Board Thread:Improvements and Issues/@comment-957629-20170706231333/@comment-32942660-20170825064223

Before I say anything, I just want to throw it out there that I will always be loyal to the manga. I have always loved Bleach and it was one of the first managa I ever read.

Now, as someone that currently translates from Japanese to English and has read all of the Bleach novels in Japanese, I want to point out that the novels are all considered canon in Japan because one, in the few interviews Kubo Tite has been in, he has in several ways confirmed this. Also For the most recent light novel, Can`t Fear Your Own World 1, The author and Kubo Tite worked hand and hand together to make the book.

I can fully understand why people consider them not canon, but please believe me when I say they /are/.

The reason why the books aren`t in manga form: In Japan the Manga Bleach was losing popularity and was forced to end sooner then the mangaka wished for. Kubo Tite wished to continue it somehow and so he worked together with the author Narita Ryohgo to create Can`t Fear You Own World 1. The second book in the series is already in the works and comes out in Japan this winter. All of this can be confirmed on the Japan JumpjBooks Japanese website. The purpose of most of the Bleach light novels is to fill in gapes of information that the Manga was forced to leave out.