3 Names Changed:

'100 Waifus' and my embedded fictional character hall of fame can always use improvement, so this time I went after 3 underperforming names:

Chaotzu is problematic in that he's the weakest of the Dragon Ball characters despite being extremely strong.  He also has a heart of gold as he's always been loyal to his friend Tienshinhan and sacrificed his life multiple times to protect the Earth.  The problem is he's very dumb, never succeeds at anything he tries, and is very silly looking.  He also gets very little screen time spread out across a very long series.

I thought I could improve upon that so I replaced him with Sandtiger, the protagonist of Sword-Dancer, an excellent fantasy series written by Jennifer Roberson.  Since this is the first character from the series placed in the fictional character hall of fame it also serves as an introduction to the series so that people, intrigued by the mention, will go check out that series too.  Alternatively if someone's a fan of Sword-Dancer they could like that I mention it in the book and think better of my story in turn.  It's a win-win.

Ryuji is the ugly-looking protagonist of Tora Dora.  He starts out loving Minori (perfectly understandable) but spends so much time with Taiga he inadvertently falls for her instead (also perfectly understandable.)  This makes for a great romance story, but I'm still left wondering what makes Ryuji a model citizen.  He never thought or felt or did anything special.  Plus he has an ugly face.  Is there anything really inspiring about him?

His replacement is Almus from Isekai Kenkokuki.  Almus actually does have an inspirational record of achievement.  Starting as an orphan raised by a gryphon, he founds a village of orphans and takes good care of them, repulses an invasion, marries into the royal line of a neighboring kingdom, then fights and wins wars for his new family.  He even chooses to marry two different noble girls and love them both equally, a sign of independent thinking that isn't tainted by our stupid modern taboos.  I respect men like that who seize opportunities at happiness rather than go with the flow.  Plus, unlike Ryuji, he's really handsome.

By mentioning Almus in '100 Waifus' I can point people in its direction that they should read it, and previous fans of Kenkokuki will like '100 Waifus' all the more for acknowledging it.  It's a win-win.  If Isekai Kenkokuki ever gets an anime I've already fortified my position by including Almus in my fictional character hall of fame ahead of time, meaning I can add it to my top anime rankings without a hitch.  I wish Kenkokuki got an anime, that would definitely reach my anime hall of fame.  So many inferior isekai stories have already been animated, I wonder why this one hasn't been announced yet?

Fiora is the main heroine of Xenoblade Chronicles.  She really grows on you over time.  Even at the beginning she's a cute loving imouto, but when she comes back as a machine inhabited by a god she becomes super strong, complicated and sympathetic.  She matures a lot, suffers a lot, and comes out the other side healthy and beautiful again, while still acting like a cute lover and imouto the whole time.  She really justified playing the game as a whole, so it's nice to include her to get people to play the game like all my other recommendations.

Fiora replaces Aoi, whose only fault is the name is already too overused.  This was the fifth Aoi in the book and I was tired of explaining why this particular Aoi was different from all the others.  The Aoi from Vividred is only a side character in a 12 episode series so she has a lot less characterization than Fiora.  Every scene Aoi is in is good, but that's very few scenes to work with.  Fiora is in a sprawling epic 100 hour plus long video game and has endless lines.  It's not really a contest.

Until I play and defeat Tales of Arise I can't finalize my fictional character hall of fame or '100 Waifus.'  Humorously I have the game but not the Playstation 5 to play it with due to it always being sold out.  But these changes get me closer to that flawless list I've always been aiming for.