Do Japanese otaku fandoms have a concept of "canon" like Western fandoms do? How do they handle the different materials?

>>43377657 (OP)

Depiction of the first dispute between two men regarding otaku canon.

>>43377657 (OP)

The impression I get is that they generally know what is canon but don't let that knowledge get in the way of the creation of and enjoyment of fan material.

>>43377657 (OP)

definitely not as serious as over here, I also wondered this recently OP

https://warosu.org/jp/thread/S43020107

>>43377657 (OP)

>https://warosu.org/jp/thread/S43020107

JP popculture is not infested by dumb wikia-readers that obsess about this kind of stuff and treat fiction as something personal and most importantly, fun.

Writing, creating and enjoying headcanons and alternative version of stories is ultimate expression of being fan of some kind of fiction. It means that you love characters, setting or something so much that you want more of it and dare to seek it out of boundaries of canon.

Man, I quoted that link by accident, ignore.
