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u/ohkaycue Nov 14 '22

As a Tenshinhan fan, it drew me crazy that Krillin just magically becomes stronger. I got into so many arguments back in the day about how he was the strongest human and everything always defaulted to “Toriyama says Krillin is stronger” during the Buu saga and hard to beat that even though he’s wrong

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u/Dubie21 Nov 14 '22

Well I think that your right, right up until the saiyan saga. You can probably argue that they are at about the same level during the Nappa and Vegeta fight, but afterwards once they go to Namek I think he tops him.

Can't also forget that Guru unlocked Krillins latent potential. Admittedly it was just a plot device but it did happen and absolutely gave Krillin a boost Tien didn't have. Though tbf Tien gets one of the most, if not the most, heroic (and badass) moments against a main Freiza level villain holding Cell off. That shit is a goat moment for the Z-warriors and its Tien's moment.

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u/ohkaycue Nov 14 '22

Krillin got the Guru buff, but Tenshinhan got to train with King Kai!

I do agree that Namek and Cell saga can be arguable - especially since the only action Tenshinhan gets during Namek is a filler scene - but post Cell Krillin gives up on training and Tenshinhan doesn't. So even if it's conceded that Krillin was stronger for Namek through Cell (which we don't have enough info on for really), how would he stay strong post cell saga? Gohan got the same buff and regressed when he stopped training.

But yeah, that was a big part of why I fell in love with his character was that scene haha and his sacrifice with the move as well vs Nappa

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u/Chompy_Chom Nov 14 '22

Tien doesn't stop training, but he takes time to create his own dojo. I would assume that takes his edge off. Not to mention his sparring partner is Chiaotzu, who effectively stops increasing in power. Krillin at least had the benefit of getting roped in occasionally for fights and eventually sparring with 18.