Talk:RWBY (manga)/@comment-4970402-20161005052104/@comment-972068-20161010053602

What I meant was that the manga is not the "main" show. It's an adaptation, and isn't what was originally intended, and it's following the story of the actual show. Just like no anime based on a manga is technically "canon" since it's all based on a manga itself; in this case it's the other way around. If an adaptation were to be canon, then it wouldn't need to be based on anything. Canon basically means one consistent storyline, and since most adaptations take liberties, add fillers, change or remove scenes, etc., it wouldn't be canon even if it's official.

Having said that, if the official crew says that it's canon well...it's word of God. Can't really question it.