User blog comment:HanataSanchou/Expect The Unexpected/@comment-25926617-20160402152005/@comment-24850639-20160404173703

Unfortunately that all depends on who's in the party to go see Marco. If none of the main Straw Hats go, which it seems will probably be the case, then Oda has no reason to follow the story live. He'll probably treat it like he did Ace vs. Blackbeard where we'll get full detail, but as a break in the story. We've got 30% of One Piece to go, so this is the worst possible time for Oda to create loose ends in the plot, or leave anything unanswered that won't be addressed in the next 1-2 arcs. If this truly is us moving in the "vs 4 Yonko arc/saga" then I expect all of the Yonko to make an appearance pretty soon, in one way or another. Shanks is the only logical option in my opinion, but to play devil's advocate we don't exactly know Whitebeard's relationship with the other Yonko pre-mortem, considering he never truly cared for finding One Piece or being Pirate King. Kaido was the only one I was sure he was serious enemies with, but based on what Kaido said when he was introduced, I have just a small amount of doubt. Being rivals doesn't mean you have to be bitter enemies, as his relationship with Shanks points out. Him and Big Mom could have been cool for all we know; Jinbe was essentially part of his crew for a small time, and he felt more comfortable going to Big Mom to protect the Sun Pirates for some reason, as opposed to say, Shanks. I'm expecting to get whatever expectations I have completely blown out of the water though lol.