Hello everyone, yes I am still working on this! I have one last update that completes chapter 8. Next update will be a final submission.
http://tasvideos.org/userfiles/info/46019778580940495
IMPORTANT SYNCHING NOTE!!! The latest version of Bizhawk that this will work on is 1.11.6, as the builds after that made some changes to Neshawk to improve accuracy.
Again, the struggle has primarily been energy and motivation. But mostly a stupidly uncooperative RNG this time around. That saps my energy and motivation.
For those wondering, I am not going to be performing the final boss skip discovered by scaryice. From looking at it, it appears to be using the same sets of glitches that enables one to skip to the end credits during the mokey pits, so skipping the final bosses comes off as arbitrary. I will be fighting all bosses, and will submit it as "No OoB glitches."
Thank you all for your patience!