Anime Lectio: A Condition Called Love

                                                            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 falling in love mean?  For most people, this would most likely mean falling in love with another person and having a romantic relationship with them in the sense of dating.  There are some people, like me, who don't do this because they choose not do that, so how does falling in love happen for these people?  Falling in love with others still happens, but in a different way that involves understanding what falling in love with others means without dating them.  Anyway, we all have reasons for falling in love, which an example of is seen in the anime series A Condition Called Love. 

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.

A girl who doesn't understand what love means ends up becoming friends with a guy that seems to know a lot about what love is.  When she asks him if it's possible for her to fall in love, he responds by saying it is because he also tells her that there's no such thing as someone who shouldn't fall in love.  She decides to start dating the guy in order to understand what falling in love with another person is like and what it means, which involves them learning a lot about each other, their friends, and their past lives.  Due to their past lives, the guy and the girl actually met before, but they didn't get as close then and he also didn't help her when she got bullied by one of her other friends.  The guy's past also reveals that he was a different person due to his parents never being around for their work and that he got advice that changed him from a random stranger, which included the words there's no such thing as someone who shouldn't fall in love.  These are words the guy needed to hear then and they are words that the girl needed to hear when they reunited, even though the girl doesn't remember that they met before.

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.

While falling in love with another person and having a romantic relationship with them in the sense of dating them is what this anime series focuses on, it raises an interesting point that is worth thinking about, which is that there's no such thing as someone who shouldn't fall in love.  While falling in love is important, it's also important to understand how it happens, why it happens, and other important details about it.  

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 idea that there's no such thing as someone who shouldn't fall in love.