Vizer04
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I know, i know. I made a similar post not so long ago, but this time it's with a different reasoning:
Currently, the reason for Tien (22°TB key) to be listed as possibly 5-C is because "Master Roshi stated that Tenshinhan might have won if their fight continued". This implies that, although superior, Roshi wasn't that superior to Tien. This is also the reason for 22°TB Roshi to be 5-C.
Now, let's take a look at what Cyborg Tao tells us about his own power
"I'll destroy you and Goku after my victory at the tournament..."
At first sight this seems like your typical villain gloating about his strenght, being extremely cocky and overconfident. This is even more clear when we see his crushing defeat at Tien's hands, no? Well, in order to give a proper explanation we need to have more context.
Tao and Tsurusen'nin are referring to 22°TB Tien, and they know very well how strong Tien was back then. This is obvious since one of them was his former master and Tao said this:
Based on this, we can be sure that his previous statement (I'll destroy you and Goku after my victory at the tournament) wasn't a complete lie, and we can estimate his strenght to be roughly similar to 22°TB Roshi.
Now, let's take a look at Chi-Chi
Since there isn't a fight between Cyborg Tao and Chi-Chi it's a little complicated to compare their strenght, but what we can do is compare their fights against 23°TB Tien and Goku, respectively.
Goku is clearly superior to her, but he moves from his place and dodges all her attacks.
Here, we can see Goku blocking her punches and kicks almost effortlessly, but he jumps into the air in order to dodge her last punch...
...but Chi-Chi follows him, also jumping very high into the air and continuing her attacks from there, attacks that this time Goku has some difficulties to dodge judging by his expression.
There's also the V-Jump statement of Chi-Chi having a similar power to 23°TB Roshi.
Now let's take a look at Tien's fight against Tao (i couldn't find the manga scans so here's a video of the fight)
We can see that Tien doesn't even move from his place to dodge Tao's attacks and he pretty much humilliates him in front of all the spectators. It's clearly a completely one-sided battle aside from the hidden blade scene (but to be fair, he caught Tien off guard).
Considering that Goku is above Tien at this point in the story, it's not hard to assume that Chi-Chi is at the very least, superior to Cyborg Tao and therefore, to 22°TB Roshi.
Now, regarding to Drum...
Master Roshi said that he could have lost against Tien, and that's the reason why 22°TB Tien is considered possibly 5-C.
You can't see this battle and tell me there was even a slim chance for Tien to win...
Conclusions
I think both Chi-Chi and Drum should be 5-C with Relativistic speed by scaling to 22°TB Roshi (i have my doubts with Tao, but that's beside the point).
I made a scale with the characters to demostrate how they compare to each other in my opinion:
7. Goku and Tien Shinhan (22°TB)
6. Roshi (22°TB) and Cyborg Tao >>>Here start the Moon level characters<<<
5. Roshi and Chi-Chi (23°TB)
4. Drum
3. King Piccolo
2. Tien Shinhan (23°TB)
1. Goku (23°TB)
Thank you for reading and have a nice day/night
Currently, the reason for Tien (22°TB key) to be listed as possibly 5-C is because "Master Roshi stated that Tenshinhan might have won if their fight continued". This implies that, although superior, Roshi wasn't that superior to Tien. This is also the reason for 22°TB Roshi to be 5-C.
Now, let's take a look at what Cyborg Tao tells us about his own power
"I'll destroy you and Goku after my victory at the tournament..."
At first sight this seems like your typical villain gloating about his strenght, being extremely cocky and overconfident. This is even more clear when we see his crushing defeat at Tien's hands, no? Well, in order to give a proper explanation we need to have more context.
Tao and Tsurusen'nin are referring to 22°TB Tien, and they know very well how strong Tien was back then. This is obvious since one of them was his former master and Tao said this:
Based on this, we can be sure that his previous statement (I'll destroy you and Goku after my victory at the tournament) wasn't a complete lie, and we can estimate his strenght to be roughly similar to 22°TB Roshi.
Now, let's take a look at Chi-Chi
Since there isn't a fight between Cyborg Tao and Chi-Chi it's a little complicated to compare their strenght, but what we can do is compare their fights against 23°TB Tien and Goku, respectively.
Goku is clearly superior to her, but he moves from his place and dodges all her attacks.
Here, we can see Goku blocking her punches and kicks almost effortlessly, but he jumps into the air in order to dodge her last punch...
...but Chi-Chi follows him, also jumping very high into the air and continuing her attacks from there, attacks that this time Goku has some difficulties to dodge judging by his expression.
There's also the V-Jump statement of Chi-Chi having a similar power to 23°TB Roshi.
Now let's take a look at Tien's fight against Tao (i couldn't find the manga scans so here's a video of the fight)
We can see that Tien doesn't even move from his place to dodge Tao's attacks and he pretty much humilliates him in front of all the spectators. It's clearly a completely one-sided battle aside from the hidden blade scene (but to be fair, he caught Tien off guard).
Considering that Goku is above Tien at this point in the story, it's not hard to assume that Chi-Chi is at the very least, superior to Cyborg Tao and therefore, to 22°TB Roshi.
Now, regarding to Drum...
Master Roshi said that he could have lost against Tien, and that's the reason why 22°TB Tien is considered possibly 5-C.
You can't see this battle and tell me there was even a slim chance for Tien to win...
Conclusions
I think both Chi-Chi and Drum should be 5-C with Relativistic speed by scaling to 22°TB Roshi (i have my doubts with Tao, but that's beside the point).
I made a scale with the characters to demostrate how they compare to each other in my opinion:
7. Goku and Tien Shinhan (22°TB)
6. Roshi (22°TB) and Cyborg Tao >>>Here start the Moon level characters<<<
5. Roshi and Chi-Chi (23°TB)
4. Drum
3. King Piccolo
2. Tien Shinhan (23°TB)
1. Goku (23°TB)
Thank you for reading and have a nice day/night
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