Dragon Ball: Chi-Chi's God-Tier Origin Proves She Deserves More Respect
While Chi-Chi is primarily thought of as Goku's wife and not a fighter in the Dragon Ball franchise, her mythical inspiration suggests that she should be a much more powerful and prominent character. Throughout Dragon Ball’s early years, several characters cycled in and out of the main cast rotation. One of these characters was Chi-Chi who, although she debuted rather early on in the series, wouldn’t return until much later in the Piccolo Saga. Like many characters in early Dragon Ball, Chi-Chi was loosely based off of a character from Wu Cheng’en’s story classic, Journey to the West.