From my previous version to 7.9, I was able to continue where I left off. I even uninstalled and re-installed the game and didn't lose any save data. However, I guess that's gonna change. Just saw that there's a game engine change coming.
There is also a button you can press to jump ahead and skip everything that was from the last update. It'll ask you what relationship you had with characters (those that have different options) and start you off there. In this case, after the yandere scenes.
