Recent? Yarizo has been in the game since forever , early versions of nympri (pre 0.50) was heavily focused on NTR content , even the main antagonist was an ugly bastard that pretty much turned mc into a cuck. NTR fans have been here since the start as Techno is well known for being an NTR dev.
Like , i'm not saying i'm opposed to content that appeals to a broader audience being added into the game , but imo this is one of the main reasons the game has been in this limbo for years now. A good example of this is the chad Jimmy thing , like it is soooo out of character for him , even in PM events where Jimmy isn't getting cucked at all he is depicted as a small-dicked , quickshot , bottom and now there is this whole chad Jimmy thing out of nowhere.
Techno has been trying to please everyone and ends up pleasing no one since we have to remember that he is a solo dev and this game is never gonna have baldur's gate levels of relationship systems.
Well what you don't mention is that Yarizo even back then was also an optional part of the game that you have to actively get to even access his material in the same way with PM if even more so because he wasn't in the Main Town unlike with PM.
The Main Antagonist's past action also doesn't really define what Jimmy's overall character was going to be because we have a choice what kind of character he's going to be afterall, I mean that's the point of the Love and Lust points afterall.
It serves more as backstory than anything and connection to the Main Antagonist where maybe in the end he could have move and lay to rest to the trauma that he had to experience in his past in a possible good ending.
Also remember Jimmy was also capable of doing NTR stuff himself too where he isn't the receiving end of one. So this is why I think Chad Jimmy isn't that weird because it feels it's supposed to be part of an an end goal to a route in a sense.
So yea while I'm not denying that NTR stuff existed and has been for a long while and why I know so many NTR fans flock to it, Again even with what kind of developer Techno was focused on, It didn't mean that it was never meant to be an NTR game in general. This game is much more than that and he again admits this himself.
Also this why I disagree on the concept of him appealing to a broader audience is why the game is on limbo, Well somewhat...
Because playing even before 0.50 back in 2022 where I got addicted with playing the game. It was obvious that knew what he wanted to add because as early as starting the game there's an option to turn on and off NTR Stuff both regular and netorase.
He had a plan on what kind of game this is from the very beginning but the problem in general is that he doesn't have a solid plan on what he actually wants to add over the course of each update. This is the reason to the original point of topic and also why this game is taking too long.
Why we have constant NTR updates and only just now get Chad Jimmy and why people are weirded out about this and thinking this seemingly is out of character. And because of no plan it mean he can't really focus and would constantly wander about on what he wants to add next.