Anime Lectio: Mayonaka Punch

                                                             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. 


There can be challenges in life that prevent you from doing what you like to do.  For example, yesterday, I decided, along with the student leader of our school's anime club, to discontinue the club since no other students besides the student leader were showing up to the meetings.  Another example of this can be seen in the series Mayonaka Punch. 


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 a youtuber hits one of her youtuber friends that she has a channel with during one of their videos, she decides to start a new channel with new friends she makes, who happen to be vampires.  However, due to the negative comments in reaction to what the youtuber did on the channel she used to be a part of, she decides to be the producer for the new channel she wants to start in order to still be involved without showing her face on the new channel.  After creating several videos with her new friends, which involve crazy adventures/experiences with other youtubers, friends, and enemies, the youtuber who wants to stay hidden on her new channel ends up in a situation where she has to show her face on camera in order to save her new channel.  This situation was actually created by her new friends in order to get this youtuber to get back into doing what she likes to do.


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.


Doing what you like to do can, and should, involve other people for the sake of interacting with others and not keeping things to yourself. This is challenging because this involves finding the right people, whether that be people who agree with you and you can get along with (even if it's agree to disagree) or people that also like what you like, but actually have time to meet about it. Other people are also important for this because they can help you with problems that you may have that prevent you from doing what you like to do more fully. Whether that be just producing videos for a youtube channel for the sake of not being seen on camera or sharing your interests with others and not just on your own, you can't always solve your problems on your own, which is something that we all need to figure out with other people.


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 figure out how to solve our problems with other people, being mindful of the fact that they can help us and not just us helping them.

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