The thing is, while her personality was always more of a 9-1, what we used to see as readers before was much closer to a 5-5, since they'd just skip the parts where she was working and she didn't interact with Zen. It's especially visible in the first ten-ish chapters after she moves to Clarines, where although we see them interact in every chapter, it's either stated or implied that several days often pass where they don't meet at all.@SLOPPYJOPPY Well, yeah, but we have known since the beginning that Shirayuki is Career 9 - 1 Romance person. Under such a condition, it could be that extended and numerous scenes of Shirayuki+Zen could backfire majorly. If someone is attempting to read this for fluffy romance scenes, they have been reading the wrong manga for a long time. I don't find these arcs boring or meaningless, so I can read them and patiently wait for the rare meetings. At least their encounters are meaningful because they are so rare.
Now, a few years later, I do agree that it would be good if there was even a little bit more romance.The thing is, while her personality was always more of a 9-1, what we used to see as readers before was much closer to a 5-5, since they'd just skip the parts where she was working and she didn't interact with Zen. It's especially visible in the first ten-ish chapters after she moves to Clarines, where although we see them interact in every chapter, it's either stated or implied that several days often pass where they don't meet at all.
I also want to point out that the subtitle of this manga is The Romance that Cuts through Fate. Expecting romance to be a more significant part of it is not totally unwarranted. I don't personally mind it too much, but then again I did drop it for a long time and am currently binging the last 20 chapters... I can only imagine how frustrating it must've been to wait for months on end to get a glimpse at the main ship in a romance manga.