Anime Lectio: Kaya-chan Isn't Scary

                                                            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. 

What are you afraid of?  There are definitely things to be scared of due to what's going on in the world now, which is important to be aware of in order to think about it and understand why it's scary.  It's also important to understand what you are scared/afraid of, why you are scared/afraid of it, and other things associated with what you are scared/afraid of, or fear.  There are definitely other things people can think about fear based on what other people say about it, but like many things, the best way to understand it is to experience it, like by watching the series Kaya-chan Isn't Scary.

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.

A little girl somehow has the ability to see ghosts and defeat them, which she does with the ghosts that haunt her school, as well as wherever she goes with her classmates, teachers, and/or anyone else.  Since most people can't see the ghosts like she can, she's usually thought of as a troublemaker for what she does in order to get rid of the ghosts.  However, one of her teachers starts to believe her and the two of them get involved in a lot of crazy adventures, which leads to them meeting other people interested in the girl's abilities.  This includes member's of the girls clan, which is where the girl gets her ghost hunting abilities from as a result of everyone in this clan having such abilities to some extent.  Because of this, the girl's mother left the clan when she was in college, which is the reason the girl never knew about this clan before since her mother raised her outside of the clan when she left to start her own family and life away from the clan.  The girl is also afraid of her mother due to the power she tries to give birth to in order to spite her clan, but the girl manages to overcome her fear in order to save her mother from this power.

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.

The crazy adventures that the girl and her one teacher get involved in revolve around the idea of what is actually scary. Seeing things for yourself is important here, as well as other things like who sees them, and what they think based on that, what's really going on, and what it can also mean. There are things that people can say about what is scary or not, what fear is and isn't, and what to think about what you're afraid of, but experiencing it is the best way to understand it since there are many different ways of experiencing it in order to understand it.

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 what we are afraid of, as well as why.