>>2119348Getting right down to it: Yes.
Old waifu sculpture has no face. New waifu sculpture has face.
The face in question, furthermore, has features exaggerated to emphasize the part we're most drawn to looking at, and there's a reason the eyes are frequently used as a metaphor for the soul.
On the whole, that means we value a persona as much as we value the titty.
So yeah, we've improved. It's not much, but it's something. Go us.