@Acolytus Worthless? He did hold his own instead of taking a beating. It would be extremely unrealistic if a novice like him can beat people that have been fighting for a long time.
@miyako19 He did pretty well against the main antagonist of the previous arc and that was an actual trained martial artist, not a brute with 0 training as far as we know.
I was not expecting him to beat the shit out of the chief antagonists like Yashida but I was certainly expecting him to be able to do more than bruise some literal who thug's arm and then get his ass kicked and promptly saved by Ranna anyway.