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Dragon Ball did the exact same thing a few years ago. It was called the Dragon Force Project where they cramed all of the non-canon anime specials into the manga timeline. Guess what? Anime specials are still non-canon. A timeline doesn't mean jack-crap unless the author themselves writes it and says: "Here's a timeline for my work". The anime company that has given us "The Year of Filler" is certainly no authority on what is canon or not. The novels are supplementary material, like the anime and like the play. That's why they exist.