I really like this game. The main story with MC, Izzy, and Alex is engaging and fun. Izzy is especially adorable. That said, this latest update really highlights what I feel is a big flaw in the game: the side characters feel really unlifelike. In the game, days/weeks are passing by but we have almost no interaction with most of the side characters. Danny for instance probably thinks MC is a huge jackass; he doesn't call, hell, he doesn't even seem to go to the gym anymore. Most of the side characters have had little to no screen time for several updates now and it feels like they could all be removed and it wouldn't really change the overall story of the game at all. When they do show up, it feels like they were frozen in time until the MC could bother to get around to them again.
I hope this update isn't predictive of future updates in that we get a tacked on side character story that feels completely detached from the main game. I actually really like the side characters and would prefer to see their stories become more fleshed out (especially Alice) but if two or three of them aren't showing up each update, just end their stories altogether and use the saved development time to focus on the main story, which again is really good.