Board Thread:Consensus Track/@comment-3279282-20171016184901/@comment-35622277-20171020114735

An example can be taken from how Star Wars does it's canon, where they constantly draw inspiration from Legends material, uses their characters, designs, etc. but that doesn't mean the entirety of their original Legends information is canon. Only what had appeared in canon material was canon.

If Revan were to be referenced, only what was specifically referenced is canon, but not his background. The only way the entirety of his story to be canon, Disney needs to make an official statement.

It's no different here. What is specifically referenced in the manga is canon, but only what is said in the manga. All that is said is that he went to Kirigakure for a field trip. At this point, only that sentence, not the anime arc, is canon. However, since the author stated that the two stories are one and the same, the anime is now completely canon to the manga.