Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-45510280-20200416210937/@comment-1207741-20200428173510

it's never shown in literally any of the countless filler This is a weird argument. The novels and anime are both ultimately adaptations of the manga. The two are not inherently related beyond their shared source material. So why are you evaluating the novels' veracity by whether or not the anime makes the same adaptation?

I think this entire discussion is dumb. Either a person is willing to accept the novels or they aren't. In the same way that a person either is willing to accept the anime or they aren't. Trying to convince others to accept one over the other is a waste of time.