Anime Lectio: A Ninja and an Assassin Under One Roof

                                                            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. 

Sometimes, we need help with what we do in order for what we do to be better than usual.  Whether that's help with all of it or help with some of it, depending on what's being done, it's important for all of us to get the help that we need no matter how it happens.  An example of this can be seen in the series A Ninja and an Assassin Under One Roof.

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 a ninja escapes from her village with other ninjas, she's found by an assassin.  Even though this assassin is highly skilled at killing her targets, she's not good at getting rid of the dead bodies.  The ninja this assassin happens to find also happens to have an ability to turn things into leaves, which she can also do with the dead bodies left behind by this assassin.  The two start working together, which involves a lot of crazy adventures with other friends and "enemies" who target them and don't live very long, and over time, get closer.

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.

While this isn't exactly a great example of getting help when we need it with what we do, it shows that you can get something out of anything, like a series like this, which is true of other ones like it that I've talked about here before and will talk about in the future. Anyway, as for the series I focus on in this post, getting the help that we need when we need it isn't always easy, even though it happens to be the case in this series. Keeping this help isn't always easy either since it involves knowing more about the person helping you, not just knowing how they can help you, as well as other other things, like how the person helping you feels about you.

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 get the help that we need when we need it, as well as keep it (and to get something out of any series, mainly the ones I talk about here).