Anime Lectio: Girls Band Cry

                                                           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 may be considered wrong to most people isn't always considered wrong for everyone.  It depends on things like what happened, who was involved in what happened, and how it happened (what really happened and what people think happened are important here too).  An example of this can be seen in the series Girls Band Cry.

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 considered a truant for not wanting to go to school, or even liking it, wants to start a new life that involves starting a music career and finding the musician that influenced her to start a new life and music career.  The girl finds this musician, who used to be a member of the girl's favorite band, and with the help of three other girls that they become friends with, start their own band.  The new band faces many problems, mostly due to the girl's stubbornness in wanting to do things in a certain way that comes from why she's considered a truant, but they get through all of these problems together.  

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.

What helps the band face their many problems is by recognizing that each of the members have their own problems. Even if their current problems are mostly created by one of the members due to her problems starting before forming a band, they all help each other since they all have their own problems, which is literally seen in one performance when the band members wear shirts with a word describing their problem (only three members at that point, but still). What also helps is the idea that just because most people think something is right doesn't mean that everyone thinks it's right. People are still individuals, even if they are part of any community that works and/or lives together in any way, and individuals all have their own thoughts about things, like about what's right and wrong.

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 that what's considered right for most people isn't right for everyone and that people are individuals that are part of a community.