Thank you for your support. I'm glad that you're enjoying it so far.
To answer your question regarding Shun's sprite, this is because Shun was the character whom we felt really needed to be adjusted the most. None of us were fans of his original shota background, and although we felt he was cute, his original sprites only gave us feelings of loving him as sort of a younger brother. We decided instead to base him on his original, very early concept art, in which he actually looks older, and fits the mould of a late teen-aged gamer. We felt it necessary to make some changes to his outfit as well, but please be advised, I don't think we've seen the last of his original clothing design. ;)
Regarding development speed, I do acknowledge that 7 months was actually quite alarming. When I made the decision to work on all the beach events in one big release, it was before the entire world turned to shit due to COVID-19. Then, factoring in my full-time job and the lack of free time I have had lately, it's been quite difficult. I knew the events were going to be big, but I underestimated exactly how big they were going to be. However, I'm going to be doing what I can to ensure that we have a more reasonable development cycle from hereon out, and I will be a lot more transparent in admitting when difficulties arise, so that all of our fans can be kept in the loop.