Let's try to answer questions:
Shenlong, you don't need more than 5-6 chi to function. With the totem you can catch 7 without problems, 6 if you want to push with the obey. As for the punch, you don't need to have more miniatures that ignore armor, because with three attacks you kill anything in the game.
The duo ototo and minako is simple one creates runner and the other kills them. To say that ototo is slow is not to have read the card well we speak of a guy who deals 7 damages to 15.5 "without help. If you add the pushes of kitty and totems, you will go half a table.
Kitty is to draw and push. Not to do missions, that is completely secondary in this list.
Yasunori is the runner not the killer. Its function is to draw cards and threaten while making schemes.
As for the obeys, if you declare Zoraida, you take off 2 stones and take stealth.Or you take the upgrade of ignoring triger and kill her in the second turn.