User blog comment:Monkey.D.Me/OP LACKS ROMANCE/@comment-1595565-20120622191404/@comment-3075024-20120622194024

On the serious note its just as Dp says. No one wants their fav-character to bail-out of the story from mid-way. Just imagine Sanji staying on FI Island or Robin staying Dragon forever .. painful right? (coughs blood) Plus romance really slows the story .. and in past Op arc we seen that slow arcs are very much hated .. for example FI Arc or Skypia. So agree with what DP said, what looks nice is not really good for your heath .. or something like that.