However, just like everyone else, I was more then a little annoyed that the series couldn't explicitly state that the two were in love and had to restrict their romantic interactions to a few small moments. Admittedly this was mostly due to the time this came out and the fact that Nickelodeon more or less gave Bryke them the okay to make Korra and Asami as canon as they could and went on to openly support the ship after it came out was a HUGE deal at the time.
Thus we come to the point of this whole forum Turf Wars, aka The Korrasami Show.
Since Comics have fewer restrictions then a TV shows does, (though those restraints have been noticeably lifted since Korra's finally) meant that Korrasami could be as open as the writers wanted which meant Korra and Asami could admit that they were romantically in love with one another, hold hands and, of course, kiss one another.
But as for the comic as a whole like the title says I consider Turf Wars to be Korra's first season done right.
Like Air, the story is mostly set in Republic City, has a corrupt, or rather incompetent, politician as one of the stories adversaries and, of course, has the romantic relationship between the two leads as the stories main focus. However, what makes Turf Wars so much better IMO, is that A) all these plots actually tie into on another instead of being mostly disconnected stories that have little to nothing to do with one another. B) there's no pointless filler arc involving generic, cliched sports underdog story that takes up HALF THE COMIC! And Finally C) Korra and Asami are actually well written and engaging characters with a well written and engaging relationship.
As Chuck has pointed out, many times, one of the series the romance in Books 1 and 2 in Korra didn't work was because of how poorly written Mako was as he was boring, inconstant personality, (what little there was) and he was just a terrible boyfriend. I'm pretty sure I don't need to go over any of the reasons why I said that you're already thinking of all his poor treatment of Korra and especially Asami.
With Asami, as Chuck said, due to her having more limited screen time Mike and Bryan had to make every scene with Asami count and as a result, despite having less to do then Mako, Asami had far more character and proved to be a far more interesting character.
And now in Turf Wars, due to being promoted to full fledged love interest Asami has gotten more screen time and thankfully she's still a great character and her relationship with Korra is still as engaging as it was in the show, if not more so. And as a romantic and a Korrasami fan I can say that I LOVE all the scenes between the two and how the romance was handled overall.
Sure there are one or two cringe worthy moments, such as Korra's overreaction to her parents telling her that not everyone will be excepting of her and Asami's relationship or the bit with Sozin's anti-gay laws but those are few and far between and the rest of the comic is so good that I'm more then willing to over look those bits.
What I love most about Korra and Asami's relationship is how it utilizes their history together to help paint a better picture of how their relationship. Unlike Korra's out of nowhere crush on Mako who was nothing but rude to her for no reason when they first met, (and continued to be rude to her even after all the help she gave him) Korra and Asami's feelings are based off the two getting to know each other for Years.
One of my favorite moments is when the two admit when they started to realize that they were in love with each other and while it's very different from what most fans had expected it still fits with their characters and feels more real then Korra's "I've only known you for less then a month but I feel we're meant to be together."
Korra fell in love with Asami cause she was there for Korra in a way no one else had ever been. She's Korra's equal in every conceivable way, both in general competence and temperament and unlike others Asami knows what to say to get Korra to see a different POV without yelling or attempted guilt tripping.
I love this couple and as of this writing they, along with their respective dynamics with Kuvira, are the best part of Ruins of the Empire.
