Body diversity and variation is good (just no dickgirls, I'm sure we can all agree there) and while some of the future characters are still tall and thick, I'm glad it's not more Herba, a character who is so large there isn't even an apt word to describe her size accurately because even obese people are thinner than she is. We have Herba, so it's time for some smaller people, loli or not.
One person here implied that having taller, larger women in a femdom game is important because dominance is often determined by size differences. But this ignores the opposite effect where having a smaller framed woman dominating a taller male is also exciting given that size difference. I'd say that is an even more arousing scenario because how should you, as the taller and physically stronger male, find yourself lost to a smaller woman? To me, it sounds like she is far more powerful or intelligent because she didn't need to rely upon her physical size to dominate someone.
Despite the odd logical fallacy people shared here that a loli being sexed is somehow incomparable to a shota being sexed, I think people assert that double standard since some people here do associate female dominance with taller, larger women and so having a shota character helps to fulfill that fantasy. But I don't believe that needs to be the justification to having every female character being taller and bigger than the MC, or that every male character needs to be smaller framed than his female counterparts as people seemingly want to dictate. Even an average sized woman would still be bigger than our femboy MC, for all the dudes out there claiming they self-insert into a shota because they like to be dominated by bigger women.
You should be able to suspend your disbelief when it's a world of magic and witches and where you can enchant a stick to beat up your sister despite how she has a huge sword. There's a lot of elements in a universe such as this one where we don't need every character being thick to explain the power dynamic.
I could go without loli, but let's be honest: these characters would not need to be as necessary if the "Beginnings" did not have all of its female characters being taller and larger women. The less body diversity we see, the more people will demand it. You got plenty of Herba to satisfy your desire of having your body crushed while eating farts, you got plenty of Alice for the incestuous relations that nobody complains about, and there are still going to be thick characters in the future update. To complain because there's finally going to be thinner or shorter or younger looking characters and not more overweight MILFs or aunties is just selfish.
I did not interact with Herba other than whenever the game forced me to. I didn't like the character. I didn't enjoy the gravelly, deep, chain smoker voice, etc. I don't know what her shop tickets offered and never will because I would never waste my character's hard-earned money from rock and stick collecting on such an item. So if you don't like a character, don't interact with them either.