Of all the places I expected to find some interesting thoughts about life and my relationship with God, Stella Women’s Academy, High School Division Class C3, aka: the cute girls playing airsoft anime, was not one of them. But while my eyes are still sparkling too much over Free! and my mind is still trying… Read More Locked and Loaded and Ready to Advance.
Last week, I accidentally posted the bio for Medieval Otaku, a wonderful blogger and friend to our site, in anticipation of his post this week. Rather than an error on my part, please consider it tease for this guest post! 😀 Medieval Otaku is run by a bookworm inflamed with a desire for learning and… Read More How The Swan Princess Demonstrates that Lies are the Foundation of Evil
One early theme in Attack on Titan that has since drifted away as the inhabitants of the land struggle simply for survival is that of big dreams and bold exploration. Near the show’s beginning, we discovered Armin’s passion for moving out beyond the wall, a dream inherited from his parents. Armin and his family may not… Read More Attack on Titan: Between Eden and Gethsemane
stardf29 continues his miniseries on the theme of adoption: Last time, I talked about Bunny Drop and how, as an adoption story, it exemplifies the beauty in how we Christians are adopted by God to be His children, to be heir to His blessings. Another show that displays the beauty of adoption is Listen To Me,… Read More Guest Post – Adopted, Part 2: PapaKiki and an Uncomfortable Adoption
I’m blessed to have Frank, otherwise known as stardf29, write two guest posts for us here on Beneath the Tangles. Frank has been an anime fan for a good while, though has only really been following the deeper world of anime since 2007 and has only very recently entered the anime blogosphere with his blog,… Read More Guest Post – Adopted, Part 1: Bunny Drop and Our Adoption as God’s Children
Japes gets into the nitty gritty of the characters’ personal theologies in Ef – A Tale of Melodies in a thorough and thought-provoking post. [Japesland] Nick Calibey correlates Rakka’s sprouting of wings in the first episode of the series to teachings of the Gnostic movement. [A Rather Silly Blog] Emily compares Homura’s storyline in Puella… Read More Something More: Doubting Homura, Ghostic Haibane, and Ef: A Tale of Theologies
About six years ago, my wife and I left our church, hoping to find a body of believers that were in a similar life stage as us. We visited several churches, apprehensively going through the doors on Sundays and trying them out. It was a strange sensation – and uncomfortable one, as we nitpicked and… Read More Halfway In or All In the Genshiken
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