This would make more sense, but I genuinely have a feeling the dev is just hitting writer's block and doesn't have a clear direction on where to take the story, and is using these DLCs and random reworks of earlier shit to feed breadcrumbs and appease his fanbase a little and make it "seem" as if development's more active as he drags out their subscriptions.
Okay, the intention to "drag out their subscriptions" is a bit of the overly cynical F95 poster in me coming out, because that probably is not his thought process, but definitely circling around the "party" chapter for this long (and if we take this time to be from the very first time chapter 5 was teased, which was back in the middle of November last year, then this "party" arc has now taken up...5 months of the game's timeline) is kind of souring the overall excitement I feel the game used to have (especially because, as we saw with the Anya's POV DLC too, there are still close to zero pay-offs - meaning Maki getting action is not something I count - so we're just waiting, month in month out, for tease after tease).
Also, the game getting a bump on this website for a small update is almost surely purely beneficial for the game. Most people will see it's a small update and not care, but there might be new people who haven't spotted this game before or are new to the website, and get led to Circle's Patreon page, so that's...good, I suppose.