It actually *was* quite a while since I was able to share a progress update, oops! That thesis paper work I kept mentioning in prior updates is finally behind me - after a successful defense of said paper a few days ago I graduated college and obtained a bachelor's degree. With a good bit more free time on my hands for the time being I'm now officially in crunch mode to get Batch 4 (and thus the entirety of Episode 2) finished and released.
There's still quite a bit of work to be done as the previous estimate of 80 total pages turned out to not be enough to cover the plot, so I had to extend it by 5 - there's a high chance the delay could be severe enough to shift the release to the month after but if everything goes well, Batch 4 is going to release sometime in late November (around the time Ep1 launched last year, huh...). As usual, a more precise date is gonna be shared later, so keep an eye out for that!
