Dear, MY GOD

by Nemui Asada, 朝田ねむい

カルト宗教に心酔している若者・リブを救おうと
教団に乗り込んだ神父のロースだったが
逆に捕われ、監禁されてしまう。
「つがいになれば、2人とも救われる」
そう盲信したリブは、ロースにドラッグを飲ませ
朦朧とする彼をむりやり犯すのであった。
教えを一途に信じるリブが不憫になり、
ロースは甘んじてその関係を受け入れるが…。
（裏表紙より）

Story 1 (ch01-02)
Read this while praying for the fate of two people, a BL that will save your soul. "You will be my other half." Having infiltrated a religious organization to save Lief, who adores the cult leader, Catholic priest Ross is instead captured and held captive. "If you become my other half, we can both be saved," Lief believes blindly. Giving Ross a drug which dulls his senses, Lief then rapes him. Believing in the precepts of his faith, Lief pities Ross and convinces him to resign himself to accept this relationship, but... A dramatic story about a young cult follower x a Virgin Mary type Catholic priest.

Story 2 (ch03-04)
Collected together with the following magnificent stories: A discarded houseplant that becomes human... Do I recognize that face? And a mysterious couple.

Genres: Manga, Boys Love, LGBT, Romance, Queer, Yaoi, Supernatural

200 pages, Paperback

First published December 25, 2015

About the author

Associated names : あさだねむい

Name (in native language) : 朝田ねむい

Zodiac : Scorpio

Reviews

[MaDoReader · Rating 1 out of 5]

Mindfuck, not my cuppa.

[Fenriz Angelo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Aaah Nemui Asada sets her romances with such interesting premises! This volume consists of two stories, the first one about a priest who tries to save a teen who has been a victim of brainwashing through cults his whole life and desesperately looks for a god to worpship to feel complete.

The second story is less psychological and more fantasy about a guy who takes home a plant that was left outside a closed flower shop. Suddenly the plant starts talking to him, surprised yet curious he takes care of it and they bond and eventually he develops a emotional attachment, thus one day he wishes it was a person and...it becomes reality! This one was very cute and i'm super biased cause i'm crazy about plants so this story was such a delight to me haha.

Both stories have a theme about God. One darker than the other. I like how Nemui plays with the theme and develops the characters in a compelling way.

[khai · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love a good old priest story

[✧desiree✧ · Rating 4 out of 5]

4☆ Review:

This contained two short stories that were vastly different.

Story one is of a priest and a man who is obsessed with having a god. This story was quite sad, but I liked it.

The second story is about a talking plant that then turns human. But there is more behind the story. I enjoyed this one even more than the first.

I wish both were longer!

[Joshy Sensei · Rating 3 out of 5]

Really an interesting artist. I like both stories but once again there is something lacking. I can't quite put my finger on it. A year or so Ms. Nemui will really nail it.

[Emi gosto ruim · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ooooo mensagens

[mghf · Rating 4 out of 5]

there are two stories and the first one is my favorite. to see something about religious psychosis and long-term effects of cult brainwashing into a person... to see the victim on a cult being saved and him seeing his savior (almost) as a god. it was pretty interesting and the character designs are pretty simple but they look beautiful.

[ℂ ✧ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nemui Asada és una d'aquelles autores que és capaç de crear històries magnètiques i atraients independentment de l'extensió, cosa que té molt de mèrit. En aquest cas, tenim un recull de dos relats dolorosament breus que només ocupen dos capítols cadascun amb el toc fosc i reflexiu tan característic de la mangaka. En el primer, trobem un mossèn que prova de salvar un jove a qui el líder d'una secta li ha rentat el cervell i que després de patir molts traumes té la necessitat imperiosa de creure en un déu. En el segon, una nit un oficinista recull una flor que hi ha abandonada a la porta de la floristeria del barri, però sorprenentment descobreix que és capaç de parlar gràcies a un desig que li ha concedit déu. Totes dues històries m'han semblat una meravella, tant la trama com els personatges són d'allò més originals i interessants, però em sembla una llàstima que siguin tan curtes i el final quedi tan obert... tot i així, són dos relats genials i ben memorables!!!

[Tao]

honestly didn't really like the first story but the second one abt the talking flower omygod it fucking SLAPPED I read this for the first time when I was like. 14 and I still think abt it sometimes. such a good concept.

[Nayli · Rating 3 out of 5]

muy corto, y eran dos historias...no soy tan fan de eso, pero no estuvieron mal

[Anna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Solo x el dibujo y por la segunda historia

[indi beni · Rating 2 out of 5]

turbio el asunto pero como es muy cortito tampoco sufrí al leerlo

[Maaya · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think I have a knack for such stories. It reminded me of "Home Far Away". What can I say? I love my old wounds being scratched.

[Aiden Wray · Rating 2 out of 5]

Interesting concepts but there was no development. Beautiful art style however

[messina · Rating 5 out of 5]

I LOVE YOU YAOI

[Orion · Rating 2 out of 5]

part of me want to give it 5 stars because wooooh priest sex !!!! *cheers* but the other part is kicking me in the shins screaming "are you stupid, it was not that good !!!!"

I liked the first story just fine. I really enjoy this kind of stories about taming a kicked dog-like person, i like the trope of someone becoming your god after they saved you... - and priest sex of course, and priests battling with their sexual desires against someone who's very much pushing them to not battle them -so everything about the plot was a hit with me.
One thing i found good with the story is that it didn't need more than 3 chapters to actually finish its story in a way that makes sense and feels complete. Often, with yaoi one-shots, i end up thinking that it could've benefited from 2 or 3 more chapters, if not an entire second volume to develop its story and wrap everything up nicely. But here, everything is developped enough (probably because the author didn't write a complicated story or characters with a big backstory that would need much more explanations to not make us readers feel like we're missing parts), and, while it closes on a open ending, it didn't make me think something like "okay. what's after ?"
But even though, let's be honest, it doesn't actually feel like much. The characters were well-written but not really interesting and i'll probably quickly forget about them ; the story was simple and developped enough, but it wasn't much more than that, simple ; the art was a little rough at times, and ended up not being really clear and, while it's not an issue for me and can sometimes be something that draws me in to one-shot yaois, some pages ended up not being really readable.
And i'm sorry but i really can't get over how Lief's God looks so much like the evil mask in Zelda Majora's Mask, and Lief's arm tattoo immediatly made me think "is that fucking Bill Cipher ?" (NO upon closer inspection but i'm sorry i had this thought a few times), but maybe it's just me idk

The second story didn't really work with me. While the plot and resolution were pretty easy to understand, i still came out of it feeling like i didn't understand everything, and that it wasn't even good. maybe this one could've used one more chapter. or maybe i just didn't enjoy it, it happens.