I went to type "Waiting Room" into the Search Bar, and, without thinking, typed "Akainu" instead. I miss the Magma Man
I didn't have Akainu in my original Wano Act 4 theories, but, I think he's coming, now. Mt. Fuji is right there...
Can you imagine Akainu blasting off with magma through the sky, when he finds out his daughter, Hibari, is going to Wano to stop Teach from getting Pluton? Like Aramaki, but 10 times cooler, because Akainu neg-diffs Green Bull
I've got a really rough feeling that Hibari is dying in Act 4, though, due to Teach.
1. This would prove Akainu's decision in Marineford were completely wrong; if killing Whitebeard/Ace resulted in Teach's reign of terror in the New World, THEN Hibari's death, it would really be karmic, and also show how foolish the WG was to remove a man like Newgate, who protected so many innocent civilians from the worst pirates
2. Hibari dying would give Koby, Akainu, and then Luffy a unifying point; Koby and Akainu's fury would be obvious, since they both love Hibari, but, Luffy would be LIVID if Teach hurt one of his friends by killing their lover
3. I think Akainu will try to blow up the New World with Volcanoes, and that Zephyr and film Z, with Z's character having lost his family to a Shichibukai foreshadowing Akainu losing it after Hibari dies
I'm really nervous about Hibari...