Yes, the scene with Mina was romantic, and that's all. And it wasn't easy to trigger, which was frustrating and annoying and, well, not fun. Then when it happened, it was less of a scene than the previous scenes with her, despite the foreshadowing of something more. So no advance, except for "romance." So . . . despite what some might have been thinking, and despite Mina's long list of kinky things she wants to try . . . now it appears that very little of any of those things will be happening.
Mina and Hana are the stars of this game, according to many. But here we are at week three, and some stranger movie star with weird skin is thrust upon us, instead of developing something with any of the established girls. It seems that the developer is making this story up as he goes along. He gets an inspiration, hey let's add this, that'll be fun. And forgets the flow of the game as it is experienced by those playing it.
The flow of the game and how things connect is one of my primary concerns. It's what I spend the greatest amount of time wrestling over, and while result isn't perfect, it's not arbitrary; it's a reflection of what I think a visual novel should try to be. I'm sorry you find the structure irritating, and thank you for the feed back, but it's not done capriciously like you're suggesting.
Frankly: the function of the scene was presenting Edwin an emotional outlet post-Vicky talk with the seeming "girlfriend" options of the game. If you're loaning Mina out to Veronica or spending time with another girl instead of Mina during the last update, the game sees that an implicit choice about where you want Mina's relationship to go.
As for the list: should Edwin run out and grab some dude off the street corner so they can Eiffel tower her? Should he break out the dog collar after spilling his guts? No, not the time. Mina uses the moment to be tender and make Edwin feel better. Deepening their romantic connection within the remaining week and some change is a more time sensitive matter than exploring her kinky side - of which we'll get to.
I'll add one more thing: the game isn't just about the "stars", but also Edwin himself. Under that light, I hope Allison has a point (beyond being smoking hot).
Apparently, the developer has been working on this game for so long that they've forgotten they're making a porn game, and its core is H-scenes, not a story and various meaningless choices. And this is already the second such pointless update, and considering that you have to wait almost a year for each update, it's quite disappointing... especially if something similar happens next year...
That actually makes me feel better since I figured people would complain about the opposite. That is, a short update where the majority of dev energy was spent sex scenes. Trust me, most of those "story" scenes were a lot quicker to craft than the 8ish sex scenes and their constituent parts. I mean just look at the orgy scene itself: there's like 40+ animations within, juggling 12 actors between the statics.
I think your real issue may be with the breadth, focus, and presentation of the sex scenes themselves rather than a lack of 'em. Which is fair enough.