Talk:Naruto Hiden

canonicity
Any updates on this front?--Elve Talk Page 22:05, February 6, 2015 (UTC)
 * They're canonically set in the Blood Prison universe, but they're not canon to the manga universe. At least as long as they're not spoken of in the original manga. • Seelentau 愛 議 22:08, February 6, 2015 (UTC)
 * this?--Omojuze (talk) 22:26, February 6, 2015 (UTC)
 * @Omojuze What I want; Canon that ish. What will most likely happen; Endless debate.--TheUltimate3 Eye of Rikudō.svg (talk) 22:29, February 6, 2015 (UTC)
 * Blood Prison being canon to the manga if the Light Novels are? Ugh, that could get stupid real fast. -- WindStar7125 (talk | contribs) 22:31, February 6, 2015 (UTC)
 * Tau provided me enough reasons to make me feel that they're non-canon, but, well.. Blood Prison may exist, but the events from the movie might've never happened.--Omojuze (talk) 22:33, February 6, 2015 (UTC)
 * That's just takL's opinion. Kishimoto is involved in the sense that he wrote the original story and that he provides artwork (cover etc). Nothing else, from what I know. • Seelentau 愛 議 22:48, February 6, 2015 (UTC)
 * It's just a personal opinion to decide whether it's canon or not. Generally we deal with that it's coming from a novel which is another type of adaption for Naruto series, I think we'll hear those kinds of things in the future, reminding me the Dragon Ball. — Shakhmoot Nadeshiko Village Symbol.svg (Talk) 22:55, February 6, 2015 (UTC)
 * Well, we probably should decide on what we consider canon and what not/semi-canon? • Seelentau 愛 議 23:01, February 6, 2015 (UTC)
 * According to FF-Suzaku, the book has its own version of Blood Prison events, so whatever's decided with regards to this book series would not require any kind of unilateral uplifting of the movie's material. ~SnapperTo 03:23, February 7, 2015 (UTC)
 * @Seelentau, I wonder, because these novels serve to conclude character plots left from the manga. Like Kakashi's "transformation" into the 6th Hokage. If these things were non-canon, explaining them would have been redundant, no? If the Akatsuki one for example touches on what's with Orochimaru post chapter 699 and you say it's not-canon, we won't include that information? 0_o--Elve Talk Page 07:53, February 7, 2015 (UTC)
 * Ah, so even if the light novels are canon to the manga, they have a different set of Blood Prison events from the movie. Good. Trying to make the movie Blood Prison canon to the manga would have been troublesome to do on the wiki. -- WindStar7125 (talk | contribs) 08:11, February 7, 2015 (UTC)
 * Even if they do that, they're at most as canon as the current filler. • Seelentau 愛 議 13:33, February 7, 2015 (UTC)
 * So, what is the situation: canon, semi-canon("filler canon") or non-canon("movie-canon")? Snapper-kun suggested that infobox information is not to be added until this is decided.--Omojuze (talk) 15:15, February 26, 2015 (UTC)

note
With reference to this: I'm aware that the timeline is official. However, people who have not read the novels seem to be confused on the chronology; Kakashi Hiden evidently begins before Sasuke leaves Konoha, but by chapter 1 of that book he would have already left based on Nartuo's arm. I was just pointing out a minutia that might not be immediately obvious. ~SnapperTo 18:13, May 24, 2015 (UTC)

Madara Hiden?
So I found this- https://twitter.com/Wigi_Migi/status/615130785293598720/photo/1 I don't know if it's legitimate or not, but in case it is, I figured it was worth sharing. The only reason why I think it might be legit is because of the large following it's gotten (200+ re-tweets and favorites). But it could be another BS fan art like the Sasuke Hiden book from awhile ago. --KirinNOTKarin98 (talk) 22:13, June 28, 2015 (UTC)
 * ISBN number is fake as well as the barcode is blurry. So it's not legit. — Shakhmoot Nadeshiko Village Symbol.svg (Talk) 22:18, June 28, 2015 (UTC)
 * There's no ISBN number, lol. Also, his account says ⚠️マダラ秘伝は発売されないよ⚠️ = ! Madara Hiden won't be sold ! • Seelentau 愛 議 22:21, June 28, 2015 (UTC)
 * Oh well. I tried translating it, but I couldn't really get a good one. I only got a brief explanation saying it was the seventh edition in the Hiden series.--KirinNOTKarin98 (talk) 23:50, June 28, 2015 (UTC)

Canonicy 2
What is the purpose of Weekly Shounen Jump releasing an official novel timeline for both the Hiden and Shinden novels listing them within the same timeline as the original Manga chapters and canonical movies for them to be considered non-canon? They all seem to coherently follow canonical Manga events purposely and are presented as a way to cover blank periods in time on multiple different characters. Does Kishimoto himself really need to come out and say "Yes they are all canon" for them to be accepted as canon by the wiki community?

This I cannot prove, but a user on Narutoforums linked a seemingly legit interview with Kishimoto in which he was asked questions regarding Kakashi Hiden and other things from the Manga and he did not bother to differentiate between the two. If I could find this interview again and prove it was legit myself I would, but I assumed that the experienced editors and translators here would have had already gotten their hands on that if it existed and was legit. Do any of you know if this interview exists and if it's legit? If so, would that not immediately confirm their canonicy more than ever? --Legendary Super Saiya-Jin 4 (talk) 04:29, April 7, 2016 (UTC)
 * Canon is such a nasty word. It really shouldn't matter if it's novel, movie or game. Munchvtec (talk) 04:34, April 7, 2016 (UTC)
 * There's no timeline which lists the novels with the canonical movies. Furthermore, canon isn't defined by the author or someone else. Canon is the original story, in our case the manga. As long as something outside of the manga wasn't made canon (for example by calling it manga chapter 699.5), it's not. Even if the author "approved" of it. Then we have the anime canon, including filler, the movie canon and lastly the novel canon, which introduces new things such as Mud Release. By the way, I asked the Naruto twitter account if the novels are canon, but they don't answer, sadly. Then again, I don't think the Japanese bother as much as we do, but they don't have a wiki to run, hm. • Seelentau 愛 議 09:02, April 7, 2016 (UTC)