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There are plenty of anime that have a lot of filler, such as Naruto or Bleach.
However, there are a lot of filler episodes that fit completely in the
storyline, and could easily have happened. Wouldn't it make sense for the
mangaka to declare some of these as canon?

This would clearly satisfy the audience as it kills a lot of people to see
good content that didn't really happen. But building on this, would it be
plausible for the mangaka to create a new category of episodes in between
filler and canon that simply labels episodes as correct so people can watch
them, but skip over them since they don't contribute to the plot? This would
seem like a step up since there is a clear distinction between outrageously
impossible filler and filler that could actually have occurred.


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Would it make sense for there to be a new category of episodes between filler and canon?


Often times, when it comes to the filler, the original creator or mangaka has
_no_ say in it. They may have the ability to influence designs, but that's
probably it; much of that would get written by someone other than themselves.

This is largely borrowing [from an earlier answer of
mine](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/34275/102), but I want to highlight a
few key points from it:

> Studios in charge of the more popular anime series don't really have this
> liberty; generally, one of these things could happen:
>
>   * The author treats it as non-canon and progresses forward (ignore it)
>   * The author incorporates it into canon (think Hayate no Gotoku and the
> addition of Kayura Tsurugino after the movie) (embrace it)
>   * The author decides to reboot the series entirely, which may include some
> components of the original one and may not, with the liberties largely
> removed (Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood vs Full Metal Alchemist) (allow
> both to exist)
>

Effectively, there's really not much wiggle room between what is and isn't
canon. It either gets adapted into canon, or it gets ignored. No one outside
of the original mangaka can decide this, and there have been examples of both
happening in different works. Series like _Bleach_ likely didn't get to
exercise options of adopting it into canon due to the fact that Kubo Tite was
working so hard on it, _he had to go to the hospital_ several times during
_Bleach_ 's run.


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