Anime Lectio: I'm Getting Married to a Girl I Hate in My Class

                                                           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. 

How is it possible to like and hate/dislike (prefer to say it this way) someone at the same time?  This is usually seen by liking, or hating/disliking, someone when you are around them or when someone else is talking about them.  It depends on how you actually feel about the other person, or people, and how you want to show that based on what has happened before, what's happening now, and what will happen.  An example of this can be seen in the series I'm Getting Married to a Girl I Hate in My Class. 

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 boy and a girl who are in the same class and consider each other archenemies end up living together as a married couple when their grandparents, who happen to be business partners or something, decide to put the two in an arranged marriage for the sake of strengthening their business relationship.  At first, the boy and girl still hate/dislike each other in front of others, but over time, as well as because of situations involving other people they know, like a female mutual friend who likes the boy and wants to date him, which happens, but also doesn't, they start to like each other.

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.

Liking and hating/disliking someone at the same time is usually seen in anime a lot in various ways based on the general reflection given before the brief and written explanation of the anime. The series I'm Getting Married to a Girl I Hate in My Class is a more specific example of this. Things tend to happen when you live with other people and what happens depends on whether you like them or hate them. Other factors can influence this too, like people you know that you don't live with, but still interact with, like family and friends you don't live with. Besides the friend example I use in the description of the anime, which is an interesting example of courtly love (dating someone who's married already), there are also family members who feel a certain way about what's happening. What's important is to understand how you feel about others (usually like and/or hate/dislike) and why you feel that way.

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 whether we like and/or hate/dislike others, as well as why.