Anime Lectio: Panji Tengkorak

                                                            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 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. 


Do you ever see a bad thing, or things, that happens to you as a good thing, or things?  It takes time in order to see the bad thing, or things, as a good thing, or things.  This time also should, or most likely do, involve experiences with others that can influence the decisions that you ultimately make.  An example of this can be seen in the anime movie Panji Tengkorak.


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 man's wife is killed due to people who invade his island looking for his master, he ends up learning how to become immortal in order to avenge his wife.  The way he learned how to become immortal, however, involves a great power that other people are looking for in order to use the power for themselves or to stop it.  The immortal man ends up traveling with people who are interested in stopping others from using the power for themselves since this immortal man is also looking for this power in order to remove his curse of immortality.  However, after traveling with these other people for a while and helping them with the power of his immortality, he realizes he can use this power to help others, which is what he ends up doing after helping them stop others to use this power for themselves.


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.


Immortality can usually be seen as a curse, or a bad thing, which is usually the case when you see it in various media, like in this anime movie. However, it can also be seen as a good thing if you focus on what this supposed bad thing can do for others, which is what various media usually doesn't do since it tends to focus on the living forever part and not being able to always be with the ones you love now. The anime movie Panji Tengkorak doesn't have this usual portrayal of immortality. I think what helps with this is that the immortal man decided to become immortal in the first place in order to avenge his dead wife, so he did it because of love, and this use of his immortality also involves helping people because of it, which he learns to do more of over time. Bad things like immortality only continue to be bad things depending on your thinking, which can change over time based on experiences you have.


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 understand that bad things can be good things.

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