Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-44437908-20200507051002/@comment-39350828-20200511194113

LegionZero wrote: If they wanted filler considered canon, they would have just put the anime as a whole on the timeline, instead they have the manga That defeats the purpose of it being a timeline because it wouldn't show when any anime events happen relative to the novels. It's first and foremost intended to be a timeline, not a comprehensive list of all canon works hence why they put manga chapters 1 and 700 on it as points of reference but not any of the chapters inbetween.