Anime Lectio: Dungeon People

                                                           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. 

When looking for a certain thing, do you end up finding something else?  People tend to find something else when they are looking for a certain thing due to what the journey of what the certain thing they are looking for involves and usually find the certain thing they are looking for eventually.  But what if the certain thing is never found and something else is found instead?  The answer to this question can be seen in the series Dungeon People.

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 likes exploring dungeons on her own decides to explore a certain dungeon where her father, who was/is a thief and raised her daughter to be one too, went missing.  When going through the dungeon and fighting one of the monsters in it, she discovers another girl who's in charge of maintaining the dungeon.  The girl raised to be a thief ends up working for the girl who's in charge of maintaining the dungeon and not only learns how to do that, but also learns more about herself and her new friend in the process, finding these things instead of her father.

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.

We can be so focused on finding a certain thing, or what we want, that we miss other things we may also want, as well as need. For example, the journey to find the certain thing we want is itself something we should want since it enables us to find the certain thing that we want. If we want this journey, then we should also want what happens on the journey, like making new friends, learning new things, either about yourself or others, and having new experiences. Even if we can't, or don't, find what we are looking for, we can always find something else if we allow ourselves to be open to that.

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 be open to new experiences, even when we are looking for others.