Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-45510280-20200416210937/@comment-6769189-20200417185045

Ninja Of War wrote:

The wiki doesn't decide that, it tiers canon based on association relative to the author. So the further removed from the author, the lower the canon tier is. The novels are not written my Kishimoto, therefore are the lowest form of canon.

And to those who want to exclude the "love and willpower" statement, why believe anything in the novels then? Who decided this was the case for Naruto/Boruto? The wiki cant do that. The fans cant do that. The series is in the hands of a different writer now and most if not all of these things are overseen by Kishimoto. The series has almost become a collaborative effort in a similar vein to the MCU rather than the traditional series written by 1 person. Kodachi(Boruto writer) wrote the Gaara Hiden novel and supervises the anime.