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Studio Apartment, Good Lighting, Angel Included

Shintarou Tokumitsu lives in a studio apartment and leads a typical high school life. However, one day, he finds an angel on his balcony. This angel, named Towa, was given a job by God to learn more about humans and how they interact. She gets attached to Shintarou, who lets her live with him. Thus begins the story of Shintarou and Towa, living in a cramped apartment whilst keeping Towa's identity a secret.¹

Sexual Content

This anime contains immodesty, both in speech and clothing.² There are several times where either women's undergarments are seen, women wear swimsuits, or women bathe.³ Such things are not things that amplify Christ. They are fleshly traps designed to get your mind engaged with sin.

"In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;" (1 Timothy 2:9)

As such, there is no biblical option but to turn away, not look upon, or watch this evil.

Stork-Winged Ephah Holder

The Bible tells us about something the prophet Zechariah prophesied. He saw an ephah, and a woman sitting in the ephah, who is called "wickedness" (Zechariah 5:8). Then, we read:

"Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven." (Zechariah 5:9)

It is then revealed that they are taking the ephah to "build it an house in the land of Shinar" (Zechariah 5:10). The land of Shinar is never good. First, we have the kingdom of Nimrod, where Babel was built, the king of Shinar fought against Abram, where the vessels of God's house were taken after the destruction of Jerusalem, and ultimately, the place where the AntiChrist kingdom will be established.

But who are those who build the house for the ephah? None other than "female angels." I put it in quotes because angels are always described in the masculine. So something fishy is going on here with these women with wings as storks.

And yet, in this anime, we see a direct parallel between these Zechariah 5 women and Towa, a woman with wings. Call her what you want, but she is not an angel. She is a manifestation of the beings whose purpose is to create a house for the ephah containing the wickedness.

Conclusion

Studio Apartment, Good Lighting, Angel Included should instead be called, "Familiar Spirit, Immodest Dress, Abomination Included." Christians should not have anything to do with this wicked anime. The Bible is clear that we are to have "no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them" (Ephesians 5:11).


Sources:
1. "One Room, Hiatari Futsuu, Tenshi-tsuki." MyAnimeList myanimelist.net/anime/56838/One_Room_Hiatari_Futsuu_Tenshi-tsuki. Accessed 11/07/2025.
2. Studio Apartment, Good Lighting, Angel Included. Crunchyroll, https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/G9VHN9QWQ/studio-apartment-good-lighting-angel-included. Accessed 11/07/2025.
3. "Studio Apartment, Good Lighting, Angel Included. Parents guide." IMDbimdb.com/title/tt31975268/parentalguide. Accessed 11/07/2025.

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