Anime Lectio: Welcome to the Outcast's Restaurant!

                                                            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. The only device you need for this is the one you use for this blog.

3. Deep Breathing - Open yourself to God’s Presence

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. 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 people you

know and don't know are like signs of God’s presence. 

4. 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. 

Everyone has a place they like to go to when they're dealing with difficulties.  This can also depend on a person who wants to do something different with their life when they also have to deal with a difficult situation.  When this one person deals with a difficult situation by creating a new one, this new situation can also benefit others, but not everyone.  An example of this can be seen in the series Welcome to the Outcast's Restaurant!

5. 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 strong fighter who is also a really good chef is kicked out of his adventurer party, he decides to start a new life in a new town and open a restaurant there.  He ends up making new friends who help him with the restaurant and he also ends up helping them when they need it.  Unfortunately, he also messes with the wrong people when he helps his friends, including the leader of the adventurer party he used to be part of, which results in his restaurant being burned down.  However, with the support of the friends he made as a result of what he, as well as this restaurant, did for them, he gains the power he needs to defeat these wrong people and continue his new life with his new friends.

6.  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.

Not everyone is going to support what you want to do instead of what you used to do, even the people who helped you with what you used to do. What one person wants to do isn't going to be supported by everyone, but finding people to support you is possible. What helps with this is helping people when they need it so they can help you when you need it. Everyone faces difficulties in life, even if these difficulties are different, and dealing with them, either on your own and with others (doing both is the best option) is important depending on what they are, as well as praying about that.

7. 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 figure out how to deal with the difficulties in life on your own and with others, no matter what they are and depending on what they are.