion of what they are doing to the elderly couple, they figure out that there's a family who still lives in this town that knows about them and what happened with their mother. This involves the son of that family being the brother of these two twins and accidentally killing their mother. With the help of their long lost brother, as well as new friends they make, the twins make a new life for themselves after revealing their secret to the elderly couple who only planned to adopt one of them, but are still accepted for it.

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.

An important aspect of stories that involve revenge, which is a lot of them, is to figure out what to do after getting your revenge. In the process of getting your revenge, what usually doesn't happen is coming up with some sort of plan of what to do after you get your revenge. The process is usually more focused on what you are doing now in order to get to what you want to do. Thinking about what happens after you get your revenge usually happens after you get your revenge since getting it influences what you do next.

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 what to do after we get the revenge we are looking for and/or what to do after getting what we want.