While Chi-Chi is mostly known for being Goku’s wife who is vehemently against his love of fighting and constantly scolds him about getting a job to adequately provide for his family, that characterization is a far cry from how Chi-Chi was originally depicted as her Dragon Ball introduction actually made her even cooler than Goku.
Despite being a committed mother and present wife in the current state of Dragon Ball continuity, Chi-Chi is actually the Princess of Fire Mountain and is the daughter of the Ox-King. After she and Goku fall in love and get married, the two start a family by having two sons, Gohan and Goten. Being half Saiyan, Goku and Chi-Chi’s children have access to vast amounts of power and Goku wanted to train them in the ways of combat just as his grandfather, Gohan, trained him as a child. Chi-Chi, however, did not support this and wanted her children to focus more on their studies so that they could grow up and get high-paying jobs. While she didn’t want fighting to be her children’s main focus like it was for Goku, Chi-Chi can still hold her own in battle–something that is epically shown upon her debut.
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In Dragon Ball Chapter 11 by Akira Toriyama, Bulma, Oolong, and Goku are searching for Earth’s Dragon Balls and their journey leads them to Fire Mountain ruled over by the terrifying Ox-King. When they approach the mountain and find themselves face-to-face with the Ox-King, they find out that he isn’t as scary as he seemed and actually proved to be a pretty nice guy especially after he found out who Goku was. The Ox-King apparently knew Goku’s grandfather before he passed, and because of that connection he agreed to give Goku and
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