I'm surprised the discussion board for this game being super active for so long. Pretty glad in some way. No one will prob care abt this comment, but I think they prob should not include the combat gameplay. Leaving it as a touch sim is good enough.
The first game was an unexpected great game because of the 2nd half's touch sim, with the 1st half's puzzle complementing it, but not being necessary for its success.
Also the combat and combat's art doesn't look good. Hime's face too. On the other hand, if he removes the combat, I fear that there won't be much 'meat' to the game.
My suggestion is to alternatively have a week or 30 day game where you do things, date and fuck hime. Like that, the supporting cast and the chibi art won't be wasted and there be less work as it will be less coding and more writing(I'm not a game dev, so sorry if I'm wrong). It also fleshes out Hime and keeps the lovey dovey happy go lucky atmosphere from the first game
Anyways Merry Christmas guys. Including this game, I hope some hentai games I had interest in would be released by next year. Hopefully, your games would be released next year too.