This week was full of great articles about spirituality – many, as usual, about Christianity, but note the first link below, from academic and frequent convention panelist, Charles Dunbar, which focuses on Shinto and Buddhist traditions.
Charles Dunbar investigates A Letter to Momo and discusses the spiritual idea of our loved ones watching over us after death. [Study of Anime]
Frank sees Seishuu’s actions and thoughts as an example of pride, humility, and fear in episodes three and four of Barakamon. [A Series of Miracles]
Michael looks at No Game, No Life and takes a Christian perspective with gaming addiction. [Gaming and God]
He also examines the idea of doing ministry at conventions. [2]
Annalyn digs into Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet and the reason why human life is valuable. [Annalyn’s Thoughts]
She also looks specifically at the beauty of women in her essay on Akane from Ranma 1/2. [2]
Rob continues is Christian-centered anime reviews, looking at the idea of forgiveness in Sword Art Online II, episode four. [Christian Anime Review]
He also draws a really neat parallel to the Christian idea of helping others in episode four of SAO II. [2]
Medieval Otaku digs into the complex question of the morality of Kisara’s vengeance in Black Bullet. [Medieval Otaku]
And finally, Josh presents a little baptismal humor involving Sailor Moon. [Res Studiorum et Ludorum]
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As part of the Something More series of posts, each week Beneath the Tangles links to writings about anime and manga that involve religion and spirituality. If you’ve written such a piece or know of one, please email TWWK if you’d like it included. Thanks this week to Don for pointing me toward Josh’s post!
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