I was looking for some romance manga to read, and a fellow user suggested some series named Yasashii Sekai no Tsukurikata. I checked it out, and saw that it was of the notorious "guy-teacher-at-all-girls-school" plot device. Given that and the romance theme, I was led to assume that this would be another ecchi-here-ecchi-there kind of school romance, with the male teacher character led into conspicuously "troubling" situations with the female students. I checked the volume cover, however, and saw that the drawing was neat and clean. I decided to check it out, and I certainly don't regret doing it.
I misjudged the manga on many levels, apparently. For one, it was a unique kind of school romance; the teacher, for one, being a 19 year-old physics graduate who just entered as a teacher to get his experiments started. I give praise to the male character (Tomonaga Yuu) because he isn't like most male leads of this kind of plot. The closest thing that this manga has to ecchi is a few panties, and even that sends our university graduate teacher running embarrassed. He's not like the rest of his kind who just stares and waits to get slapped in the face.
Another thing that I misjudged is how the story develops; instead of making an entirely large harem (like To-LOVE-Ru), the author focuses on two female leads (at least for now, considering that only five chapters have been released). The first one (Kusakabe Haruka) being a victim of harassment by the the previous teacher whom Tomonaga replaced. The other character (Hirose Aoi) is a hidden genius, who apparently has at least the same level of interest in physics as her teacher.
The author establishes their stories well within the five chapters, which in turn gives the manga a good plot despite the small number of available chapters. I believe that this series is either bi-monthly or quarterly, so the releases will definitely be slow. The plot presented within the five chapters, though, was enough to pique my interest.
Story: 7
Five chapters isn't a good enough basis to give a rating for the story, but it develops enough plot to keep me interested.
Art: 10
What got me interested in this series to begin with is the art; it's clean and well-done. If you like manga that's pleasing to read, then this is for you.
Character: 9
Surprisingly, for a mere five chapters, the author does well in giving background to the three main characters.
Enjoyment: 9
All the perks mentioned above are certainly enough to keep me interested in this series. I'm willing to wait to see how the story develops.
Overall: 8
It's a relatively new series, so room for change is very possible. I like what I'm seeing right now, though. This manga definitely marks its place on my watch list.
