Yep, komachi still dies if You don't find her in 7 days and feed her butterflies every 3 days (i think now is 7 days... and the lump of meat on a stick gives her enough strengh so she can hunt by herself from that moment so no need to feed her anymore and she wont die by starving if You don't feed her, before i used to rush swirlies to Buy food in cat reing, one if those used to work too but i think that it was removed and only is the lump of meat on a stick [the one that cost like 1000 swirs to be full again with the merchant princess]) if You need help, merchant P sells butterflies on slime reing 50 swirs each (she won't on slimy sea salts)