Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-25319479-20170412100836/@comment-4331449-20170414112935

UltimaDude wrote: Sasskitten wrote: At the moment they don't so does that mean that if later in the manga they appear then it is no longer a filler? If they didn't appear in cahpter 700 and Gaiden (where everyone was still in the Academy) then they won't appear in later events

Wrong. Anime exclusive characters can come back in some form. Look at Raiga and Shira. They were anime filler exclusives and Raiga appeared in the MANGA later on and Shira was at Naruto's wedding. They can do whatever they want in the anime. Remember that the discussion between Boruto and Momoshiki in frozen time was not in the movie so it's all just " bonus " stuff.

Look at Dragon Ball Super, so much is different in the anime and the manga. You can't expect everything to be the same just because you saw it in the manga. In the end it all boils down to what YOU consider is canon or not.