And, just as I predicted, aunt is stealing screen time and wasting development time in the game already overflown with characters. The entire first half of the episode is aunt, who just came up, with whom there will be no progress and about whom no one cares.
And, just as I predicted, there is zero progress in the Charlotte arch. They did not talk it out, or agreed to try dating, or nothing. Their date was teased for three updates, and instead we get a yoga session that can be as well inserted into the episode 1, season 1 without any noticeable tonal difference. Yes, dev, they were supposed to kiss at this point. It is the time to actually kick start they relationship with "let's try dating".
The whole "WOW MY MOM IS INTERESTED" was done in the end of the season 1. She showed that she is interested. MC understood that she is interested. He stated to make moves on her and grope her tits during the massage and sunbathing scenes. We are literally at the same place where we were at the end of the season 1, without any progress or change. They are repeating all the same motions. "Charlotte makes a move - MC is surprised - nothing happens - WOW, IS SHEFORREAL - Charlotte makes a move".
> This episode is about improving the relationship between the mc and the most important women in his life,
If the dev was talking about Charlotte, than it is a failure. Nothing was improved. They are on exactly same point as when they talked in the previous episode.
Dev, why are working so hard to deliver monthly updates, when they provide barely any progress to the story or the characters? To work so hard on fillers is both respectable and makes me feel bad for you.
Also, the whole "good/bad guy" got lost somewhere along the way, I don't think anybody noticed.
Tl;dr: There is no progression in the last 4 updates (since the season 2 start). We are stomping on the same place, doing iteration of the same things, and it feels like a new writer just came with no idea what was in the game in the last season. If doesn't feel like a slow burn (slow and steady). It feels like a regression and waste of time.