User blog comment:Thailog/Ep. 201 "Happy New Year!" discussion/@comment-3201160-20120428185750

This is just like when Justice Legaue became Justice Legaue Unlimited. They both had a major expansions of characters and basically became spinoffs. The major difference though is that JL had been running longer than YJ and was ready for a drastic change. The original members had reached their potential, and if it hadn't changed, the series likely would have gotten stale. The change from YJ to YJI is just too soon. These characters had a lot more left. While I think that YJI will be great, I think that they should have waited another season before doing this.