Anime Lectio: Rock is a Lady's Modesty

                                                           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. 

If you could somehow still do something that you love to do, despite telling yourself you don't need to do it anymore, would you still do it?  If yes, then it would obviously have to be in secret without anyone else, besides people who can keep a secret, knowing about it.  However, this would be more interesting if you eventually/gradually wanted to let more people know what you love to do that you shouldn't do.  All of this can be seen in the series Rock is a Lady's Modesty. 

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.

After starting a new life with a new family as a result of her mother getting remarried, a girl with a passion for playing the electric guitar decides to stop playing in front of her family and friends.  The new family is also wealthy and sophisticated, so in addition to getting a new family, she also goes to a new school that emphasizes proper behavior for girls.  The girl finds out that one of the other girls at this school has a passion for drumming that she practices in secret in an abandoned building on the school's property, so the girl with the passion for playing the electric guitar ends up playing with the girl with the passion for drumming.  Since they still like rock music, they keep practicing it in secret while living their public lives as students who model proper behavior for girls since they are also interested in doing that.  However, they also want to start a rock band and after getting two girls to join them, as well as performing with another band before that to help them out, they play for other people, being interested in playing for more people while also keeping this passion a secret from most people.

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 makes this series interesting is the paradox of not wanting to do something anymore, but also still wanting to do it, which is another way of understanding the answer of yes to the question posed in the initial reflection and seen in the anime.  Doing what you still want to do in private makes sense if you can't, or think you can't, do what you still want to do in public, but it starts making less sense if you gradually do what you still want to do in public.  I guess there are ways to justify this, like not doing it in certain places in public, but if you avoid doing it in certain places in public, then why would doing it at all in public make sense?  Because you want to do 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 continue to do what we like doing, despite thinking we can no longer do it and in certain places, while we do other things that we like, have, and/or want to do.