It was suppose to be. In-game dialogue referenced it prior to the change. Westane said it didn't feel right and was saving Miko for another introduction. The thanksgiving event is so underwhelming anyways. It breaks up the grind, but it feels like a big buildup to nothing. In the end you get to keep Elsa as a slave, but slave training is about as bland as wonderbread. Honestly he should have focused more on events and fleshing out content that existed right now. New system for sex and the like that he focused so hard on wasn't "better" than the old system. You lost some events too, such as rape and the like.
Westane keeps working on back-end stuff and forgetting what smut games are all about. Not an insult to the guy. Don't want him to burn out or anything, but he needs to kick it into gear with some content and variety. Really there's only 4 ways to play. Dom Guy, Dom Girl, Sissy guy, Sub Girl/Bimbo Girl. Theres not much variation between the Dom or Sub contents respectively, and that really needs to change. A lot of content just needs to be re-worked too, and made more logically consistent.