Gimai Seikatsu - Vol. 4 Ch. 23.1

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I've loved this manga thus far, but this whole arc was a mistake.
This joke of a uni professor? She's the embodiment of cringe. It's like the author asked a preschooler to describe a “cool professor”.
The setting for this arc is annoyingly bad. This little pest from the school, Shinjou Keisuke, is trying to get together with Saki. Then a sociopathic cringelord of a uni professor appears, gets absurdly interested in her, starts playing a psychologist for her, and tells her to basically try to find someone else. It almost couldn't be more obvious what the author is going for, and it's cheap as hell. The NTR arc as a trigger for the main couple's progress is such a bad cliché.

Again, I've loved this manga, but this arc alone might make me drop this.
Well, I retract my previous statement. All of this seems to have gone in a much better direction than I have hoped for.
 
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Wait you had hoped for worse ?
I think it's a pretty common expression.
The phrase "much better than I hoped for" means:
something was surprisingly good or exceeded expectations.
It is a statement of pleasant surprise and satisfaction, indicating a positive outcome that was even better than anticipated.
 
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I think it's a pretty common expression.
Huh interesting, is there is difference between this and "Much better then I expected" ? Because I feel like there is a pretty big difference between hoping for something and expecting something. Expecting something doesn't necessarily mean that you wish for it to happen but that's not the case for hoping for something right ?
 
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Huh interesting, is there is difference between this and "Much better then I expected" ? Because I feel like there is a pretty big difference between hoping for something and expecting something. Expecting something doesn't necessarily mean that you wish for it to happen but that's not the case for hoping for something right ?
They're quite similar, but I tend to see "hoped for" as expressing a wish for a positive outcome, while "expected" implies anticipation grounded in logic or prior experience. The phrase "much better than I hoped for" also feels more emotional or enthusiastic, since hope is a more emotional concept, whereas expectation is more rational.
 

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