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2	[[caption-width-right:350:Yuu, Haruka, and Aoi.]]
3	''Yasashii Sekai no Tsukurikatta''[[note]]The tagline says ''A Method to Make the Gentle World'' but a more accurate translation would be ''A Recipe For A Gentler World''[[/note]] is a manga by Kumiko Takeba, which was serialized in ''Dengeki Daioh Genesis'' from 2010 to 2014. It was compiled into 6 volumes.
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5	Yuu Tomonaga is in a bit of a lurch. A certified 19-year old genius, as little as a year before, he was part of a prestigious research project in the US that was, in his mind, ''this'' close to proving the theory he formulated. However, that all ended when the companies supporting the project suddenly pulled their funding. Angry at their perceived short-sightedness, Yuu impulsively tells his professor that he'd find a way to restart the project on his own, and quits his research post. He returns home to Japan, confident that he'd be able to find funding back home.
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7	Things... haven't exactly worked out. In the process of chasing funding leads, he soon discovers that he's quickly run out of money for his daily expenses. Fortunately his old teacher -- the very same one who discovered his innate intellectual gift, and pushed for him to not let it go to waste -- has a solution to his monetary woes, at least for the short term. And even better, he gains a place where he can pursue his research on the side. The catch? Said solution entails helping out at the school his old teacher is currently working in, which is apparently an all-girls school.
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9	He's obviously not thrilled. He's also not thrilled about not being informed about the fact that the teacher he was replacing apparently sexually harassed his students, meaning the students will automatically be on guard around him. It's no wonder that, even on his first day, he's already wishing to get back to his research. However, a chance encounter with Hirose Aoi, one of the girls of his class seems to be enough to hold off leaving. This is because Aoi, supposedly one of the slower girls of the class is hiding a secret, something he had happened upon by accident: Aoi is ''not'' slow. In fact she's actually very smart, which makes him wonder just ''why'' she's stuck in a run-of-the-mill school, and what's more, hiding her talent.
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11	This little mystery is enough to make him stay, but in the process he's found himself gradually drawn into the lives of his students, something he had ''not'' counted on. Will Yuu ever get back to his research project at this rate?
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13	!! ''Yasashii Sekai No Tsukurikata'' provides examples of:
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15	* ACupAngst: Aoi and Haruka have shown this at times, with Haruka going as far as asking Touko and Kayo how to get bigger breasts.
16	* ADayInTheLimelight: Kayo gets a chapter all for herself, and her quest for a Prince.
17	* CantHoldHisLiquor: Miss Akayama and alcohol do ''not'' mix well.
18	* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Aoi, Kayo, and Touko all have eye colors matching their hair colors.
19	* FourGirlEnsemble: Aoi's little circle of friends forms one of these.
20	* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Each chapter is indirectly based on a physics concept, or a known scientist. Chapter 12 for example is entitled "Apples and Universal Gravitation" (referring to Newton and his theories), while chapter 8 has "The Words of a Certain Patent Office Clerk" (referring to Albert Einstein).
21	* ImportantHaircut: Yurine cuts her hair [[spoiler:after the night she and Yuu unintentionally spent together]].
22	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Leon Berkley, Yuu's friend from America. He likes to aggravate Yuu, and act playful around the girls, but he is actually HappilyMarried and clearly loves his wife.
23	* LookingForLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Whether or not it's a sexual nature is up for debate (note how she ''never'' rebuffs her friends whenever they tease her for being a slut), but Touko's ever-changing string of boyfriends is definitely this, especially since she uses her fleeting relationships to escape bad circumstances at home.
24	* MaybeEverAfter: [[spoiler: The series ends with Yuu reconnecting with both Haruka and Aoi after the time skip, but with no romantic relationship explicitly starting between him and either of them. While the narrative more overtly leans toward Haruka, the ending is open-ended enough to where other readers interpret Aoi as the eventually victor.]]
25	* {{Meido}}:
26	** A given, since Yuu's class decided on a maid cafe for their cultural festival.
27	** Also Kayo's part-time job, at a Maid cafe.
28	* NotWhatItLooksLike: Haruka walks in on Yuu apparently assaulting Aoi in the first chapter. He's not; he was just confronting Aoi on why she was hiding the fact that she was a genius. It's just that Aoi started reacting violently to his inquiry.
29	* ObfuscatingStupidity: While not stupid, Aoi is definitely pretending to be an average student for personal reasons. See the SingleIssuePsychology entry for the details.
30	* OddFriendship: Yuu wonders about how Touko and Aoi are even friends, due to how different they are. Aoi rebutts that they're not really that different, but of course Yuu wouldn't know this.
31	* PurelyAestheticGlasses: The filler page after Chapter 18 reveals that Kayo's are only for show and has no actual need for them.
32	* SecretRelationship: What Touko and Reiji's situation ''looks like'' at first, but in actuality it's more of a PrettyFreeloaders situation, where Reiji is just letting her stay for a while. However, Reiji is obviously fearful that this ''might'' be how things will end up.
33	* SenseiChan: Yurine Kayama, a somewhat ditzy but well-meaning English teacher that Yuu interacts with on a regular basis.
34	* ShotgunWedding: [[spoiler: This is implied to be the case for Touko and Onoda after the time skip, due to Touko still being only 20 while already married and having a child with him, punctuated by Onoda's remark that they "messed up and she got pregnant a little early."]]
35	* SingleIssuePsychology: [[spoiler:Aoi's reluctance to reveal the fact that she's a very VERY intelligent young woman is all due to an instance when, as a grade-schooler, her mother harshly calls her precocious science questions "disgusting". This incident may be due to earlier instances in which Aoi's excelling in school was assumed to be due to her cheating. Neither teachers nor her mother believed her work was her own.]]
36	* StepfordSmiler: Aoi, to some degree. Touko as well.
37	* TeacherStudentRomance:
38	** What cost the guy Yuu replaced his job, when he started sexually harassing Haruka. Needless to say, Yuu is trying to avoid this from happening.
39	** [[spoiler:Onoda starts showing signs of this towards Touko (done on purpose by her in a gambit to try capture Reiji's heart). [[LampshadeHanging He is aware of this]] and fears for his sanity]].
40	** Haruka quickly falls in love with Yuu when she finds out that he isn't really a pervert harassing Aoi, and is just a nice, if awkward, guy.
41	** Much later on, Touko starts falling for Yuu's mentor Reiji Onoda, after he saves her from a Christmas Eve date turned sour.
42	* TeenGenius:
43	** Yuu's gift was discovered while he was still 13. By the time he he was 19, he was the core of a high-profile research project based on his graduate thesis.
44	** Aoi is also this. Trying to find out why Aoi's not capitalizing on her talents is the main reason why Yuu's content to remain a teacher, rather than join a major company or firm.
45	** Yuu's younger twin siblings are also quite intelligent, with the younger brother coming up with a prank virus in a day and infecting Yuu's computer just to mess with him.
46	* {{Tsundere}}: Haruka. Her friends even comment on it.
47	--> '''Haruka:''' It's not like I think anything much about him!
48	--> '''[[OtakuSurrogate Kayo]]:''' Haruka, [[DiscussedTrope "Tsun" mode has its good points]], but Tomonaga's actually pretty popular. If you don't do something soon, he'll get taken away.
49	* WhatDidIDoLastNight: The aftermath of the Valentine's Day drinking session [[spoiler:where it's implied that Yuu and Yurine had a surprise one-night stand]]. Averted in that both are perfectly aware what happened -- indeed, Yuu would rather ''forget'' about what happened, but can't, and Yurine couldn't help but feel melancholic about what happened.
50	* YaoiFangirl: Kayo. She claims [[BlatantLies to draw a firm line between real life and her 2D fantasies however]].

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