Hi! I'm glad you're excited for the update, but I'm unsure where you've gotten this idea. I might have mentioned inefficient commission times in the past on my Discord or elsewhere, but I take full blame for the update taking this long.
I am a full time student and work a few part times jobs outside of this VN. Add in other hobbies and a touch of poor time management and we're here. However, I am most of the way done with Chapter 1 and it contains ~5 new characters, a slew of art, and there will be 3-4x readable content compared to now.
Hope this clears some stuff up for everyone I've kept waiting!