Anime Lectio: Kowloon Generic Romance

                                                           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. 

Accepting things is difficult.  It requires moving on from what you wanted and liked, which no one wants to do, especially if it involves others in some way.  If it does involve others in some way, then accepting things isn't just difficult, but also complicated.  An interesting example of this can be seen in the series Kowloon Generic Romance. 

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.

Unable to move on from the death of his fiancée, both literally and figuratively, the guy who was going to marry her ends up creating his own version of Kowloon where it's always the summer when his fiancée was still alive and the one where he proposed to her.  Even when Kowloon is destroyed, the city still exists, but only for these two, even though she's not the same person he remembered (which is what makes her generic), as well as who else was in the city at the time when he created his own version of Kowloon.  There are other characters in this series, but what ultimately matters is that the guy can both literally and figuratively move on in the end, which lets his fiancée be able to do that as well so they can take time to get to know each other better.   

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.

There was a lot going on with the series Kowloon Generic Romance. The description I provide of it here only mentions that there are other characters in the series, but a lot could be said about the other characters, especially while the series was ongoing (the manga and live action are both different/going to be different from the anime too from what I've heard). However, I also say that what ultimately matters is that the guy who created his own version of Kowloon is able to move on both literally and figuratively. This also enables his fiancée to do that too so they can take the time to get to know each other better since they didn't really know each other that well before, which is what created the problems between them during the series. Accepting things is difficult, but it's also necessary in order to both literally and figuratively move on with your life and continue it, not keep it the same, which doesn't help because only continuing it can make it better (continuing it is also necessary).

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 accept difficult things, realizing that by accepting these things, we can really move on.