Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25115701-20140629045455/@comment-995426-20141228134426

Sugilita: I don't actually dislike Peter Laird, I just don't agree 100% with him on everything. But I'm afraid there is already a segment of the audience that like its various romances, and would find it less interesting now if relationships became downplayed. That ship sailed not just with the 2k12 series, but also with volume 1's City at War (Casey and Gabrielle, Casey and April), volume 3 (Mikey and Sara, and finally Raph and Pimiko), volume 4 (Mikey and Seri) and Tales volume 2 (Leo and Radical). You don't have to like romances, and that's perfectly alright. :) But the appeal is not exactly going to go away and vanish from the story now that it's become a part of the tradition for so many years.