Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-1411686-20140815193400/@comment-28861328-20140820065221

Manga is fact.

I don't care what Rachin says, he can live in his own little world for all I care, but that's the truth.

The anime is fact only until it contradicts the manga or adds content that wasn't in the manga.

Any such infractions of what happens in the manga is non-canon and, frankly, we don't care anything about that. We document it because it took place, but it does not ever take precedence over the manga.

Period.