For those saying Boruto manga is canon.

[rinnegan human puppet]

It does, because VG development and design is so completely different that it's not even funny. Your analogy on VGs here is absurdly off base.

but its not, ur excuse for this manga being canon is that he's "involved", by that logic might aswell call the games canon too.

He's not writting the story, he's not drawing the panels, this manga isnt canon.

 

[shelke]

but its not, ur excuse for this manga being canon is that he's "involved", by that logic might aswell call the games canon too.

He's not writing the story, he's not drawing the panels, this manga isnt canon.

Game design is a different aspect. I am telling you that for the second time.

 

[Natsu Shazneel]

I think the notion of canon as authenticity is an interesting problem and hang up.

American comics are interesting and fun still even though there is no longer an authentic quality that centers around a specific creator.

X-Men is still cool even if Stan Lee isn't writing or the creator of Batman has been dead for decades but everyone pretty much thinks that Batman is still cool, and all of the rest of American comics in the mainstream (equivalent to Jump) don't have a "canon" anymore.

I suppose I have to question whether I am a Kishimoto fan or Naruto fan first, and I am comfortable being a Naruto fan first.

I just feel that there is a lot of enjoyable stuff to be missed if the fan base gets trapped in the loop of "authentic" and "canon".

I am not a Kishimotto fan I am a Naruto fan. Being a Naruto fan does not nessecarly mean you need to like a continuation. Even if its done by a different author. Kishimotto himself has exploited majority of the series. Seeing it go on for the sake of it going on does not mean you are a true Naruto fan. It just means you are a casual fan. You see what I like about Japanese comics is that there is an actual ending. The series don't go on long enough till people end up dropping it completely. Because too much of anything is never a good thing. There has to be a balance between start and finish. If there isn't one than everything would end in a mess. That is why as a Naruto fan I chose to let the series end where I feel it should end. Cause anything after this will only mess up the power levels.

 

[Aznkidd]

I am not a Kishimotto fan I am a Naruto fan. Being a Naruto fan does not nessecarly mean you need to like a continuation. Even if its done by a different author. Kishimotto himself has exploited majority of the series. Seeing it go on for the sake of it going on does not mean you are a true Naruto fan. It just means you are a casual fan. You see what I like about Japanese comics is that there is an actual ending. The series don't go on long enough till people end up dropping it completely. Because too much of anything is never a good thing. There has to be a balance between start and finish. If there isn't one than everything would end in a mess. That is why as a Naruto fan I chose to let the series end where I feel it should end. Cause anything after this will only mess up the power levels.

This is why not everybody share same opinion. Any one can choose their own ending. For some people, the manga actually ended after Pain saga.........
But lets be clear, Naruto is created by a group of people where Kishi playing major part in it. Now for some reason this group is growing bigger, there will be more people to join and share the work/burden with Kishi. So as long as Naruto continue within this organization, it still considered as CANON.

 

[Natsu Shazneel]

This is why not everybody share same opinion. Any one can choose their own ending. For some people, the manga actually ended after Pain saga.........
But lets be clear, Naruto is created by a group of people where Kishi playing major part in it. Now for some reason this group is growing bigger, there will be more people to join and share the work/burden with Kishi. So as long as Naruto continue within this organization, it still considered as CANON.

I could care less if its canon or non canon. If continuing a series for the sake of continuing seems right to you than that is your own very opinion. For me the original should stay with the original or else you will continuing to see inconstancies in power leveling.

 

[loj]

Lol such a shit argument LOL.

GT had nothing to do with Tori...

Boruto does have something to do with Kishi..

 

[fiercerunner]

It's up to the readers to judge. And people will view this as they please, I personally can't consider this canon if it's not Kishi's work.

This is a good point. If Kishi isn't directly writing it -- only supervising -- then I'm not sure I will consider it to be canon either. To each his own though.

 

[SilverJay]

Sadly I won't consider it canon...in the same way I only consider The Last to be semi-canon. Simply supervising a story does not make it Kishi's story. It will be someone else's ideas and work that will be going into this new manga. And by the looks of the promotional art I really question how much influence Kishi will actually have. Toriyama oversaw GT's production, and designed several elements from GT. Many people assumed this was canon...however if Battle of Gods is any sign it seems Toriyama was really unhappy with what happened to his story since he made a clear effort to show that GT was not canon by turning Pilaf and his gang into children (the very same thing that happened to Goku in GT). Somehow I imagine the same thing will be happening here. Kishi will return years later to create his own version of what really happened. Of course I'll still read the new manga...but I''ll take everything with a grain of salt.

 

[Amazeballs]

Is DragonBall GT canon?

Something being true of DBZ/GT doesn't mean that it's true of Naruto and this spin-off. The Boruto Movie is canon, and this is being written by the same screenplay writer and supervised by Kishi. We can't determine whether or not this is canon based on one single, well-known example of non-canon spin-offs.

 

[MaYne1]

Is DragonBall GT canon?

no further questions.

Retard gt wasn't supported by the author but made well he was away by his stagf with no say well kishi is supporting his staff by supervising the whole thing. Gt would be Canon if it wasn't garbage.

 

[Natsu Shazneel]

Lol such a shit argument LOL.

GT had nothing to do with Tori...

Boruto does have something to do with Kishi..

Kishi is only giving tips. This is nothing but a practice manga for the new comer.

 

[Darkill25]

If it sucks, it will be non canon like dbgt so we will have to see it to know, that's how things like this works...

 

[ToshiZO]

Let me ask you this...why would it not be cannon..it would not make sense for it to be non canon. Its been a year only since the manga ended...its canon. If it isnt....would kishi pull a super himself 10 or 15 years down the road. Doubt it.

Wtf is this nonsense? Kishimoto is not writing it, therefore it is not canon, period.

@Thread

Gt isn't even canon, and yet if you wanna call something canon, GT is more canon than this new series, since Toriyama was directly involved with the character designs. Kishimoto is doing jack all for this series, he says he is "supervising" it so desperate sheep like you people can hop on to boost sales, and it works like a charm. The man is doing shit all.

The Naruto Storm games are more canon than this series.

Edit: dunno wtf happened to my earlier post.

 

[V h o]

I'm fine with it being canon unless some severe contradictions to the older manga occur.

 

[Honord Sage]

but its not, ur excuse for this manga being canon is that he's "involved", by that logic might aswell call the games canon too.

He's not writting the story, he's not drawing the panels, this manga isnt canon.

Tell that to the judge in court, you have no legal right to claim that.Law says as long as Kishi retains the rights to Naruto He can sub contract anybody to do His work and as long as Kishi says is canon you got to shut up and take it.

 

[rinnegan human puppet]

Tell that to the judge in court, you have no legal right to claim that.Law says as long as Kishi retains the rights to Naruto He can sub contract anybody to do His work and as long as Kishi says is canon you got to shut up and take it.

lmfao dumbest reply on the thread.

 

[Pakura]

He's not writting the story, he's not drawing the panels, this manga isnt canon.

Wtf is this nonsense? Kishimoto is not writing it, therefore it is not canon, period.

Man, people say the stupidest things. But this logic, nothing in the X-Men was canon after Stan Lee and Jack Kirby stopped writing it in the mid-60s. All the people going to see The Force Awakens also are idiots since it is not canon because George Lucas did not write it. Everything in the The Walking Dead must not canon after Frank Darabont left after season 1. But they all are canon. And so is the Boruto series since it is an official product that takes place in the same established universe and is produced by Shueisha. Shueisha owns Naruto and says what is canon. Kishimoto could not just go to another publisher and write/draw Naruto again. Shueisha owns all the rights to Naruto.

 

[rinnegan human puppet]

But that logic, nothing in the X-Men was canon after Stan Lee and Jack Kirby stopped writing it in the mid-60s. All the people going to see The Force Awakens also are idiots since it is not canon because George Lucas did not write it. Everything in the The Walking Dead must not canon after Frank Darabont left after season 1. But they all are canon. And so is the Boruto series since it is an official product that takes place in the same established universe and is produced by Shueisha. Shueisha owns Naruto and says what is canon. Kishimoto could not just go to another publisher and write/draw Naruto again. Shueisha owns all the rights to Naruto.

wrong in so many ways.

 

[Natsu Shazneel]

Man, people say the stupidest things. But this logic, nothing in the X-Men was canon after Stan Lee and Jack Kirby stopped writing it in the mid-60s. All the people going to see The Force Awakens also are idiots since it is not canon because George Lucas did not write it. Everything in the The Walking Dead must not canon after Frank Darabont left after season 1. But they all are canon. And so is the Boruto series since it is an official product that takes place in the same established universe and is produced by Shueisha. Shueisha owns Naruto and says what is canon. Kishimoto could not just go to another publisher and write/draw Naruto again. Shueisha owns all the rights to Naruto.

What a dumb post. Lmao

 

[shelke]

Pakura has made a very valid point about publishing rights.