Board Thread:Consensus Track/@comment-3279282-20171016184901/@comment-3279282-20171019141217

We're not talking about any anime event. It doesn't matter that Boruto referenced the anime, because that's not enough to make something canon (see Raiga being in the manga not making the filler canon).

What makes the entire Boruto anime canon is the connection that was officially made by the author (same as when they made The Last chapter 699.5, for example).