Natsuki, Yuna, and their mom were first seen in chapters 3-4
The rest of the crew for this chapter is new, although you can see a comment Yuno left in chapter two on the blog post under the name "Umen". You can also see the first mention of hermit syndrome in chapter 2 as well.
Yes that's Asebi, the second princess of the south and the MC of the prequel. This is going on during chapter 12 of the prequel (manga, not sure of novel)
Holy shit y'all are alive! Thanks for the translation, I remember wondering if the group was ok - I know your website and fb pages got obliterated off the internet.
@Kaarme She's met Kiyo before! I unfortunately can't remember which chapter, but she sat in the manor's kitchen with Kiyo while she was preparing food.
I know it's less focused on Kiyo lately but I do love the overall expansion of focusing on everyone. All the girls with their hair are cute too!!! It's just a very sweet slice of life manga, I like its simplicity honestly :)