https://anilist.co/manga/107112/SaintCeciliaandPastorLawrence/
An incredibly oblivious overprotective pastor Lawrence and the lazy loving saint Cecilia treasure one anothers company as they live together in a church.
The entire story is about the two main characters their daily life activities and their interactions with other characters. Its part sliceoflife story that portrays the themes of love and kindness and part love story that gradually reveals each of the main characters personalities and develops the relationship between them. The remaining gets their own spotlight but even their characterization is mostly tied to the protagonists in one way or other. There are hints of a side romance but it didnt dwell on it too much so far.
Though its a sliceoflife/romance I think a better term to describe it would be an Iyashikei Think of something like Natsume except its more of a romance. Iyashikei stories are feelgood series that are meant to relax the viewer/reader and an obvious technique to do so is to progress the plot slowly letting the audience connect with the characters setting and world. The comedy is giggly type. It might not burst you into laughter but it can make you smile like an idiot.
Each chapter can be read in an average of 35 minutes. Half or more than half of the chapter will be filled with easily readable and funny character interactions in 4koma format which basically builds the setting for that chapter while the rest of the chapter uses that setting and puts more emphasis on the drama side like talking about someones past their own feelings etc. which are often filled with plain characterization.
The fantasy element isnt something extravagant that is filled with different types of creatures or power systems but is more akin to a fairy tale like the fairies which only exist as small glowing orbs of light or the protection spell that the saint often blesses with. And the art is gorgeous perfectly capturing the magic and innocence within the story and characters.
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Summary
As I said before the plot progression is slow and so far it mostly takes the romcom route but didnt dwell on the fantasy part too much and leaves some important backstories in the dark.
If you like the overprotectivetallguyandclingyshortgirl combo then read this or wait for the Anime adaptation thats going to air on Summer 2023.
If you dont like the clearly in love but are not realizing it or dense main character kind of love story then you probably wont like it.
I guess the mangaka Hazano Kazutakehttps://anilist.co/staff/119285/HazanoKazutake likes this overprotectivetallguyandclingyshortgirl stereotype because his other work The FairytaleLike You Goes On the Assaulthttps://anilist.co/manga/132332/HakanaiKimiwaMoukouwoHajimeru/ is pretty much same as this except its high school romance. I would also recommend that if you like this one.
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