Originally Posted by
Sharpandpointies
I agree. Most of the time, the MW come in and basically beat up the tekla gang members, no-names without any cred. They do it really quickly, but that's all.
Ice actually does fight the Oya High second stringer (I forget the bald guy's name, but he HAS a name, and rather casually beats up no-names)...and lays him out really fast. It's kinda what I would expect from someone somewhere in between the Amamiyas/Kohaku and the SWORD gang leaders (who might have taken a little time to take out the bald guy).
Jesse and his gang were somewhat of a disappointment, indeed. Jesse runs about equal to Cobra in their fight (maybe a touch better? But only that, if at all), and beats Rocky off-screen when Rocky is feeling depressed and down (and Jesse notes that Rocky was 'tough'). That does kind of cement him as potentially slightly better than Cobra. Jesse's quick friend with the knife loses to Yamato after a hard fight. Their HUGE friend...can't even put down Noboru, even after Noboru makes the point that he's been away from gang fighting for a while.
It's not a great showing for Jesse's group, and we only really see Jesse again one more time in Final Mission, where he does...not a lot.
[Amamiya brothers] Guys with guns standing close to us. Oh noes.