Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-4700229-20141027210331/@comment-945885-20141105210134

Ten Tailed Fox wrote: Alpha Olphion wrote: Ten Tailed Fox wrote: KiumaruHamachi wrote: There's a Part 3 coming.

No. There isn't. Fans need to stop deluding themselves with this concept because it simply isn't true. Technically, Kishi said that there's a mini-story that will appear in the Spring that focuses on the new generation. So.....

And that isn't Part 3. That is a spin-off.

Example of Naruto Spin-Offs: Rock Lee's Springtime of Youth It doesn't say spinoff, it says miniseries.

There is going to be a serialized miniseries, and a series of novel side stories (gaiden), the first volume of which is called Kakashi Chronicles (Kakashi-den). Gaiden doesn't imply non-canon... The Kakashi flashbacks in between Part I and Part II were gaiden (literally called Kakashi Gaiden).

Most likely both will be canon (as they're presented as a continuation of the original series, much like The Last), unlike Rock Lee's Springtime of Youth and Uchiha Sasuke's Sharingan Chronicles, both of which are published in Saikyo Jump and are openly gag manga.