Are the novels canon?

Deadmed

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The 'authorship' of Naruto doesn't matter. They're canon if you want to believe they are, and really- why invalidate things for yourself, you're ruining the experience for yourself.

Ignore NB, enjoy the canons, anime and games. It's all Naruto. Never got why people enjoy denying it.

I just don't get it, Kishi approves them as part of the world he created, he's letting one of them expand his world with the new Boruto manga not written by him...
 

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It's all a matter of personal perspective as this is fiction. If you consider them canon, let them be canon. However, when it comes to debating, most people don't even read the novels so you can't use feats from a source that most debaters haven't even read.
 

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It's all a matter of personal perspective as this is fiction. If you consider them canon, let them be canon. However, when it comes to debating, most people don't even read the novels so you can't use feats from a source that most debaters haven't even read.

you can post quotes to back up your point, I guess we'll see if the Boruto manga draws an parallels to them
 

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you can post quotes to back up your point, I guess we'll see if the Boruto manga draws an parallels to them
That doesn't change the fact that the others don't know the context behind them.
 

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Canon is whatever the people that own the series consider part of the story. Shueisha owns the majority of Naruto and they put the novels into the official timeline, making them a part of the story.

Not sure where:

1. The nonsensical notion that fans can determine what is canon comes from.

2. That something isn't canon unless Kishimoto comes out and says it when the majority of the rights to the series isn't even owned by him.
 

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Canon is whatever the people that own the series consider part of the story. Shueisha owns the majority of Naruto and they put the novels into the official timeline, making them a part of the story.

Not sure where:

1. The nonsensical notion that fans can determine what is canon comes from.

2. That something isn't canon unless Kishimoto comes out and says it when the majority of the rights to the series isn't even owned by him.
So does that mean Sakura can tank TBB?

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So does that mean Sakura can tank TBB?

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That's a feat given to her in official material published by the right holders to the franchise so yes, she can. That's the only correct answer.

Deva Path didn't take any sort of serious damage from the explosion of Kn6's Bijudama, just a torn cloak and scuff marks, so the Strength of a Hundred Seal would obviously nullify that damage completely.
 
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