Last week, R86 kicked off the “Fruits of the Spirit” series here by talking about the first fruit, love, and how Honda Tohru of Fruits Baskets shines with that trait. Today, I’ll be discussing a fruit that often connected with love, the second fruit: joy. Joy is a vibrant word, not only because of it’s… Read More Fruits of the Spirit: Sasami and the Two Joys
One of my favorite songs about heartbreak and love is “Nothing Compares 2 U.” Sinead O’Conner’s striking voice rings beautifully in the simple chorus of a song that was oh so 90’s. I was a child when it came out, and the song now additionally carries that nostalgic feeling that is often associated with love.… Read More Nothing Compares – Steins;gate, Chat Rooms, and Real Love
In multitudes of anime series, the children largely have free reign, and often in very dangerous situations. One or both parents are nowhere to be seen – they’re either just not part of the script or one is deceased. TV Tropes calls it “parental abandonment.” What’s rarer than deceased anime parents is finding those that… Read More The Stigma of an Anime Divorce
Guardian Enzo compares Quon of Towa no Quon to Christ [Lost in America]: At the moment [Quon] seems to be a creature of pure empathy – a Christ figure if ever there was one, taking the sins of others unto himself and attempting to offer them salvation. He turns the other cheek, doesn’t hate his… Read More Spirituality in the Anime Blogosphere: Spiritual Symphogear, Quon as Christ, and a Calvinist Otaku
Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Volume 1 Aniplex of America Episodes 1-4 100 minutes Rating: 13+ Madoka Kaname is an unexceptional girl. She has close friends and a loving family, but yearns to be something more than she is. But everything remains normal in her life until a mysterious and beautiful girl, who has an unexplained… Read More Review: Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Volume 1 (DVD)
Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions, envying, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.… Read More First of the Spirit Fruits: Love and Honda Tohru
The Teacher ate the house of a respected religious leader. At the feast, a prostitute entered and fell at the feet of the Teacher, showering him with praise. The religious leader was aghast. Seeing his look of contempt, the Teacher remarked to him that it was this prostitute who honored Him, not the self-righteous Teacher.… Read More Claymore’s Priscilla and the Pharisee in All of Us
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