User blog comment:Omega natsu2/Chapter 385: Spirit King vs. Demon King, Predictions./@comment-24761194-20140528082954/@comment-4829046-20140529061649

Well... he didn't "stress" it in Rave either, not too much teenage love-sickness or too many intense doki doki sessions. Doesn't mean it wasn't romance. We get random moments of GajeelXLevi, ErzaXJellal and ElfmanXEvergreen these days. But yeah, your point is correct. Mashima isn't really going into depth of romantic love in FT, it is only on the side. He might in the future but not right now. Even the one marriage was off-screen and vague and I disagree with how it is currently. And people that were married since the beginning(Macao and Wakaba) don't really uphold marriage vows but that is for comedic effect.