he cursed white beard for wrecking marine hq. akainu was still conscious and continued chasing luffy like he was before white beard hit him. akainu knew white beard was on deaths door but luffy and ace represented the threat of the new generation.
Akainu, the most sadic and bloodthirsty character in One Piece, just casually yells at Whitebeard for damaging the HQ of marines (it was Sengoku who went mad at Blackbeard for that, anyway) and take a nap for 5 minutes, instead of getting up and fight again to take the head of a "dead man walking" who was still dangerous.
Sorry, it isn't convincing and doesn't fit with the character, with the pannels, with the dynamic of the fight.
Akainu was beaten bad up by a cheap shot and a monster-attack and just was out of the scenes, it's no shame to be KO temporary if the world strongest man attacks you from behind after you have killed his son.
Akainu is cool but he's quite idolized by the powerful character-obsessed part of the fandom (not talking about you man, I don't know you) and if he lose they lose, childish way to enjoy a reading.
guys talk as if Wb had soled Akainu from the front, but Akainu was fighting Marco and wb came from behind and hit him off guard.
Yep, "unfair fight" but from the beginning, it wasn't a lone duel on a neutral island like Punk Hazard, but all Marineford is full of bias and isn't standing the test of time, it's aging quite bad but it's inevitable