Neoriceisgood
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i'm kinda sad we didn't get an update to the other big characters in the one piece world like we usually do after arcs. i really want to see if shanks has added any of the old whitebeard pirates to his crew. i'm kinda hoping marco joined his crew.
Wasn't most of that build up to what eventually became the Marineford War saga?
If I remember correctly the flashes to stuff like the shichis, ace, blackbeard and whitebeard all came after the cummulation of the Arabasta arc, in which Ace was introduced and Crocodile's defeat required a new Shichibukai.
Before this point we had vague hints about Ace & BB during Drum, but they were about as vague as the Aokiji/Akainu thing.
As things stand now we're quite literally at the start of a larger overbearing "Big Mum" arc, so most end-arc updates will most likely relate to Big Mum and her men. It probably won't be until later in this arc that we'll get insight into events surrounding other characters if it follows the same formula.
(for as far as oda works with a formula, that is. Some stuff you don't realise until after an arc ends.)