Talk:Yuu Kannagi/@comment-31512498-20180810105754/@comment-3478214-20180819065503

For something to be canon it has to be officially reconized as genuine, which basicaly means the company itself has to asert the reality though some form. Because this requires the companies interaction, a player created original character will never be reconized as 'canon', our original characters are all within the realm of 'fanon'.

God Eater is not created from a light novel, it's originally a game the was expanded until it branched into other media. This is a multimedia series, there is no 'he's canon to the light novels but not the games', because it's the same timeline. At least in reguards to Yuu, because with the release of Resonant Ops we see Yuu is again presented as the protagonist from the first game, showing up in his new cradle uniform taking part in story and fuctioning as a team character with the other cradle members. He also shows up in the anime shorts for ResOps introducing himself to Leo so the company has very clearly made him canon for the series.

For character creation, again the game was made before canon was ever relevant. It's also a game made with heavy RPG elements, with god arcs being customizable as well as clothes, there is litterally no reason not to impliment full character customization in the games. They are video games, meant to be played for fun. You don't have to adhere to some strict order just because of 'canon' media.