Anime Lectio: The Ossan Newbie Adventurer

                                                         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. 

It's never too late to do something that you want to do.  There are several things that can prevent you from doing what you want to do sooner, like not having the time to do what you want to do right away, not having the resources you need to do what you want to do right away, like other people and/or skills, or any other reason.  Having other people to help you with what you want to do, especially if they want what you want, is helpful and can also help with your skill(s), especially if you don't know a lot about it (or them).  This can be seen in the series The Ossan Newbie Adventurer.

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 guy starts living his life as an adventurer when he's around 30 years old, which isn't something that most other, if any other, people do.  Despite his age, he's powerful enough to defeat most opponents thanks to the other powerful beings who train him.  These powerful beings agree to train him after one of them ends up in a situation where the guy's skill happens to activate at just the right time to save everyone.  The other reason is that these powerful beings have the same goal as the 30ish year old adventurer, which is to defeat a certain opponent.  In order to defeat this certain opponent, the powerful beings, as well as their 30ish year old human adventurer friend, compete in a tournament where the prize is an item that can help them find this certain opponent that they are looking for.  After some fighting, both one sided and intense, as well as making new friends and enemies in the process, they win what they need in order to continue their adventure of finding the certain opponent they want to defeat.

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.

As someone who is in his 30's as of this writing (late 30's at that), I find the series The Ossan Newbie Adventurer to be a source of encouragement, despite the fact that someone in their 30's is considered old. It's also encouraging to have other people help you, whether you need it, and/or want it, or not. Not everyone can help themselves, even if they want to do that. Figuring out how we can do that, or can't do that, is important, as well as understanding that and other things like that it's never too late to do something that we want to do.

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 it's never too late to do something that we want to do and to figure out how we can do that, with and/or without the help of others.