Board Thread:Update Hype/@comment-28592066-20161002124017

According to the newest update video, apparently many of us have guessed correctly that the next major update will finally include the first real rival (Osana Najimi) and probably a cut-scene for the end of the first week.

From the video we learn that Osana's normal animation rigs are already complete and it's only those special events that still need to be implemented. It's probably also the time to say goodbye to Kokona Haruka, who will probably go away for good once Osana comes (If for some reason she stays, she'll probably have her appearance changed and will have any significance to the plot).

My current guess is that we will only see this update in January because big things usually take longer than expected. According to the video an intermediate release is expected with minor changes (I've already assumed that) and I can also guess that it will be immediately followed by a bug-fixing build. That should probably take two to three weeks, then according to the video it'll take at least a month to implement Osana with no intermediate release. My bet however is that there will be at least one more build since animation and voice acting delays may occur while Yanderedev will already have unrelated updates to push.

With all of that taken I believe the earliest we can see Osana is December and the more likely case is January. 