Anime Lectio: Pseudo Harem

                                                           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. 

People tend to act differently depending on things like what they are doing, how they feel about what they are doing, and why they are doing what they are doing.  All of this also depends on the person.  A good example of this is teenagers since they are trying to figure themselves out more than anyone.  You can see a lot of examples of this in anime, like the one I talked about recently, but another example can be seen in the series Pseudo Harem.

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 is interested in the school's drama club, since she's really good at acting, meets a boy who is already involved in this club.  The boy tells her that he's the president of this club, but the girl finds out that he's actually part of the construction crew for the club.  She also finds out from him that he wants a harem and since the girl likes the boy, she also uses her acting ability to have different personalities based on what you would see in a typical harem in order to get closer to him, which she does over time with and without the help of family and friends.  However, she eventually has to get him to accept her for who she is, which she does since they get closer anyway over time.

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.

I already question the use of the word harem in harem anime. The actual definition of it is something like a female locker room, so does it actually refer to the room itself, the fact that the room is for females, or just a group of females in general? Based on what I've seen in the few harem anime I know about, as well as what I know about it in general (mostly this), anime seems to use the group of females in general definition. What makes Pseudo Harem interesting is adding the word pseudo in front of harem and since I already know that pseudo means false, it follows that Pseudo Harem is about a false group of females in general, which is also what makes Pseudo Harem different from other harem anime. The girl can act like other girls all she wants in order to be a harem herself to get closer to the boy she likes who initially wants an actual harem, which is seen in the anime, but what ultimately matters is how she really feels, not how who she acts like feels, as well as changing how the boy thinks and feels (also seen in the anime).

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 how we think and feel when it comes to what we want, how to get what we want, and what this all means.