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 manga I ever read.

Now, as someone that lives in Japan, 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 fact that Kubo Tite has done work for the novel and approved it should be good enough to confirm as canon. And in Japan IT IS canon.

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 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.

Quick note: I noticed some people were asking if the light novels were manga, etc. They are merely novels (So just writing) with a few drawings drawn by Kubo Tite in them.

The issue over the unofficial translations: Yes, there are only unofficial translations of the novels for English readers. And yes all the light novels to this day haven`t been officially translated, but that doesn't mean that we should exclude adding information about the light novels here.

If it is finally decided that we can add information about the light novels, I would be fully willing to add that information.