Yamcha & Chi-Chi > Krillin (first appearance)

[DBZAOTA482]

I noticed both Yamcha and Chi-Chi were stronger than Krillin in their debuts. They were on par with tailed Goku... not as strong but were within his ballpark while Krillin was outclassed by tailless Goku. Chi-Chi casually outran a T-rex (of which top speed is 18-25 mph) then cut it's head off while Krillin was sweaty and tired from running 100 meters in 10.1/10.4 seconds. Yamcha was also trading blows with Goku only running away due to his looks being ruined and Chi-Chi spared evenly with Goku in a filler scene while Krillin was quickly overwhelmed by him in a brief scrap. Chi-Chi also nearly zapped Yamcha with her laser beam despite clearly telegraphing it at him a few seconds after being chased by a T-rex and survived a serious blow from him at the back of her head (which is a OHKO or possibly worse even on equal levels).

 

[Captain Cadaver]

Chichi's somewhat debatable. Whilst Yamcha implied she was strong, her taking out the Dinosaur could've had the kinetic force of throwing her blade come into play. She'd still be strong in that case, but enough to take on the beast with her fists is debatable.

Her surviving against Yamcha doesn't mean much though, since he only wanted to knock her out, which he did with one hit. Kuririn at least wasn't KO'd by Goku, so I doubt that Chichi > Kuririn is that solid.

 

[DBZAOTA482]

Chichi's somewhat debatable. Whilst Yamcha implied she was strong, her taking out the Dinosaur could've had the kinetic force of throwing her blade come into play. She'd still be strong in that case, but enough to take on the beast with her fists is debatable.

Her surviving against Yamcha doesn't mean much though, since he only wanted to knock her out, which he did with one hit. Kuririn at least wasn't KO'd by Goku, so I doubt that Chichi > Kuririn is that solid.

She did it without even trying (she didn't even look at the beast)... and it still had enough energy to return right back to her.

Yamcha attacked her out of reflex so he was definitely giving his all (he even considers her a serious threat afterwards) and Goku didn't wanna knock Krillin out either he just wanted the stone.

 

[Zippy]

She didn't do it without trying. She did it without thinking.

 

[withheldforprivacy]

Majin Vegeta knocked out Goku the same way; it doesn't mean much. I usually have Krillin~Chichi

 

[Animelover5487]

No it wasn't. Goku had his back turned and was reaching into his pocket when Vegeta hit him. Chi-Chi was in the middle of attacking Yamcha when he knocked her out.

Anyway I still think Krillin is stronger than Chi-Chi. Goku had to exert effort to block Krillin's attacks.

 

[DBZAOTA482]

No it wasn't. Goku had his back turned and was reaching into his pocket when Vegeta hit him. Chi-Chi was in the middle of attacking Yamcha when he knocked her out.

Anyway I still think Krillin is stronger than Chi-Chi. Goku had to exert effort to block Krillin's attacks.

She didn't want to fight Yamcha... she was just defending herself after being chased by a T-rex just a few seconds ago plus it's unknown if Gyumao ever formally trained her in martial arts at that point.

 

[Papasmurf]

Kuririn > Chichi at first appearance imo.

 

[Animelover5487]

No it wasn't. Goku had his back turned and was reaching into his pocket when Vegeta hit him. Chi-Chi was in the middle of attacking Yamcha when he knocked her out.

Anyway I still think Krillin is stronger than Chi-Chi. Goku had to exert effort to block Krillin's attacks.

She didn't want to fight Yamcha... she was just defending herself after being chased by a T-rex just a few seconds ago plus it's unknown if Gyumao ever formally trained her in martial arts at that point.

Chi-Chi still attacked him with the intent of blasting Yamcha with her helmit, something he was able to do and one-shot her. Whether Chi-Chi was trained by the Ox King yet or not is irrelevant as were talking about BODB Chi-Chi as she was at that time. Krillin's main threat would be her helmit, once he dodges that I think Krillin should be able to pull off the win in hand-to-hand combat.

 

[Papasmurf]

Kuririn had enough strength and dexterity to defeat a sabertooth tiger that surprised him. If he avoids the laser beam, he'd knock out Chichi, even if with higher difficulty than Yamcha.

 

[DBZAOTA482]

No it wasn't. Goku had his back turned and was reaching into his pocket when Vegeta hit him. Chi-Chi was in the middle of attacking Yamcha when he knocked her out.

Anyway I still think Krillin is stronger than Chi-Chi. Goku had to exert effort to block Krillin's attacks.

She didn't want to fight Yamcha... she was just defending herself after being chased by a T-rex just a few seconds ago plus it's unknown if Gyumao ever formally trained her in martial arts at that point.

Chi-Chi still attacked him with the intent of blasting Yamcha with her helmit, something he was able to do and one-shot her. Whether Chi-Chi was trained by the Ox King yet or not is irrelevant as were talking about BODB Chi-Chi as she was at that time. Krillin's main threat would be her helmit, once he dodges that I think Krillin should be able to pull off the win in hand-to-hand combat.

In context after giving warning she'll blast him and clearly telegraphing the beam at him.... yet he was still provoked to hit her and considers her a serious threat. Unlike tailless Goku who overpowered Krillin without much effort.

Also, it is relevant cuz it's a matter of strength not how well they can execute a punch and shit.

 

[xmysticgohanx]

I agree with op