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The game I'm playing right now is actually a prequel to Cold Steel but it focuses on a different protagonist and main cast so it's not like you absolutely have to play it first. There's even another series called Trails in the Sky which came before Zero so at this point I'm playing them all in reverse order XD
But yea they released an English version of Cold Steel first which is why a lot of people are in the same boat and only played that one. This year they released Zero which I'm playing now. And next year they're releasing Hajimari which is the sequel and the one I really want to play but apparently there's already a fan patch which I might just end up playing instead.
Anyway that's the short of it. Overall I would recommend the series but it is a pretty huge time investment with each game taking a good 50-ish hours and there being like 10 of them (or 4 if you just play Cold Steel like everyone else). There are also romance options if you care about that (I know I do).
But there are only 10 slots so who actually makes it on there is determined by other factors such as who I like more, my emotional attachment to the characters which is also influenced by stuff like recency of when I last watched their show/played their game or even nostalgia. Especially with the lower half of my list since I could easily have Illya or Nadeko on there instead of Rika or Setsuna which I often flip flop over.
Or right now I'm playing Ao no Kiseki and am tempted to add literally 6 girls from that series (here's one of them https://myanimelist.net/character/72239/Tio_Plato ) filling up most of my list but who knows if I'll actually do it.
There are also characters like Ayaka from Genshin impact who I would add for sure (I like her even more than Ganyu) but she doesn't have a MAL page so I can't. In theory male characters could still make it on there but it's just near impossible to beat out all the girls. Last one I seriously considered was Levi.
Not sure if any of this will actually be helpful with what you're trying to do but good luck I guess.
Ram is just okay. Rem is best girl. Highest possible tier of waifu.
I still have respect for ZUN for solo-handling such a franchise but he clearly has favorites, and doesn't/can't hold back much his bias towards those characters. For danmaku games, it's always Reimu, Marisa, Sakuya, Sanae. For manga, Aya and Mamizou appear a lot more than other characters. I'd prefer a bit of repertoire honestly.
Alice is basically forgotten.
Another decimal-numbered game and it's not even a different gameplay, plus it looks like it's reusing the cards from Marketeers... I'll just download it for collection's sake when it's out and not even sure I'll play it for real.
Hmm, your Honorable Mentions category looks good enough. How about one for games you like? Some of your fave Touhou girls for portrait category might look good too.