Talk:Yuu Kannagi/@comment-31512498-20180810105754/@comment-31512498-20180821164832

To Razieli812:

Then why everyone in the comments bellow are mentioning the light novels? I did a little bit of digging and according to the Wikipedia, Yuu in the "GE: Knockin' on Heaven's Door" light novel originally was written by Ryuzaki Tsukasa back in December, 2010 (several months after the release of GEB). Meaning that not even Yuu actually belongs to Bandai but still was aknowleged as the canonical protagonist officially years later.

Resonant Ops..... Yes, RO was the one to make Yuu the protagonist for the first game but the short RO episodes that were released on Bandai Namco's YT channel also aknowleged Lenka's existence. Even tho Lenka doesn't even belong to Bandai but Ufotable. Thus meaning that Bandai also aknowleges Lenka as Yuu's counterpart too, even tho he isn't canon per se. The same thing could be said the other protagonists as well. Hence brings me to my question - if Bandai Namco could aknowlege Lenka's existence despite that it's not theirs, what's the problem for our characters to "exist" as counterparts for the protagonists? This is why I'm saying that my question isn't about what's canon and what's not.

Keep in mind that knowleging the existence of something doesn't necessary make it canon, even by the authors themselves. Take Dragon Ball for example - the movies and GT aren't canon but Akira Toriyama aknowleged them as alternative timeline/dimensions. It's even more complex because the canon material already has 4-8 timelines on it's own.