Hi there, happy to answer!
1. The game included farming activities and combat so yeah it can be considered as doing chores, but farming chores.
2. Maybe the term "still" makes you confused lol but I use it because it's been forever since the game launch but it's "still" in dev stage, which makes pp kinda frustrated, including me. So the game is still in beta. It only contains 4 LIs by far (at least 6 more LIs to develop lmao). Sorry if it sounds confusing, but I'm just sharing stuff from my playing experience with this beta version, hope it does not make pp get the wrong ideas about the game being fully developed. So don't get the game now if you're interested in chars that are in 2nd row (except for the pink guy, who is not available now, and the red hair, who is now available lmao I don't get why they put the pink guy in 1st row when he is not available and the one who actually available be put in the 2nd row lol).