Anime Lectio: The Invisible Man and his Soon-To-Be-Wife

                                                            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. 

Love can be many things.  Two of these things that love can be is invisible and blind, meaning it can't be seen (at least not in the usual way).  However, this is usually meant in a figurative sense, meaning in terms of it being invisible, you can't see the love between two people in terms of it being a distinct object since the objects are the people in love and in terms of being blind, it usually refers to people in the relationship being clueless as to what's happening.  But what if love were literally invisible and blind?  This can be seen in the series The Invisible Man and his Soon-To-Be-Wife.

5. Brief and written explanation of the anime

Pay attention to how the brief and written explanation of the anime seen on this blog, as well as seeing the anime for yourself since I think that's better than any explanation, might “speak” to you or shed light on the things that have been on your minds.

In a world where creatures like invisible people can coexist with humans, as well as other creatures, one such invisible man works at a detective agency with the help of humans (and one beast person).  One of these humans is a blind woman that the invisible man starts dating.  As they continue their work of helping other people with the mysteries in their lives, they also work on the mystery of the love that they have for each other, which is something that they take their time doing as they help other people, whether that be their clients, friends, and family.  

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.

While blind people do exist in our world, invisible people don't. I guess invisible people could be our equivalent to blind people, so if a relationship like the one in this anime existed in our world, it would be like two blind people dating each other, which would be interesting. I think I saw something like this happening in college once, even though I'm not sure about it meaning I don't know what happened with it, but it is an interesting thing to think about, as well as pray about.

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 it really means for love to be invisible and blind.