Krillin thought Goku was going all out, and that was AFTER he had seen Goku's performance against Chappa, AND goku stating he wasn't going anywhere near all out otherwise he would have killed Chappa accidentally. Goku then powered up twice.Bullza wrote:
Was it said that Goku used less power against King Chappa than Krillin? Are you referring to Goku saying he held back against Chappa so he didn't kill him but said he wouldn't hold back against Krillin?
That proves he was using far more power than against Chappa.
Tao was hyped AFTER everyone saw Goku stomping Chappa, while explicitly stated to be massively holding back.Tao was still hyped but as it was mentioned a few posts up. Goku beat Tao without too much effort. Roshi saw how strong he he'd become. He then went and trained for 3 years so Roshi would have expected him to get a lot stronger but still was unsure if he'd beat King Chappa so he should be stronger than Tao.
Roshi was never unsure if he can beat Chappa. He just said Goku got a tricky opponent for himself, and remember that Roshi did not know how to sense ki at that moment. He was just going off by reputation of king Chappa. "This guy won 2 tournaments without even being touched, he will probably be a tricky opponent for Goku". And when we consider the average level of a tournament (21st, 22nd, 23rd, 25th combined), characters like Nam and Pamput are the strongest entrants. They were probably the best opponents that were defeated by king chappa.
Obviously Yamcha's words can't be taken as such because he did not know how powerful Chappa is. He couldn't sense ki, he was going off by reputation.Edit: Oh I think I also had him high because Yamcha said he didn't think anyone could beat Chappa so easily which should include himself so shouldn't that mean that Goku in the preliminary was stronger than Yamcha and also Krillin who was said to be of a similar level?
Goku thought Yajirobe was involved in Krillin's death when he fought him.Yajirobe might be a bit too low I put him closer to Goku's match power because he didn't seem serious like when he fought Tambourine and when Yajirobe wanted no part of him if he was like that.
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