So, to follow up, I ordered 9 games and received one cancellation notice about 30 minutes later. Of the remaining 8 games 4 have been "shipped" apparently. Still hopeful for the other 4 but even if they don't make it through I'm decently pleased.
I actually did order the Asian English version and can at least confirm the physical cover is uncensored, as us the total screen (no dress covering the swim suit). I haven't gotten far enough to confirm further details yet, but I'll post here as soon as I do.
So far I've only seen one person in the Gematsu article comments claim that there's more changes, and even then another person there claims he's lying. Who else have you seen claim there's more changes? Have any of them actually posted evidence of the changes?
There's an Asian English version available, though I don't know for certain whether it's censored or not. The pictures I've seen of the physical item on eBay show the same cover picture as the Japanese version, so my assumption is it is uncensored. I went ahead and ordered it off of Play-Asia so...
Okay, think I finally found what they're referring to. Found a Reddit post that referred to the comments section in an article on Gematsu. A user by the name of Tarik claims to have received a review copy and that there are many changes that were not reported. He provides no actual evidence...
Just checked and that's apparently the exact situation I'm in. I'm going to email them regarding it as it was "shipped" April 4th, but shows in the tracking information that it's just prepped for shipping.
I honestly love the gameplay, but totally agree the story is weak. It's not bad so much as it doesn't live up to the games it was compared to (Persona). It is pretty fun though.