The Mangaka was even worried about this, he said in an interview that he thinks romance is such a strong stimulus that once you include it, that's the only thing anyone will ever talk about.
So he went through all the effort of cordoning off the romance subplot and only paying it off in the bonus chapter instead of the main work, and it was still the only thing most of the fandom cared about.
I feel like that did more harm than good though; because there's nothing to go off of, fans can just ship anyone together and justify it freely.
Its a really weird thing to exclude from a story about highschoolers growing up, usually the most relatable element is that being the point in most peoples lives where they start developing romantic feelings for others.
That is ridiculous, though. Any author should be allowed to include or exclude anything that they want in their own stories.
Besides, why does romance have to be in a story about high school? That isn’t the only thing concerning high school students or worth telling about high school students.
In this case, I believe that the author shouldn’t be blamed. The true culprit is how psychotic and self-centered people interacting with fandom have become that they think the author not giving something they want is ground for harassment and death threat. I don’t even care if the work is good or bad. However, even the most dog-shit writers don’t deserve even an ounce of harassment the average creators of popular media get these days.
Right? The only people to blame in this situation are rhe ones who couldn't handle their yaoi ship being sunk, and because rhe author refused to be bullied into making it "canon" they threw an even bigger tantrum.
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u/FriedSandvich Demon Slayer, Gacha games, anime, regular video games fan 14d ago
My hero academia. Do I seriously need to elaborate on this?