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How do you say “canon” as in “official for a story universe”?



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There's specific words out there like 正典 meant for the Bible, but what's the common term for referring to a story. As in "the Christmas Special isn't canon for the Star Wars universe". I figure there must be one used casually for gamers, and manga and anime fans. I'd guess カノン but it's not in any dictionary I can find - so it might be slang.










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  • In reference to Star Trek and Star Wars, 正史 seems to be used a decent amount.

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    Totally irrelevant but カノン rather reminds me of a specific title :D

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    @broccoliforest うぐぅ…

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There's specific words out there like 正典 meant for the Bible, but what's the common term for referring to a story. As in "the Christmas Special isn't canon for the Star Wars universe". I figure there must be one used casually for gamers, and manga and anime fans. I'd guess カノン but it's not in any dictionary I can find - so it might be slang.










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  • In reference to Star Trek and Star Wars, 正史 seems to be used a decent amount.

    – BJCUAI
    1 hour ago








  • 1





    Totally irrelevant but カノン rather reminds me of a specific title :D

    – broccoli forest
    38 mins ago






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    @broccoliforest うぐぅ…

    – naruto
    2 mins ago














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There's specific words out there like 正典 meant for the Bible, but what's the common term for referring to a story. As in "the Christmas Special isn't canon for the Star Wars universe". I figure there must be one used casually for gamers, and manga and anime fans. I'd guess カノン but it's not in any dictionary I can find - so it might be slang.










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There's specific words out there like 正典 meant for the Bible, but what's the common term for referring to a story. As in "the Christmas Special isn't canon for the Star Wars universe". I figure there must be one used casually for gamers, and manga and anime fans. I'd guess カノン but it's not in any dictionary I can find - so it might be slang.







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  • In reference to Star Trek and Star Wars, 正史 seems to be used a decent amount.

    – BJCUAI
    1 hour ago








  • 1





    Totally irrelevant but カノン rather reminds me of a specific title :D

    – broccoli forest
    38 mins ago






  • 1





    @broccoliforest うぐぅ…

    – naruto
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  • In reference to Star Trek and Star Wars, 正史 seems to be used a decent amount.

    – BJCUAI
    1 hour ago








  • 1





    Totally irrelevant but カノン rather reminds me of a specific title :D

    – broccoli forest
    38 mins ago






  • 1





    @broccoliforest うぐぅ…

    – naruto
    2 mins ago

















In reference to Star Trek and Star Wars, 正史 seems to be used a decent amount.

– BJCUAI
1 hour ago







In reference to Star Trek and Star Wars, 正史 seems to be used a decent amount.

– BJCUAI
1 hour ago






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Totally irrelevant but カノン rather reminds me of a specific title :D

– broccoli forest
38 mins ago





Totally irrelevant but カノン rather reminds me of a specific title :D

– broccoli forest
38 mins ago




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@broccoliforest うぐぅ…

– naruto
2 mins ago





@broccoliforest うぐぅ…

– naruto
2 mins ago










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Official as opposed to fanfiction/dojin is simply 公式.



But do you want to refer to the canonical story line as opposed to that of a spin-off based on an alternative/what-if story? Like "main" Attack on Titan as opposed to Attack on Titan: Junior High, or "main" Dragon Ball as opposed to That Time I Got Reincarnated as Yamcha? In this case, both are 公式, so to speak, but 本編(ストーリー) is the word to refer to the "main" story line. 正史 sounds grandiose but can be used if the story is very long like Star Wars. As far as I know, カノン is never used in this sense.






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    Official as opposed to fanfiction/dojin is simply 公式.



    But do you want to refer to the canonical story line as opposed to that of a spin-off based on an alternative/what-if story? Like "main" Attack on Titan as opposed to Attack on Titan: Junior High, or "main" Dragon Ball as opposed to That Time I Got Reincarnated as Yamcha? In this case, both are 公式, so to speak, but 本編(ストーリー) is the word to refer to the "main" story line. 正史 sounds grandiose but can be used if the story is very long like Star Wars. As far as I know, カノン is never used in this sense.






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      Official as opposed to fanfiction/dojin is simply 公式.



      But do you want to refer to the canonical story line as opposed to that of a spin-off based on an alternative/what-if story? Like "main" Attack on Titan as opposed to Attack on Titan: Junior High, or "main" Dragon Ball as opposed to That Time I Got Reincarnated as Yamcha? In this case, both are 公式, so to speak, but 本編(ストーリー) is the word to refer to the "main" story line. 正史 sounds grandiose but can be used if the story is very long like Star Wars. As far as I know, カノン is never used in this sense.






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        Official as opposed to fanfiction/dojin is simply 公式.



        But do you want to refer to the canonical story line as opposed to that of a spin-off based on an alternative/what-if story? Like "main" Attack on Titan as opposed to Attack on Titan: Junior High, or "main" Dragon Ball as opposed to That Time I Got Reincarnated as Yamcha? In this case, both are 公式, so to speak, but 本編(ストーリー) is the word to refer to the "main" story line. 正史 sounds grandiose but can be used if the story is very long like Star Wars. As far as I know, カノン is never used in this sense.






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        Official as opposed to fanfiction/dojin is simply 公式.



        But do you want to refer to the canonical story line as opposed to that of a spin-off based on an alternative/what-if story? Like "main" Attack on Titan as opposed to Attack on Titan: Junior High, or "main" Dragon Ball as opposed to That Time I Got Reincarnated as Yamcha? In this case, both are 公式, so to speak, but 本編(ストーリー) is the word to refer to the "main" story line. 正史 sounds grandiose but can be used if the story is very long like Star Wars. As far as I know, カノン is never used in this sense.







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