Originally Posted by
Hornypony
Yes and No. If you do manage to get a bonus high enough fast, you can skip directly to Indira or higher. But if you do not, you will level your intermediate hit girl so high while building your total speed bonus that you will need many month to catch up with your 14 positions girl. Or in other words: there is a Sanshi out there with 3M stats. And my Ice has 2M stats. I have access to Indira+ and even with double stamina of the 14 pos girl in contrast to my 4 pos Ice, the difference in practise is 46/42. And that is also the answer to the importance of studios: Nice to have, but there are diminishing returns in leveling the girls' stamina and even more diminishing effects in stamina effectivness for leveling stats. More studios makes you reach that wall faster. More warp gives you more girls.
Going for Lola or Cherry is not advised. Positions slow down noticeably around 70-80 and for practice slow down you need more than 200 stamina. So no problem for Sanshi and all girls after her.