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Snapper2 wrote: I agree with FF-Suzaku's organization. It does not make sense to put things under a Part I/Part II heading when they don't happen during said Part.

Although I wonder what the purpose of the separate Novels section is? Is The Wolf that Howled at the Sun non-canon, or is it because of the movie tie-ins? Most of the novels are just novelizations of other material, so they probably don't need to be much more than a listing of books they appeared in.

I'm not sure about whether or not The Wolf that Howled at the Sun is canon. I think it could easily be put under the Part II heading on Sasuke's article, but I don't know enough about the book to know if it overtly contradicts the official flow of events, which is why most of the movies couldn't possibly be canon.

I'm also curious about how different the Blood Prison novel is from the film, as some elements from that story are referenced in the Hiden series, but they don't seem to match the movie's version of events and the novel technically has a different title from the movie. As I said elsewhere, Blood Prison, The Wolf that Howled at the Sun, and Tales of a Gutsy Ninja are unlike the other novelizations in that they feature original art by Kishimoto and share cover layouts with the Naruto Hiden novels, which makes it seem like those somehow stand apart.