User blog comment:Crazylittlefreakgirl/Fairy Tail Official Pairings?/@comment-24286925-20140202061348/@comment-4829046-20140202144544

The word is "canon". And lol he has plenty of money already and he will still have a huge number of fans who don't give a shit about "graylu/nali" or even Nalu and Gruvia. And besides, plenty of people got pissed at Mashima for his mistakes but not all of them actually dropped the series despite saying so, plus you are basing this off the Western Audience. The Japanese audience might receive it differently as shown by the position of Fairy Tail on the list of most sold manga, a position which many western fans find hard to believe. Remember that in Japan, for some stupid f***ed up reason, they think boys aren't interested in romance and that is why they keep shoving boobies and ass in most shounen instead. People will still keep buying if they do that. Why else do you think they sacrifice plot in order to give beach/pool/bath scenes that serve no relevant purpose?