Anime Lectio: Solo Leveling Season One

                                                             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 take to be the best version of yourself?  In addition to fighting for this everyday, either literally and/or figuratively in order to get stronger physically, mentally, and/or spiritually, it also requires needing to know what else to do for yourself, as well as others.  Caring about others is important as it helps you care about yourself and realize what you are fighting for.  An interesting example of this can be seen in the first season of the anime Solo Leveling. 

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.

When the weakest hunter, or fighter, ends up in a dangerous situation with other hunters, who aren't strong enough to fight their way out of the situation either, the weakest hunter ends up figuring out how to save the other hunters who are still alive. This ultimately leads to the weakest hunter to seemingly sacrifice himself. However, not only is his life spared and restored, but he's also able to level up by completing certain daily tasks as if he were in a video game. While other hunters who knew him as the weakest hunter don't understand how he is so strong now with a low rank, which also includes other hunters that this so called weakest hunter meets, the so called weakest hunter continues his daily fighting journey in order to gain strength for not only himself, but for the people he cares about.

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.

Being the best version of yourself isn't just about fighting. Knowing why you are fighting, or why the person you are watching fight is fighting, is also important. While the first season of the Solo Leveling anime doesn't always contain fighting, which I'm guessing will be true of the second season (and most likely seasons after that), it doesn't make the anime less interesting. If anything, I think that makes this more interesting as it's easier to see how the weakest hunter becomes stronger (and most likely the strongest by whenever the anime ends). What also helps make this more interesting is that this progression from weakest to stronger is taken one day at a time, which is how this progression should work since real changes takes time and isn't what I expected to see in this anime based on the hype for it before it started.

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 all be the best versions of ourselves by understanding why we are fighting, who we are fighting for, and doing all of this everyday.